The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-07-13


frouthe Natioasi Ialelligraeer.
CONVERSATIONS AND c0NSO-
LATl0NS.
In the beautiful leliers of consolation
snd af griei between TO celebrated men
Of antiquity. one OF them advises The OH
e. TO Jake refuge, iron The affection u .
severe domestic loss. in The rxefiions &C
public s6slss and the honorable pleasure
sc ennferring benefits % his country.
!" Alas" he replies. .lhere wss . line
when such nmedy as you propose
nigh, have ssaIlej, and y ben they whom
indIsidusl eslanilss overwhelmed could
escape from lhslr prisals misforhInes I'M
10 the contemplation or creston Of public
greatness Or happiness. But now sll,hs
10 denied u. aud every dlsusss u home
Is deepeaed by the spsetsele abroad Of
public affairs as dIshsa, tsning 10 the CT
nzen ss b.Iesremenis like mine are 10 tie
msn."
Such 10. limo slight degree. the feel
ing which, for some TINE, has been spread
ing over the minds Of many. A danger
Gus Encouragement. amounting almost 10
dismsy. la. seized up,n the public spirit.
The good find that The mos, unprinclpled
councils bul too often succesd;. the able.
whe will no, consent 10 seek their support
in every bad and shsllos delusiou. sre
dragged dosn and tfoddrn over By every
base competitor; while The Public. con-
ilnually deceived in. its unwissly chosen
fsvuriies. 10. because they whom !, pre-
ferred have proved worthless, falling fast
into the still more deplorsbls error Of be.
Having he, all ere corupi alike. II. h,
The popular favor, honor. worth. pstrIoi-
lem, capscny. sxpetlesee. independence
and all ,h.t gives rec,iiusie. zeal, laiiiness,
dlslnieres'edness. 10 public service. are
CONTINUALLY wors,ed by The IA al arts OF the
mere demsgnsue, so thai fitness u per
form ones par, nobly and 10 serve the
country useIulIy becomes an slmos, GER
tain exclusion from popularity. - hatnn.i
followf he who would rise must dis
encumber himself Of every inconvenien,
virtue; abilities musi bend themselves, not
10 working on, The public good. bu, to
aiiering the prevailing popular passion;
and oil the gond. who are no, driven from
public affairs, must al last a5aidou them
in despair. ..=-z5 Il.
With this wide expulsion or vithdraw.
al from The public EN- ,,lavmsu,s Of those
VINO could give them ja,t dignity and
efficiency, q s,ill more general and I,sas-
trous efiert has gnne hand in hsnd--an
apathy Of The good and inielligen, al large.
who thongh taking no direct share in po
htics. except as priion 81 the con.ti,u-
entibod, )'mish,yet. by ,heis votes or their
influence there, have al las. retrieved
things from their present unhappy con-
divon, Blu. in them the gloon Of long
public adversely, the d,sappoIntnen, Of
nearly every hope. has at lasi eagen,.er-
ed dlsuus. Of our insu:a:ions ,hsms elves
aid fyebndings Of result so uniformly
unfor,unale. t,ai many ofthem too prone
TO consider public sff'irs az given over TO
hopeless combustion and error, abandon The
struggle. and seek in the selfish care OF
their priva'e pursuits the only remedy or
compensation which public disorder and
distraction can at ,Td.
i Yet. while the brave, the good, and
the prudent preserve their courage and
their consiancy. there is always hope in
pubic sff,irs. There il no nobler in
stance Of Roman wisdom than that pro-
ceeding of their Senate after the terrible
blow al Csnne. lusiesd 81 WELDING To
the popular conservation &c visiting Ups
on the urfmt,nale commander lss would
be sure =, happen in this country the
wrath which could only have weakened
the public spirit still more. they sent .
deputsnen to The brave bu, iIjndging lea.
der, to thank him that. after 90 dreadful
an overthrow. " he had not deeraited ol
The Republic;" for they knew lha, while
they KEEP, alive in ths'm.nds Of their coun
rymen that Iofties, OF resources, conf
dence in their own brave spirit and 10
what that can effect, they could never be
reduced ,oo Inv for hope. Our own Revo-
lutiOnary history affords q like example Of
magnaninous prudence in the resolutions
sent By The Virginia Assembly to Gene
r,i Gates. sfisr the disastrous battle o!
Camden. rs -
Noma can. in such contest as that
we are nov waging. safely quit the frlJ.
Asto Withdrawing from the fight. ab.n
donine the country TO its fate, while we
can yct
Strike one stroke Cor LIE or dcatb,''
no man should be weak enough 10 Thin k
of IL. Unqpestionably il is well 10 loo K
after OR pf,v,te afair.. q. so many Of Is
hive need 10 do. But VIA, will n pro.
| q, to have dime so. IL meantime We suffs Z
iho.e t. take the sway whose success
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