The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-23

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Pat. | like your notioas-shsy seen
10 make soms Of what night Be deemed
9 bedy's inconsislencies. esnsis,sni; bus
ne are gstiipg OF the track. The sx-
case Of The lsss Legislature Cor lending ifs
credit 10 lhis Road for $500. 900. wss be.
cause il owned siresdy 100000 Of lie
s,oek, and 10 save thai. IL ss necessary
70 help The Rod; and they say. that you
helped 70 ssl ihs bin through -Hos's
ihsIf
Billy. I don't think the slork ought 10
Be lost. and il il Was in danger. il was
right 10 I'D.
Pat. So | think: but how 10 ibis 70 Be
rseonciIsd 10 Denocrsc,l
Billy. Don'i iry 10 reconcile iiby any
means; pour il into Whigesry. fur aiding
The RSad--dsun them fOr doing ueh, a.
well az for doing wrong--all answers our
purpose. 0ns-half OF our " liege subjects"
are such geese. they don't kno~ The dif
ference between right and wrong. and The
other half are interested Ia keeping them
IN ignorance. thing not hard % DO. 80
We leaders take the labor OF thinking for
them upon ourselves.
Pat. Well. they say That Company pas
sed an order 10 ride you On the Road grsis.
in consideration Of your services in get
ling The peoples money Tor il. Is Ina.
90!
Billy. never examined their Jour.
nails.
Pat. But you know. whether you pay
when you travel on that Road.
BILLY. Certainly. / do.
Pat. Well, what do ycu pay fort
Billy, Why, pay for ri--sh! for
Iri--hem! for my breakfast and dinner.
Pat. A plsgue with your brsskfs, and
dinner! Do they charge you for riding.
/ ssyi
Billy. I never examined ny accounts
IN see If they charged.
Pa. You understand me well enough.
Did you ever pay any thing for riding
there!
Billy. Is that any reason I never
shsuldi Look hersi You needn't unu-
bic yourself to rcnouare my doioreni, bu,
Tell us about your own--fnish your Hills.
braueh narrative.
PAT. Well. I fouad | 20, along so bad
ly with the Rail Roads. and hurt our par
~ rather worse than the others, ] thought
il best 10 drop them and take up the
Banks. Here, | confess ! had some
twingss, to which ! am not accustomed
To assail those old friends. TO whom
am indebted for much The larger por,ior
Of my worldly substances was task %
painful. 90 foil OF ingrsliiude, thai | could
scarcely conceal my emotions. sal
down on The lsbls. aud talked to The crowd
40 il was 10 some pain; bu. remember.
ing the wsichword--" Rule or Ruin"-
and Cred with The bold thought OF ruling
over near million Of People. smbi,ioH
mounted The Car and drove Jehu-llks, re-
gsrdless Of friends or foes. crushing then
Unfortunately, 10 arrive a. the desired
goal.
Billy. Th,, was done a.la.mode-d,
Napoleon. SF'75 .s."
Pat. I had him in my eye, when
turned my battery on the Banks. Altel
blazing away upon them awhile, some
fellow cried out" Amt you Stock
holder!" This rather Disconnected me-
but collecting myself. | told him yes.
had little stock, taken in payment of ,
bad debt-,ha, had snapped away all
could fer Rail Road Bonds. and that
could no, gel rid Of the balsnce on any
terms. though very anxious to do 80
tina. would trust any body for long
time-but that was lied 10 the dog tai
aud could not GET loose. so you van, ID
&c, loose. and lie somebody else to The
dog's tail, do you!" cried fellow from
the crowd.
BiHy. | don't think that the dng's TAI
was .a-la-mode-de Napoleon.
Pat. | then thought | would try my
hand on Nal King. belaborsd the lat
ersry Board soundly Cor making his secu
rites Billy Barbee and Len. Morgan pa,
his debt to them. and as old Morgan hac
to sell some Of his negroes at Court, e
pay his share. I was cure ! should save
him. But what do sou ihink!-The old
coon raised his tall form above The crowd
and he seemed 10 me ten feet high, and
says he--"Look here Mister, Lrmmy
Morgan went Natty Kings security o
his own accord. tree-aill and c"nsrnt
and he is able and willing TO pay tina
deb,--don', trouble yourself asou, Lem
my Morgan, he don't ash, nor need you
sympathy"
Billy. You might haye sworn lie vat
. Wing from ths, sentiment--no repuji
alton there.
Pat. In oljcn times, when men use,
TO work for their living. aud Eel, bound Il
pay their deb,s, this sentiment might hsv,
been expected; but in the present aIvanc
ed stage Of civilization, | little expected
to meet such rebuff as this. Some a
the Wings said. Tia, the uaaring cf sucl
a sentimen, ought 10 inmorlal'ze man.
Billy. |. ought to ilnmor,alizs him 70
a fool. should like 10 know ~ha. ID
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