The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-25

country iGm easi 81 tunr.Re q ntsl y
sunset. ahd frnm de n1Ilh uhere A. -
geese a. IN summer, 10 Ihe soush -.
they pass lhe winter. and I ha,, -
nolion that ! know pretty muth ~.
folks feel and think here about ma, =.
tiers; and there il no way in ahe sa,l1,
Get this knowledge, unless by t,mhl,..
about wilh'folks, snd talking politr, -
farming. and sieam-boaling. ana r.;l,a.S
ing. and matters Of that naiur, ,ad !.
man can tell exactly how things are M.
u 10 work in this counirys unless 4 4,
wei his feet and walerd his licksr f,nm
The PeRnbseoi 10 The Mississippi; ,.a
supposing yon would Ike 20 gel Il. ~
nest notions OF such 4 nan. and seen.
that there Is some matters Of inisund,,
standing getting np beiwixi ihe iwo sOua.
tries. ] thought il best 70 send you /, r..
Der; and that you might know il is g.nu.
inc. let my printers print il. abd pu,
my figure head at the top ont; so ion.
mail misesrrys The next may reach you
In reading over the newspaper ana
the proceedings Of your Congress. I,ee
that there Is notion in England Ia,
folks in this county want 10 take Cana.
ds. and 10 prevent this. reports say ron
are going 10 push more troops wIih red
coats into Canada. and are going 70 build
war steamers on the Lakes, and also =
organize troops with black faces in ,he
West Indies, and SO IorIh. II these r..
ports are true. you are making about 1,
great mistake as if you was 10 pai On
your shirt tail eend upparmasl. unless
you want 10 bring on difficulty. and Il
that is The case. Thea you are doing sr.
aclly right.
The truth Of the matter is. that excep.
ing few unruly sesmps. chiefly 'front.'
NADIA. along the lines. there sini eorpo.
RAILS guard in al The country nsl'rally Dis.
posed 10 disturb The power Of Canada,
much less taking possession Of l.; and he
less able Canada IVES 10 oppose ean.
quest by the states, the more secure che
would be from IL. for our folks would 20
right in and help thrash out any se, Of
seamps who should 90 in there 10 dis.
turb the peace. Bu, Il you don, believe
in This Stale Of public feeling. and on The
contrary &C. on and crowd in fighting folks,
and build war steamers on the Lakes, our
folks must do the sane 10 keep an ere
IN you. and when We come 20 ealkiIsle
the expense ont. we may comr 10 the no.
lion that your folks are expensive neigh.
bors, and the beet way would BE- 10 ne.
rid of such neighbors. aud then win cone
bad blood and fighting, and IL that begins
u won't eend I'LL one or ioihrr knocks
under. and you can guess which 10 tie
no silikely 10 do so IS well as can.
War 10 bad enuf between Foreigners, b..
i is shocking unna,ural and ugly between
folks speaking plain English. =.
zee also that some OF your folks 10
England think there 10 nss'rsl snilnosily
growing beiwixi The two nations OF lsIs.
IL this is so il is owing mainly 10 your.
selves. and j, will keep growing just ss
fast % you take the measures you DO 10
project. .. you saw. her majesly's do.
minIons." But this snimosIty, IL any
there is. IL not because Canada is Eng.
iish--fur, II the folks alnng ihs, line had
any other mother tongue than English.
we should have changed the boundary
line long and long ago. Do you think
that We would have been able 10 work
along Peacesbly with neighbos whose
line fence divides iivers and lakes with
us--dipping in here, and cutting across
ihere--if .hrir neither tongue made
4" oni OF al" or ia" spell yea? See
what quick work our folks made Of Fsx.
a.! We ATE chips Of The old Anglo.Ssx.
on block. and think the safest boundary
line beiwixi Us and nations lhzt don,
speak plain English, 10 salt water. II
was just 80 when you owned this coun.
try--ihrre was no peace and quie. so
long As the "0uI" folks owned Canada
and Nova SCOTS; aud when al last you
conquered them. the only mistake you
made was IN letting that lingo be spoken
there IN The laws. This kept up con.
slant inward discomfort and grumbling,
t'll lev years ego il broke out in
fresh spot. and your soldiers was eel on
hem and cut their ihrnais and burnt their
houses, and this Vas considered 60
strange aud inhuman by some Of our folks
near The lines, who could not see the ne
'essiiy in a country Of laws for this IN.
'srrsl severity. that they brisiled right
~, BY sur, Of a ns,'ral animal symps-
hy, jlst as The pigs DO when they heara
qnecl Of one &c their kind caught by
'a'e or dog--wilhou, stopping To IN,
lnire whose pig he 10, bristles up and
howe Eight. This 10 about The amount
MI cause Of present frontier feeling, and
seems NATAL 10 the Anglo Saxon isml'
y, and dies nal'rsl death as soon as The
ause is explained and examined into.
don't care 10 say any thing in this lets
er about the North ESsiern boundary line,
e the burning Of The Csroline, or the
.tns. . r u tat.