The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-05-06
From he Nalioaa' IaasllissneeE
Izr. Webster q his EgeviIers.

Mr. kSeUsler c. Ms E6eftlefs.
II i ne prarliee II densgogues ID 81
free Gorernmenls. % SEX lie tiHeiian
OF public opinion By keeping alive Cd
pfsjudiees. or exriiiag new oaes. 10 20
county has this aEtlaee been msTe Zee.
b or lrsqaenlly resprled 20 Ihsn 10 our
oWn. mr. By any parry 10 i % systems
lically and ininlsraRily = BY that winch
h.. sprung Up oIlals years and assumed
10 itself he name Of dsm0eTGiic, bui
ull,eh. so far from possessing lhs Gle
menis Of The true and enlightened demo.
eraey. is iabned and guided by The very.
spirit Of desPoli.m. Let any man have Il
boFnl ~ long Or = signaily - he may n
sapporl 81 The rights u lis country. Of
The national prosperity. OF The cnnsli'u-
lion and Of public l.berly--lel his whole
career have been marked By public use
fitness. aud his PATRIOTISM be IS unbls
mishsd az the sun-lhese shall all weigh
as nothing in the scale. il he stand IN The
way Of Disappointed p.rsisans. or % am
bilious aspiring parllsans. Can nothing
better be found 10 serse The ends of par.
~ Esncor. he shall. though he be patriot
ism snd purity persouIi,d. be hunted
down snd sacrificed. Without seruple or
rsmorse, 10 supersnnualed prejudicss. Of
mere political ATTRACTIONS. There is hol
one smong the men whose names sdoFn
lhs annals or our country, who has sDf
fered more from this species Of injustice
Than the present Secretary oisiaie. This
eminent citizen, whose nsms. in The mosl
remote regions Of The globe. sheds las.
Ire on the fame Of his county, is al home
assailed with eli the maleVolence Of ~
inioleran, iacIinn; on the score Of pOliii.
csl incidents . hich look place before one,
half Of our traders we're born, and which,
whatever were iheu merit. ought, after
such lapse of time, 10 be considered,
upon any fair construction. as barred By
The statute Of Limitations from any title
10 place in political controversies Of The
present day. We had occasion 10 say
The same thing not much more Than six
months ego. when an assault, oi this sorl
was made, and justly rebuked By public
opinion, on The occasion Of Mr.. Wsbsler's
visit 10 the city II Richmond. Nor was il
any new opinion, ol ours; Zoe il was. upon
sn occasion which then offered, express.
ed with equal confidence six years ago
and has been enlsrlained by Us, The same
learneslaess Of conviction. more thar
lucniy year, gone by. II Is preposle'
lkous 10 be- ripiag'u p any mans life To-
thirty OF forty years. 10 dlscoser whslheI
al some lime or other he has moi difIeIet
in opinion from some other man or met
who have long since gone down 10 ih'
home OF all The living. Notify any means
lthai We think Iha, Mr.. Webster has any
thing TO spprehend from a free aud fsl
inquiry into The whole Of his puliiica
life. On the contrary. we have n,
doubt he would cour. il. But what VI
do most decidedly objee. 10 is the ialslii
cation ofhisiory; The misiatement 81 facts
and The desioIling and bluuing Of th
face OF such facts as are not wholly mis-
represented. . ...ss 49,
These remarks are suggested by 81
article which we find in The New ioIl
Express Of Wednesday last. the write
of which has taken the trouble to meet ant
absolutely exiinguish The latest OF thes'
incendisry attempts upon The reputation
Of Mr.. Webster. We have very sen
slble plasure in transferring the whole
article TO our columns. Hear it is:
From the New York Express Of April 81.
MIR. WEBSTER AND THE LAST WAR.
During the struggles Of the lasl election
some parties appear 10 have explored ih'
Journals Of Congress, during the wa
with England. 10 find matter Of accuse
ton against Mr.. Webster.
A letter was published hereto sub
joined appearing to furnish the result o
such examination. Whether This was fai
or not. few people could judge, as few
have either the means or the leisure o
going through so many volumes Of public
proceedings, and seeing whether the res
truth has been extracted or not.
But friend Of ours. in this city, bav
ling leisure sufficient. in these dull times
has prepared a statement, IN snswer I,
the charges in the letter aforesaid. s=
We now publish the letter and ,h'
statement, and, al The reques, Of the wri
tier, We publish part of MIR. Webster
speech, in reply TO Mr.. Calhoun. Marcl
22d. 1888. - .a .a@
We commend the consideration O
these papers not only to the friends o
. The last administration generally, bu, il
an especial manner. TO Governor Polk, O
Tennesse, who by newspaper account
! is already "on the stump," as The Yves
tern phrase is, for the mex. august cleo
liion. ssrgts. @ ~ wts
. Instead Of discussing subjects Of preser
T interests the worthy and venerable Cover
e NOR seems to rejoice in discussions relal
: ing 10 by.gone times. There appear ,
u itwo objects which most attract his rs