The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-09-19


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fare. AID Il has not nsgiselfd any mtans
Tor saearing The tl.sslngs o LsheEIs.
Nos lhs.e being The objects 4 ihs
constitution, you and snd our cont. mp
rsries. throughout, The country. sim hsse
par . sct, vote 10 e. =, IN o9inIsn o
express. you and |. and III Of %. aile, The
sxperincs 81 bah century. are bound 70
pui Il 10 ourselves, and our cousclesres.
= b. lher lhess objeeis have .bsen sernm-
p'ished By The Constitution osthc c.'ustry.
B.csuse II they have moi, II The Cnnsii-
luton has proved. under The besi admit
nsirslions. inefheienl and useless. q il
line % revert % that great pose Inhe-
renl in The people. oi nforming The 60
vermeni, and establishing s'Conssituiipn
more suited 10 ihsh purposes and de-
sme.. Blu. II The Consl,ui-on IN tie
whole. upon Their Conscientious sxam,-
naron. shall prove 10 have acccmplish-
ed iis ends. 4. have ssb.elyed The pnhl,e
prosperity, carried The nation forss.d n
wealth. 10 business, in enterprise. aud
10 have raised Us 10 pi'ch.of glory md
renown Of which you. sndI. and al II ~
are proud, --,hen. ! say. II The C"nsI-
tuition has done This, Ne are bound 10 4
by every lie Of gra'itnde-by every lee
ing Of patriotism. We are.bound 10 sup
porn il with all our hearts, for oil or
lives. aud 70 usnsmi. il u1imps,red 10 our
children.
Nov, / say. in my hon,b'e butcan cious
judgment. and | say !, under > mixed
sense OF gratitude 70 God and ofpfoiound
reverence Tor The wisdom OF Tour ancestors,
| say that. making oil reasonable allow
snre. Tor the frslltles which beset al men,
and The misfor,unes which sometimes be-
tide sll governments. l say 10 you % my
Judgment. say il 10 the coan,fy. and
/ would 10 God | could say il 10 The whole
human rsce. and 10 tones which should
echo TO the last geneBa,iunSol men. ,brt
this Constitution has prosfsfpgsiy, grea
~ and gloriously answered. Vie ends !;
l lie establishment. Aud II there be any one
among ,ou. or il there be In the country,
MAJ Who deubts or denies this, he is =
mn fr whose judgnsas have no g,ea.
respect, and with whose feelings have
no manner Of sympathy.
] Nov, gen,lsmen this government was
established a, one OF the most fearful pc
RODS in The history Of The human = CO
in modern times--jasi s,,he bresk,ng eus
OF that tremendous convulison which so
terribly shook Europe t. her founda ion,
in all her interests aud all her coacrrns.
al her thrones and all her dynastes-,he
French Revolution. We had just entered
upon the first administration oil the gov
ernment under our great leader OF reyolu-
tinnary times, and chosen TO be our greet
leader in The times which succeded-the
lime oil psscs. We hsdjus. commenced
our nstionsl being under The present Con.
slituiion, when the French Revolutions
broke out. Il proved the ark Of our
safety. |. proved ,oempessn. to preserve
our neut atty. II proved comprtsnt,
under his administration, to keep u clesr
from The overwhelming and subnerging
m1'sEom III European war and European
conquest. In It's progress j, CO. er d every
sea with our flag. |. rePlenished the
treasury. II paid the deb. oil the Rsro>
luton. Above all, i. gave US name aud
f,me-is gave US character and standing.
|, made The dag, z Pluribas Unums,
known wherever anything could be wst'r-
borne. In The Northern aud Southern,
the Eastern and Western seas. wh're
our navy welt. there went forth The Stars
and Stripes, and there they made kno"n
tina. The United States Of America had be-
come one, in all that related 10 their IN
| tersourse with foreign nstlons. IL ga
! q general significance, new respect D
the nower-impor,ing name Of Amei.~s.
and on thu, we rest. .-..
Uuler this Constitution, we have at
,sined The rank of the second commercial.
n alton in the world. We have risen from
q population of three millions 10 twenty
ailion., Every interest. in my Judg'
ment. has been successfully sustained.
cherished and noarished by wise and
psternsl government. ..>
And now, gentlemen. is there man
snang you, or IN the country, who, 10
just and candid examination Of this hist'-
ry, 10 not ready 10 stand By The const''u'
tim; or are there those who prefer anosh-
er form Of government! spus i 10 you
10 day. whether in he history Of the past.
which we have briefly scanned. You see
anything you wish reversed. DO yon
w,sh 10 ssvelu,ioaizs the history Of The
PAST! Do you wish to blot II osu Is
there anything in the history Of your con''
try thus far tha. makes you ashamed that
yos are Americans! Iputn to the eidtrIy
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