The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-01-28
speech OF WIN. ID. shepard.
IN reply % Mr. ciinEman.


IxTHE sEAArE.
I'm reply % sfr. ciInrman.
Mr.. EGIw: AIR. cIiagmsn has someuh,
q ssaealaF complaint attached 70 lie speed
a. published IN year last paper. He saws a
6rsi speech - Pubished. 70 sumswhal altere
- the publication. Nov. III . esn say abou
the matter is. that delivered the speech fron
fslief and more eopioss notes ihan Is ssus
with me. snd for the simple rsssan thai
iairnded 10 ssoid al chance Of missepresen
iaIisa; and . sndsasored 20 gire Il pfeeiseI,
90 Delivered: aud believe Il 10 as neariy a. 4,
passibie. A. prof. q iis aeeusaey, . gen
iirmaa ofihe lioass Of Commons. lAIr Smiti
a. Iierifsrd.l whe heard most or Il, asked NJ
10 had MOI written IL cot before delivery. m
sas srark wiih the remarkable identity hc.
t~esa ihc spoken and The Arillea speech.
Al fhe pablo care about. 4 suapo,e. Il. are
me facts and Arguments sneh as shey Re n |.
represented. am only desirous az prrseatiag
fes Statements 90 the people have enter.
ed ialo ne oratsrieal controversy ~ilh Ar.
ciiagmsn. aad nh aill be any Qualification 70
him ! yield him the palm-the more readily.
since Q tieiary 10 such . contest would be 40
uiusnph. TIE speech nos sead you, sss
delivered On the spur Of the occasion, without
notes; and no Editor has /" paIilsly ssited on
me" wilh mates 90 aid me q is as accurate
- lesald make d. under such circumstances
nc Nr f'iinG'ala rsa write out speeches rerka
I'm 81 iifsrs'im. a. delivered, he 10 very satr.
ordinary youag nsa. ". BIS.
The gentleman from Buncc=....~ mas
thought pro-. - cnanse The current Of
LIS debate, and 20 make q personal Il
tack upon me and my political course
he dealt 10 assertions as coarse and illlbe.
ral. - trust can show ihey are unjust
II the gentleman can reconcile such con.
duct TO his esn sense Of proprieiy. Ger.
iainly do not object 10 IL. No public man
should object 10 having his public eharsc.
Ter discussed. AL he ought 70 ask Of
those who undertake the task Of his dis.
s.el,ns. is mat they would correctly in
form themselves Of iacIs and events; state
them fsitly. and not trust entirely 10 Iu-
NOR and insinusiion.
The genllem,n. in designing me sgreal
Injury. has no doub, uninlen..onally rem
dered me very great sersice. am there.
fore much obliged 10 him; II thank thee
Jew for that word" lie has afforded
me public opportunity Of putting at res,
forever, . SANDER which has been most
induslriously circulated Tor the last Two
OF three months, and although il has
done the buildings Cor which its insen.
tors designed il. still il is agreeable 10 me
10 expose il. Il has sat hitherto squat.
Ike toad, ugly and yenomoas, DISCUS.
ing sss true fnFm and chsFscler, and scat.
lenng around its pernicious influence.
] will nov touch IL, If not with the magic
spear Of llhuriel. AZ least with The spirit
Of truth. and force il 10 assume iis true
character and lineamcnls. which will be
found. a. 10 the sacred story alluded TO,
The source ofsVil and the parent Of false
hood.
The gentleman has sceused me of hos
tillty 10 the West | deny the charge,
and appeal TO the votes | gave a. the last
session Of our Legislature, as conclusive
proof Of its injustics. | say, sir, and | think
the assertion was proved, tina, those who
represent western interests in the present
Legislature. have been too grasping; tina,
in their anxiety 10 reward a personal
friend. and political favorile, they have
overlooked and entirely disrega,dsd o.
great eastern interest, 10 the manifest jeo.
hardy Of that interest, il not to It's entire
humiliation. did no. accuse the western
people Of being parties TO this injustice.
No. sir. | believe il they had been pres
enl, they would have had the libersl,,y
TO have said, let the greatest peculiar in
iercst which North Carolina has ct
Washington, be represented by whom
soerer tina, interest may think bcs. calcu
iaied 10 aid il.
What interest. Mr.. Speaker. has North
Carolina at Washington, which is not
common TO the rest Of the states, and
which will require the special attention
Of our senatorsi | know Of none, except
the improvement, al Nag's Head. Ought
any one then 10 be as,onished. that those
persons who feel deep interest in this
work. who firmly believe that its execu'
ton will incidentally promote the wealth
IS we'll as the health, of large section
Of The state. should feel deep aud abiding
dissatisfaction. that our political friends
should selec, as agents To attend TO this
matter. one gentleman who had hitherto
been opposed TO it, and another who knew
but lil,le about it; who lived remote from
II. and who, in the nature Of things, could
not feel any grca, interest in III /
II there had been any great political
necessity for this conduct, II the county
Of Orange had had more pressing clal'ns'
1.-THE gentlemen selected had been pre- EN-
inen. Tor ability. the pride and ornament
Of the state. calculated 10 raise The intel
lectual standard if senatorial eloquence,
|, SIR. would have heartily united 10 the
choice; my constituents would have been
satisfied with the brilliant glory abou, to
De reflected upon them, and struggled
for years as they have hitherto done.