The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-20

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e iiielrss maFhins--ii u0uld nni move
- 81; oilirss sid i seuld have b e,
loo much he; il void answer lie DIR
Pase q 10 cression. and ilssi Vas 70 ~
crease Excessive power. One found Il
King Lag and lhs olhsr King Serpent.
One indirzird il - . trrrilc giant II euor-
nous magnitude. slriding oEfr and crush
ing the liberties of he eoEnny; Il would.
therefore. break The constitution. and.
therefore. ihey xould oppose il.
These opposing arguments contradict
Cd Il they did NOT relale. each other. and
convinced ne that The plan could not be
adopted nor rssn deliberately considered.
One Was afraid 10 do one hing lesi he
should break the constitution. and snolh-
e. Was afraid 10 DO another lesl he should
break il. 80 they did nothing. One man
would not vote Tor Bank which bad The
power 10 establish branches, lest he should
break The constitution; and another would
not vote Cor one which had moi. lest that
lie should break il. They acted ike .
boaiman, who in The midst Of rocks and
shoals and whihpools, should refuse 10
pull one stroke Cor his safety lest he
should break his oar. But they stood
locking forward 10 The lime when reslor
ed confidence should enable The Bank 10
90 into operation. When will this be!
When prosperity returns 10 The country.
that i when The emergency Is over.
Meantime they intend 70 do nothing 10
sase.she ship from sinking. ill The chances
OF wind and wave shall drive her safely
on The shore. That's The policy.
lie Is more sanguins Than | am who
can see any time when the Wings Of The
country viii have more power 70 work.
10 effect the grand object-resioration Of
the cunency-ihan now. This very mo-
menl-at the approaching session. the
country calls in the loudesl voice upon
tie patriot not 10 put OF. moi 10 postpone.
but 10 make the best use Of The mesns in
our hands. There is measure io-which
The President is pledged, and his advisers
approve. Why not try il, and if il fails
let the administration bear il. lyon will
not Try il. propose something else. In
the events which have happened ! ought
20 say, and | will say. because since |
have begun | will make free communi-
cation, as man 10 his fellow man. Of my
opinions. that no one OF nv age and sn
not among the youngesl) has written and
spoken more against The indiscriminase
use Of the Veto power than ]; and no
mans opinion on that subject is more I'M
changed than mine. Ii il universally
known | snppose--and If no. il should
and shall he-ihai advised sgainst the
veto in all and in every case in which Il
his been exercised BY The President.
[ Repeated cheers.
But while have done this ! am not
willing 10 give up this great object for the
sake ol making up case against the Pre-
sideni. cannot sympa,hise with those
Wings, who. in fall possession nf power
fcr certain objects. attempt nothing and
~ill attempt nothing until they can con-
siiiaiionaIIy &c, rid Of the veto. Itserns
like a mockery Of the expectations Of The
Wings Of the country.
There - no pr.ksbility that the Veto
ro~er will ever he s,Iu,k VI Of the Con-
s,auuisn altogether. There mus, Be some
sucs restraint IN this - IN other csses.
The people Of Ns- York have ss'era,n-
sd that certain scW shall not become Laws
wuhoui . .n,e &c two thirds, aud hsve
thus imposed sran themselves . slnilAr
Is.u cuon. The rule of The Hssss ean
osly he suspended by . s"se ol To-" ihirds.
The veto then is no greater restraint 'hsn
they Law upon themselves.
Af,.r all. the great objections to this
course recommended Nv same OF my
Wing brethren 10 Ihs, il !, utterly hope
lss. Who expects 10 see the day chen
this restriction Of the veto should he
Brought .bouL Beiure restoring ptosPe-
riy 10 the country they must SSii Tor a.
smendmrnt to The Constitution. l will
no, say The 10 N,hing-suI Il is treating
the Interests Of he cuunTy with lar loo
litle resNd.
4 repesi that now is the time. and The
wh,gs IN Congress are the men TO sccom'
pli.h the s,es, objects Cor which The pes
pie. Tie Wing people. have 'sn,tn Tor the
last ten years; and nll tins IL done there
can be no restoration Of our iornet PROS
petl,y; and say that, in ny opinion, the
pan proposed last year ell effect mat
result. II q mechanic makes . t"el. an
axe, q saw. . plane, and kno~s that its
temper i, good, and the parts property
ces,,ructed, he knows il will snsstr the
purpose Tor which twas constructed; AMI
| know this will.
On The other object TO which Will
barely sllude. but which is one oi so much
Importance that I csnno, psssuhy; mean
the mort,fying s,a'e of the public credit
Of this country. | canno, help thinking
that II the Statesmen Of pas, ages were
sgsin to come among us--t Washington
were here, aud john Adams and ham,l-
ton and Madison, they would be deeply
concerned a, the sad change that has
cone over our public credit.
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