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

lhsrrlofr larned.his aiirniion % bic Inf-
mer political sdssrsaIiss. and his p'ofsr
ed emhrsers sers not = Cd d. lie had
0fiire 20 brsscE. sad lbsy sefe he spols
party. ssd lev sad short ~srs he words
81 sooing. He found hinsslf ., cree IN
,hs brsom Of che parry, shd Inos. lo.lns-
" did lbry move % ineeihef, mil IL be
esne Becsssary % kili him Of lor lhs be-
nett Of the longer tifsd and dssrtr object
Of %. eifun. Hsncs the dsnuneis.isn IhaI
las been hsa3sd on John I, Lea BY lhs
Van Barren press.
Thu ss.l-slylsd Democratic party. in
10 sifHis 20 attain PsInIesl power. sleps
a nnshing. he,ilslss q nolhiag. Mh.l
have We Witnessed. cir. during shis very
session. Heretofore. several Of The Stats
Of The Uaion had adopted the general uck-
81 o. siem Of elreling Representatives 10
COrgIess. The result was. lhai The mem
bers thus tlreled ceased 10 be the repre-
sehtst'ses Of The people, - the cpn,,iip-
ZION infndrd them 10 be. and we're in fact
only representatives. IL irresponsible eau
tusSs Of the domipanI p.rnes in zach
Sl.ie. The last Congress. seeing ,ha, If
this mode was peIsesered 10. aud gener-
ally adopted, q inial resoluunn would be
effected IN our political system. in r1ecu
.,on Of power expressly given in tbs
Federal Consultation, pass. d Lac require
ing that the msnbefs should 10 fulurr be
elected from single districts. Whairver
difference Of opinion nigh, exit as 10 the
txpedIeney Of this Law, il vas 10 have
been hoped tina, at least j. would be
obeyed by oil all IL was repealed by the
same suthor,y that had passed il. Four
States. however, in open defiance OF its
provisions, elected their Represent lives
BY general Ticket. When they arrived
here. thedominant rarty. 10 which they
all belonged but i~o, seeing that the gen
ersl ticker mode Of election favoied their
view Of stripping the people OF po~er,
aud cenualIzing !, 10 tie hands Of lev
politicians. by means Of the caucus sys.
tenn winch j. called into play, admitted
these individuals 20 seats. rs members
on this floor. in direct violation Of The
law Of the lsnd. thereby exhibiting the
monsuous example Of The law makers
Of country, di,fsgstding and nullifS.
ing, and thus bringing Into geaersI con-
tempt their own laws. Ii will not say,
sir. that The members Of the najnr,ty
may. no, have believed themselves jus
4 ,iird, but do declare that no argumenl
\ havs heard made here, in defence ol
their course, vas in my judgment sLffi.
eienilv Ingenious or plausible 10 have in.
duced the dullest jury I ever saw 10 IN in
feIio- cour, 10 acquit defenseni on the
STATE docket. Let ue remind sou. Ell.
Of another part oil INA, transaction. Alter
the resolution ef the gentleman IRON New
York, Mr.. Barnard, ,mbedying the pro.
test Of the Wing members sgs'iIsl the pro.
ceedings Of the majority. had beea 90 The
Journal some days, and votes had been Ia.
ken on il, according to all the principles ol
Parliamentary law, under which we were
then acting, II was entitled 10 q place on
the journal. In addition 10 This wss The
binding force Of onr Federal Constitution,
which we had all taken an oath 10 sup.
4 po,s. and which required US 10 keep a
journal Of our proceedings; yet. SIR. be-
cause that protest contained matter whi, h
condemned their course. and was on that
account offensive TO them. they coolly and
deliberately expunged the whole resolu.
,loR and proies from the journal. thereby
making il tell q TslsehoUd 10 eur cuns,iiu-
eDts and to after ages.
II is not long, Mr.. Speaker. since The
members of ,h,s same Democratic par
~, happening 20 have a majority in tie
Senate Of the Tennessee Legislature. for
two whole years refused 10 jim in the
election OF Senators to Congrsss, leaving
their State thereby wholly unrepresented,
and thus violated the Constitution ~hich
they had sworn 10 supfor1 because they
feared that Wings nigh, be elected. Il
this were only The act Of the mos. iguomi-
nious /" thirteen" il would no. be worthy
of notice here; buttheir party, .hrosg houi
the Union, instead Of j"ining the Wings
in denouncing such a lawless act, gener-
ally defended aud applaaded ii, as an ev
itence Of their devotion TO their party.
] Even The Dorr rebellion is pa,ronized by
this same party. Thomas w. Dorr, per
hsps The grestest coward ehIonicled 10
his ory, with band Of hired ruiiians from
the city of New York, without shadow
Of right, invadss the gallan, little S,a'e Of
/ Rhode Island with view of over,urnins
!. the Constitution. and making himself mas
ter of affairs. Her brave ci.isens ,ske
arms to defend their Government. and
Mr.. Dorr, on both occasions. leaves his
army and runs away the night before he
expects a FIGHT to take place. His fol-
lowers being dishea'tend. and finding that
they are likely 10 get m IRE Of bl"Ss than
Of The booty promised them. surrender.
Yet this Dorr, and his followers, dessls-
ing nolhing but dstestation Tor their wick
.edness, and for their cowardice still moss
contemptible than they are wicked, Gnd