The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-11-25

meai IN ar. ENias feiiers Oh Mnat pas
e 10 Ire cabinei meeting Of the 18th Of
August; bur | say here. IN The presence
% Ibis enlightened and respectable COM
paay, On tie responsibility Of my own ne
palatiOn for ruth. Of which rome arc bet-
ter asle 10 Judge than thoss address. that
that statement Is lrne-:n is leading and
esssatisl faris, absolutely true-in all is
details, Substantially tue.
The cabinei woald rot have beea dis
solved. simply because tie President We
s0ea the RanE bills. His sc-uples, IL sin
cerp, however unreasonable, and even abb
surd, would have been entitled 10 tender
Ass, If nci rsspe,l; and 70 member Of
his Cabinet would have visited with the
hz.skness of eensure he errors Of man
who sought ssief ruth with willingness
10 Cad, and desire 70 embrace i, merely
bscause, through feef.eEess ofundsrstand-
:ng. o. carly prejudice, he was disabled to
perceive II. II was Tie want Of sincerity
andiRgerponsness-efdireclness and can
d0r--;t was the disregard ofeourlesy and
respeei-:i was the manifestation Of vas
cillal;ag and unsteady mipd-it was the
want Of that manliness which assumes
and aEows lis own errors, and seorns BY
cnEcealneni or evasion TO visit them on
offers. lhat compelled The Presidents con-
Edeniial advisers TO abandon their posi-
ton. Consider the circumstances Of the
case Sor moment, and Judge If this be
not so. One bill having been defeated,
he, himself, proposed another, and induc-
ed the members Of his cabinet 10 urge lis
passage. The bill was passed and sent
10 the President. Did he sign il. Sir,
after his cabinet had induced their friends
IN Congress 10 accept il as The olive
branch Of peace. he not only did not sign
il, but he sent il back with scorn, as
measure that every one must have known
he could not sanction. How then. sir,
was his Cabinet situated! The bill that
they had been induced 10 recommend was
50 repudia;sd, as plainly bat indirectly, TO
exhibit the Cab:ne; IS false 10 truth, false
% Congress. and false to the country.
What would be thought OF that master
WHO, having commissioned his servant TO
make purchase, should. after the execu-
ton Of his order, deny the contract, and
put him upon proofofhis authority. Eve
~ man must perceive that total loss Of
confidence having taken place. there was
an end, II o;.ce, 10 all hope Of rendering
service 10 the country. 0fthe future con-
dict Of the President, We could only Judge
by the past; and from that, what could we
infer, bat disregard Of all that was just
" due to "a as his confidential advisers.
His conduct, then, standing as it did TO
me, totally without any explanation Of lis
apparent deviation from manifest proprie-
~, and without any sufficient pledge for
the future, left in my judgment no alter
native but immediate resignation, unless
had been miserable sycophant, willing
e retain Office, under whatever circum-
stances OF degradation, for the sake Of It's
emoluments aud power. And in this OPT !
mon, there is not member Of the Wing
party, or Of am other party probably in
North Carolina, who would not concur.
Over the past. continued Mr.. d. we
have no power, but from it we may gain
lessons to griJe Tue future. What course
does il become the Wing party to pursue,
or rather what steps shall he taken by the
Wing party Of North Carolina, under the
present circumstances! We see our NO
saiaal Chief opposed to leading Wing
measure, demanded for the relief of
suffering country, even when that mea-
sure had been framed upon his own sng-
gestions. We see HIN rejoicing over
Wing defeats, and the organ of his Adj
ministra.ion boasting Of every Loco Foco
triumph. Yes, sir, our leader, who
SHOULD have led the way in every conflict.
holds intercourse with the enemy, and
yet retains the name ofWhig. 1t was in
this position he was seen, when the re-
cent Elections took place in which we
suffered loss. Sir, how could we have
expected TO succeed under such circum-
stances! If an army, drawn up in battle
array, discovers its General, not readyto
lead them 10 the conflict, or cheer them
on to victory, but occupying some neu-
trail position in friendly converse with the
enemy, how shall hey answer with cou-
rage and confidence the trumpet which
sounds the onset! Yet their numbers are
not diminished-their strength is not en-
feebled-their courage has not cooled
and if guided by leader OF undoublel
fidelity, their arms would be crowned
with glorious success. This, in my opin-
ion, is just view of the condition of the
Wing party. Ii il as strong, this day, as
on the 4.h Of March last. In the elections
which have taken place recently, it is APP
parent that the Wings have, in numerical
strength, lost noihimg, for our adyersa-
ries have gained nothing. Our voters
have not gone over TO the enemy. but,
uncertain and dispiriied by the conduct
of their Chief, thcy have remained at
home. Give them again a Chief, OH
whom they can rely, and the rallying word
shall find them at their posts. as numerous
and as faithful as ever. Our course, then,
seems to be sufficiently plain. The Wing
Dartv OF the State shnulu orUapize and