The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-08-17

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penpls weFa al pol.lisRn.s she pase
principles sfnpublicsAisn " &c jus' 80 |
ling eissssly IN lhs ssesndnEss snd il q,
sesfinp~ss-zphsibess psiasiplss .heuld !
Be pses,ed hen,s upon NE hsaEis ssl o.
dsrstandiass ol.llle people Al isige.
tAsspb lhsn sishsd 10 knos whsthfk
al rseld sks IN inlrresi IN tie perez.
unsn,.s charge u shs sdiseu.i Aspsii-
They n
wilIine d asd shal hay HouId BE sefy
ese.esneass. bsr Tor their professional |
be ever rrady 70 ~ y home Ihsy would
aad even on Tie eifte edl'ofisl chair
much pressed with busists hen not tse
sndsa,oI 10 lbrnish sslnelhik.,fy ~ooid
per- tnl az 10 taking an inlsit BE %
though they had no doDbIIl vonlda q.
exceedingly pro6 able enterprise. i'm
thought ihey could better promote il bs
being rnsinly disinseresled- After sew
ersl conferences. Assph resoIssd 70 feel
The pulse Of the people with prospectus:
accordingly be begged the SqaHes 10 y rile
him one suitable 10 the tine and place;
and The meeting adjourned 10 eight o'clock
that evening.
The sillagers. uho had began 10 be
greatly alarmed 81 these frequeai meet
Ings Of the stranger with The head iuriss
Of The place, were perfectly transported
when tiey understood that Mr.. D0olHsle
Was going 10 do nothing more OF less
Than establish newspaper in heir midst
Some Of them had never seen an editor:
sndmsny ol them had never seen print
ing press. but all saw some advantage
that would result from The project. IL
sould give character 10 The village; en-
courage youthful genius; make Frsnkllns
Of poor chidren; give heallhlul lone 10
public morals; enligben the ignofsut; IN
spire lsudsble ambition; save postage;
concentrate advertisements tight d their
dUnis. &e. DC.
The rio splii upon the name Of The
foithcoming gazette. Je,sr sas FOR The
Je0srsOniun Republican; Moore was Cor
the Scourge Of Federalism: and Asaph
was for The GaafViNe Gem. After long
and animated debate they discovered that
they all agreed; thai The JsffeIsonian Re.
.publlcsn must be tbs scaurge OF FeGers-
iism, and thai The GnaiViiie Gem could
only r. fleet HE Ugh, of Republic nisn.
1t was therefore agreed that Mr.. DMlt-
lie shnuld nlme his paper as he pleased.
The prospectus was soon dawn Of: u
adverled TO the rising importsnce Of Gnst
vile; lis central position between Buck
head aud Dogsborough; the vast amount
II talent which il con,sined. and which
was competed 10 lie dormant for The want
nl q vehicle Of communication with the
world, &c. The politics OF the Gem
would be Of the Jsflersnnlsn school; but,
as truth was its object, i,s columns would
be open 1, all pilues whose communities
tons should bsar the impress Of mode ra-
ton and candnr. The grand aijre,sof
the Germ would be 10 elevate The stan.
dard Of public morals, as all history had
proved that pure morslny was the only
unfalne safeguard of republicaR insti u
tons. Nopans would be spared 10 make
the Gem useful 10 farmers, as they were
at last the bone and sinew Of The country
lat The same lime commerce and MANN
lsctures would receive due attention, &c.
A manuscript prospectus was sci up a,
the t,yern doOr, and Mr. ID. concluded to
remain few days to mark its success be.
lore he proceeded to have number Of
copies printed fur circulation. Ia less
than three days the name oil every man
in the village was appended TO il. with
MT q lev from tie county. In The mean
time Mr. D. grew rapidly in public esii>
ma'ipn. Even those ladies who wished
there never had b, en- Donli,tle halchsd,
born. or created, invited him 10 their hou-
.es, aud went llale beyond their usual
civllnies fur Ids entertainment Some
thought ll,evslw in him h1ndsome like.
ness Of DR.. Frankhn-'aking the Docsor's
picture as fair representation. Of bis per
son. .......
Such was MF B.'s encouragement that
be Immediately tenied an old back store,
gave the needful direcunrs FOR converting
i, iu,o printing Office, and lef, the village
in order to bring on his press. lie had
nut heen gone long before bis prospectus
appeared IN al The southern papers; those
Of The Republican stamp consratulatlnp
themselves aad The country in having ~
ded 10 their corps such an able champion
Of sosnd principles. They had under.
stood Mr. Dnliale {, be stauneh and well
tried republican Of the IL school. posses
sing talents Of the highest order, end
character which even Federal maligniiy
had not dared t. asperse. The Federal
papets, on the other hand, under vai,us
headings. such IS .9aother Hreliag SET
10 cork The deyirs kingi0m Erten-
diag-7ona Jsferson's Last Inp, su.
nounced ,ha, in some obscure village in
Georgia, never before heard Of, aae Doc
l.le, from nowhere, aud known by nobo-
dy, was about to issue another disorgan>
izng sheet. t, be called the Gna'v,lle
Gem. sall Of which betpkens that i. is 10
be ve,y lille bu-iress.
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