The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-09-26


del Of hlasisriue par..'e vas heslosed
upsn hl.rkguard lrller uhirh ne I.oeo
Faco editor .. Washington lN. c. pre-.
,eu.led had been wribn IN him hy some
memher Of the . dec. nry rsriy;s though
,h,re Vas % Iillls . drrsncy" sboBl The
liter. lhai il = - shrewdls Suspected lh.t
lie worth, editor himself hid xrillsn II.
with tie iwo-fuli and sery honorable
purpose of c.sliag asiium hPon tie Wings
AID creating symPalhy Tor himalf. The
.asir, ho~ever. wss 50 barefaeed and
oass lh4i il is hardly la be supposed Q, al
much uas easeIed in ri her af the great
purpasss fas With il was brought forth.
but il he editr II Tie STANDARD coald
paur out colnna y sympathy Tor EiO-
i,aee uhieh wss only lhTratenei by ap
.an.ny nous wri'rr, what y III lie have %
cav aver bruil outrage ~Lieh has ac-
,aaIly been eonEnnled in that very same
town.
ILL., Mashsn. fsl. 10 the editor Of the
Washington IN. c.l Wig. and !. repre-.
,rn,ed hy ih"sr ~ha know him, tn be =
very amialle AID inoilensiSr man. lie
Is, however. a jealous Wig. and with
much shilny and ind. pendehee Of spirit
sapp.a,s The justice and truth II bio cause.
In tie Performance II hts duty ~ an sdi.
Cor. lc mentioned, ~ = eurreds report.
ti.l al one Of The election preeinris in
the county Of Beaui.r'. brine Of ffty
dollars, and subsequently, one hundred
daiIars. had heen Offered On hsrd.work-
ing farmer. If he would vote ior DR.. Han
10 opposition 10 Mr.. SIaaly. Though the
man vas poor. and had lsrge family Of
children 10 provide Tor. he had The iade-
pcndenee and itmness tn reject the prof
fred hrlbc. and cast his vote Ior Ssanly.
Impnrlaaee Was given TO this 'oS in con.
sequence Of The many bets which were
psnding upon the result of the elecuon 10
that rrseinei. anl there then bting tie
81 for Ilsll. and 81 Cor S'snly. But prn-
siplc prevailed over interest. ard the man
showed hIs patriotism by voting f"r STAN
Is. The truth .f The whule Of this sla,e-
mn, has sincc been made plain BY affi.
davis.
On rrlaiing the Transaction. Mr.. Maehen
confined himself To the facIs, without
mentioning the name ct the person i'm
p.icsled: no one. therefore. had anr just
cause Of complaint but j, has become
sui,e saying. ,hst" "a guilty conscience
nerds no accus-r;" and ne see !, in this
ea.e s,r"ngly exempli6ed. SIC. William
l.. Kennedy. an athletic man. who i fe-
presented TO have been g the h.r,of mnrc
than inc 6ss 6ghl," intercepted Mr. Ma
chen on the morning Of tie 5Ih instant.
when wiurning 10 his Office, ard ait Z
ha,ing abused. tainted and ,hrearuei.
,cIually knocked him down, aud struck
him several limfs upon his srm and head
si,h . stick. ID 10 not known to low
much greater length HE brutal violence
Wo,,!d base carried hin, had il not been
Tor The interference of .oms by staaders.
The matter il very properly 10 he carri-
ed before court If justice. and we h"pe
The jury Of tie country viii show by
h,ir verdict that they know how 10 pro-
lect the right. Of the citizen, and the Ii
ber,y Of the press.
We have one observation more e
make, no, upon th,s Transaction, but up
on ~hat has been elicied By il. w
have long admired The course pursued b.
the editors of the Newborn Spectator
scarcely seniimen, has APPEARED in shri
editorial paragraphs Tor years, WHEN Gus
no, perfectly coincide with our avn. i
10 therefore with the moro rrgret 'ha, W
see mtheir last paper, in Speaking OF thu
outrage, on sllusion 10 .. hair triggers.
IL is true that no decision &c jury cal
at'nc for violated feelings in cases O
such gross Outrage; bu, will ihe hloo'
shed in q duel possess n more consol'n
influenced We % no. profess to posses
so mwh of the meekness cf . christian
/" ,h,s when smole on one cheek "
can mildly offer the o,hrr;' but We On
'eh.m grea, reverence for the law, an
prefer to take what il would give. eve
we're j. nnly ",wo.and .six'penny dana
ges. There Is a higher tribunal. whic
sill hereafter take cogniz.nce of ties
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