The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-29


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has caused deep ssnsstiaa lhroash n.
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ee fully and f.iriy understood, IA osds,
lhst Impartial justice msy = daas u III.
fan baFen. On The nne hand. ard lhas
Yen shnald b easeled 10 srs uadsrs,aad-
lagiy. O The osher--ior. 9Th % desn
seated snd nnmliigsfed appasiiioa II he
mess0frs n Mr.. Van Baren's sdminis-
sfsslan. and 10 The means By whirs he
acquitted. and ron proposes n p-rpe.
ssaas he poser. - any man can enter
tain. ! design 10 do him me most en-.
pie justice. ~hieh. in my iaJemeni. d
me best means Of easuriag his over
thraw.
The eircumslsnces connected wish he
ir.al Of Laeul. Hooe. hare excited 90 deco
IN interest 10 The public mind 40 n ea.
gsge ths lime and he sxer,ions ofths
press aai publie speakers, iron one en-.
sfens'y u The country 10 The oshsr-
one psfly laboring 10 defend. and lie
osi,sr 10 condemn. The saaeiinn given
~ the President 70 the reception IL ne
gro srsaimany. The snhiecl hss been sns |
oi 80 mich discussion. N various forms.
- % have brcome someuha, haeknied
and stale: and. nevertheless. iis inlerest
seems not 10 have sbaieJ--al slI esen,s.
.he edafls II The i,iends of lhs Presideu,
70 excuse his condueI. seem 10 have IN.
creased IS The time approaches when The
people vii be called On b pass their sen.
lencs NJ approval or condemnation: and
70 'his end. We have seen The masl shame
less interpretations. The most unbound. I
~ assertions, anu The most unlenable do.
iueilaas presented 70 the public view,
lhsl eser ~efs presented n % Intelligent
people.
Do not propose 90 20 into lengthy
md tedious reply 70 al that has been
'Fged By lhnse who are hired Cor The pur.
lose II preparing defenees CIR The Presi-
lenl; but some facts Of 81 interesting cha ,
seier have recently come 10 nv know
edge. whieh deem il my duty 10 lay
'eiare the public.
Snme body has had the Kindness ia
end me. ~ pamphlet form. one al
enes si letters that have been address.
d 10 me by The late Postmaster General
nd present Editor Of the Extra Globe,
'hich 10 The first have rad since /
q Washington, though think about u
e tenth that has been published, Shieh y
headed case Of Lieut.. Hooe--a nota y
instance Of Whig honesty" and ed. d
essed 10 The .sllon. John M. Bolts" b
which ME-. Amos undertakes to give )
We history Of The whole affair; and o.
lair specimen of the character Of the ~
| give one extract, which v
il be found To be a common ins,ance n
Loeo Foco dishonesty. misrepresents. lr'
y and fslsehood--ss silfui. deliberate ih
] preneJilaied fslsehood, a. e,ss 49, o
cred BY . desienias and deeeiuul 9"
ave. lie says: ~s~-@ *~ e.
"You knep. sir. when you male the " !,
arge, that the President was at the ~
Ne totally ignorant Of the admission OF " :,
csc witnesses" y"
And this is said in the face nj the rub. =,
he'd praceediugssai the court. the origi- M
manuscript copy Of which had been y.
my possession, and wss returned 10 A,
Department. IN the day preceding the ds
roduc,ion oil The subject a. Congress, :.
which II appears that The attention oil nm
Presiden, was emphaiicaiiy and dis. so
riiy called TO the fact, aud his inter- ri;
ence shllciIed. an the ground thai ne All
testimony had been received by the
'ur,--in the face If the impo,enl de. fl
ice set up by The President inr the re-. 10,
gniiIon oil such testimony - sdmissa :,
in the face Of the written opininns IN,
the District AtInrney and The Attorney lin
neral. attempting TO sustain that deci. -,
n Of the Presiden.--and in the face OF &
'at that ruth loving and truth telling 90,
'rup,rr ri public and private morality q.
es 10 be The facts of The case: and this a.
AZURE, Who thus undertakes. a. q Gov. :
linen, supendIsry, ID ial.,fy records, To In,
rsen fsrts, TO blot aUt roth. defsme ~
. characters Of all honnrabIe men. and o,,
leach political wisdom and honesty to ws
people. again INDUCES 10 the round If
'eriion that II has been lha usage Of The
'Sernmeni 10 receive such testimony an
IN The time Of the Declaration Of Indie.
ndencei A.,
The same assertion has been made by
: President, in substance. repeated BY
Secretary of the Navy, reiterated by
Attorneys and all the Newspapers Of .
day in The employ ment OF Govern 81
mt. and public speakers who are now VI
] hope 10 be in us employment here s g."
err. '''
They have The records before Them Oe
II President. the Secretary. Editors and :,
have been challenged and deied TO 20
DC, from the records, that such has y
IN ti,s usage. Ii has been denied over VI