The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-04-11

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10 easnHy. Rul % lhs iFFi.ls gsuiss
sslarily. md lsfss PsiIirliaa e I hs
eisioei~s. hsnfy Gay has sd6ed he Joe
ne a hn siFsl. AIsttss. me lfsnksss
u Cato. ne daring az Cesar. Ihs sis-
qusnee Of TsEy. he nsFsr TAXED /
lrisnd or asd . Zee, When The fisFa
sas uidssi. his ,oirs has been hsss'
iaudssL When he bsii's wss honlssi
h hss ever stood in The Ironi of IRE CO.
Iona. IIis palh has led him threDei
many difieslly and dssger Az tiPn
he might have etnI l.insd q insrslIsds
and otlcqoy. 0nee il seemed 40 Il b
vas eesaGed 10 60 dova 10 his grave
silh cloud On hls lsme.
Bot. Tor al this. he never wavere1, o.
hesitaled. Cor one moment. in his onward
course. Ever bearing shigh heart under
adversely. he has Stood erect in the daF.
kesl hours pf The Republic. and KEPT
alive The spirit Of liberty, and Of resis.
tance 10 tyranny and oppression. Many
Of those who started with him Al the GOT.
set Of his career have tainted By The way
side, or wandered away from their prin-
ciplesi but he has been
Faihfal raani.
nrmnxeL
unshsksn. Rnsed1red, pnierrilissl;
Ilis loyalty Ne keri. his love. his seal.
Nor Rna.Ler NOR example Wilh him wrought,
To sSerse Ion truth % change his coEslaRl
mind,
lie has grown gray in lie public service.
and, In The nature Of things. cannot remain
mach longerpn The Stage ofaciion. And viii
yoa permit him 10 "a down inio his grave
wilhou' bestowing On him The highest ho-
nors in the gifi of the nalioni viii YOU
retain the memorials OF his great spirit.
in The shape Of countless benefits. and
turn yoai back 10 The giyer! From pre-
sent indications, should Providence per-
mil him 10 li.e. we shall not long bear
such a reproach. Sir, men have lived,
perhaps, who were as much admired.
who excited as much enthusiasm among
their contemporaries, but they were men
who had son their renown in camps.
Their laurels weIe stained with blood
The red glare Of battles was on them.
No mere civic cllieilain ever before excl.
ted such enthusiastic arjor in The minds
Of HE countrymen. Il is a compliment
10 the genius OF this age. which prefers
The civil virtues 10 mere military glory.
And. with such principles, aud such man,
what have to dread,
The gentleman from Ohio tells the
Democracy TO fear not that they will
larry nineteen States. From the &C.
'ount which he gives us Of their de-
at in 1910, | take this to be most
'xtravagant boast on his part. but he
Of our having used new and
extraordinary means in the contest. We
brought TO bear agains, them. il seems. a
novel invention Of modern warfare-ihe
og cabin. Sir, | have heard of troops
HAT could not resis, charge of the bayo-
net, and OF some thai could not stand Gre
1t all; but thel genlleman's Democrats
were really a peculiar set Of soldiers.
We did not use against them Paixhan
Inns, or even iorpendoes. The rattling
# coon skin put them 10 fight. Ac.
'ortiing to the gentleman, they stood ar.
aged like the Macedonian phelanx, hut
cup of hard cider was presented and
hey went down before j..
The gentleman, do no, CUES ion. has
FOOD reason to complain ofand denounce
his Jast weapon. as many Of his allies
lave doubtless fallen under II. will put
question to the gentleman. the answer
o wi :ch | hope he will calculate in e.
,ures. II his army Of Democrats were to.
ally defeated in 1910 BY log cabins. hard
ider, aud coon skins, used against them
y one who, according to The genileman's
'wn declarations at that time, was an old
Iotarti, kept in a cage, who was so great
coward that he ran away from every
'atile that he ever heard Of, and whose
most appropriate dress was flannel peli.
0a;, how long viii that army be able 10
tand up against the strength and spirit Of
he great Wing party Of this day, led on
y the first man OF the age! Upon what
pes The gentleman build his hape ofsur-
essl All. but he says British gol! was
sed 10 buy up votes. Well, sir, per-
eivc, r. N the newspapers, that money
! unusually plenty in England at this
me, and have no dauh, that the Demo-
rats want it just as much now as they
id four years ago. I,ul VIC used log ca
ius; and y i'll mr forests no, furnish us
rilh ma erials IN build them this year!
hen there were coon skins in 1910.
les. and the requisite number can be
REQUIRED again. Worst If all, however.
,as the hard cider. | tell him this will
nw like water this year, and it will he
ome very hard Democratic palates BY
ext November. ......-
10 be seriou-. however, Mr.. Speaker,
I me tell the member from OhiD thath
oe. great injustice 10 his p rly when he
ass il was thus defeated. | have mo
oubt bu, that he is extremely anxious to
rpaie ths inpression that notIinr mora