The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-06-03
POLITICAL FORBEARANcE.

POLITICAL FORBEARANCE.
Political and party raneor 10 feelingly
and well rsbuked by the following extract
from DR.. Beshune's Funeral Address. in
philadelphia:
"Wha, |. sad rebuks does ihis sad
event give 10 political bigo,ry and rash
inveeiivs sgainstihe motives Of those who
differ from MS in opinion!
Standing. in our imsginaiions, this
morning, beside our departed patriot. who.
even Of those that struggled most against
bis rise. can look down upon his sleep.
ing dust. nor feel pang Of keen reprSssh.
fever he hath done his honor wrong or
brealhed hss,y word that might have
touched his honest heart or cast an inspl,
upon his time honorsd name! And vile.
yes, very vile 10 be. whose resentment
the grave cannot siill.
Whence this sscredness that death
throws over the memory ofehsrseisr and
life! 10 !, becssse The dead are defence.
less, snd return not an answef sgsin! ID
il because God bath come in between 20
and our fellow creature, and sindicsisd
his rights 10 be judge alonss Is IL be-
cause in the humIlianons Of the sepulcre.
we zee the frsgiliiy OF thu, nature Ne
share with The departed. our own sptnsss
10 err. and how liable We are 10 be mis-.
judged! o, my friends. why should vs.
val, for death 10 teach W charity. when
il 10 700 late 70 practice il, and repentance
has become remorse! Why not rsmsm
Der tbs, The living require our cspdor add
forbcarance! Nay, that we need their
csndor and forbssrance! Why reserve all
our genlleness Of judgment f,r the dead.
Who are beyond tho reach Of our sbsolu-
tiop! They we're sncs 40 the living, anil
the living shall soon be as they. Ills. ID
deed. enough 10 bring % back TO better
srus, in human nature. 10 witeess such =
spectacle Of union in sorrow and honor for
our departed chief among those who. .
little while since. were divided into ear
mes. and opposing factions; bat oh! would
it be not far more ennobling 10 see The
living pledging themselves TO the living
over the fresh earth of HE grave, hence
forth. though they may honestly differ In
their doctrines and policy, they will yet
believe in the uprigh.ness Of each others
natives and The sincerity of each Others
belief! How hateful does censorious
bitterness and sneerins suspicion look in
the face Of your opponents! Yet such
is your deformi,y in bis sigh. whea you
re'ile his principles. and rail against his
friends. When, oh! when shall this ran.
cor. this cruel persecution for opinion's
sake. this dsmning inquisi.ion of false mo.
,ives, this frairicidal rending of heart from
heart, because our mental vision il not the
ssme--this exiting The honorable from
the honorable because they have no, the
same sibils,ion in their Shibboleth-,his
waste OF wealth, Of mental power and un-
firing zeal. which our country. AID our
whole country should snjoy--when shall
il cease! Mus, i, be perpetual! know
that the woIde Of poor preacher are
weak agains, ibis strong and vast spIesd
ing evil: but as | love my country, and
God knows | love her from my inmos,
heart. and never more than in this her
hour Of sorrow. I mus, speak. I cannot
believe that have right to hate and de.
spise my brother because he reads an.
other book than my own, or that he
should hate and dsspiss me because COZ.
viciion forces me 10 cling to NINE"
President Tyler. 10 every Official act
since bis accession 10 the Chief Msgis.
tsscy. has shown himself TO be governed.
10 political ms,ssr'. by the broadss, psias
ciplss OF patriotism; and in cases Of D
religious character, TO DO sc,usisd By .
purely liberal and catholic spirit. On
the subjsct Of certain phTaseoloey EN-.