The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-12
LoG caBINs AND IHEIR OCCUPANTS
T.ILs Rsilsr q lie Eseaiaa slar.

LOG CABINS And THEIR OCCUPANTS /
r. lLs ESTER u he EseaiaR ssar.
BELOW hand yon a. rxlrarl IRON NJ.
/ De Torqnesille's . Democracy 10 Ame-
siea." whscli i Inc best description 81 lie
hardy lseemsn sho lire IN lng Cabins
Ghal have met viii; and. by he WAY.
lhis sane work III De ToeqaesiIle i
mos. clear and philosophical view q the
nollsical institutions u lie Uniled States.
J. Al the exYtne border II The ean-
/ frdrrsle States upon The een6nes 81 saeie,
n and lie wilderness. population 81
bold a.seniarers have taken up their
absdr. uho pierce he soli.udes 81 he
American aos.as. ard seek county tlieTe
N order Ii escape ihs FossEiy which
awaited them III their nsllse PROVINCES.
A soon = The pioneer strives upon The
spot MhIrh il 10 serve him = retreat.
Ii lalIs ! lev trees and builds > lng house.
Nothing can 0iIer more miserable asrrri
lhan these isolated daellings. The ira
sellrr shD approaches one II them 70
wards aighIlsll. sees he iileksring ol The
, hesrll-aame lhrnugh The ehinks 10 The
walls; and II night, il The ainj rises, lie
hears The ronl 81 boughs shake 10 aud ffo
In The midst III The gFea, tarrsl iFees.
Who would not suppose lhsi lhis poor
: hui was the asylum Of ignorance aud
: ruJenessl Yrino sorl u comparison ran
be drawn between Tie plnnser and lie
dwelling which shelters lin. Every
! Thing about lin i primitive and uniformed,
but lie i himself The result 81 The labor
and the experience Of eighteen centuries.
lie wears The dress and he speaks The
language az cities: he Is acquainted with
lie pasl, curious for lie future, and ready
. for argument upon The present; he - N
shor, highly intellectual being. WIN
! consents lnr . time 10 inhabli The Wild
|, woods, and who penelraies into The wilds
! ii new world. with The bible. On axe,
snG file Of Newspapers
IDtmoeracy II .9mtriea page BIG.
Ii may do Tor such as 1--we 10 marble
buildings, amid The alluremenls Of weaill
! aud wha, i called intellectual refinement
10 sheer al The occupants Of The lowly 10
Y cabin; vel il nnly belrays their own igna
= rance Of The Government under whic
= they live. and Of the influence which lh
y religion. The manners. and The customs q
= the noble race of men, so eloqnenlly lie
= scrihed in the above extract, exercise ove
the liberties and desiinies Of the country
= They are the descendants oi The pilgrim
" fathers who fret pierced The wllds q
y America, and who. in the Language Of III
" historian Of ltose days, i" which wa
= soeyer they turned their eyes. lsaye u
ward 10 Ilea,en,) could have but liz
solace or content ~ respect oil any on
ward object"
d. Twas in the midst Of this western WI
NJ tha, lhey built their log cabins, and foun'
e, ed a settlement which was the germ oil
er crea, people. twas from these same IL
nd cabins that they offered up their praye
~ 10 The Most High, " for the glory 81 80
and the advancement OF the Chtis'.'
faith" and enacted lnr their own COVER
men. " such just and equal taps as sh.
be thought nloSi meet and Convenient ]
fke general good efthe colony"
a The same spirit Of freedom has bet
he handed down from sire 10 SON, and 81
60 burns in The bosom Of the descendants
No The early Pilgrims. What patriot @
pr- sheer nj the occupant of . log caoi
he What lover OF his cnun,ry does mt reve
Is. the memory Of the bold pioneers wi
land The Foundation Of a Gnsernme
ar. which stood. and stands alone, without
iel parallel in the history OF The world! r
En- nv own par, never pass one "f tho
- dwellings without inv ardly saving ihe
sh il The abode Of cou,ent and h'PpIne:
ID there dwells the spirit Of true republica
d. ism. which in times Of natnnal peril "
;, s ever be found the supporter oil the pri
70 ciples OF ciyI! liberty, Ihe Representative
sts Of that race Of pa,rlois who achieved Il
l,h ,ndepen..ence Of The American province
ras and reared the standard oi sell-gnver
he mcn,;" and. above all. cannot resist u
led recollection that. in just such an humo
eu ,enemen, was born aud reared, That ~
red ancestors as TAR back as | can trace We
CT ,il.ers OF the soil. the supporters OF Dem
Ter cratic Republican principles, aud u
le- habitan,s of log cabin. iiurra The
i,h say /, fur The log cabins! Give one
er- prouder heraldrv than that; 1t is eioI
IN enough Tor ,,r A.,
ces A WESTERN MAN.