The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-03-21


self, - he convinced that Il was deliver
Cd. = represented. in The House Of Re-
pfeseEistiyes. lf NOT there delivered.
how could Mr. sianly's appeal 10 the re-
Prssentaiises from Ken,urky hare called
forth he deeply felt responses Of Mr..
souihgsie and Oiher members from that
state! Or how could DR.. Duncan himself
have answered a. do" 10 he query whe-
tller he believed shat Congress should
maintain unabridged the rightof The Pel-
pie 10 petition for the abolition Of slavery
and The slave trade in the district Of 60.
lumbis." Or 10 the second query. " Are
you opposed TO the admission Of any
stale into the federal union whose con-
stilution toleraies slavery" how could
he have answered Z" I ann" And At va
riOus periods in the speech, how could
he have interrupted Mr. Stsnly by at.
lempts 10 explain, il The speech vas not
delivered hef.re himl
Bul DIR. Dunean's leirr 10 the Globe.
published also in the Standard. instead Of
proving that Mr.. Ssanly's speech " never
was delivered in the House Of Represen-
tatiEes.' and that " lis very caption or
title contains base f.lsehood and mean
stiempI al fraud and imposition upon the
public" proves directly the reverse. lie
gives ihe testimony Of three members Of
Congre.s. Mr.. Tuney. Mr.. Bynum. and
Mr. Moore. These gentlemen testify,
not thai any thing was inserted in the
published speech which was not deliver
ed in the house, but that they heard Mr..
Ssanly's reply to DR.. Duncan; and though
they did net tax their minds as to the
precise time occupied by Mr.. Stanly.
they suppose it was some 4" fifteen or
twenty minutes.
These facts seem 10 be sufficient to
show, that the speech Of Mr.. Stanly,
purporting 10 have been delivered in the
House Of Representatives on the nth Of
January in reply to DR.. Duncan, ,cas
there delivered. the assertions Of the no.
nOrabts Doctor 70 the contrary no.with-
standing. But il any doubt should re-
main, II cannot fail TO be dissipaied by
the testimony contained in the letter Of
Mr.. Stanly, which We give 10 our read
ers to-day. twenty-five members oil
Congress-Whigs, Conservatives. and
Van Buren, men--all concur in testiIyine
that they heard the speech delivered, had
read it in the National ln.eIligeneer, thai
il was reported with more than usual &
deity. and thati,s delivery occupied from
three quarters Of an hour to an hour.
Notwithstsnding.all This array of testi
mony, the trulh.loring editor Of the Stan
dard continues to humbug his readers by
imposing upon them the belief that Mr.,
SIanly's speech never was delivered!
"The liil,sborouph Recorder asks how Ions
is il since the Modification party has been 10
enrporaied into the Republican familyi vii
the Standard please lnicrm usin We answer
! Ever since their Hartford Convention Allies at
tempted To use them TO their purpose oil selling
| the Constitution and the Country 10 q Brilisk
Bsnk.- Il the Recorder satisfied"
W C. STANDARD.
| The editor Of the Standard is informed
thar we never learned the art Of extract
ing sun-beams from cucumbers :" and
have not. therefore, the ability to gather
any PARTICLES of light from the erudite pa
ragraph quoted above. To our simple
mind the inuendoes appear rather far
fetched; and being beyond our compre.
hension, we are deprived Of the pleasure
of expressing our satisfaction at the con-
descending reply of The Standard.
But-for we may as well, perhaps, put
the q" but" here, as to lay it over for an.
other parasraph-6ui, we would add, the
Standard has on several occasions associ.
a,ed the Recorder with the Hartford Con.
sention heresy. Now, if the Standard
uses these words only for effect, as he
does Bank.bought," Federal Wing
gerry" and the many other phrases out
of which he manufactures his paragraphs,
let him say SO, aud go ahead. But if he
thinks he can connect us with the Hart
ford Convention, either in word, or deed,
or thought. let him come out like an no.
nest man and tell what he knows; and
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