The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-03-21
HlIssSrsush. M .reh Is.
For Tie Recorder.

Ma. EDr1oR: | regretted to sec in the
last Recorder communication, as sup
Use, from some Wing over IIaT' River,
again agiiating the subject which has so
long been 4 source OF distraction and iniu-
~ % the Wing pariy-I mean a division
Of Orange. | should be disposed rather
to believe that the communication ema-
mated from some designing opponent Of
Wing principles, did ! no, know that there
are some few men in the Wing ranks Of
that peculiar temperament which viii not
submi, TO delay, and who hook so strictly
to their own convenience and comfort, that
they forget Others have interests and feel
ings 10 be consulted as well as themselves.
Such men arc common 70 both parties
TO all parties. 49,
l have no doubt that your corsspon-
dent honestly thinks his case, rs web Is
that of his neighbors, p very hard one, in
being called upon to contribute toward
erecting a new court house in HILLSIDE
rough, when they are so anxious TO divide
the county and spend their money on the
western side of Haw River. But why
should il be considered a hard ease! They
are still a part Of Orange, and no doubt,
as Orange men, have for some time been
ashamed of our old court house, and know
very we'll that new one ought 10 be built.
Would they, then, have the tax 50 laid as
to exempt them from paying part of the
sum necessary for this purpose. Surely
not. The proposition, | have but little
doubt, would have been secuted by the
division men themselves; for when the
vote was decided in favor Of the new court
house. and they were fixing on the sum 10
be paid for it, one Of the gentlemen from
over the river, with commendable libc-
rality, said, If We are TO have a new
court house, | am clear for having il a de-
cent onc"-and the appropriation Of eight
thousand dollars was made without dis
scnting vote that | remember. All admit
that new court house was much needed;
and it should not be expected that all ap-
preparations will be stepped, because, for
sooth, some persons are in favour of d.
vision of the county.
Your correspondent seems to think the
question Of division of sufficient impor-
lance to overshadow every thing else in
the August election; and expresses de-
termination to govern his vote entirely BY
the candidates views in relation to this
one question. would earnestly urge up
on him to reconsider the matter; and if he
be a good Wing, my remsnstrance will
weigh with him. II is not justice, nor is
il prudence. IL the candidates were to
come out on that question alone, he well
knows what the result would be--a de-
cided majority for retaining old Orange
with its respectable dimensions; but if the
two parties run up their candidates pretty
strong, the friends of division, by concen-
trating their Votes, might elect their favor
ties; and what would be gained by it!
Say they carried the whole delegation,
and it would be but FIVE votes in the Lc-
gisla,ure. And would that body, in view
Of these facts, divide the county! Ger
tainly not. 1t would be too paipabiy I'M
Just. But in addition to this, | fear the
result of such course will be to give us
full team of Democrats from this county
in the Legislature; because it is well
known that that party does not suffer it.
self to be divided by local questions. All
orr mast experience leads to this conclu.
sion. The people of the whole county
are concerned in its division, and they
should be consulted in deciding upon it.
Aud so they are too in the election Of
members of the Legislature, and they are
not willing that every thing else shall be
put to hazard, by connection with mat
ter of such small moment when compar.
ed with our state and national interests,
as division Of the county. .~