The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-07

PlundsreEs, pei PlundsrsH, and GO NJ
whipped Of justice"
Sir. - xas Tobias Wa..ins unfnru-
nate. He was born and bred . genile-
man; dazIled by he tinssl glare &C this
metropolis Of" splendid misery and shah
BY sPlendor." las IL Was once. with equal
force. truth. and beauty. described hy
that unequallsd orator az Virgins. John
Randolph. l-Of liberal mind and hahils.
lOa. he lasished some three ih0usand i'm
prosidenlly. thinking in his hrarI that be
should be able 10 Ieplaee That sum. and
mare. and {" make eli straight" and he
xss Imprisoned Tor his inpTndence Tor
nearly four years. aud made 10 bear r.
lan's brand. All! sir. bot he Was . gen
lleman. he bslangsd 10 - al the decen-
ey." In the " elk stocking RrnITy"-he
Was not one Of your l.nes FSco default
ers-he was not unfortunate 10 the
amount Of millions, he VAS no rubber on
a large scsle-he VAS not me too full
handed 10 be touched By tie rude hands
of the zip slaff-he was not = irfanller Of
the great democracy. and. poor Iellaw.
he suffered inr being a gentleman! by
the BY. sir, that word reminds me Of The
fact that il was during. nr not until The
past summer. your party FIRST discovered
that your President MAS q gentleman!
The discovery was made first, think.
hy granny Richie. That venerable gen
ilemsn took me TO task fur finding some
gentlemen in Petersburg. aud as SET al.
IL seemed. boosted that President Van Bu-
ren. too. Was actually gentleman! We
~ strange! that man whom they made
President. the successor nf the illus.
fri0Hs" in 1887. they did not find oui 20
he a gentleman until The summer Of 1888.
They must surely have been trying tn
make him out Wing. For myself. I
always knew he Was. ia the ordinary
sense. a gentleman; aud II VAS muriily.
ING To me Ia see that the Enquirer. by
implication 81 least. had supposed until
lately, that the President Of tie United
States could be other than gentleman
judging. ] mean. from tie boast 81 tie
sudden discovery: but my colleague there
Mr.. DromgOnle) wall not. however, re-
cngni.e Mr.. Richie a. a genuine I.o-
90 Foeo editor. (Mr. Dromgonle said,
No, mn. he 10 a CORssrraiirs. There
10 a cheering consideration connected
With this discovery, though by the adm.
nisIra1lnn press; u is the brightest nmen
which has occurred Tor years. Of Mr..
Van Buren's downfall. zee, sir. that
cry Of " gentleman" upon him by his
friends will hnl,h him-wlih the party
which supports him. they might - well
have cried mad dog" Il i . erraln
pr'gnostie that he !. going down. From
the hour thai father Richie IN de tina, "a.
,al discovery. the mans doom was sealed.
Bus. SIR. the gentleman defauil,r, Wat.
kIns. AZ ] vas say ing, met hi. fave. and
nov that he has been purified By Tie fires
Of the las. we may be per,niIIrd 10 DO
hIm justice, aud n make HIN tie insIru.
men, uf reiubumon. I call him ~:
invoke his Sfongs. his suiTerines. his in.
jurIes. his exnspon. 10 rise IN judgmeal
against hi, perseeuIors To condemn then.
Where is he nov! L. a station where
he -. no doubt. far happier than III his day
81 pTecsrious aud Irrrnr.haunted show,
when he tnIled as pnnr slave IN ons II
the stalls "f your document. factOrles. call.
ell departments. lie !, nav an humble
apnIhecary; aud here | Will say. fur the
benefit of all WIN would be honest. and
who "ish Ia be- clean. tia, he keep. fnr
sale the very best of palm soap" aud
chloride Of lime, aud nih~r chrmc.i cum-
positions. 10 take of The spots of lncu
loc"Ism. and to rIeanse from all corrup.
TIM! recommend ~ rrrtsln suh.lrra-
snry gentlemen to 90 aud buy; but ~ hs,
II they be once washed white a. suna!
they will. like the h"g, return to their
wall"sing in The mirr.
The administration NAV pretend that
they wish Invesugalio Il is full time.
tut how Is the mailer pressed! Every
n"S aud then the chairman nf the cum.
m'''re Of ways and meau, tMr. Csmbrr.
IengI Games forward, and in solemn tone,
asks you To drop the subject f,r what he
- pleased To leIrn " 6uSimess" as If twas
not the business Of this hanse. and IT'S
rhef duty no"-a.dsys. 70 IoIk inin Abu-
se', Sir. " iis party are IN reality. a.
heart. as much opposed 10 inquiry nov
az Of old. II serves ,heir iuta a, tia.
time To pretend to be Jdigenl aud jealous
Tor inquiry. They are ~ more its |, lend.
~" than they ever were.
NJ. Cambreleng here interpnsed. /
hope the gentleman viii no, do me ,uiu..
tee. | never voted against any VI his 10.
Vess'gaIi"ns. Never.
Mr.. w. ] said your party.
Mr.. C.. Ny party; h.! Ia! Tia, n
another affair.
Mr. w. Yes sir. | believe the gen.
,lr'n4n IS " another affair" since the
New York election. And now that the
'nqni''es Of yonr party are daily coming
to light, now that cUncealncnt - M Ion.
ger possible. every man al 4" he pariy"