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

In his speech here, Gen. Saunders re.
lated an anecdoie about Mr.. Macon and
his sheep, which we hope he will tell
wherever he goes. !, is dry, 10 be sure,
but the Wings will laugh al il, ii the Lo-
cos won't After promising that his OBJ
ject was 10 illustrate the propriely Of adj
herring literally 10 the very letter of the
Constitution We may relate the story
whirh ran somewhat lhus:- p
MIR. Macon, on starting for Congress
on one occasion, gave his oversccr writ
ten directions as 10 the management Of
his plantation during his absence, which
he calculated would not be longer than
May. One item of the instructions was.
thai his sheep were 10 be kept IN Ger,
tain field. Well, The overseer obeyed in
siructions TO the letter, and the old gen.
tleman, when he came home, al somewhat
later period than he expected, called for
an account Of his ewardship. Among
the rest, show are The Sheep" demanded
he. dead, sir" Dead! how's lha,?'
"why. sir, you told me to keep them in
that field and when the summer came on,
the water dried up, and they all died
"But why didn't you move them to an
other field" "0h, sir. looked into the
paper YOU gave me, and i, wasn't thar
We must say. that We have seldom
seen joke so much relied on BY its au-
thor, so little relished by his friends.
They appeared to be sensible, ifthe Gen.
was not, that by his own showing. his
great fayorite, Calhoun, has proved a
most unfaithful overseer; for he has al.
vocated Protection, Tariff, Bank and In
iernal Improvements. though The General
asser $, and every body is willing 10 adj
mi, tina. nei her Tariff, Banks, nor liner
nal Improvements is once mentioned in
the Constitution. They doubtless thought
too, that rather than all the sheep should
have died, The overseer would have done
well to exercise little common sense;
Just as. under the 18th paragraph OF the
9Th section Of the LIST Article of the Con-
s,itution, Congress is vested with power
10 use little discretion to do what "may
be necessary and proper" for carrying on
the government. But the Generals idea
| is, that the Government had better be
permitted to die, than do anything mol
crpyessly laid down in the Constitution.
Whenever any great good is 10 be &C.
complished--the sheep to be preserved
from perishing for want Of water--up
starts some I.ocoioco overseer with OBJ
iections to the exercise Of .'doubtful
power it is all right when Jackson
and Van Buren, violate the Constitution
to destroy the public prosperity.
Fayetteville Obseruer v
Hon. HSllian.a. Graiam.-We were
grati6ed." says the las. Raleigh Register,
. 10 see this distinguished gentleman LII
attendance upon our Court this week. en-
gagged in the prosecution ofhls profess on
j al pursuits. North Caroliha has many
worthy sons that re fleet lusire on ihelI
nallve State, but she can boast of none
with more just pride Of uualloysd Pa'riot
lem than W ~. A .Grshap."
Few men have earned more ensiabl'
reputation ,hsn this gentleman dusing TIL
short time he orcupied sest,n the tlnI!
ed States SeIate. Rassiy have We me
with a man Of more am,able disP' silon
IN assuming yet djgoiied manners, scru
! puluus lnegr,t,, combined With sount
discriminating mind and untring industr!
than Vim. A. G,aasn, and we'll may IT,