The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-08-20

eaurss, " either, or both. would ~ !,
esl. shnnse The one that would afford
nall loaf 20 . FINISHED Republic. Il
therefore beeomes duty ne owe % our
selses, 70 COR chIldrsn. and 10 our fore.
ialhefs, aho purchased our liberty o,
ihen blood and lives. n determine ale
iher the choice Of Mr.. Van B8ren would
DC an evil or shelher The choice Of Har
rson would Be 30 evil: and il both are
evils. Of Two choose ths least. I shall
hrst examine the administration or Mr..
Van Buren,. and then determine he ~.
iure By The past. which Is The only cor
rect ssy ] know Of determining things
10 iutnrIiy. and which 10 done according
20 The rule. same cause sane effect
nov proceed 10 examine The FIRST case by
saying
lsL Il there distress in The land sucl,
80 never has been Witnessed, since the
Revolutionary Wari Your answer must
be yea.
%. What has produced III Has "a.
mine! No. Has he swnIdl No. What,
then. say you'll o,erlrsding. and The fsll
Of produeei Granted. But an This 10
On effect produced by some csuse-and
what 10 that cau,e: ] answer ovesusding
and the rise Of properly arose from The
eounuy's being flooded with paper mo-
ney, snd that arose from The checks be-
ing removed that operated on our local
banks. siz:-ihe United States Bank.
And this, together with The highhsnded
and unconstitutional interference with the
Treasury in The removal Of The deposiles.
dersneed the monetary affairs Of The coun
Try, affected commerce, reduced The price
Of produce. and lell the whole country in
debt. And no sooner did The banks dis.
cover this. than they. with a few excep-
lions. changed their operations from that
Tor which they we're chartered. 10 that
OF Brokers. and thus united with the sris
ioerscy Of the country, inr the purpose
Of crushing The poor and lsboring part al
the community, which is The backbone
and sinew Of The country. and make them
hewers Of wood and drawers OF water 10
proud and pro1Igaie srislocracy. which
always has and always will support .
monarchichal head. And yet they raise
. mighty shout" Huzzs for Mr.. Van
Buren, and the Independent, Treasury,
and hard money currency"--and | be
lieve this 10 the reason some OF the Stale
Rights party have gone over TO Vsn's
support; and in evidence Of this. show
me one leading man that has gone. thai
is not welding q money capital. either
directly, or indirectly. privately or 10
bank. 10 you can. am sure i, will not
be Mr.. Cooper.) They know, fellow
citizens. IL there is a change IN the Adj
min,sirsiion. there will be change in
policy, and The hope Of their gain 10 gone.
But you will say: MIR. Vaa Buren, did
no. do this. Granted. But his prede
cessor did, and he stands pledged 10 fol.
low in his steps; and in evidence OF the
fulfilling Of tina. pledge. see him pursu-
ing the course, and instead Of giving a
hard money currency. he 10 converting
the Treasury into a bank, and issuing
thousands aud millions of Treasury notes,
land God bless you. Treasury note is
not made of gol! or silver and Tins.
while he promises gold aud silver. you
get paper! While he processes to d.
vorce The banks from the government. he
is converting The whole Treasury into
bank, over which he, if successful, will
exercise an entire control, and thus al one
snatch. grasp sword and pssse. and with
his Standing army, which he is trying TO
obtain, with the sword in one hand and
the purse in The other, he will carry bis
points and compel me and you TO do his
bidding. But you still say his course IS
to put down the banks. Well,
il tits. Why has i, not done il! We have
had three years experience, and | ask
you csndidly, are there fewer banks now.
Than there we're then! or are there more!
II there are more, then the argument is,
i, is not calculated to put down. but 10 ia
crease banks.
That Martin Van Buren, did give his
vote in favor Of The Missouri restriction,
canno, be denied. That he did vote TO
allow free negroes 10 vote, provided they
were worth certain amount Of property,
thus placing the negro upon an equal
footing with the white man. and al The
same time favoring aristocracy. cannot
be denied. That he does admit The con-
s,i,ulional RICH. Of Congress to interfere
with the subjsc, Of slavery. but says it
would be impolilic. will not be denied.
Tina, there has been q greater waste OF
public money under this Administration,
Than under Tia. Of any other President OF
The United States. will not be denied.
think. Tha, he has been for aud against
almos, every one, and every thing. ex
cept retrenchmen' in the expenses OF The
government, and that he has always been
| think cannot be denied. That
The distress Of the country has been and
is worse Than under any other Admins.
ration, will not be denied. Aud that
these things did not exis. under any 9th
er Administration. aud commenced only
with the presen, policy Of The Executive.
and hls predecessor. think will be sd.