The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-03-23

C,n.-.s sha > siftbg feeling Q
-ssIErAshiP taHsF1s h.s FrnRss .
- sitter states. ssasIi'p,s fseaTslisal.
- fsdssslisls e a isalcEs al slri
lsni seessd ieE ne Iiehls ,.i he ssa,e 30
ssFnaeLls. eaEsiilaae > Ssase Refs
naa. ! kn0~sai feel that I tm snd q
ssys hate btsn anr. | an ani SIC
eoasirueiloaist. IN ne parry sesse 81 ia
phIsss--ote uho. nhsa Ih0xe 20 nhoa
! sm op, 0sea are entIusied = IN De a.
ninisisail0n II federal sasirs. i Gssposss
. deny Al powers q the gsnsrsl g0ssln
aren't. Or - % rsstrirl 10 powers - i
reader them ImpTIcnrshie az reealosY,
mach less an | laiiIudinarisn. wha
ahen ny friends are in po~er. arknowa.
edge no coaslilsIinnsl bnunds - her dis.
erection. We Ought ~ % ins,sl On . far
construction ofIhe constitution. IN y hon.
sosser he administration ma, becenfdsd.
wheIhefour political opponents rrirlsn6s.
No asn 10 more sensible Of human lsll,-
h'li,y Than III may err in nv eslimale
o. men. and in my opiniahs cf measures
but ! have truly drrlsIed my srn,i-
mehIs, and am quite sure they are right.
The great object xe should 81 hate
81 hear. and shieh m Ihfss lines pre-
sents nsrlf most prominently 10 every
rejecting mind. is 10 restore The conf
denee Of The people in their governments.
stale and federal. and what 10 ysI mere
important % social hsrpInessl confidence
between man and man--lhal confidence
which srems nov almost entirely gone
that confidence without v hich il is impos-
sible our prliiiesl insiiIGiionsEcsn. Lave
any hesllhfsl scion. lii csnnoi Be re.
stored, us must abanJ.'n allhore Of public
prosperity. or Of private happiness.
In oil 60, ernmenis. the aolk Of legis-
laiinn. and The administration 81 public
sifsirs. must necessarily involve . cnm-
promise of opinions and interests. And
this 10 especially true in The government
OF the United States: a government ex.
iending over iweniy-six states. all e0nnec-
,ed together. and vet 10 great measure
independent Of raehs "shel--over such
q vast extent 81 ierrilory-over people
having such diversity and variety of inter.
tsls: the Interests Of various classes of
individuals. in The same part OF the cOun-
Try, diversified by their vsrious pursuits:
and the interests OF some parts of the
Union diversified from those OF others. by
variety 10 the employment Of capital,
variety in the productions Of soil and cii-
mate IS well ss OF industry. No man or
set OF men. no State. no portion Of the
States. East or West. North or South,
4 gIicoliursl. Commercial or Msnufsc,ur
ng-Slsyehold,ng or non-Slsveholiirg, |
AN reasonably .xpecI that their particu-
af opinions shall prevail, or their individ- |
pal or local interests be alone. or even
n"st prominent the object Of reg ri. |
The duty of the Statesman and The Patriot
. to consulI The opinions, the feelings, !
he wishes. The interests OF each and all: |
n reconcile them whens the y.sre conflict |
Nc. il that be possible; and il il be fnuni
nPracticAble. To devise snd.pursue such I
measures a., requiring every one 10 yield
omeihIng. hut none 10 sacrifice ell. slall
70 best calculated to promote tie welfste
4 each Ia The utmost extent compatible
with the welfare of Others. The Con-
,ilaiion Of the United States, TO which
.e ell profess so much attachment and
leso,ipn, wsssj,cistrd by the mo,i liberal
pirit VI compromiss; and il is only by
he continual exsr'ien and influence Il,
be same spir!,, that the Federal Govern i
nentean be upheld to any good purpose-->il
hat its powers ran be made 10 work
enefcially for the common weal-for the
srmony. the prosperity. aud The hsppi-
ess Of the Union and Of all ils members.
II msy he supposed by u,hers--indeed
am myself conssipus---iha, sm utter
rg truisms. But. il 4 smino, much mis- ,
ken would to Heaven ! could believe ,
nat sm-e, all.mis,aken) in my view spf
he present stste Of public affairs. and I
specially uf the state and temper Of par ,
cs. il is really necessary. that we should ,
all awskencd TO lively. snd. serious {
ense OF these very iruisme; and the time ,
as come. when i, bthooves ell men, and ,
Il parties, to recall them 10 their minds |
nd 70 their hearts, and to act. practically a
nd wi,h general consent. under their 1
'fusnce. II we can only be broush, to {
,member these iruisms, and act up 10 !
rem. as our fa,her.sdid, with a reasona- j
lie degree of hesrtiness and generality Of
nrpose. though difficulties enough will Z
Ill remsin~to exercise The wisdom of {
s.esmen and patriots, Ill may yet be well q
public confidence may be revived. So '
Il harmony may besrenewed. u dassry i