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

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mldstallmy trials. have never donh,.
60 iar moment thar . generous ana !,
Just people would approve NV course h
ms matter. IL not during lie, a least n.
ier death. ! have neser doubted for !
moment that just and generous Tepnes.
seesas would be he firss 10 do me honor
Tor that Eoie. But I an preeluded from
feiefring 20 myself. even had q wish 20
DO 50. Last Saturdays procession, he
roar Of your cannon a approached your
eily. me ringing Of tbe bells, ihe glad.
denihg shout Of freemen saluling me on
every side. and last though not least. he
bright eyes Of the ladies Of Nashville.
speaking me welcome, and lheir fair
hands waving their kerehiels IN token az
their feelings, are sure proof that yer.
dict has been rendered. Three cheers
And yet ! made this visit with some re.
luciance, | am free 10 confess. I had. |
thought, resisted all the influence that
could be brought 70 bear upon me 20 make
me leave my home; but there was an in
ilusnce 70 which ! could not be insensi.
bic and to which ! yielded with more
lhan ordinary pleasure-ihat was The in
iiuence oflhe ladies Of Nashville. TCheer.
ing long and loud. | said. that | made
this visit with some reluctance, a reIuc.
lance that grew out Of the relations which
! bore 10 The illustrious Captain, your
neighbor and friend. feared lest the
idea might be entertained, that came 10
this city in the spirit Of exultalion and
defiance 10 him you were wont 10 honor.
IL any may think that such is my telling,
he does me great injustice. In oil The
various conditions in life, have been
governed. not by the principle Of retalia-
ton, but by that Of " what il is proper
for ones self 10 do" Towards the il.
lusIrious Individual in question, feel no
resentment, no passion. and IL he could
see the bottom Of my heart, he would
bear me This testimony. Loud cheering. I
Ills signal military services IN his coun.
try deserve the gratitude Of all men, and
my prayer to Heaven 10, that his last
days may be those Of peace and Tranquil.
lily, and that when he leaves US for ever
his home may DO that bright and happy
one promised by the Son Of the everlasl.
ing Father to him who shall perform his
will on earth. Great sensation among
his auditory.
In addressing the primary assemblies
OF the people 90 frequently ss have had
occasion 10 do. | find. my fellow-citizens.
. great difficulty in the selection Of topics
which have not been worn ihreadbare.
Ia this embarrassing position shall I
speak TO you Of the troubles without ex-
ample. of ruined commeree. 0f pafslyzed
ia.ia.a-y. -r .i--.-ptu sUrcssiuu OF susfu-
rity 10 the Executive. Of the dangers
which threaten our institutions, OF the
wonderful expenditures Of The govern
meni for the las, lev years! Since my
arrival here, this paper has been pu, into
my hands. ] never saw IL ill now. IL
10 chart Of the expenditures and squan-
behring's Of the public money. This hslle
altitude Of tho expenditures under the all
minisiralion of Washington is scarcely
equal TO the base Of the column whose
height marks the extreme Of the expen-
diiure under the administration OF Mr..
Van Buren,. This humble spot. oyersha-
dowed BY the surrounding shafts which
tower so loflily. exhibits the expenditures
Of John Quincy Adams administration.
which were so much denounced at the
time. and " hich called out in remarks
BILE degree the energy Of the nation to
correct the seeming evil. But here are
the figures. The eigh. years Of Wash.
ineton's administration cost the nation 10
millions Of dollars; while Mr.. Adams the
younger was in power IL cos. US SO mil
lions; in Gen. Jsckson's term there were
expended las millions; and in tho first
three years Of Mr.. Van Buren's admins.
tration the peoples money has been pour
ed out to the sum of llia millionsof dol
lars. "a voice in the crowd" Take
him from the throne. The cheap go
vernlneni. therefore, promised by the pre-
sen, incumbent, has cost the nation. Tor
three years, within one-,hird as much as
the eiph, years Of Gen. Jacksons admi-
nis,ralion! The average daily expendi-
,ure Of the Government under Washing
ton was $1,000 day, that under Msti-
son during a perious war $4,000. under
Adams 1000. while under Mr.. Van
Buren, i, amounts 10 the enormous sum
OF $4,000 per diem!
Blu, passing this subject. there are two
points on which | would speak, especial
ly 10 that portion Of the audience COIN
posed Of my old democratic friends.
The dominan. party profess to be the
friends Of State Rights. How are they
the friends Of State Rig,s! Without 60
ing far back for examples Of their pro.
fessed friendship to the states, every year
has Of late furnished just topics OF con-
plain, against those in power. The last
session Of Congress, is particularly rich in
instances Of pretended friendship TO the
rights Of the states from these men. You
have already heard Of the measure. which
has too liule excited The just animadver
sion of the people, introduced at the be-
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