The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-01

qaesung me ta attend . Convention 1
Ihs friends nj Gen. Harrison. in Easier
Pennsylvania. 10 be held in he CRY G
Lancaster o. he 18Th ol September nexi
1 ran assure you. wish great slmplici
~. that there il Rcshing connected wilI
lie sEAsys oi lie in which | take create
isl~sesa. thaa IL Tie object 10 be sdYanc
sd BY the Coaseniion. which yoa iusil,
me 70 amend. Were il in NV power Il
comply viii your request. should ].
30 sllh The greatest alserily. because | an
ron6 lent thai The preservation Of The Ii
berries q he na,ioa depends OF the sue
cess u shs cause, Tor The advancement q
which Jour convention has been called.
Those Of our citizens who know from
memory, - do, or who have Otherwise
learnt, The deporable condition Of this
country al the close ~ the revolutionary
var. and .he relief afforded by the sdop-
tiaa and fsiihinl administration Of The con.
siisu,ion u l7ss, under the auspices u
Washington. will know hnw 10 appreciate
abe value n The instrument, and Tie impor-
lance Of preserving II IN iis original puri-
ly. The revolutionary uar had left the
American people in poverty and distress
--sishout naney-wilhout enmmerce--
wilhOus msnufaclnres-uilhout credit,
aai without national character. Under
The wiss and vel arranged system devils.
ed By Washington, and faithfully pursued
by all his SUCCESSORS. OIL 1929. the Ame.
Tiesn people rosa from poverty and dis
iress 10 ease and affiaeace, and from HE
reproachful scoff, VI Europe 10 The level
1T The most hOnored and respected "a
tians on the globe. That policy was
faithfully pursued by every President.
from Washington 10 The younger Adams
iselssise, and had i, been persisted in nil |
The present day. Imagination can scarcely
conceive the health of prosperity 10
which the American people could, ere |
ihis time. have attained.
IL may safely be affirmed. thst the |
scdd has never witnessed such an in.
stance VI rapid elevation ss our nation
presented in 1929. In The short peri.
I'd Of forty years. we had risen from
poverty 70 OVERLOOKING sbusdsnce, and
frsm foreign derision 10 the SUNNI, Of
national Tenown. Our flag vas seen on
every ocean and seat passed without
insult or moles,slon. and brought back
% our shares the wealth OF all purtIous
aG the globe:--snd LEI /. be remembered
ihe fruits Of thss wise system of pulley
were enjoyed by all classes of the com.
mun':y. The most humble d,y-lsbarer
participated in The profits. and in the clio.
~. which The wise measures of the 90
procured for the nation. A field
vas opened for the industrious aud enter
prising citizen. though humble and oh. ,
'eare. 10 Use 10 wealth and distinction.
1redi'. The poor mans capital. could be
eddy cbsains5, and IL rarely happened ,
hat talent, though unsuIGivaled. il con
leeied with industry and honesty, failed
o obtain patronage.
This, sir. VAS the condition Of The |
american people in 1929. Alter that ne
lod' de system previously pursued wss 3
esndoned. aud succession Of unified .
experiments was resoFsed 10, conmenc. o
ng under lie administration of Gen. Jack. \
IN. IL vas, undoubtedly, the design Of Il
~ distinguished man. when he wen. in /
oihce, IN administer the government, ON n
10 principles he had previously avowed, !,
Inch sere approved by the great mass !,
the people, aae be would have done :,
D. II he had fallen iuio honest hands; ba. Il
Unfortunately. tie chief now a, the head :,
the nation gained his entire conf !.
ence. and became bis principal adviser, =,
~ had controlling agency IN bringing j,
'oui The course ofexpermeuls which has :,
owed 50 destructive 10 the prosperity a
ID happiness Of The nation. a
When Mr.. Van Buren, succeeded 10 :,
10 Presidency, be IroGiseJ To tread in h
Ie footsteps Of his llIusIrious predeces. n,
~. As lar az those steps wore The irn. 81
Tess OF error. he did follow Them: bu, =
> abandoned oil the sound PRINCIPLES 70
hich his predecessor had advanced in
. letter 10 The legislature of Tennes. n
e. aud in his inaugural address 20 Con :.
ess; AMI rrsarsed to a succession Of =, =.
larry measures al war with those prin. r.
% and with The practice OF all the chief n.
sg's'ratss whs had preceded him. II m
As leis Tor she lawyer Of Undertook % ~
'eoSer thai Washington. JEFFERSON. NJ. RI
son. Monroe. and The elder anil younger So
aam'. were igaorsns OF the principles Of
CONSTITUTION, and had administered il IN
'r'ns ; petloa si f"uy years, in violation v
'ss pis'p iapar.! For one, | shall no, b,
'spps " s's.urb the competency which h,
y base been produced 10 his mind by y
CD unparalleled vanity. On this sx,r.. n
binary discovery. be ju.lifiss his own a.,
nfse. aud vindsestes The arb.uary me- al
res hs is pursuing. Aud wha, his N
~ ''le,r RESULT Hox rapidly has ,le ",
asa ialisa issp shs piassls VI prosper. i