The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-07-18

snd kssping.-sppesrs. Of lsir, 10 feel
most special drawings out towards the
ninth congressional district. l1is blessed
with q SCI Of correspondents. somewhere
in these regions. Wh0 have the quality o.
unliring Eigilance--s0uy 10 say lheIr
merit consists in This quality alone. In
Tie last number Of hat paper We end
whole regiment Of. rommunieaied' ar
pcles. Ihrsshing a. Mr. ShspPerd; but
unfortunately Tor some Of their writers.
they did not happen 10 have hold Of" the
clean eend Of The stick"
Were IL not for the particular Tine
when, and the circumstances under Which
these /" Communicated" lidblls appear.
we could not be induced 10 touch one ol
Ihem with . pair ii longs. But under
present circumstances We consider u .
duty 90 shovel of ~ least the diriiesi loi
Of matter. Which swells that political sisr-
eorGrsum, the 2t5lh No. Of the North
Carolina Standard.
The communication which more par
ticulsTly takes our eye. Purports 10 be
from {" NsighbOr" Of Ne. Shsppersi. a.
IL 10 subscribed. 4" / Neighb0r aud CHI
zen OF The District" ThIs" Neighbor"
writes Mr.. ShePperGl dow n q most heln"us
man. The political principles Of Me. ).
are sound and answering. and gaining
upon the good people Of the district; his
ability and frames are unqussIioned:
his moral walk IS blamslsss;-shd what
allegsIioa can they raise HhereWIIh 10
accuse him! Listen. good reader: h.
NeighbOr" alleges against him that - he
has no farm or cuInssied land IN our
neighborhood, as he has aud lors live IN
a rented house"-thaI his land " 10 Of no
value. unfit Tor cultivation. and has not
stick Ol fence upon IL. sxeeP, some other
person may have male q hog or turkey
pen upon IT," What are We TO infer from
Ihis!-Ihst Mr.. s. is a poor nan! o..
heavens. what an objection for democrat
10 bring against a candidate! Should
the aulhur oil these allegations urge them
among the pour. honest and ignorant reo-
pie VINO are made TO believe that wealth
Is only in the hands Of wicked men--wh.I
would they say 10 him! This political
serbbler. we shrewdly suspect. is one Of
the democratic gentry. ~ho ierilss Iur The
benefit o! the great ones Of The party. and
fGiks for the hitts oHss--and that there
is some considerable difference between
his wiring aud his Islk.
Moreover. our " Neighhor" says. " Il
may be asked how he (Mr. =. became
eligible 10 a seat in congress. The an.
swer Is ibis: one Of Shcpperd's relations
made him title 10 miserabIy poor piece
OF land, which h., the donor, had entered
for tango. and said TO me he could have
The ben, iiI Of i, as well as IL he had The
lile-and A. II. Sheppcri could have
the constitutional beech, Of = seat in con.
gress. while be, The g'ver, could have
The beueIi, Of the range" Now, verify,
our Neighbof" mus. be a man deeply
scrsed in constitutional lore! Mr.. Ske,i-
perJ bath reason 10 rejoice in ntishbors o.
such InIelligenee--as well as in relations
50 liberal and aiTeclionalrl But what
prompted this kindness in cohEeyi lug land
To Mr. s.. when he would be eligible 10
congress without iI!--when the cOnslIiu.
ton and the laws require nn property
qualifications whsteEeT! After having
been a resident Of the Untej States !
years immediately preceding Ii,e election.
an inhabltant OF the DisIricI when chosen.
aud % years Of agc--,he constitution
asks no other qualification, aud the
people no other but that Of merit. No
matter Il nan be a. destitute Of property
as the shsboiest locofnco loaler that ever
picked a poke, on The steps Of Tan.
many Hall-If he has talent, integrity
aud ability. he may aspire to seat 10 The
councils OF his country. The cunslHu-
ton has wisely lett tie forty. seven thou.
sand constituents as the best judges cf the
. qualifications Uf The man To guard their
interests aud their rights.
| And ;ou do not like this democratic
feature in Your couniry's constitution.
then, Neighbour" II you do-why at
tempt to create the impression thai Mr..
Sbrpp:rd "hss no interes, here" and Iha,
/ he holds the nominal d" liIle to a mi.era-
bly, pbar piece Of land" merely that he
may, as a member Of Congress, eVaIc
the requirements Of Isu!--requiremen's
which you should know we're nevermadr!
'NrighbUr" is elIher too wreicheilly ~.
noran' to stssmP'to enlrghten the readers
Of Inc great Standard, or TOO bold a lie
criver to aI;em?, to enlighlen any body
and in either case deserves, himself, TO
be - writ down an ass"
! We should mol waste so much ink up
on this thing, were it not that Others.
both IN that mighty iouIhcAtion Of Van
BurenIsm, The Standard. aud out Of il, are
shooting these eIectIoneering squibs a,
Mr.. Shepperd. Tia. party must be grow.
ing barren al resources, which is under
The necessity Of resorting 10 such paIuy
I devices N tfsau 'rkau II