The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-05-09

dat purpose lie adminisiEaiiaa men On
he remmiIIee obieelsd 10 seIiaia ours.
linns being pni 20 The witnesses. For
that purpose The FspOrt Of the mslofiiy
Of he committee was detached from
tllsi Of he minority. and he latter. only.
sent among Ihe people By he Van BGrsh
members Of Congress. This Was , most
glsring evidence of . discrimination 10
keep The people in The dark, BY which
means alone can The party bore 70 main
tain iis power. Congress ordered an
immense numhsr Of both reports. with
The evidence. 10 be printed together.
lha, die people might see what ihe
friends Of both parties could say. and
have The evidence 10 determine which
was right. The Van Buren, men sup
pressed The report Of The majority. which
10 the only report the committee Is emit.
lied 10 make. except by courtesy and
all the eriRsncs aud sent among the
people the rspor, Of The minority. with
out . particle Of evidence 10 sustain u
In needs but . statement Of the facts 20
condemn the administration.
Take The course Of the Standard.
whose unfaiEness is = perfect sample Of
The Van Buren, press generally, from the
Globe down 10 itself. That paPer has
for months past been endeaT0ring 10
persuade ils readers that Mr.. Clay is an
abOliIionisi, an sbsuraiiy and fa!sehooa
that no man Of ordinary information
could he induced for a moment 10 be-
lieve; but which might have its effect
with the ignorant and blind partiZans
who read only The Standard. Whilst /,
had this SANDER in the full tide Of sue.
cessful experiment. IS i, supposed, Mr..
Clay's Speech was delivered. and excii.
ed thrill Of admiration from one end OF
the country 10 the other. Mr.. Calhoun.
bitterly hostile IS he is TO Mr.. Clay. was
in eesiseies. e. declared that il "put down
Abolition Z" Did the Standard erince
any Of that magnanimiiy. OF even COM
mon fairness! MOI! Its readers have
not 10 this day been permitted TO see the
Speech. which is only alluded 10 in its
columns 70 be misrepresenled. So far
as the Standard is concerned, therefore.
Mr.. Clay's effort 10 "pui down abolition"
is ihwaried! Look at the difference be.
tween iis conduct and that Of SIR. Cal.
houn! The latter has some Of the no.
bic and generous feelings which eharac-
ierize q Souihron. and which would
scorn 10 do injustice even to foe. The
former does Do, serGple a, any means 10
carry its point. The latter is friend OF
the South, who rejoiees in a circumstance
which benefits the South, and acknow-
lodges his obligation for il. The former
is such friend as neither reioices in il.
nor will let the South have the benefit
of il.
So with the whole course Of the Stan.
dard. /. can neither be driven, nor coax.
ed. nor shamed. into disclosure Of the
truth 10 its readers. Il pronounced Dr..
Duncan's abolition letter a wing forgery.
But has never undeceiVed its readers,
since Duncan acknowledged its genu-
ineness in his place in Congress. l, has
never informed its readers Of the host Of
prominent Van Buren, men who are alb
oliiionisis. We though. we had fairly
caugh. il in trap from which i, could
not escape. when we published, a week
or two ago, one Of its articles which il
considered necessary 10 the cause of
Justice. We did no, hesitate to lie, il tell
is own story through our columns, and
IN return asked TO be heard through the
Standard. We had no idea ,Ia, the ap-
peal would be in vain. But il was. Our
'ep!y would have told some truths which
he Standard was afraid TO ie, its readers
Tee, and therefore. as the easies. way 10
ye. rid Of the matter, the whole sublec.
$ passed by ia silence.