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


IL lross - wealah. happiness ard chsracle
10 wlEh aaeIampled rapldily; BIZ shea u
> lsyssem sas abandoned. and Mr. Va BI
Eea came InsO poser. he prosperity |
I The e0uatry was suddenly checked =
y nippej By The frost OF death: and fFoE
!. shsa dsy. we have bern sinking with . "
b i0city = unexsmpled - Il4t whieh b.
: marked he progress Of our elevation.
. In is evident that tdsels cannot be pro
, duced without adequate esuses. Whe
! we see nation. under the operation Q
{ . Eell defined course Of policy, sleadilI
and rspidly rising. Without ; eherk
through ; period Of inrly years. be can
moi bas sserIhe lie prosperity u Tia
nation u The Plan on which lis govern
mens has been administered: and whel
ne see that plan absadaEsi for new, IN
uiei expedisnss. snd discover that IN,
prosperity nf the country il suddenl,
checked and destroyed. Who can hesitate
10 trace The elect 10 il producing csusel
As certainly - Ils prosperity Of the U.
States. from I7s9 10 1929. was The 70.
suit II wise administration Of lis GOV.
eminent. 50 errIainly i The distress and
embarrassment which nov osersha.
doss the land. the legitimate result oil
the new policy and arbitrary measures
Introduced by Mr.. Van Buren,. No in
seIligeat man can doubt it--no candid
mai will deny il. and no patriot will he
si;aIe moment, IN put lorih al The rnsE.
| 81 which Gnd and nature have given
him 10 terminate . policy. by which such
Eesalts have been produced. IL is lime
10 abandon the new destructive measures.
borrowed from The despois Of Europe. be.
FIRE they shall hare eonsummaied their
mischief. and 10 place The administration
Of The government in the hands Of wise and
Tlrluous men. wha will take council from
experienee-l0rsake The footsteps oflolly
and ignorance and return TO The plain, re-
publican paths ri the illustrious men. IN
der whose guidance we were happy and
prosperous. Such men are 10 be found
in this country. We see them 10 the
nomiures Of The Harrisburg Convention.
Ii has been my lol TO bs personally and
intimately acquainted wi.h those dislin.
suishsd gentlemen for number Of years.
They are both intelligent, experienced
sta'esmen.--;hev are pure. consistent.
JrffsTsonIan republicans.
With the illustrious farmer of North |
Bend. my acquaintance has been the.
most inlim4,e. and Of greatest duration.
d commenced in 1896. when he was a
Captain il The army IL Gen. Wayne. and
.ommsndani Of Fort Washington. From
hat time 10 the present. day. have been
amiliar with his course Of life. both pri-
rate and public. Laborious industry and
integrity have been prominent
rats IN his character. nor has he been
distinguished by these more Than by 90
'rieiy and heneyolence.
Kindness and uuassuming simplicity
I manners have marked his intercourse
'iih men Of all grades Of society. M
oaesi man. whether high or law. rich or
nor, has been sighted by him. The
taveller has always found a resting place /
n his humble. but hospi,lbls and well
upplIed mansion, aud never did The own
y OF that mansion utter greater truth.
han when lie told the brave men who
lad returned with him from the victor.
us field OF rippecanoe, tina, ",hey new
should hnd his door shut. and the
'rins Of the latch pulled in" With him
he accumulation Of wealth has not been
leading object. lie never was ambi. d
Gus Of sping the folly oi tIrase who in. h
llge 10 ex,rsvagant. splendid equipage. a
&c never believed that such displays in Il
ease the dignity. or add Ia the happi. u
ess VI life. The cultivation Of The soil a
as been his favori.e pursuit, and Ameri- n
IN farmers have been the companions of n
large portion Of hIs time. Pleased with p
eIr simple mode Of living, AZ well as a
18th their occupation. he adopted il IN Ia
rly life. and has found i, TO be entirely m
with his feelings; while il ha. 81
ahlsd him Ia indulge his natural taste re
reading and study, and TO CRAFTY his b.
'rst for the acquisition of knowledge. nj
Q has al ways estimated character above o'
ice-hIs integrity lever yielded to the d'
mpts.i"n OF avarice, and slough The ma as
re oi The duties he has performed gave d.
'p"rtuHiiy ID abstract thousands fruai a!
pubic money inlrasied 10 his care,
I he faithfully accounts fur every rent, in
d rTiired from oflice wlsLuut all i'll IT.
Ease 81 property. Now, as then. he il "f
omed I" Course of incessanl industry III
d irdg 'lity. because his daily expendi CT
'es are 10 be met by tho avails nf his m
ny lsbar. His plain, republican habits ia
The results Of principles born with III
O. or imbibed in early llfe--tfey are &
forced. or unnaiural-werc be pos CT
'sed oi The most splendid fortune. his Dl
te would lead him .o a plain. unos.
'lalIous style OF living.
As 10 the pnlilical lessons he received W,
early life. il is enough to say that he is
brought up from infancy. in the an
ool Of such men as Washington, JET ne
sun. Patrick Henry-and HE own We. ~
'ated father. TO whose name AMI me- al