The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-01-25

80 h.sisss % say. ilsI Mr. { - : sT1ss.
dsFsloPed IN Lis Eresni lfllfTs. . . fsrfg
rsspsri - iasl. - sapad. snd FnsarsP.
fioaabis. - lhas u ME. Van BuieH snc
his pra1firs Hkaiiely better. ~. clsy
did DOT sole fnr. o. sPPsotr ths ant 81
ls2s. ronslenrd % IN .diuss rslthriy,
andrT Ire aams Of The bin 81 abaDsaa-
lians. shich Mr. Van BSEea sd his
frsssds rarTlFd ~ hair soles. iiissAhsr
IN nnioIiunais rasnrldrnre. considering
he proisssann. Il Nc. Van BuIsn. thar al
Tie larlffs uhlsh ha.e bssn mostsomflain-
al Il IN ihs Sanih. ows Ihrir rxislenre up-
81 The S,aisJs Ba..k % Ihe t0'ss Il hiessii
or BIS IIsnds. LIS 40 want Of charity,
shsn. BAT the result IL the mesi candid
and Gel hersle CONSIDERATION. shsn ] rx'
press he decided opinion. that Mr. Clay
. Ear more 30 be Relied upon for . rsse-
tiesl sdiusinrnt oI Ibis delicate and CEN
plex sutisrI, no terms iusl End ssiisisrio-
~ 10 all sections u the uninn. hsimanis-
ma then Vasinus interests By The golden
rule oi modersiisn. Which 10 The ehly
ri. dge OF permansnee and stability lRFy
arrangement thsi may be made. than ir
Van Buren. The wise and ismrerhle
spirit 80 sulkirgly rxhibiled in he letters
ahieh have hem recenly given 10 NE
psbI,e. su-tsiueei BY his wsii-knosn
fluente with HE iIisnds, aid his oun htEh
and urquestonsJ character Cor irshknkfs
and decision, - = guarantee which 40 pof'
lion 0I lhe nation viii llghtly regard.
With respsct 10 the bank, II Tie coun-
try stall be Tedursd 20 . choice between
The odious and grinding sub-,rtasury
scheme. and 3 national institution ofei-
nsnse. rr'rerly guarded agains. abuse BY
The JEALOUS restrictions of it's charter, as
vel - BY vigilant public Supervision
and control. | do mol believe that The rob
er judgment Of The people. under The pres
sure 81 such IN sIieInsu,r, would fnd
any csute az quarrel against those xho.
free from constitutional difficulties on the
subjec,. should 60 fur The latter. in pre-
ference 10 the loImsr. Aud as 10 ihe dis.
lIibu,ion Of the proc, eds Of the iublic
lands, that stands necessarily and evident
iy adjourned. as o practical question,
Till the revenues OF The nation, compared
with It's expenditures and engagements,
shall be IN a very different situation from
lhs, in which they now are. or are likely
to be for years 10 zone. My own indivis
dual opiiiiDns on these sUtj els have
been so often aud fully stated, that need
not repeat them here. What l mean 10
say, al present. is, that these are issues
either Hypothetical and speculative. or
neu,rslizrd by equal aud opposing consi-
deIsiions on iha other side. aud should
moi diver, tie mind. for moment. from
those higher. aud more urgen, and vital
quesilons. which are the true ,esis Of
sound and cu'rect decision in the pending
Presidential tlecnon. Those tests hare
slresdy adveu,ed TO, They are such as
are insrpsrably cunnerl.d with The puri-
". character aud preservation Of The Coy
-------h-.--L----i~.s nuttfSA-~y-Is.
menl, sIe oura bsinIingiy coD6lusise n
gains, the professions of Mr.. fsn Buren.
As little shall We permit ourselves. u
trust. TO be " frightened from our pTorrie-
ty" by the old and hollow txpedient of
sensrless ard arbitrary use OF party
nsmcs. Those who are 60 prone 10 ring
the changes IN ihs nomrncls'ute of Fede
rails, and Republican would do we'll 10 re-
member tina, they have men, rad,ng and
Inquning men, to deal wnh, and no, chill.
dren. Try Mr.. Van buren, aud Mr.. Clay
by any test derived from the authentic his.
tory If p l,icsl p f,,es ~ this country, or
by The standard OF hose great principles
" hich exist 10 The essential elements 6f
our p"lnical institutions, aud Mr.. Clay
stands before the world The lar better Re
Publican Of The two.
In tina, great array and struggle OF the
two parties al the country. (among the
most memorable in our history. which
arose nut ot tie cnntovesy and war
wrh Eng! nd III 1919, where was Mr..
Clay and where was Mr. Van Bureni M
Clay pallan'ly l. adiing The republican hosts
in the House Of R. presen'auves. and sus-
tanning tile administration Of Mr. Madison
with all the energies al his pltriu,ism and
el"quence- Mr.. Van Bulen uniting with
the frderalists TO depose tia, lllus.rious
man from power. and tn supI.ianl his adj
minIstra,ion! Trv them again by tha,
standard which Mr.. Van Buren, himself,
in most rlaborte speech delivered in
the Senate of the Uni'ed States in 1928,
declared to be the true and leei innate
di-tncuon b, twt en- tie federal and re
publican plr,le the one seeking to er-
tend, the O,htr 10 restrain Executive
power. The public have n / forgotten
The various sehenes so sedulously devss-
ed or cuun,enanred by Mr.. Van Buren,
during the VII, lie p, Rod OF his sdminis-
rstion. and fully exposed at the time, 10
augment tx"cutve raronsgP, discretion
aud power: aud nothing. surely, has more
eminen,ly distinguished the career OF Mr..
Clay Than his constant and persevering
efnrts to restrain. and TO provide new
dihes and securities against the enlarge
mt n. ur abusive exercise cf the pow ers oil
that department of'he government. Judg
ing them. then. by Mr.. Van Buren's own
drfini,on oI prIrtical parties. as correctly
| I'D down Nv hun in 1928, but totally