The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-09-23

- he saSe pledge &c rrlasf lrem ~ ihoss
esils which the disastrous ineomPesency
&C the men 81 The bead OF sdsrs hsd
braaghI upon n.
The people desired The early adoption
az he policy uhish hal been rromised
Them BY Inc Wing party. That paliry
he'd bern brooghl % The consideration az
the eosniy throughout . con sst 81 nssriy
twslve years duration. ma,ntained 18th
nnexsmpled desoiisn; and ils principles
were illustrated b. The plerspls and prse-
tice nf the most eminenl and psuleiic Of
our cnixrns II every losm By which hey
wsre ahle 70 sddIsss themselves N the
intelligence &c ghe People. No Que mis-
apprehrndsd these prinsiples; they sere
ldeal6sd with the lsboTs u ihst great
party whose unparalleled success xas bolh
The inken and The re9sId Of lhe general
confidence of he nation. They promised
reform
lsL Ia The restraint ol Esecsiiss pow
er and patronage;
ID. IL the holesome regulation Of the
currency sad The advancement Of The in-
,rrcsts Of indssiryi and
81. In the establishment of an eeoDo-
meal administration sf The hnsnces.
They proposed 10 accomplish The iirsi
Of lhese ohjeeis by lim,ling lhe ser'isr
el The President u single term; BY for
bidding I'll officers Of The Government
from interfering in elecllons; and by q
voluntary self denial. on The par. ol ihe
Chief Masisuale, in ihal excessive use
az The Veto power whish had recently
become eiiersise 10 the country as an
INSTRUMENT Of parry supremacy.
They hoped 10 achiess their next OBJ
ieel BY lie establishment Of q NslIcnal
Bank; by an adjustment Of the system OF
duues upon moderate and permanent
scale. adapted - nearly a. practicable %
The interest. and coulnrmable with The
views 81 every portion of the Union; by
the es,ablishmeni OF uniform system OF
bankruptcy: aud by The distribution 81
The proceeds Of The public lsnds amongst
the Slsles---a measure recon mend.d not
only By esn.idershons Of justice 10 The
States themselves. bull alsD BY . sad
experience ol ,he embarrassment produc
ed in the eunency resulting ICON the al.
ninisnalion Of fund Of such variable
amount as an lien ia the ordinary revs
nnes 81 The Government. The esIab-
lishment Of an economical administration
Of the hnsnces they expected TO attain
by cutting Gown all useless Offices; by
enforcing a strict accountability nf the
public aeesis; end. mnre cnnspicuously,
by making exact and adequate provision
for the entertainment and eseniual liqai,ia-
ZION Of that public debt which The past
Administration had created by permitting
their expenditures 10 osenun their re-
ceip,s. aud which they had cones aled from
public observation by tho easy device oil
repea,ed issues Of Government notes.
i These sere The prominent points ID
which the policy of the Wing party had
been directed, and which constituted The
grsa, issues before the country 10 The re
cent Presidential election We aie
aware that nur sdversaries in that con-
test now leay Ihese issues. founding ,hriI
denial chiefly uron the fart that M foI-
NAL manifesto was put forth 10 declare
n. terms upon shich We insisted. We
chose rather to apped la The w,drly-diI-
fn.e1 knowledge Of nuI princiI les which
bad been impressed upon every mair's
mind in ,h., long struggle II years gnn'
by; wi,h winch me parry had been iteu,i
led. and Of which is very name was az
exponeni.
II need mol he said thai. in representa-
ton spread o. er ,errii"ry Of such ex'en,
as that comprehended by our union, ant
exhibiting interests go diversified, wha
N eiu he called tie characteristic prince
pies Of the Wing party. throughout ihI'
wide spkerr. should be subject u ncca
sinna; notifications. drpenden, upnn 10
. cal influences: snd tia; il was incumhcn NJ
therefore, upun the party To move ,ogeihe
iG spirit al mutual CONCESSION aud accom-
mo,.a i'm nf sectional differences Of nr,n
4 ION Itnerd moi be tuld hat, in tile sys,eu
!. Of measures we have enumerated, con
v h'c,mg views might naturally exis, be
I tween the Representatives Of distant por
u ttions of our Republic. aud that only b,
u The yielding "f minor interests To the Is
Is iablrshmen, Of The general good. pnlir
10 hsrDonv was 10 be obtained in The &C
ion Of Cong,ess. This wss natural, an
i 10 be expected But We felt prou
cnnsciousne.ss that in the pa,rip'i.m q
the party all such difficulties world "
uish. and tie dem ,n,Is Of an enI .rgs
10 .tlfare would b. met and fu file,
lhro"gh the virtue "f that spirit Of c"n
he pramis. AMI fotbesrsnre. that liberal an
= comprehensive Sentiment, 81 sell drni.
aud concession. which rests al tie heart 4
~ our cnnleieracy. aud winch constitute
h he living principle of our union. Befnr
q The appointed day arrived for the .nee,in
i Of Congress. aud a, the expiration 81 b.,
i ono shorI month from the date of his in
q augnrstion, our beloved President wa
L, IN .lched from us By the rraso of death