The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-30
Remarks OF mr.. Conrad,

teI NtsAtahs st-e-
The Senate HAVING rrsumfd las II
commislee Of he whslel The eansidsra
,,oa II tls BIN 10 rsfund ueAsfsl Jackson
,hs Iiae isaie'sd on him By Jsdge Hail.
Mr. CONRAD. being snliilra % me
aaur. addressed the Ssnais Gnr up~arcs
Of an hour. in . speech IL whirh The fol-
losing H. q rondsn.td outline. lie OBJ
.,rs.d ,IIss 4 shs ohjeri &c the bill we're
mesis o. rsiund lB Gsnrral J@cksnn .
cam &c money; II Congress had been
a.ked % remit ihi, fine on the gr-unds
lhsl finss .ir f,sqn.nily rrmillsd. no. onls
~ caHgrrss. bal BY llir Secretary OF the
Treasury. 20 wii. that shsrs had btsn q
yials.inn VI Lac. unacrampsnied Ly any
evil ,nienuan. or The ir.uIt OF srrar shd
sni.i.kr: ~ Il e.lird an 10 make an hono-
rsry daha in 10 t;ener.i yscksnn. a. an
.ddrnnnsl marx of .sur ersiiiude Cor he
IN lasIy ssri'ss. he waald chserlUlls
have s.lrd Go The bill Bot lhis monsy
vas mol claimed on rilhefol these grounds:
an Tie r,'n,rHy, The gentlemen aho had
sdyoc I'D % had, one aud al. dlselalmed
pulnag tie claim oa either al tllese
grounds. They had said she money Was
40 ahieri; that The shj.ri IL the bill Was
merely ~ ,iadlraie lie character el Grn.
srzi .rkssn--is wipe 81. % he genilr.
m.a rsIn Mlssavn bad said. :. ihs I.si
s,..n0r cvn,u,e upon hls fair lamc.'' OH
az gen lripsp he'd sl,o u,ed similar Ian
gussr: aud the gcnilemsn from Pennsyi
wanna IN pa,iiral.r. tMf. isuehsnsll who
,e"r mei difficulty vuhou, a. vnes
graphing u by the hsrn., had made ~
sllbarsle aud able srgamen, q prose that
the proceedings Of General Jackson hsd
been strictly conform sbls 10 Law. snJ. ~
. n.eessaiy consequence. that the SEN
isnee pronounced ON L,m Coz lhass acts
vas llls gal and unjust. and The Judge ~ho.
pronounced q Va. deserving " crn.ure.
The question. thsn. was one of prinei
pie; and. after lsrss Of . qssr,ss Vf .
century. C.nssess 10 called up.n 10
reverse . judgment II competent uIb1-
n,l. on The gfourd Of us illeg.l
Gentlemen had sa,j that this Was no
patty question. ssd deprecated ,hs intro.
ducisn af party mpics into this deba's.
lie had 30 doubt of their tire sincerity
IN these professions; hu, they mus, ., the
same time eauinily admit that this .ety
questian had sissys been one 81 centre
,ss,. IL bic own State. in particular,
Il had gwen rise. st tho time the events
orcunrd. 10 au angry discussion. lie
was. hnnsslf. too Young ., iha, time TO
take any part ~ this discussion. or ("
ehtsr,sin aay other fe, Ing ior Gen. Jack
son than that NJ unqualified gratitude f"r
hts great military schIv, nsn; . feeling
winch ten or twelve ye.rs Of polnieal
"Pposlncn had dumped. bs, noi ex1n-
guishe'. E
There vas another circumstance vhich
stared 10 in the face. and 10 which he
could MT shu, lie eyes; and this wac.
ihsi this claim ss not presented By ten.
jackson. but emsnstrd from Two Dema
cratic l.rsi,laiures--ihase of OHIO and
New York. No~, ~hs,eyer respect be
might entertain iur the opinion, ri two
such distinguished bot,c., he doubted
their peculir 6,ness To determine ihi.
quc,l,nn, and cnld not help su.per'ing
th.t p,t'y considerations we,e lurking Al
the n,o,n &c this JninleresieJ nave
meni. Although he had always enter.
isInrd The opinlon that tie imprisonment
81 Judge Hall. aud the resistance 81 Gen.
Jsck,nn 10 the process ui his court. we're
acts Of arhirsty power. entirely unlnsih.
ahle in Themselves. aud not excu,abte on
any plea III public aecessiiy. he had tried
noi 10 be in,pervious In conviction. tie
had lls,en-d a,tenusely II the a,gumenis
al g-n,lem"n vind,c ,ting these scis; hut
they h,d AIT cnn,,nrcd him. but. an the
contrary. confirmed tho opinion he had
always entertained.
Keeping 10 view, then. that the on'y
point a, issue was The leesliiy Of these
acts, LEI n. facts of the ease be examined.
II va. necessary ior every gentleman To
do tsi., hecauss sserv gentleman who
bad spoken had supposed. and based his
arsumen, on. a different state Of facis.
\ They did no, even agree on the cause Ior
which the ne sss imposed. Due says
u vas ,nllntei on Gen. Jackson because
he declar.d msrual Law: annther. because
ha refused To obey The vii, Of b 'beas
corpus; ano,h,r. because he altered .
persona ind pnily 10 tho Judge: and all
c""cur IN rcnsnrinp tie Judge and IN
s"pp"s'nl he was a"tard BY personal
fcseni,nrai alone. .s s...-s ~. .s.:
lie dill not profss. IT, have any personal
kn"al"d,e Of these facts. Since the last
a. hate. no se,er. he had c"n<uled a
work Ia wh'ch they we're narrated VIII
great Petspruity aud 'nnutn ess 81 detail
Tie alluded tn the hl.iary Of Lnui.ians
by Judge NJ rim. lie dill ~, vonch ioI
thr arcurrv af / us work; hut he could
'oarli that the auihnr was asnan III gte''
learning, industry. aud research. Who vas
Ia 1915. aud siiil L.. unc of The Judges :"
the supreme cdur. al Ia. State. dustin
EItsh~d tDr hts t,nutrttlti,v as 4 hg'