The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-06-25

snch nan - Wm. III .
aaffisan WAS moi fl 20 Be Minis,er a
Colombia. re should be clad d learn
where one could have been found. we
challenge the Enqairer 20 . comparison
q ih's arpoinlmeni with any diplomatic
mission sent By The Jackson or Ihs Van
Buren, Admihisuslion. We will ma, saw
% ihe Southern Republics only, 30, 10
Europe. or any where else, from The We.
~ highest 20 lhe lawesl Of our Minister.
abroad. Though Gen. Harrison wa. NO,
permitted by The ruthless spirit Of parry
20 remain long Al Colombo. he remained
long ennuRh IN make . glorious addition
e his fame by his celebrated le,ler a.
b"lisar-a communication called forth
BY peculiar Circumstances. and ffareh,
with sentiments - wise and noble as is
composition is admirable.
To this recall Of Gen. Harrison from
Calomb'a. allusion was made in .aaa-h
dellsered in The Senate nf The Uniied
States. on the 4lh OF March. 1880. BY
one Of the irursl patriots and most slo-
q"ent orators who ever grscsd that as
sembly, John NJ. Clayton. now Chief
Justice Of Delaware:
"Tske another case" said Mr.. CLAY.
lon. land inform Us why tie gallant n o..
rison. the hero 81 Fon Meigs. che victor
II TIppeeanoe and The Thames se,e-
ran 10 council As well a. 10 the field, dis
ilnguished Tor his virtues in al the rela
lIons 81 The citizen. the soldier. and The
statesman Why. ] ask. Was he proscrib-
ed as unfit 20 represent his country abroad.
and Withdrawn from Calombia To make
room fnr Thomas r. Moore! lie had
scarcely arrived al Bogo,a--rhe ink was
still fresh on tbs Executive record which
informed The President that il wss the adj
vice ri The Senate that he should repre-
sent US there, when the order for his re-
mosal was announced. This could not
have been done fnr any official miscon.
duct. There had been no time TO INQUIRE
inio that. Was bis fidelity dlsuusled
then! Or haw did the public good re-
quire his dismissal! Think you IL will
tell well in The annals nj history. that he
who had so often perilled life and limb,
IN The vigor of manhood. 10 secure the
blessings oiliberiy To others. was punish.
ed iur The exercise Of The elective fran
ehise IN his old age! Sir, il was an act,
dI'suise il as we may. which, by holding
out The idea that he had lost the conf
dence Of his country, night tend to bring
down his gray hairs with sorrow 10 The
grave. Boz The glory he acquired BY the
campaign on the Wabash. and by those
hard earned victories for which he re-
rrIvru sss~- --i.-~ataslasnrots of
meri, from the Legislature Of Kentucky,
and the full measure Of nations thanks
10 the resolutions Of Congress, can never
be eff.cet; and any effort 10 degrade
their honored object will recoil on those
who make il. until other men. in better
days, shall properly estimate his north,
aud again cheer his declining years NTH
proofs Of his eOnniry's confidence and
gratitude"
We have emphasized the last clause OF
this eloquent extract. TO work prophecy.
Of which. If any Thing can presen. the
fulhiment in the most conspicuous man
ner. il will not be such means OF dispa-
REGIMENT and detrsciion a. are resorIed
to by the organs Of the Administration.
Every libel which il pays or promises to
pay Tor, on the gallant old soldier. and
true hearted citizen. seems only to fix the
people yet more firmly in their generous
resolve TO L" cheer his declining years"
with The highest possible proof "of his
country confidence and grsstSde.N