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

kuo~ Ar. f-r'eu-iy .shn fhsy ,d.da',,
knas him-il.nls-ssd dsdn's asi "a
know him-snd we'd hey nsssr n oull
alsl il thsss hsd ns5a 1ass besn nghl
haiehe5. bora. o. rrrais6fa . Donl1las
hops yon re sssisked.a ssEs. nos !
A Sudden light. howsrsr. isais
uPonAs.ph's purposes. and = are AZ "a
l'anebrd into ths era Of which Grz,sss
- becoming conscious. lie il intent up
on stsiiug % newspaper, snd . heilhel
Jesuit n disguise. stray ex-prince. I
wFilefof lrsvsls, nor land sesler. Their
cores display Of lhs state 81 politics
in The ei'y Of snsis. They ase lreaen-
dansly Jehsrsonisn here. I.oof Asapl
u Al 6fsi lfrublsd al Ihis-he having been
bed 10 81 opposite fAilh. lie has. he's.
ever, The material az 6rsi-rals !. demo.
efar 10 hin-s wise facility IL conform
ing 10 that whichis Tor his personal 3D.
vantage; md accordingly he j.. alter a
few internal sIpggIes. manufactured into
patent RePubllran--jasI ss Gsn.-.
MR., aad so man! Others have sinee
been.
"On the evening Of The founh day,
Aasph did not renTe 10 his room directly
afsr supper a. usual. hul consefsed freely
Hilh the llndl0rd and with either persons
% ~hnm he was introduced by his host.
No'hipg wa. foUrd objectionable 10 him.
The nexl day bis acquaintance was con-
sidershly extended. embracing among
othefs The iso lawyers. That night he
invited these gentlemen 90 his room. AZ
ter friendly conversation Of an hour or
tvo, Mr.. DonlilIle informed them that no
had visited the place with The design or
establishing newspaper there, if there
was any likelihood Of iis being tolrrsbly
well paironized; and h. said he would be
thankful 10 ,hem for their advice in the
matter. They highly approved Of his
project. and promised him their ss,is-
lance BY purse. pen, and influence. II
was he very thing they wanted. There
was iAlent enough in tie village and The
neighborhood around 10 support paper
Handsomely. A. imre VAS no paper
wthin forty miles Of ,hc place, all The adj
sefiising custom of the adjoining coun-
ties would csra MS flow 10 this. Wnhsl
il would exert a valuable influence Upon
the politics ofiwo nsighboring counties.
Which sent heavy represent ,tion 10 The
legislature, ami which were strongly
incinred with Federalism.
What arc the politics Of this county,"
said Assph.
"0he Jtiffrsonian 10 the core. There
is hardly division among Us. We all
tspousc The principles Of lhsl great spos.
lie of liberty"
Now. Asaph had been thirteen years
in a printing oflire in Connec.irni; lie hal!
been on apprentice. jnu,neymsn, and
foreman. and in all that time he had new
er Sc, one type, nor seen one set. 10 praise
Of Mr.. Isacrsun or Of his pal,tics. Ills
mother hal laugh, him in chillhrod 10
abhor Slat,n, End his father had t,ught
him that Il there was any difference he
tween Satan and Mr.. Jefferson, Satan had
the bes, Of i, Though Asaph was man
Of wonderful eqnanimily. he could no.,
conct al his emotions Of surprise at hear
ing j, announced IN sober earnest that
Mr.. Jefferson was the gteai apostle oil b.
er,y. H. s'ared for momen. as If he
had seen a ghost, bot soon recovering his
self.possesslon httle, he brought his
counteHance to the likeness Of one who
holds one end &c string in his month,
while he twists the other, and sat mute,
while his friends contUued:.
"No o her politics will IN this lai;-
Jude. A Federal paper would &c, no sup
port here. There are but three federsls,s
in The village, and no, ten times that mum
Der in the county. Inderd, it is the worst
time that reull be selected for The eslab-
hshment Of such paper, when The ex-
element sbou, the alien and sedition laws
hes hardly subsidized. i'u. Republican
paper vii! do admirably. We will en-
sUIc lUu III Itdst tWO huHettu SuUS'Ii~
beers and~all the advertising cussam ofihis
and sevsr,l neighbOrlng counties righ,
away"
kssph said he would think the matter
over; and his frienls lei, h IN, promising
I, call and see him again The next mora
lug. He retired to bed, and surrendered
htmssll to the following train Of rrGec-
uons: What will mauns and dad think
of me anil II they hear that / have come
out i,ffersonian Republican! VIVA,
will Mr.. g., nv old Dos, ihink! | shall
have 10 changa papers with him. and
he'll lash me like all aatur' Bu, i
must 60 to business Of some kind, and
tina, speedily. and ] guess shall find no
better place than tins. Well. after sill,
may il MT be tina, Jefferson is a better
man than have ,aken him to be? I've
heard many things said about him, and
have seen many sharp things published
against bin. bat all erea, mta have 10
bear this. I'll think over The matter. And
he thought over The m4iter until he dropi
to slerp, aud could call to mind bot one
good thing that Mr.. Jefferson had ever