The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-11

isling IN naf s0ahtry. To de h an.
peers perfectly clesr. thar TIE inter.
ssi ~ lhai eubhlFy reauiFts nat he
Fi0ienee e ne spirit 81 ahich Ibosa
pariirs are q lhis tine governed.
mHst be greatly miligAItd. II NOT 80
lirfly sxlinguished. o. consequences
all ensae ahich are spprIIing 10 br
thought u. n parties in Rspabllc
are necessary 20 secure a degree 81
sigilsaee ssffieient % ksrp the public
laneiionsries within The bounds Of lsu
and duty. a. that point their usefuIness
ends. Beyond that they hecome de-
siraclise Of public virtue. The psrenGs
Of spirit antagonist 20 that Of Iiher-
~, and, eventually, iis inevitable
eonqurrar. We have examples of
Republics. where the love Of country
aud 81 liberty, al one time. acre The
dominant passions Of The whole mass
Of citizens. And YET. Nth the con-
iinusnce OF The name and forms Of free
government. not a sesiige Of these qua
lilies remaining in the bosom Of any
one Of iis citizens. II Was the beau
tifai remark Of q distinguished Eng
lish aritrr that ssin The Roman Sc.
nate, Ocissius had a party, and An
lhony party. bat the Commonwealth
had none." Yet the Senate continu-
cd 70 meet in The Temple Of Liberty.
10 talk Of the sscredness and beauty
OF The commonwealth. and gaze ~ the
statues ofthe elder Bruius and of the
Cariii and Decii. And the people as
sembled in the forum. not as ia The
dsysof Csmillus & the ScipiOs. 10 cast
iheirfree Votes Tor annual Magistrates
or pass upon the acts Of the Senate,
but 10 receive from the lands Of the
leaders ofih respective parties their
share Of The spoils. and 10 shout for
Que, or The other, rs those collected in
IN Gsul, or Egypt. and the Lrsser
Asia. would Furnish the larger d.
,idend. The spirit Of liberty had
fed. and, avoiding the abodes Of civ
ilized man, bad sought protection in
The wilds Of Scyihis or Scandinavia;
and so. under the operation ofthe same
Causes and Influences. it will fiy from
our capitol and our forums. A calami.
~ 50 awful, not only 10 our country
but to The world, must be deprecated
by every patriot; and every tendency
10 state OF things likely 10 produce II
Immediately checked. Sucha tenden.
ey has exisied--does exist. Always
The friend Of my csuntrymen, never
their fatterer. q becomes my duty 20
say 20 them from this high place TO
which their pariiality has exalted me.
that there exists In the laud spirit
hostile TO their best Understandable
to liberty itself. II isa spirit con-
iractrd in It's views, .,lfish in It's OBJ.
joct. ItIooks 10 The sggrandisemea,
of q few, even 10 tkc destruction oil
the interest oflhc whole. The entire
remedy Is Nth the People. Some
thing. however. may be effected BY
the means which they have placed in
my hands. IL is union that We want,
not of party for the sake Of that par
~, but union Of the whole country Tor
the sake Of the whole country-for the
defence Of It's interests and lis honor
against foreign aggression, for The
defence OF those principles for which
our ancestors so gloriousiy contended,
As far as II depends upon me II shall
be accomplished. All the influence
that l possess, shall be exerted to pre-.
vent The formation at least Of an Ex'
ecuiive party in the halls Of the
Legislative body. I wish for the sup.
port Of no member of that body to aRy
measure of mine that does not satisfy
his Judgment and his sense ol duty 10
those from whom he holds his appoint
ment; nor any confidence in advance
from The people, but that asked for by
MIR. Jefferson, Ito give irmness and
effect to The legal administration oil
their affairs"
I deem the present occasion sum.
GENTLY important and solemn to Justi'
fy me in expressing to my fellow-citi'
gems a profound reverence Tor the
Christian religion, and thorough con-
,iciion that sound morals, religious
liberty, aud q just sence Of religious
responsibility, are essentially connec'
ted with all true aud lasting happinessi
and TO that good Being who has bless
ed us by the gifts Of civil and relig.
ious freedom, who watched over aud
prospered the labors Of our fathers,
and has hitherto preserved to Us IN
situations far exceeding in excellence
thse of any other people. let US unite
in ferven,ly commencing every int.
rest of our beloved country IN all H.
ture time.
Fellow. citizens: Being fully inves'
t.d ith that high Office 10 which the