The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-12-24

in q word. al financial power and that
a. consequence. there viii be "a end 10
sab-lreas1ry legislation. 20 hard-money
doctrines. and 70 executive experiments
on the currency. the daily bread Of in
dnslIy and the lle-blood Of commerce.
and enterprise.
We rejoice. also, most sincerely, that
de Obvious error Of the representative
body. By which. a. is last session, The
constitution WAS fagranly violated in the
Ne~ Jersey election case, has been sig
nally rebnked BY the voice Of the sose.
rsign people Of The Union, As well as by
ths particular states whom il most nearly
affected. The decision Of lhe House in
that case (had u been seqniesced I'M Was
the beginning fihe end" Of The Union.
The consequence OF an unchecked sue
csssiOn Of such practices. il cannot but
be plain 70 ihe understanding Of every
thinking man, must have been fatal 10 all
The hopes which are embarked 10 is ex
isience. or dependent upon lis duration.
II 10 subjecs Of eradication that the
revolution which has been effected in the
councils Of the eoustry was preceded by
a full, fair, and free discussion Of the
principles al issue; and that. though
much agency 10 doubisss attributable 10
The personal and political merits Of our
candidates for The Two 6rst Offices in the
government. il was mainly upon great
public principles, well defined and uni
sefsally understood. that this election
burned, and was decided.
We feel some pride, also, in being able
lcoascienIiously 70 svow the opinion that
The success OF the Wings and Consersa.
tires in this contest is in part owing 20
their having very generally left TO their
sdvsrsaries the use Of the weapons Of ca
lumny. personal deTaction. vulgar eri
thels, and foul language-relying, in PIE.
ference. upon arguments addressed 10 the
intelligence and PRACTICAL good sense Of
Inc people The result has approved
their judgnsns in ibis respect. and ha:
taught usefnl lesson 20 ali who suppose
that they adapt their discourse 70 me ca
paeiiy and s5riiPrr or Ine body Of the peo
pie when they address them in the Ian.
guage Of Bedlam or Of Billingsgsie.
IL 10 reflection, which must be cheer.
ing 70 the heart Of every one who places
AUST ralue upon our Republican Govern
ment, that the result Of the late election
demonstrably shows the fuiility of some
Of the apprehensions which. at the time
/ OF lie establishment, were seriously en-
terlsined, even by its friends. for the sta
biliiy and duration of our system, by rea
son Of dangers supposed 10 be inherent in
il. The most important Of The problem.
which entered into the sarly discussion
OF the plan for consolidated union o.
the states was perhaps that which wat
founded upon the extent Of territory anc
the diversity of interests proposed to b.
embraced by it; a problem afterwards
rendered more interesting, and certainl,
not less difficuls, upon the extent Of tn,
territory Of the Union and its varieties o
soil and climate being almost doubled b,
the acquisition of Louisiana. This dan
ger. however, which The politicians o
the old world seemed especially 10 regar'
as insuperable, has been dIspeiled BY
time, through the means Of setilemen,
cultivation, and self improvement, mos
happily aided by the march of science
within The half century which has elaps
ed since the adoption Of the constitution
| Another Of The gres. problems to which
we refer, viz: whether some one grea
state Of the Union would not before very
long become The Athens or Rome Of on
; system, and dominsts by the power
i've Numbers and wealth ovsr the rest o
the Union, 10 satisfactorily settled by ,h'
evidence furnished, by tho recent cleo
ton. that already the great states has'
found equals in physical power in ssa,e'
grown up in territory in which when th'
Union vas formed. not furrow had beef
! turned by the plough. Virginia, the an
cisnt Dominion, the mother OF states
finds herself already overma,ched in le
!, dsrsl numbers by young Illinois; the for
mer. sending twenty one Representative
TO Congress, having given s4,223 vote
for Electors Of President and Vice Pre-
lsidenl Of the United States, willis, III
: latter, sending only three Representative
10 the present Congress, east 93.0l;
votes for Electors. Ohio, also forme,
gu, Of wild Territory. treads close upoI
the heels Of Pennsylvania, The mex, Of lh
three largest states. and will soon rang
slenside Of New York, the .now creates
IL state Of the Union. The introduction
in our day. Of new and powerful che
micsl agent. in The form Of steam, hs
+ realized The fable of Ancient History, a
+ cordlng TO which Hannibal overcame III
impeachment Of the Alps BY the aid .
fire and vinegar. Time and space o
+ lloager constitute obstacles 10 the mo
o frequent. constant, and rapid commun
a lcauon between states which, when Oh
Union was formed, were in effsc. mo-
= remote from one smother than the 20
TX Of N. York nos is from any country NJ
Is on the waters Of the Atlantic. The Mou
g. tsins are levelled, and the Lakes and