The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-17

,hs life Guard al George Washington {
~ 49, 80 ,',o oI as sre now lising. ""
!, ~. 80, ~ ,irss Of YoIkloWR, a Vslley
-. - Mammoth. and thirteen other
hs,i b.,lles, and sac ConWslils su''sn' /.
A., a osr old General. Ny service
5000 only uiIh The war. AlaeT al lhis
h,,a.hie ana suffering. in the street when
! - -. n NV old age 10 see The lap
pinsss / have helped 20 give you. ! an
no;a,ed !, Is . British rory-yes.
R,;,;.h Toy-I hare said nothing when
| / h,ye been told 50. but have silently
,hons \, ,hst nv old General would never
have picked out Tory 20 lofm one o.
his Llle Guard. nor would Tory nave
suffered VIA. | have suffered for you:
This abuse has been shamefully heaPed
upon one of your ole soldiers because he
i whal he was when The war broke oui.
and what Washington told us ne must
always he when he shook hands with "
= We 81 we're going home. was WING
IN The Resolulion, have been ons ever
since, and sm one now. A. wing !
ealisled FOR The whole war. was IN lavof
with .l,e other Wings Of Thomas Jefler-
son, went siIh The party for James Madl-
son, wss IN favor Of the last war. and 10
be consistent in my lssl vote. must give
/, Cor Gen. HARRISON. lie is brave man.
and was never known ahereEsr he has
been 10 lake q penny from his neighbour
ar The Goternmenl that was mi larry
his. We have irod over the same ground
lighting for liberty. Ills isther lhe was
one or The Reyolu,inn) signed our indie
pendence roll. and then We all went ous
together to fight for il. aud ne proved u
was true.
ItIe.l ny appears 70 me that ibis cannot
be The same government that our old
soldiers helped Washington 20 put up
here. We fought 10 have Government
as different from any in Europe as We
could make il. Well. We done i. and
until lately things have all gone on smooth
ly. and Europe was beginning 10 get
ashamed Of The way she made slaves Of
her subjects by making them work and
toll for seven poor cents day with .
Standing Army over them TO foTce them
to il. But our President now tells The
people that things have gone wrong since
The Old War, and that there are twenty.
three miserable governments IN Europe
where the Kings wear crowns and rich
purple. aud the poor people rags. that We
must fashion af,er them If we want 10 be
happy and prosperous! We had English
laws here once. and they were the best IN
Europe. but we couldn't stand them and
we put them under our feet. We used 10
work for mere nothing ihen, and We can
not DO il again. Working for lew cents
a day may do for slaves, but mol for Iree-
men whose liberty cost more blood than
liberty ever cost before; Why, the very
FIRST Thing that started the old war was
the Standing Army that the King kept
qusriered on ": we told him that We
wanted no soldiers over ms IN time oil
peace. but he refused 10 mind US and
saw Lord Cornwsllis surrender up par
Of them 10 honest George Washington,
Our President now proposes 10 have q
standing force--whst fori--Beware!
Jefferson never asked Tor srmed men
TO re.eleci him or elevate his successor.
Madison asked for then only in The time
t--l sisa lais war. aud warned The people
shan he Ish hes afis.s Ia he careful aboui
keeping soldiers in lime OF peace. Oul
streets are filed with idle men Who were
active labortrs once when employment
was 20 be had. The men Of enlerprize
who once employed them have been
ruined by the government. Aud now
these honest but unemployed lsborers are
told BY the government that when they
60 10 work again they must do Il for a
few cents a dsy--the labor mus, be As
cheap here as II 10 among tie slaves OF
Cuba or the slave Of Europe. Ambition
and ignorance Oh the part Of our Govern
meni have shut up oGr shops aud stores.
scu'iled out ships. filed our streets with
ldleness and bankruptcy. aud gwen No
encouragement 10 the farmer as he lp,k ;
al his grain. Are hot these things so!
You know they arc, and have no motive
in saying wha, may be falsc--I am ion
lar advanced fur Office or any thing else
but dealh-il will sooa be here. My
iitlc pension, and thank YOU for il, viii
soon stop and ] go home with the rect II
The Irie Guards. There is one remedy
only fnr the safety Of the country have
served. Put oihrr men to stand a, the
HiIer aid round the cables. and sou will
som 60 back on the old Constitutional
track. Gen. Harrison is honest, he never
deceived you aud he never lost battle.
AMI the People went lei him lnoss This.
Accept ny advice aud you all have my
hIessing--my advice is that all Of ynu
become the Life Guards Of the country.
and my blessing is thai your old age NAV
have less fears inr liberty than mine.
BENJAMIN EArOS,
ons 9fIhs t.ro 'arririn, LIE Guards Of
George Washington.
Nc"burn, N. Y, aug. IS. 1850.