The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-05

Iproceeding % punish these acts az vices
and crimes. without trial. themselves be.
ING The seeuseis. judges. and exscuii0n-
lsfs- They ensern Zoo much. in PARISH
ing The inn0ceEi ~ilh the guilly-a ma
lion Of inn0eenls Tor . lee offenders
and in dning the whole By an ex post
iaelo law Of their osn desising.
ID nsy be. that many Of our citizens
have made Too free with their freedom.
This 10 The natural operation Of our fee
institutions. But insy were Coz The most
peri honesl; they made haste 10 GET rich;
hey have suffered Coz il; and %. shat
do they get from the governmenl Of their
rouniryf Sympathy. kindness. help.
lpfoleclioni No sueh thing. Bat ihsy
are visited IN vengeance. srraigned 20 eri-
minsls, sentenced without trial, out 10
The torture without mercy; aud here We
are sll in the ssme mass; all dragged 20
The sane doom, whipped and seourgsd
80 IL ne vere nation Of mslefsciofs!
What right have our government. ei-
shef 20 call The private enterprises Of our
citizens vices end crimes. OF 20 punish
Them Is sueh BY en- post fsclo enselmenls!
hs Russian or Turkish despoi had CON
milled an equal outrage on HE sheet
slaves. IL would rouse The sympathy and
indignation Of the world. "Spervla-
iion." .. fraud" gambling" "svind.
hing" These are The eharges--ehsrges
bfoughi by the government sgainsi fee
people! Aud ,hen The people are punish.
ed--all. tho innocent with The guilty.
without opportunity ii defence. and BY
an arbitrary Law which had no existence
beforsi Obviously, we are governed too
much. The best gosernmeni 10 that
which 10 neither seen. nor felt. By the in
noceni and good citizen. That 10 true
American democracy.
a Asrd ease.
There are the state drbfs, incurred
/ from the noblesi motives, by the most
unqneslionsble aims Of patriotism and
state pride. under prospects not only JUS.
n6sble in the light Of eli The prudence
and ssgacisy Of The ~isesi men &c The
tine. but highly prsiseworlhy in The cir
cumsisnccs &c the several eases. Elui the
infatuated policy. usurped powers. and
lyrsnnieal measures Of our national sd.
minisiration. have brought about domes-
tic troubles Of . most disastrous and ru-
inaus character. and so affected our ere.
dii abroad, ss 10 place oil the states thus
involved in most uncomfortable. snx-
mus. and truly cslsmiious condition. And
how does our national government treat
these sisIes - . compensation for The re-
sp0nslbiliiy Of measures thst have led 10
such consequence DO they say 10 the
creditors abroad and elsewhere. that there
debts are good aud .afei DO they 70
lun'eer any sort Of facility 10 sid these
suffering members Of the Union IN their
embarrassed eircnmstaneesi DO they
even lie, them alone, and permit them 10
do the best they cen on The basis Of their
own credit Alas In ssy. they have nol
go far respected the dignity ol their high
estate. but hsse descended. uneslled. IN.
provoked, TO The level Of the msllcious
slsnderer of his neighbours reputation,
and whispered aside IN the ears oil
the creditors Of these states: e" Gentle
men. we advise you 10 have a care, and
look To your own interests. Were We
solicited, Ne should not deem il prudent
10 underwrIe for these parties indebted
TO you" Nay, not exactly this: TIL
something orse. Or IL 10 no, this alone
ri, something in addition, and Of gravel
moment. They have appeared beior'
the world; they have volunteered theiI
evidence in open court; they have gon,
upon the floor of the American Senate
they have indirectly, at no bidding bu
their own will, announced and proclaim
ed IRON thai high place, the TACT Of insol
vency in the condition Of these states. nj
whs, might well be accepted as such b,
the parties most interested TO knowl In
stead Of the sympathy Of frs,ernal solici
} tude. and an office Of kindness in ih'
hour most nreded. there were the whis
pering., and there were the public acts o
an enemy! Was ever in6delity. treaeh
cry, like this, from party thus related
Does history fecOlu tucn gu tAamp'o "
} ba.eness, first 10 cnusp. and then TO srnite
In The vulgar walks Of vulgar men sucl
things have been kno~n n; bu, they are al
ways stamped with the infsmy they de
serve. when the parties are Of suficien
consequence 10 be made infamous.
|, No matter whence these cslamitie
, come: no matter il the ADMINISTRATION q
our co nmon country could scqui, them
: selves of this responsibility, and charg
the fault a, others doors; no matter
{ these suffering states had themselves bee
Q tempted into indiscretions; vet. there is
. frs,ernal character, n sacredness in ih
4 bond of our Federal Union; there is
q patriotism implied in the compact. an
q na,ur Il TO the csse and its relations; iher
o i, . respect which the states owe 10 eac
|. other, and the nation TO the states, betoi
J, the world; there is tic that binds Us
j. fiph, and die for our common honor, eve
$ though we quarrel among ourselves; an
Il above all there is q parental charsct'
n looked for in the supreme authorities