The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-05-06
10 ROMULUs n. SAUNDERS.

D sRs-in becoming candidate or Con-
gress, yoa are diEesied o. the ehararlzr q
a pirate citizen. The political prinei-
pies yoa profess. and your conduct whilsi
IN The pablo service. are proper subject.
for Investigation and discussion. This i
night that tie people not only enjoy.
but one which you should take pleasure
N seeing exercised. II j. 10 be regretted
thai you hare failed 10 issue circular /;
your position would then have been more
properly defined. ! am fearful thai Won
are content with finding fault with every
thing. and proposing nothing. The rub
less attack you recently made. in > public
speech a HiIlsbOrOugh. upon he new
administration, which was elected BY four
hfths Of the American people. exhibited
your character in is true Iight-ihai Of !
violent partizsn. Ifyou acted on repub-
lican principles, you would bow with rer
sPecuul Difference % The majesty OF The
people, await the action Of the new Pre-
sident, and give him an impartial trial !;
and not rely on a fruitful Imagination for
something 20 condemn and censure.
shall now attempt 10 exhibit some Of
your Inconsistencies, 10 disPcl the misis
that surround you, and 10 exhibit your
political delormily in il true and genu-
inc eolors.
In the first place, you profess 10 be
fighting on your own hook; and we are
thereby TO infer that you are opposed TO
the nomination Of convention. But "a
change has conc over the spirit Of your
dream" And II is not remarkable, after
having only year ago accepted nomi-
nation by convention, and having been
defeated by eight thousand votes, that you
should look upon conventions with heart
stricken horror. Il is true saying, that
ga wounded pigeon win futter."
You next charge upon the Wing party
that the election Of Gen. Harrison was 10
relieve the dissresses Of The country, and
in spirit Of vain boassing demand whe-
ther this promise has been redeemed.
That Gen. Harrison could, in the short
space Of one month, reform the abuses
that existed in the government, would be
to suppose tina. his administration had the
power Of enchantment, and that the Chief
was an arch magician. The people are
well informed; they know that Congress
makes our laws, and that the President
but enforces them ; and that without O
majority in Congress he is powerlcss as
an automaton.
Your next charge is that Of extrava-
gance, in as much as the last Congress
appropriated $4,000 fos~repairing and
furnishing the wfiiie House. This is a
good sign, as il is the first time you have
failed to believe in the infallibility Of Mar
tin Van Buren,; for this appropriation re-
ceived his signature, and was passed by
his friends in Congress, or il would not
be the law. But, sir, did not Gen. Jack.
son receive forty thousand, and Mr.. Van
Buren, twenty-seven thousand dollars for
funiturel and did you suppose that the
Hero of the Thames would 81. upon a
three-legged stool, and, to use your beau
tiful figure as applied to John NJ. More
head, "wipe his nose with his shirt tail!''
You next ride banks, corporations, and
monied monopolies. This is inexcusa-
bic, as you were formerly bank agent
in Milton, and your success in managing
that institution clearly indicated that you
were no fnancier. But YOU presided as
chairman in meeting Of stockholders OF
the State Bank at Raligh, 9Th of January,
1889, and approved all its proceedings
from 1888 to 1899, including its suspcn-
sion. This reminds me Of the preacher,
who told his congregation to follow his
precepts, not his practice.
The next subjecryou attack is the pro-
ceedings of the last Legislature on the
subject of internal improvement. This
is a matter with which a congressional
election has nothing to do; but pray are
YOU the Romulus Nj. Saunders who, on
the 10Th Of December, 1888, in an Inter-
nal Improvement Convention held in Ra-
leigh, as chairman of a committee, report
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