The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-07-05

non 70 very natural one. and i think
that recent events have strengthened "a /
Ihsr Than impaiTed ils truth. Bot / be-
The future indulgence Of the House while !
| read what another distinguished friend
Of General Jackson said, when debating
the subject OF Tslrenchment and reform /
on this door. sllude 10 SIR. Buchanan.
now Senator from Pennsylvania. and.
with his continued and growing devotion
10 The party, what he said will certainly
be considered /" orthodox" find. by
that debate, that he said IL was well
known
"Thai when . man Is once appointed
70 Office. all the selfish passions Of his
nature are enlisted far the purpose nf re-
tanning in. The ofiee-hOllers (said hel
are the enlisted solaisrs Of thai Admins
iralinn BY which they are oil sustained.
Their comfortable existence ollen de-
ponds upon The reelection Of their patron.
pr does disappointment long rankle in
IN hearts Of The disappointed. Hope is
still LEFT 10 them; and bearing disappoiu.-
meni with patience they know will pre-.
sent a new claim 10 Office al future
time"
This passage Of Mr.. Buehanan's
speech proves him To have been an obser.
yer Of men and things, and familiar with
, the leading principles Of human action.
lie dreaded The consequences Of the SRI
! fish spirit nf the oifice-holder. and induced
the country 10 believe that Gen. Jackson
= and his friends would provide a suitable
restraint upon il. But | fear, sir. the
: People will be left IN conclude that this
. gentleman is one Of those "poIiiical par
I sons" described BY Mr.. Randolph. whose
i" practices" da uUI correspond with his
preeepis." Ills certain that, under the
} fayoTite Administration Of the gentleman
: and his friends, the ofice.holders have
rereiyed new life instead Of a check.
! But ! must yet point out another discre-
! pancy between Mr.. Buchanan's profess
: sioa snd practice. In tho same debate.
! he reviewed. with censure, several Of the
: foreign missions. tia. TO Russia included;
: and particularly condemned any practice
= allowing a minister 10 "reIuTn alter one
: years absence" Ills language is: g" II
: such a practice should prevail, our min
= listers, in yiolalun OF the spirit Of the ex.
E isling law, will receive, By adding tie
: outfit to the salary, $4,000. instead al
; $4,000. for one years service" II am"
{ said he, against the Practice" This.
/. Mr.. Speaker, was his precept. But. sir,
] in brief space OF time after Condemaime
= and saying " an against the practice, -
we sec him take the bounty and become
a one Of the +" enlisted soldiers" whom he
b had described. and 60 Oh fnreign mis-.
4, sion TO Russia, where, after staying =. a
. IweIve.manlh and DAY." he pockels the
; $4,000. instead Of $4,000, for year
I SERVICE" and comes home!
This seems 10 be an appropriate time
10 compare the precepts and practice Of
Mr.. Randolph, too, who said he " was
for looking at the practice. and not the
; precepis, Of the parson pOlIlica! nr reIi-
. gions." In tina, same debate, Mr.. Ran
= dulph said lie "could not permit any mo-
) ton connected with the division Of the
spuil, to mingle with" his exer,ions.
e lie would not, he said, give up his con-
: slitaents and The pleasure Of his home,
T "iur clerk-ship in The War Office, or
a foreign mission; or even for Depart.
j ment OF State" lie said, there had
e been an improvement in the plan Of sem
!. ding ministers abroad. and bringing them
e back, when they have finished their bu-
., siness; for" said he, q" they are now sent
abroad on sieeueieSs errands, that they
: may came back re-iwecia, to pocket
e their emoIumenls." Mr.. Speaker. the
: Greeks and Romans both held il to be a
{ highly useful, but exceedingly difficult,
matter 10 know ones self. Modern his
. tory, and our own times, add new furce
. To the truth Of that position. do not a.
, all question the perfect sincerity Of Mr..
, Randolph, when he uttered the senli-
! ments; but great as he may have been.
{ aud skilful as he professed to be, aud, no
. doubt was, in The motive Of human ac-
J ton. after events proved how Lutte he
, knew cf himself. Sir, We soon found
J Mr.. Randolph given up his constituents,
. and leaving all the boosted endearments
, of his district, for foreign mission to
Russia, where, SO far as any public ad-
vantage resulted from il, he emphalicalIy
went OH "sleeveless errand," and
"came back reiafecid, to pocket his e.
| imnlament<" Indeed, this mission to
Russia seems To have been specially de-
DEBATED by 1.-The party to short terms
Of six and twelve moaths, for the adran-
tage of some of the " enlisted soldiers"
described by Mr.. Buchanan. In this
way. the cost Of that mission has been
! Unfortunately increased; and it is high time
tina, this drain on tho public Treasury
for private benefit should be checked.
Mr.. Bond said il was not to be disgui-
scd that many Of the politicians who en-
gagged in the debate and strife Of the times