The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-03
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= The eainr q the Standard appears u
have got himself inio : Ugh. plae. and
.sike most persons IN similar positions,
makes % his argunent BY calling names.
:. You are Hartford Convention Fede-
rzIis,.s quota Ne Of the Standard. Wei,
ws suppose ihis does Us aboufzs much
harm Is lack did 70 L.is brsiher Jim when
he made mouths al him. But ne should
aik. 10 see the Standards explanation Of
me tern he makes use Of We once ask
ed ,he question Of his /" iIInslrious prede-
eessor," on similar occasion; bat he
was as dumb as an oyster. IL we look
inn the Dictionary. we find The word
FsDERsI explained As .Per.aining TO a
aeagas or coutrac,;" . consisting in con-
trael between pariies;" :. founded on ALI
ance BY contract or mutual agreement"
Hence il is that The Constitution Of the
United States Is called . he Federal Con-
sti,alion." And hence. too, is derived ihe
American word FEDERaLIsr, explained in
abe Dictionary as :. an aPpellaiion given
10 the friends OF the constitution Of the
United States, at is formation and adop-
lion. and 10 the political party which
favored the administration OF President
Washington" Il was in this sense that
the word was used BY Mr.. Jefferson in
his inaugural address. when he said. "We
are al Fcleralisls, We are all Republi-
cans" And in this sense Of the word we
..ase content to subscribe our faith, as indi-
Gated by our mo,.o: /. Union, the Consii-
tuition, and The Laws" What The Stand
ard means BY .'Hary0.d Correction Pc
deralisi." or how he applies the term TO
us, we DO not know; we have never yet
undertaken 10 defend the Hartford Con-
yeniion. and shall not, until we know
more about il. IL the report Of some be
correct, il pariOok too mich Of ihc COM
pIexion or the Nullifcrs' Convention of
South. Carolina.
But the Standard not only puts Us down
as rederalisi---a Hartford Contention
Fedcrslisi-bui he claims for himself al
ways 70 have been .. Democrat Of the
Jefersouian School," This is. indeed.
farcical, and shows that he is quite as ig-
norant Of his own position as he Is Of
ours. We do not know that Mr.. JefIer-
-oa ever ri-:..ei 20 no democrat. but
he certainly prided himself on being a
Republican, and we with pleasure qnoie
his words. Absolute acquicscence in
the decisions Of the majority" said he.
sis the vital principle Of Republics, from
which there is no appeal but 10 force. the
vital principle and immediate parent Of
despolism."
Now if the editor Of The Standard is the
pure Democrat that he prciends, OF the
JclTersonian school," nigh, we not ex-
poet, even though he did not absolutely
..acquiesce in the decisions Of the maiori-
W" that he would a, least treat those de-
cisions with dccen, respect! Certainly
no Je6srsOnian Democra, would stigma
Use large majority Of his fellow citizens
as "dupes," gulls," and the various
other opprobrious names which the heat
ed imagination Of the editor Of the Stand
ard has been enabled 10 conjurc up. mere
ly because they differed with him in OPT.
Mon upon questions Of national policy.
The editor seems 70 fancy that the whole
essence Of Democracy consists in opposi-
lion 10 Bank Of the United States and
"Whiggey."