The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-05
EXTRACTS FROM
The Crisis Of the Country

Hsxs Dp iisa msy sTsw - i . Rtpasiie.
IL asa enabled 10 state" says HE Pre-
,i5eHI Of the unIled Slairs. s.ihal ID
,ssn'y-Iw0 nas Of twenty se.en govern
meals. from winch undoubled informa.
uaa has been oblaineJ. The public mo-
mrs have been krPs in charge of public
sEtrs." That 10. officers d~psRdrn.
allT an the priare. or sovereign; bul IN
dsreaienf of the Peapie-indepeadeaf Of
a caas,ilulionL legislative body elrcled
BY the people. IN alher words. sssn.
~ t~o auI az tweuiy seven mon.
arches have Ad,ased IIls Independent
Treasury. Heretofore. we have re-.
padIa,sl he example u foreign dsspos
o = model u government; boz ao~,
iWssoth. the Chief Magistrate OF the
Ansriean republic iarokes their iniiu.
snee AMI sId 10 establish The vilal prin.
sipls of their independent and sbso.
lu's .ssy-Ihs sery soul Of that syslem
.hieh las n.d~ sidres Of The poor where.
ser Il he. existed. aad ground them 10
lh- ds.I.i Moreover. ihe President, by
hs confession. has beea engaged in such
correspondence f"r such az object The
sLi,f Of our repahlic eonspiring y ilh the
5,.pa' ii Europe. taking lessons from
lhss "n the psiaeiples Of government.
sad recommending the example ~ lwen.
iw' af tie m"st absolute. instead Of
the i've whrre there 70 some freedom LEFT!
81 srdenlly DESIRE" says Senator
Walker, ''io ere Oh . country in The same
happy condition with Cuba." o. .I
eSIncsse." says Mr.. Calhoun. with The
Ssnss"s from Mississippi" Reduce"
says Senator Rachanan, sour nominal 10
the real" Ch.rd money! "s,4ndard Of
prices" of property aud Iabor1 '.snd you
cover nur eoun'ry with blessings and be.
nshls" "rhs price of labor 10 entirely
100 higH says Senator Tsppan. lie
sIsa adds: "The laborers in this eoun
ICY can sfnd 10 work for eleren pence
day. and the hard money system will
btlag down wages 10 that sun. Wheat,
slll also cnms down On sirfeen cents a
bushel. and every thing else in propor-
loo. The Sub treasury will effect both
objects" Yes. verify. Senator Tappsn,
10 truth IL siil. 81 thank thee. Jew, for
that word" The sehens slands reveal.
cd. snd she .ho run. may read" The
President, Benton. Calhoun. Walker.
buchanan, Tappan ALI have revealed il
and here il s! Let the re,ple, espe.
clalIy The working people. see! "Elev-
en- pence q day." I" Can afford i!"
"Whe., ,iK,e,n cents q bushel. and eve.
~ thing else in proporiion!' except tea,
coffee. sugsr, elo,bs, and I'll foreign pro
auctions, ehich would remain the same.
and no money 20 buy them. eleven
psnee . day for labor" and "sirisen
cents Q bushel fur wheat" would obliee
the sorkinsman and the farmer 10 live
an corn bread and potatoes. sni elolhc
themselves and their children in the same
fabrles which arc worn By the slaves Of
the south. Wooden shoes. too, would
c"ne into fashion--snd no mistake. The
P'esideHfs salary rising BY this change
10 the vslue of $4,000 annually. and
rhnse Of his hundred thousand depend
eats 81 the same rate! Let the mos, iron
despoiisms Of The axs. OF oil history, beat
tia, Il they can, II our fathers had for.
seen il. could they have consented |"
die martyrs n freedom for cons eaps
Bile Of enduring such bondsgef
IL is true, Indeed. fhsl these eonspirs.
tors against the in,cresss Of the work.
ing classes. sad 81 all American ein.
gene VIM have q stake 10 the cemmon-
wealth. have been frightened at the echo
ef their owa words IS il comes back 10
them from an indignsn, public, sad ate
struggling, like the school boy culpri,,
between conscience and fear Of the
rod, tn say. NJ dida'E" But you did,
gcntl-men. This st,emp, 10 get of. 10
like the efIntis Of "a, in a trap 10 &c!
out. i.5is asanfng, no, rords-fd'fs,
M, msfapiysics--wnh which we have
to do. The people OF this county are
resolved tn know, WHETHER It 70 the plan
Of The iGnvernmen, tn unite The purse
and the swnrd. = scheme aclnaliy con
samna,ed by the Presidents ratification
Of the independent, Treasury on the 4l'
OF july, 1897 lucy are resolved II
kaow, whether the Government, propose
I, reduce the prices If property aud u,
bar:,n one half. or one third. or one ionr,t
Of Their former value. IA thing already
dnn.;l and whelhcr Office holders, iron
the President dovnwards, are to be a
much better nff. a. the people are wors'
OF. by the change. This " wha' me!
are resolved to kDox.
H,v tli,' ,rprimtn, ,UiI sG,ei our Relations
Gr,at Britain and other naltOas'
First. our political power vii be a'
minishrd in the sane pr"porll"n VI"
anr wealth. and prosperity. El'hef OF
II these il ordinarily fslr measure
the other. Great Britain would s'il g
with her eian, strides on the credit 'I'
ten. ,ausmrn,ing her relative power an
a.cendency over US. ja.t as The man
great capital can ontslrip in business an
overshnlow in greatness ms p'"'
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