The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-22


posal q The Excessive, and does. here,
By, eanse . sssl augmentation 81 Execu
liTe inaasnee and control. Then. sgsin,
from he very nature Of things. The exec.
uliEe power arls constantly; u is slways
10 beiag-slHays in The citadel and on
The look out; and il has. basides, unIlor.
nifty Of purpose. They sha are in. haze
but one object. which is 20 keep al 9th.
ers Oui; While those who are moi In or
nee. and who desire change. have : va
rely Of different objects as they are 10 be
lound 10 different paris az The country.
One complains Of one thing. another oi
another; and. ordinarily. there is no slriel
unity of object OF Of candidate; aud.
therefore. il IL that those welding poa er
within the citadel are able 10 keep ihe
Others out lhoagh they may be more mn
numerous. Hence we have seen an I'D.
minisira'ion. though in . minority, yet
BY The continued exercise Of power. able
% bring over The people 10 the support Of
such measure a. The sub treasury,
which. when il was first proposed. re.
ceised buI little favor in any part Of the
county.
Again: though il may appear eompa
rstyely Uncomfortable. yel. when we are
looking ~ the means BY which ihe Ex
eeuiiye power has risen 10 lis present
ihrealnirg bright, we must not overlook
the power OIL will not say pension.
ed-bul Of . palronized Press. OF I'll
things in . popular government. . Co
yernmenl Press 10 ihs most 20 be dreaded.
The Press furnishes The only means OF
public address: and if gosernmsni By
supporting comes 10 control il. then they
take 10 themselves. al The public expense.
the great channel 81 oil communication 10
The people. Unless France be an excep-
ton, where the minister regularly de.
mands so manysihousand francs Cor The
management Of The public press. ! know
oi no sorernmenl in the world where the
Press i avowedly patronized 10 The same
extent % il 10 IN this country. Have moi
you. men OF Virginia. been mortified 90
witness the importance which is attach
ed al Washington 10 The election Of q
Public Printer! 10 observe The great anx.
ieiy and soliciIude which even your own
friends have been obliged 20 exercise 10
keep that appointment out Of The hands
Of Executive power! One OF the fret
things 10 be done when new Admins
traiiOn shall come into power, will be %
seDarata the povarnmeoi -,,on " AM wv
tue PvoPIr' Urrause l Know beforehand
whai politics he will preach--it will all
be one 10 Iriumphe from The beginning
Of the first page 10 the end OF the last pa
lragIaph. ! am for cutting Off this pow.
or IRON the executive. Give the people
fair play. | say. gire the people fair
play. II they think the government is in
error, or that better men NAV be found
TO administer il, give them a chance to
ftnrn the present men out and put better
man III: but dan'i lei them be compelled
10 give their money tn pay mau 10 per.
suade them not TO change The government.
Well, ;heTe are still other modes by
which executive power is established and
confirmed. The FIRST thing il seeks to
do is To draw strict lines of party opini-
on. to appeal TO the party feelings Of men.
This is a topic which might lead me We
ry far into an inquiry as TO the causes
which have overturned all popular go.
vernmenls. II is the nature of men TO
he credOlous and confding toward their
friends. IL there exists in the country a
powerful patty. and il The head Of tina,
parry be The head Of the government, aud
avawi Aimself the head Of that party.
givesiiianks for the public honors lie has
received. not 10 the country, but TO his
party, then we can see The causes in ope-
ration which,. according tn the well
known character and tendencies uf man.
lead us 10 give undue trust aud confidence
to party fsvorites. Why, gentlemen.
kings and queens Of old. and probably in
modern times, have had their iavoriies.
and they have given them unbounded
trust Well. there are sometimes among
the people persons who are no wiser than
kings aud queens, who have favoriles al.
so. and give to those favorilcs the same
blind trust and confidence. Hence il is
very difficult, nay, sometimes impossi-
Die. TO convince a party that the man a,
its head exercises an undue amount of
power. They asy, /" he is our friend;
the more power he wields the better for
us, because lie will wislI i. e. our bene.
a." There are two sorts Of republicans
in the world: one is very good sort. the
other, think, quite Indifferent. The la.
ter care not wha. power persons in office
possess il they have the election OF those
persons. They are quite willing their
favori.es should exercise all power, and
are perfectly content with The tendencies
Of government TO an elective despolism.
IL they may choose The man 81 the head
of il. and more especially il they have a
chance of being chosen themselves. That
is one sor. Of republicanism. But that is
not our American liberty; that is not The
repablicanism OF the United States, aud
especially Of the state Of Virginia. Wiz.
ginjsns do not rush out into that extrava.
giant confidence in them; they are for
restraining power by law; they are for
hedging 10 and strictly guarding all who