The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-03


Of GhSI which has been 30 hspply bsEuhl
md he dee ~ November viii show 10
de siHniard thsi fhs true spirit q 70
Slill snimAlss de wbols Mhig parry.
The Standard sifscls surprise a he large
n.joriiy gissa % the Wing candidate fOr
6orernor; but ne can assure him that
de Whig msjority IN November sill be
far greater. In shis county, numbers
Eho voted The shals administration tick.
e IN Augus. haze since declared heir
inisnlion Of soiing Tor Gen. Hsrrison in
NOsembeG and lhsy viii do q. We are
Psnusdsd that Hsrrison's maiorily in
lhis STATE will not fall shon Of ten ihoa.
sind roles. Let The Standard rsnsnber
cha.
% JEFFERsONIAN DEMOCRATS"
We have every day evidence thar ma
ny honest individuals, Who heartily die.
approve Of he leading measures Of Mr.
Van Buren's administration, and the ex
lrassgaas waste Of The public money. jet
continue 10 support him and his measures
because Of their attachment 70 what they
consider the Democratic party" II
any ons viii take the trouble 10 compare
The policy and practice Of The presen. sd.
minisirsiion, wilh those advocated under
the republican administration Of Thomas
Jefferson, the most glaring ineonsisien.
cies would not fail 10 present themselves,
and the professions Of the party 10 The
tile Of . Democrats" par excellence
would be cast 10 the winds. But where
are now The old ys6srsOnian Democratic
The following extract Of letter from the
Hon. Eraslus Root 10 Mr.. ]. Whiting,
will show where some Of them can be
found; and viii afford also just grounds
70 conclude that large numbers in Other
positions have arranged themselves on
the same side. Oh twelve individual,
nos living. who, as electors, and mem.
bes of the Legislature, in the state o.
New York, soted for Mr.. Jefferson FOL
President in 1900, eleven now supper
Harrison and one Van Buren-eisren 4
onea And yet il is pretended that Mr.
Van Buren, is the Democratic eandidaie!l
i Delhi, August Z. 1870
| DEAR SIN: I have received yours Of ih
2slh. in which you request TO be iniornel
OF the names of The electors now slIs,
Who voted for Jefferson in 1900. in ihi
state, and the Senators and Represents
tises now alive who voted Tor them
Then this state had twelve electors. cho
sen BY The legislature. Three OF lher
still survive, IN vii, James Burt, Of 0I
snge; Pierre Van Cortlandi, Of Wes,ehe.
Ter; aud John Woodwork. then of Renl
selaer. now Of Albany. Two Of lh
Senators siill survive, 10 wit. Ambros
Spencer. then Of Coluo,bis, afterwards o
Albany, now OF Wayne, and James w
Wilkin. Of Orange. Seven Of ,he mem
bers OF Assembly stiIl Survive. 10 vii
Nicoll Floyd. Of Suffolk; Samuel v. Vel
bryck. OF Rocklsnd; Peter Townsend
then OF Orange. nov Of New York; Smil
Thompson, then Of Duchess, now Jus
lice of The Supreme Court Of the Unite
States; Erasius Root, Of Delaware; Arch
bald Mcintyre. then Of Montgomery
nov OF Albany; and James Merrill, q
Saratoga. or The twelve survivors, sl
are for Harrison except Mr.. Merrill. II
10 . very eyed man, and has. | under
stand. very little Of mental vigor remain
ing to him.
1 have the honor to be. with grea
respect, your obedient servant
ERASTUS ROOT.
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