The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-06-01

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drew iAs lines ahoas ne peoPls. - serve
as chains af bondage On he Geedom u
snfrgs. and % eisil he Few Ia power.
over he many Fer ne first lip.e 10
her history, has Ne fAir face Of oas Ssals
been dishgnred ~ or cisigens, with !
view % deiran1 The soierg or fhsir eouali
". sad lhe ballot box nfils righ,faI fruits.
Il i The work cf re Legislature Of Isl2l
hesPeak si;Ongly Cor ne feel strongly.
We know ONO assault on public liberty.
more dangerous than hat Of accomplish
% desPolie ends. lhroagh constitutional
lorms; and Of making he people he in
strumenis ofoppressing themselves. We
recognize no political offence az higher
grade. lhaa thal which subjects The larger
number FIRE people. 10 the pnlllical do
minion nc The smaller. because they dare
10 think Tor themselves. This deleslable
tyranny has been attempted On orr peo-
pie. and no man can deny il. For the
spare az six years; yes. ever since the
hoar when the election or Governor was
committed 10 Tie people. they have spo-
ken Wing voice. In ionr consecutive
elections. with fair and energetic trials Of
party strength. have Tie freemen Of this
State proclaimed heir politics: And. The
four times defeated party, unwilling lon-
ger 70 abide lh,ir voice. have nov made
insidioss war on the ballot box itself.
waswisely, as well aseloquenily said.
that The oppressor Of the humblesl man.
IS an insult - the people. How grieEous
then, becomes the insult, when The OPP
preston i made 10 fall on The great boz
dy, itself, Of The peoplel win they fy 10
the rescue Of one man. and fail 10 project
the body pOiiiir' Or, has political OPP
preston ceased 10 be an evil in Republics,
and he right Of suffrage become the in
sirunleat ofiyranny, instead Of the means
Of preventing itl IL The proposition were
openly made. That. for the next ten years,
the minority Of the people should govern
in the federal councils, what man among
you all, woald not mark The proposer Is
traitor 10 yeur liberties! II People.
once Republican, as we unquestionabfy
are. were to aceede 10 The proposition. W hat
man among You all. would not forthwith
pronounce as already numbered, the days
of that peoples freedoml What essen
iial difference, and We appeal 10 the free
men for an answer, can there be, whether
the few boldly attempt to acquire power
ever the msRy, by the force OF arms. or.
covertly 10 secure il BY purposed ar-
rangement Of the districts! We doubt
rot, you would meet The one case, in
manner worthy Of the fame Of your "a
Tiers; can you submit 10 the other, With
ou feeling the shameful degeneracy Of
their sons! Yonr remedy is In you own
hands; the BALLOT BOX is the peculi-
arly ct means TO uphold The independence
and integrity Of the BALLOT BOX.
And your signal rebuke OF this legisla-
tive attemp, 10 prostitute il to party ends.
will add new confidence TO those who
have imhided the hatred Of our fathers,
10 every form of oligarchy, and rely for
the preservation ofliberiy, on the govern
ment OF the MANY. Upon this subject,
we appeal, without fear, 10 people re-
markable for the liberalily wihwhich they
tolerate political differences, and whose
fundamental maxim il is to leave The right
and the wrong 10 be settled by mjori-
~, and not by minority Of voices.
INSTRUCTIONS.
Not content with the unfair advantage
of seizing The popular branch of the ma
ticnal Legislature; nor yet, satisfied with
one senator in addition thereto, The party
took the only remaining means in its
power 10 destroy the last vestige Of Wing
representation in ,he United States, BY
passing resolutions of instruction., wi h
the sole view Of driving from bis seat.
our Wing senator in Congress. This at. |
tempted prescription of all Wing officers. |
was accompanied with high-hanted eff |
fort 10 impose gag on debate and pass |
them by storm. On the very first day
Of their discussion, the Democratic party
that the question should be
taken before they slept. In vain were
hey reminded of the example Of the
Wings in 1888, on the debate of the
Raynes Resolutions. when the Democra-
tic champion in opposition was patient
ly listened to, for three days. This just
and generous conduct they refused to ini-
tate, and declared themselves ready to
vote, without the smallest alteration or
Of the resolutions. The
Wings were not 10 be driven from the
TO resist their pernicious
dectrines.' and TO proclaim 10 the state
heir reasons therefor. Accordingly, ihay
commenced the discussion late one even
ag, and had-to purchase the privilege of
Iebaiiag at all, by continuing il through |
he night. dill the Democratic party be-