The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-08-22

ExeculiEe rewarding The partisan services
Of memhsrs Of Congress xilh sppoint
menls. Well. ikis corrBpling practice
has been carried 10 an immeasnrsbly great
or extent since his election Than befofei
NOT only that. but il has become quite
common Tor The PFesidenl 10 reward such
members Of Congress 20 the People dis
card, and because they do discard then;
as in ihs case Of Me-. Grun1y. Mr.. Ghol-
son Of Mississippi. Ely Moore. Of New
York. and many Others. Corruption has.
indeed. become the order Of the day.
You supported Gen. Jackson because
you were jealous Of The influence rxsr-
cised over Congress By Mr. Adams.
You have seen that influence inesleulably
increased, and unserBpulously resorIed 10.
By this same Gen. Jackson, and his = H.
lusuious' successor,
You supported Gen. Jackson in order
10 have The expenditures Of the govern
msnt reduced. They have been ineress-
ed from twelve 10 thirty millions!
You supported Gen. Jackson because
you believed he would cause . rigid &C.
counisbiliIy TO be Instituted among the
officers Of The government, and appoint
and retain in Office none hut dllgeni,
faithful. competent. honest officers. Be-
hold the enormous and unparalleled lisi
Of delslcaIions that have lately come 10
light. Read the correspondence Of liar.
ris, Boyd. and others, with the Treasury
Department. and Gen. Jackson himself.
You supported Gen. Jackson because
you deemed il q great outrage in Mr..
Adams TO prescribe any man for opinions
sake. ID has now become The most impor-
tani item in The political creed Of The do
minsnt party. that " 10 the vieiors belong
the spOils," and that public Offices. filled
by honest, capable men. may end ought
10 be vacated solely for the purpose Of
rewsrding brswling pariisans!
You elected Zen. Jackson IN cleanse
the Augean stables Al Washington; but
when the People wished to have them
sximinsd. Col. Polk. Gen. Jaekson's
Speaker ofIhe House Of Representatives.
appointed . eoinmillee that he knsr would
not make the examination. Gen. Jackson.
moreover. declared. that the "slsbles"
should NOT be opened. SAYING every thing
wss right st the very momsn, TIA,
Swartsoui. Price. Harris. Boyd. and
others. were sauandering the Peoples
money, by hundreds Of thousands!
You elected Gen. Jackson 10 prevent
the patronage Of the Government from be.
ing brought in conflict with The FREEDOM
Of elections. lie used his official infiu-
snce and patronage TO elect Mr.. Van
Buren,, openly denounced ell who voted
Tor Judge White. and. by hs example
aud appointments, encouraged oil The
office holders in the Government 70 inter.
fsre in elections. In late report 10 the
Senate Of the United States. which
embOdies The views Of the Van Buren,
party on this subject. officers oi the Fe.
dersl Government are openly encouraged
TO take an active part in elections. directly
in opposition TO the circular of ME-.
Jefferson, which made such inIerlsrence
cause Of rrmosal from Office.
You see. then, my old Jackson friends.
that mt one-no. not one Of the great
principles upon which you originally
supported Gen. Jackson, 10 acted upon by
the present Administration. Yet ihey
are the principles upon which this Co
rernment must be administered. or IL
cannot endure. We must then abide by
them. IN all the conflicts Of party, they
must not be lost sight Of. Could we have
succeeded in eleeIing Judge White, these
great principles would have been now
didusing their wholesome Influences
throughout our entire system OF govern
meni. But we failed. We failed IN CON-
sequence Of these VERY principles having
been uampled under fooI by Gen. Jackson
and Mr.. Van Buren,. The latter openly
repudIa,es Ihrm, BY administering the
Government upon principles directly the
reverse. Him. therefore, we esnnoi sup
port. Ilunnr, consistency, the dearest
'"sS'Sss W wv S"uuiJs iOtOtu W. ~ We
vote fnr him, we no. only give Up our
principles. but we adopt his. and debar
ourselves from the privilege oi opposing
his administration. though conducted on
principles 10 which we are opposed.
On the other hand. IL we vote for an
individual pledged 10 carry on, our
principles. and he should afIer his cleo
uon. depart from them. We shall be in Q
condition to wage instant and effective
war upon his administration, And these
really are the principles involved in the
present contest. Dur opponents talk
much about Federalism and Republican
ism. This 10 all a humbug. got up TO
deceive y"u You heard nothing OF il in
1874. You then proclaimed to lie world
that Mr.. Clay and Mr, Adams were
Republicans,
You also hear much said about United
States Bank. AID the dangers Of such an
institution. But you heard no such talk
az this from ls23 up 10 1928. when Gen.