The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-04-18

sse. lie can. n his own free vii and
xssereien pleasure. make and Unnake.
any and IN nj she ofiners just enuneEa-
aed. Nov, ibis il more poser Than any
one man nushi 70 possess and exercise in
arspuh,ieaa government In ssyors zoo
uurh # kingIy prerogs1iEe. feis q isl
nov srassly proposed not only 70 give
him he sword. bur the Purse also that
he shall appoint tot only The collectors.
bur ths Keepers Of The public money :;
and in ibis way The treasure Of The
die patton would Be in The hollaN Of his
hand, 10 10 with il - he p!essed. Thus
ysu perceive. fsllow-eitizsns. this presi-
den;isl POWER. like AaFon's rod, Is swal-9
lowing up every hing around in. The
political friends Of ne President. ard adj
saeases Of he sab-reasury. say he 10
gead-aasured man. and viii not abuse
Ihls power If conferred on him. This is
no argument With me. | would rather
draw The lions teeth Ihsn depend on his
good disposition far nv safety and secu-
r.,y. 1 do no. ehooseiO hold nv rights and
liberty Al the will and pleasure Of any
Erail man. "Ths price Of liberty i e.
.ernaI sis,laacs !" and those who expect
20 secure and preserve this boon and bless
ing without this price, will reckon with
ouI their host. | am jealous Of power,
and particularly Of The one man poirer.
Our revolutionary fathers we're jealous
Of il. and fought the King seven years.
until he abdtcaied and surrendered oil
mower and dominion over This country.
According to NY reading and understan-
ding OF the constitution VI the Cai.ed
Safes, there 10 a careful division Of pow
ers-ehscks, guards. and balances. In
that grand division OF duties, the Presi.
dent had inirusIsd and assigned To his
hand tie sword 10 execute the laws. But
our Jealous patriots and sagacious states
men did not commit 10 his keeping the
purse and treasure Of the nation. No;
they committed that 10 Congress, and
particularly gave il 10 charge 10 the
House oil Representatives. where oil mo-
ney measures and bills imposing taxes
on the peopls must originate. |. there
fore, think. when the President taxes
possession and custody Of The public trea.
sure Of The people, he is irespsssing on
the Legislative manor, and usurping pow
srs not conferred on him by the ronsiisn-
ton. II the Governor Of state should
removed The public money from the place
where the Legislature had deposited il,
and put i. in the custody Of individuals
appointed BY himself. and shou.d call on
the General Assembly at . subsequent
session. to ra,ify this assumption Of pow
er, | presume he would find few adEo-
cafes. The people would not tolerate
The exercise Of such usarpa,ioa Of pow
er in oas man.
The sub treasury vas, al the FIRST and
second sessions OF this Congress. reject
ed in the House Of Representatives. az
TER passing the Senate. Al the last ses.
sion il s.atn passed The Senate, but was
no. acted On in The House, because Id
was we'll known il would be rejected and
defeated 10 that body: the people had
eoms In Their own rescue, and spoken
ihrongh he ballot box in strong terms
d disPlessure and dIsapprobation Of that
MEASURE. Thus. you discover the sub
treasury has never become a law Of Con-
gtsss. although during the suspension Of
tpsc,e payments u vas acted on and en-
forced by the Executive: and, isdeed. .
Jealous friend Of the President saId in
debate. /, was the Law Of The land. in
spite Of lamentations in Congress or else
where" But The majority Of The Re-
representatives. Of The people-ihe faithful
Cammons-nessr could be induced 10
rose lor aud support bill so unequal, 50
unjust, 81 unsafe. 50 dangerous 70 liber-
". and so repusnans 70 The constitution.
We have no many banks. and TOO ma
ny different kinds Of paper money ciFeu-
aiiag in our country. This i an abuse
ofthe banking privilege. Sill. however,
good sound bsnk, which has specie
basis. and issues notes which can At any
time be redeemed and converted into gold
and silver coin, Is useful 10 the govern.
msn'. and beneIcisl % trade and COM
mrrrs. Is providing and furnishing "a
ifiasl and currency - purchase produce,
10 reward labor. and speed the plough.
A good plough is tse true emblem 81 >
good currency. No farmer i such me-
''lIovtRg man - - eonstruei this useful
INSTRUMENT entirely Of iron; il would Be
mo pa~ieltIy. heavy. and expensive.
This woa3 impede, not speedlh The plough.
!. 4 practical farmer makes The ground work
ofh's plough Of iron; hus the stock beam.
aud handles may he made 10 advantage
Of good wood; they sse lighter. more
convenient. AMI cheaper: and thereby
every body. the poor q we'll a. thc rich,
may e~n and use liiis useful instrument
whirh eutlEases The fruits oil. the earih.
La like naaneta good currency may b