The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-28


wADDy THOMPSON. j..
lpil Is.h. $50.
From the Geneva n. ~ Courier
WHAT HAS He DONE
whrn any candidate Tor prefer
msnl 3ss presented 10 Nspolrnn. the
6rsi question sakrd by the Emperor
Wss, Qa'a'l IL faitl What has he
done The principle. shy ihrir fruit
ye shall know ihrm," is mol more a
prrcrpt Of scripture. than safe max
I'm Of worldly pnlicy; nor Is lis sppii-
catinn in any case mors proper than
when a candidate for popular favor
presents himself 60 the nation, and
claims the highest Office In their gilt.
Let Us fors mamrnt apply the prin-
ciple TO Mr.. Van BURN. Let u ask
the question. aud read lis answer from
The records Of hisiury. What has he
d0nr!
lie has increased The annual ex.
ptnsrs Of The government irom ihir.
teen millions 10 lhiriy.nine millions
Of dollars!
lie has spent all the ordinary reve-
nurs oi the people, though oul Of ihosr
ordinary revenues bis three immedi-
ale predec, ssors paid UGSai0,000, 900
III The national debt.
He has spent in addition thereto the
following sums, which belonged 10 The
people. and which. under . righteous
government, would have been distri
suled among the people, TO vii:
In the treasury when he came
into once. $500. 900
Withheld from the states. the
4lh insislmeni. 9.367, 900
Paid 10 government by the
Bank Of the U. s.. Tor stock
Of U. States, 100000
Received on merchsn,s' bonds
due in ,35 and SO. hui post.
poned 10 '3s and 80, 100000
Making an sggrcga.e Of 29.O37.000
lie has, in addition TO th-se rnur-
mnus expenditures, run the people 10
Debt, by the issue Of Treasury notes
10 the amounted Sis 1000, where.
OF $3.50, 900 are sill due.
lie has been instrumental in Great.
ing more banks than any olher man
~ the naiinn. and YET he il now rn.
gagged IN a fierce crusade. not Ak sinst
banks only. but against the Credit
System Of The country.
lie has brought forward the Sub.
treasury, and r, commended its aiop.
lion BY the example or The hard mo
nry desrulisms Of Ea' !. e; aud though
that measure has been three times re.
Jrclei b. tie people. he Ii nov upon
the esc Of forcing u. by party disci-
piine. through Congress.
He has, in violation Of established
precefenis and every Irlneirle uf jus
tice, deprived sovereign State 81
iifr representation in The National
Counei.s.
lie has. through his friends in the
Senate. adsof atcJ reduction 10 the
wages OF labor. aud the price oi pro.
'inct, as one VI the blrst results 0I thr |
Sub treasury scheme. and as The
s'rrnsest argument in its favor. !
lie has. through john Z. Calhoun,
introduced a bill 10 deprive tie oil
States vi their rights 10 The public
domain, though those rights are *.
prcssiy reserved in their several
leeds Of cession. and il is not within
The constitutional pow rrs oi Cungre, IS
10 take them away.
lie has lost more public money by
The cetalcs,ions Of his agents 10 three
years. than any precious President
las dane in eight.
lie has. through Mr.. Grundy's re.
port. endtavor. d TO blast the credit
u independent communities, by'false.
J insinuating 10 this nation and 10
ilc world. that the American States
'ad petiIionrd The general govern.
nent 10 assume their debts.
lie has sirongly recommended the
'dopiinn of . military 81 stem. which
'sises and places at his exclusive dis.
,osai. an effective Standing Army &c
)ne- Hundred THOUSAND mrn. " iih q
tsrrve Of Oic Hundred thousand
more.
Ha he nc.c,;..J 80 =,