The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-08

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concentrating their united woes in n.
eonvshi'on. Give them The poser a.
doing %. and u would no, lone lie dor.
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poser can bring together and unite lie
mot dlseoriani materials.
but the tendency 10 Capitalization will
not stop there. The appointment Of d..
iegales en-masse BY State Conventions,
would tend. at the same time and even
with greater force, 10 ceniralizc hi. con.
troll inthe hands OF the few, who make
politics a uade. The farther the Con.
ventlon Is removed from the people, the
more certainly the control over II will be
placed 10 the hands of the interested Few,
and when remove ed three our four degrees,
a. has been shown il will be, where lie
appointment is by State Conventions,
the power Of The people will cease, and
the seekers Of Executive favor will be.
come supreme. Al that stage. an active,
trained and ssGybRs sF0Ri J Sl r be !o s"S
attention will be directed 10 politics. II
will betheirsole hn(nnrs. Into their hands
the appointment; eraies in al The
stages will fall, Al! will take speeial
care that none but themselves or their
humble and obedieut dependents shall be
appointed. The central and state con-
'enlions will be filled by the mos, ex-
perienced and cunning, and. after nomi.
Mating the President, they will take good
care 70 divide tie patronage and the off,
ces, both Of the General and the State
Governments, among themselves and
their dependents. But why say WILL,
lsitno ALREADY the CASE! Have there
not been many instances Of state conyen.
lions being filed by ofIice-holders and
office seekers, who, after making the no.
have divided the Offices in the
State among themselves and their part:
sans, and joined in recommending 10 The
candidate whom they had Just nominated
To appoint them to The offices 10 which
they have been respectively allotted. II
such be the case in the infancy Of the
system, It must end, if such conventions
.h',lld become The established usage. in
he Presidents nominating his successor.
When il comes Ia that, il will not be long
,efore the sword viii take the place Of
he Constitution. D
Such are ms objections to the mode in
which The proposed Convention is TO be
constituted, and my reasons Cor entertain
ng them. they are such, that cannot
einse to obey them without renouncing
he principles which have often ayowed
n public and private. and which have
,uided me though the whole course Of
ny public life.
In coming 10 this conclusion, have
'et passed over, without careful exami-
aiion, The reasons assigned BY its sdyo-
aies for constituting the Convention as
hey propose. They have not diminish
d the force Of my objections. lPropose
notice the most prominent.
'Thai which they have urged with The
reatest confidence, l., that each State
las right to appoint Delegates as she
leases. | meet II, by utterly denying