The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-07-14
For he Recorder.

For The Recorder.
Ma. EDIToR: don't know whether |
was more amused Al the complacent folly.
or provoked al the pompous foppery, of
your correspondent. Solomon Srulier. IL
requires strong prcvocaiion TO force an old
man from his easy chair 10 the escriioir.
Old age is prOserbialiy garrulOus, and |
confess | have no objection to welding
my tongue, when can find an audience
willing 70 listen and learn; but WELDING
the pen, MIR. Editor, Is quite another af-
fair. Many sound casIigaiion has il
been my lot 70 inilict-wilh the tongue Of
coursc-upon the said solomon, and ! am
sorry 10 say, TO very liiile purpose: but
lillIe did dream that | should ever be
called upon 10 chastise his imperiinence
in This public manner. But Mr.. Editor,
when an excellent old lady.of sound sense
and cultivated mind, not 10 say OF deyout
and enlightened pieiy, is thus misundcr-
stood and misrepresented; when her sar-
castle disgust is interpreted into .hysle-
rical adnlralion; when the plain, honest,
systematic industry Of the old school Is
made matter Of riJicule and contempt m
the public prints, and especially when
this outrage is committed upon one whom
| have known and valued for nearly three
quarters Of century, al whose feet the
accomplished Solomon Srulier might sit
and learn ill his head is as gray as mine,
and even then be unworthy Of his chris-
iian name, my indignation is such that !
fear il may bsiray me into indecorum:
aud though the gauntlet and the goose
quill may be alike nnbe6tting hand ire
mulous with age, and long unused to mar
lial exercises, yet sir, when my friend Of
equal age is thus wanionly assailed, de-
MED, as she is, the privilege Of defence,
as well BY her ser, as by her affinity to
that solomon Scapcgraee, who laid down
his struiiing pride and his ample fortune
al the feet OF her beautiful daughter, ! feel
the blood Of seyenly-six coursing with
young warmpih through my veins, and
though far from feeling any inclination TO
spill thar pomposo's blood, ] hope You
will pardon me for spilling little ink.
Now, sir, il is true that young Solomon
inherited fortune, which, thanks to the
| kind providence Of his sensible father, he
cannot sqrander; il is true also that he
passed through one Of those northern fac
tories mot confined to northern latitudes
by the bye) where they manufacture, in
given time, universal scholars. out Of
any sort Of materials; il is true too, that
when graduated, he affected TO be disci-
pie one while OF my Lord Coke, and one
while Of .Esculapius, not for practice, to
be sure, but merely for the accomplish
ment; and in the midst Of these graver
tasks he found tilne for novel rea,ling, for
poetry and for love. Il is not wonderful
that with the advantages Of wealth and
station, added 10 those OF handsome per-
son and graceful manners (for | will not
withhold .aught in malice he should win
the heart and hand Of my excellen, friend
Mr.. Stanhope's daughter, whose beauty
was surpassed only by the loneliness OF
her character: and Notwithstanding the
venerable old Mr.. Thwackum quoted on
the occasion his s,ereotyped phrase for
all i'll assorted matches. .Quid non spcre-
mus amantes! Jungentur jam gryphes
equis,' YET frankly confess felt greatly
consoled by the reflection tina, my worthy
old friend and her daughter were thus re-
stored TO the aillnence Of which a strange
series Of disasters had robbed them, as
soon as they had had time to show with
wha, resignation they could bear the re-
verses Of fortune, and with what meek
and quiet grace they could adapt them
selves 10 their s,raiiened circumstances.
II was my intention TO transcrlbe, and
send you for publication, long letter
! from Mrs. Stanhope, which would vindi.
cate her claims 10 good sense and good
feeling more effsctually than any thing !
can say; but as ii is announced that So
lemons coach is at the end Of the avenue,
| | must reserve i, for future communlca-
ton.
! Ynur obadient servant,