The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-03-19

and reward. Others wha have been dlsiin-
gulshed BY lie honest. able and eaem
plsry discharge of their official duties,
have bern arbitrarily removed from Office.
for no other resson Than that they could
not conform The private and involuntary
operations nf ihrir minds 10 the standard
Of executive faith, o. thai they believed
Il unbeeoming The prophecies 81 lhsir q.
tualion. - public officers. 10 lake parl
in those elee.ianeerlng exeflions, which
have cone n be considered The surrsl
passport 10 favor and security. And %
cap the climax Of these bold preiensions
Of executive po~er. We. have seen Ee.
pofi solemnly pot forth and ifiumphsnily
carried through. b. she Presidents friends
in The Senate, proclaimihg in The face Of
day. and in ronismpi Of The most reyerec
oracies Of Anglo American liberty, The
daring heresy that tie bnih The right and
The duty of executive Office holders 10 ir-
iermeddle with The freedom Of elections.
thus sacrificing The vital principle Of POI
pulsr sovereignty itself .. The shrine Of
This new idol ~ presidential supremacy.
While in these measures and proceed
ings, we have seen The President and his
friends pursuing with unsarying aim. a.
The primary nbjecs, IL would seem. Of their
efforts. The dangerous acknowledgement OF
his power.-in his plans Of national policy
We have been constantly mel with sucges.
lions and recam mendslions aiming ., The
subversion Of established institutions. and
utterly desuueuse Of The repose and set
lied order Of business 10 The atfairs If the
Country. and appealing 10 The jealousies
and worst. passions 81 society in their
support. The special object 10 which
his schemes ofinnosation have been main.
ly directed. is unfortunately the mosi
delicate of all The interests Of society. and
that which requires 10 be touched with
The wisesl and most cautious hsnd-ihe
system of ils currency, forming The COM
mon measure by which the lsbour and
property OF every individual in The com.
muaily is estimated Or exchanged. In
stead Of pursuing saIuisry and practical
reform Of existing abuses. shaiever they
may be. ian objee, 10 which all good men
and patrlols would hesriily mite with
him. he has brough, forward crude and
anti-sociai theories, and has propsga,ed
them with sil The influence OF his high
Office. which 20 10 The entire destruction
Of that system Of credit. which 10 coessl
with The settlement Of our country, 10 %
ssa Is SIcr. n '; III sasii,ies nav
have sometimes attended il. las. indeed.
what good. in the ordinances OF nature
or the institutions Of man, is not liable Ia
occasional abuse, every candld and we'll
informed mind must admit that the nm.
paralleled development, of American
prosperity and civilization has been nam.
ly owing. The Presidents theories and
recommendations. IL they mean any thing.
GO I" the entire destruction Of this long
established system, now indissolubly con-
necled with all the interest OF society.
and TO the establishment. in its stead, Of
an exclusive hard money currency, or
something practically tsn,amount TO il.
operating = sudden and total revolution
in the value of labour, property and
contracts. and involving the farmer. the
mechanic, the iradesman, the merchant.
and in short every class of men. with
the exception Of creditors aud public
officers enjoying fired salaries from The
gorernmenf.) IN une common ruin. As
an essential part Of this policy. the presi-
dent has proclsimeds crusade against
Institutions, deriving their existence from
and responsible TO the states alone. and
IN his hew born zeal has so far forgot
his former opinions. as to recommend 10
Congress the enactlon Of SPECIAL bank
rupt law. applying to these institutions
exclusively. and intended 10 put an end
to their existence by an ACT Of the federal
aulliority--a measure which but lew
years before, he had denounced in the
strongest terms, as an odious and on.
constitutional invasion Of the rights Of
the states" See his Speech in the
Senate THE United States, on PROPOSE
tion Of Mr.. Branch Of NJ C. on the 6ih
Of February 1927, Sd vol. Register Con.
Debates, p. 2s6
Upon all these subjects. The Conserve.
tiges have differed. and still differ with
the President, as we'll as upon his sub
treasury scheme. These differences have
been manifested by them on various occa-
sions, and ma variety OF forms-speeches.
votes and discussion Of popular Assem-.
bl.cs. In regard to myself. | have omit.
led no proper occasion, in both written
and oral addresses 10 INV fellow citizens,
10 proclaim them; and ye, have seen
with Infinite surprise. that some persons
recently, 10 cover their own change Of
position. have alleged tina. il had been
heretofore understood that differed with
The administration on but a single CUES.
ton. tina. OF The sub-,ressury This all !.
CATION. too, is made in The face oil the
notorious fact tina. have been denounced
by The administration press from one ex.
.reni,v Of the country to the other. for
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