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

he pasilisr or Prsrtral. daring NE s1is-
lsues Of which men analysis &C and a.
certain truth. T4king these ss6Bn.ohs
% guides. ID 10 obyInBs Ihal eonsidefs-
bic party IL ths eonnlry. having 10 main
rooi 10 ths Stir O. Virginia. bui branch.
ing intc South c.r.llna sBd come other
elsi1ss has attained ohly lhis srcond OF
starhysiesissale. beyond whirh. IN fact.
% daes nol sean destined 70 pass. having
made no progress whsisssr lsr many
yssn. ls aofians bear thessme fslslion
10 Send polinesl scisacs ahas The logic
Of Aristotle sad ,he seh0.lmen does % Ihs
B4eaaian philosophy a or day. Nnh
is members. Theory 10 esery lh.ng. sh.lr
iarts. instead Of being :. siubbrn lhinss."
are secsBBtsd snothLg. When onum
plating them, one 70 constantly reminded
OF the aneieu' philosopher. Who desired 20
be blind. in order thar no might study "a
iuse 10 al,anfage. This .rei. forming
N ], dass . large psrl Of the SoulbrIn
wing Of The Democratic party, 10, IRON u,
menti constitution, therefore. constantly
liable 90 be imposed on. aud 10 Easily
humbugged BY il. m re calculating and
shrewdrr hlirsof The Nnrlh. In he pro-
gfess 0f matter We occasionally witness
soms very amusing scenes. You NAV &c
member, Mr. Speaker. ihst on Monday.
'of la.i week, certain rssnluilons we're Of
frred 20 lh,. House. which. il seems. had
been pre,iou,ly adopted aiihs Democrat
&c Convsn'iOn, which met 81 Baltimore
in 1910, IS p,rl Of ils creed. and hieh
.sefs supp. sed by seme persons 20 oeeu-
py ,hs very highest Southern ground
sgsins, the iafI1 and abolition, These
resolutions being the very esssncs Of abb
siracIion itself, that is. so general and
vague, 40 10 mean nothing 81 eli, passed This
House with very little opposition. On
,hs succeeding day wewere called upon
70 vote on tie adoption Of The 2l.t rule.
Fhersupnn, gentleman from South Ca.
r.llns, mi. Campbell,I Tar whom tn,er.
tain high respect personslly. called Tor
the residing OF the Issolutl"n Of The previous
day on the su,j-ct e aboltion. The cen
ilrmsr, aud some others, seemed 10 think
,hA, The party was concluded by The ioP-
lion Of that rec ,lSiian, and must OF course.
20 be consistent, vote Tor the rule. Ins,ead.
however, of going Tor IL unanimously. az
they had done for the resolution. il wss lusi
by aajnri,y oftwen,y votes. Ga such
occasions there 10 sometimes family jar.
| The Souiherners complain of bad lsilh,
willie III, Sc fom the Nonh insis, thai the
South is too exaciing. that they have al
ready. TO obliRe them. voted for many re-
solutions, the recolltc,inn even tf which
10 most huIRil a,ing. The quarrel. hsw-
ever, easily reconciied. The Northern
Democrats consent to vote for the most
abstract resolutions hich Southern in.
genui,y can fame, and the parties shake
hands AID are reconciled, as brethren
should be.
| The suit Of this practice I regard %
most unfnrunaIe for The country. lfpab-
lie men and parties hsbItoslly proirss doc
uinss which they have no u'pose of car.
rying into practice, il not only destroys
the csnfdenceof the community in poli,i-
cisns.' butt corrup,s the public morals, and
will eventually end in tae destruction oil
the Government.
| Having shown, Mr.. Speaker, that on
these important questions the go called
Democratic party is governed by no other
principle than The one sscribed to il by
Mr.. Calhoun. I will proceed to the consi.
deration Of sume other topics, which i'll
afford arguments not less c"gent and con.
sinc,ng. Let US look. in the first place,
TO its course on the sub easufy scheme.
When Ills measure vas fret proposed by
Mr.. Gordon, Of Virginia, in the year
), 1884, il was denounced by the leading
organs and politicians of the party as i" dis
organizing and revolutionary, and subver-
sivs of The fundamental practice oi The
Government, from its very origin" and
the whole Of their followers viii one
voice condemned it As soon. however,
as Mr.. Van Buren, became President.
in his very 6rstnessage he recommended
its adoption. Thereupon, The msss OF
the party shifted lis position, and al oHce
came into The support uf the very measure
which they had denounced. Indeed, he
battalion. under the order of its comman-
der. on parade day, ever changed fronts
more suddenly. What are We To think
oil their adhesion to principle! How
very different was the conduct oil the
Wing party. when placed In a similar
emergency. When John Tyler came
into office. he possessed the confidence Of
the whole party. lie suddenly abandon.
ed his punc'ples; and did ,ha. party fol-
low himl No. s,r; with all The patronage
OF the Government, IN his hands. he could
No. carry of "a corporal's guard" They
lc'ung only the closer to their principles.
aud denounced h,m whom they had bul
Just elevated 50 pawer. Yet. sir. it re-
duired high intellect and lof,l, patriotism
pass tast fiery ordeal unscs.hed. HIS.
tory. in all ] pages. atInrds no such ex-
i.smi lie ofIevo.rca 90 principle, manifested