The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-28
nEEAILTERS.

W hiie the suOlset MAS uhAefE"thg
discussion IN the House nf Representa-
lives. Mr.. URd-ra ou,l inside spereh thai
is said In have had = most striking effect
We make the fulloNine eNmaeI iIom a.
Is peculiarly appropriate aud fitted I" the
OCCASION:
Ill 10 remarkable. and Il WI,l ~ b. put
dawn in history. that the Distinguishing
characteristic nf Ja"kson's Administration
ronsisIs IN fair Promises. IN PAirInar
Professions. by which tie prnp!r we're
deceived. and which wrTr uiItIly dtsTe-
gar,lrd after they were made. Al the
commencement Of hIs niiieIal rarrtr. the
sl,rIFine promulgated a. nnhod"x led
us 90 believe that every one " ho "geheh
the public money. ar usrd i contrary IL
law. should b. severely punished. You
remember the case nl r.,hla. Watkins
lie was di.gr.red. r"mssed iInm "i:ice.
indicted. convicted. InraTrera,rd. and hl.
family lrli ,orsMlI iar themselves ~ s,arrr.
iiaw msny years he lay IN jail have
fareniieu. sir. Ills alTrhce Was. appr,-
prlaiing tn his "wn use lev Thousand
dollars III ilir public money. Nm mnrr
than THREE az fur thousand. il | remember
righhy. Here was an exeample set
Ilaw has the precedent been fellow ed.
What officer since the days al Wdkias,
who has appropriated the public mnney
To his own use. has hsrn indicted lur
tnslversaiion and swindlIne' Who am"ne
'hs nu'nerous deiAulung receivers has
been called 10 the bar 81 lasIce. To answer
- a criminal, Watkins, who nn'y got
two or three thousand, i punished. but
those VII" get fifty nr hundred Ih"usand
20 sr0,.lree. Az. SIR. ihes nnl only gn
unpnn,shed. but they are recommended hy
Government agents as proper persnas {"
he continued IA office. 10 consequence o(
1 Cerialn lonseme-s in public mora lis. which
renders il impracIicahle to lind sue
csssor y iia would not d., the same thing:
AMI, therrinre, We are In!I IL il better To
continue the incumbent, Win had +lfrady
l4ken as much public money a. he could
conveniently use. than To- iutiurl an rmp.y.
hungry. ungnrgpd successor. greedy f,t
more " spnils. Sir. tie LITTER and
recommendation Of Mr.. Garesche will
long he remembered by the American
people.
The ronhuci of The late AMI prss-a,
administrations in respect 10 Watkins,
ani i.tp host III driauiitrs who have sub.
sequru,ly di.graced the country. reminds
me Of an occurrence in the Ear West. |
will tell the story. but conceal The names
NJ the parties. Pity shields them from
presentation To public scnrn. An old
man WIN was petprually exinlhng his
own virtues. and decrying ihnsc ri olh-
sr people. and whn was above all cnn. /
rralmPnl. according to his repeated
aTowaIs. was passing. IN has way hnmc. /.
after running down the nahlesI burk 10
The forest, by lIiils rnrnfipld nf a neigh. /
bor, rem"tely situated from the dwelling
house. His son and his Digs we're sI"ns. !
mnch ialieued by the recent chase The /
Dbl man discovered in the field a single
hog rnnl-engaged in breaking down +
The stalks ard eating The corn. lie i'm.
swnre - nv the Eternal" thai {
he never cnuld witness such sight with.
DuI feeling Tie strongest Indignation
against the guilty brute, anil hp instantly
ordered hIs son Ia set the dogs IN. t.r-
'lsrIng at the moment that If they tire
tIm To pieces II would he a god thing,
naSnUch a. by such means the neIphl,Or-
lnod might get clear of bad breed Of
i"gs. The buy obeyed. aatl the dogs te.
n".anlly engaged in the less nnbr work.
aud. brIng the mnTe irtncpns and savage
% consequence of fatigue. ma"gled the
'nlaial until his life was in danger. The
youth mol wholly destitute ol Compassion
sven towards a hog. al lcugt'l splzed ant
brew hun over the frncr. and called oil
ne dogs. The old M ~ sad q va. use.
ess ~ 60 round the lenne 10 stop TIE
i"les, As he was certain the lesson wanL.
'if"c'uslly teach the hog never to enter
here again. >" they wen, on hume
Without repairing the fence, taking care
'o"-rtr. I" pass BY the owner OF the field.
. let HIN know now kind anil nrrghbnr-
ihsy had been M turning the hag oat.
"" long afterwards the old man, his son.
nj the dogs. were gn1ng by the same field.
nj N n, instead of que. thsy dIscnserctI ,
large gang VI hogs. oi all s,zes, varluus- ,
engaged. Some were breaking dawn a.,
Ne stalks and cracking the c"rn wlh va. ,
'cions appeiitrs; some, apparently sur.
'i'ed. we're mopIng al the heels ot thn... .
by hunger: aud a gamllv nun. .
er had hu.ks AMI fiddler in their mouth,
~1e frIskIng, aud others deliberately
'ars'ing 1" the pannels "f the frarr. :
'ets to IN 'ks themselves pleasant be,is
'th 'he poi's." A. the oil m,n SEA