The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-06

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conaiiss. ssssmbisd uader oar Towa
Hall. 20 witness ths 6rsi trial II strength
bfiseen Inc rival Csadldsies Coz Cover
nor ~ North CsFalina. WIZ. A GRAHAm
and MIcHAkL HoKK. ID -ss plsasasl
spsriacle. Tsagsntlsmen. whs hss ebesn
long iniimais penoasl friends. disided on.
~ upon pal.liesl questions. szrh the idolol
his party, and s-eh possesssdo % the entire
respect and good .slI a his oppansns's
party. msi.--aoi ta sbsse eseh slhsi; not
% make persoa.l assaults on essh osher;
not 10 willy each others psriy;-bul
e.lmly. dispsssioaslely, larry. and frank
ly. 10 diseuss Nssonsl and Sls,e Poliiics;
20 lay before the people The sdsan.sgss
and Disadvantages Of particular measures
81 rolsey. We say fsHsly and frsnkly,
ior q gives ne unfeignsd pleased ic siale.
ihsi Mr.. HSke's speech 10 the only one
ve reeo;leei 10 have Le.rd from a men,
Der Of his party. for years psst, 10 which
there Vas no sslrmptal misrepresentation.
but On ~hleh feelings and opinions in NJ
YER discordsnee with those generally
asosed by The LocofocopsrIy. we're frank
~ proclaimed. We have not The hear
TO call Nc. Hoke Loeefoeo. He 10 not
one. 10 10 true tina, be % The nominee Of
that party. but he 10 not like The most Of
~ leaders. Bai perhsps 10 is no, fair in
~ 10 praise him. lest he should lose caste
~iih his party. We could not say less,
10 view Of the gen,lemsnly snd pleasant
ehMacserof The whole discussion, on both
sides. 49,
We sill prnceed to give cor readers.
briefly. some idea Of The principal poip,,
discussed.
NJ. H0KE opened the debate. with a
reference 10 The position in which he stood
before the people. lie paid handsome
compliment % Mr.. Grshsn, whom be
knew well. and against whom he had No
word 10 say beynpd The principles he adj
vnca,ed. He then entered on 3 review
az the election Of 1910. "iis coohery
spoonery. singing" &c. SPOKE of III,
crowds who bad focked TO Wsshingto,
stshs Inauguration. whom he appeared I,
look upon az slI applicant. for Office. liz,
buggy hounds folio ~irg where the Fos
was skinned, and sersmbling over tn
smallest crumb that Tell. Referred 10 III
Wing promises Of good tunes, and pro
creded TO inquire whether they had pro
fed the country in any particular.
And first set, The Bankrupt Law. How
many had profi,ed by that Law! II wa,
good for Clerks and officers. bui no btne
fI TO creditors. He cited case in ahicl
he had been professionally employed
where man ~as confined in jail IS secu
rily for an aher who had taken the bene-
Ct Of ,ae Bankrupt Ac,. rive imagine
that IL The whale s,ory was ,uld there NIGH
appear smother side to il. Whv was .
man imprisoned when there 10 law ex'
emptlng honest debtors from imprison
ment! Or Why did M, the security him,
sell take The benef, of the Bankrupt Law
Lawyers, like Mr.. Hake. find II very ca.
81 TO make out case for client.
lie next spoke Of the Public Land Dis.
iribation, which he SAID had been grest
question in Western Nnrth Carolina. The
peoils had tried the Wings, given them
power. and nov, asked Nj. HIKE. where's
The money! He read portions Of the I.,nd
bill. Complained OF the 10 per cent. al.
lowed to the nine new Sta,es on the sale.
within their borders. and Of The 500. 900
acres Of land sllowed to each State tia,
had no, already received tia, amount. for
Internal Improvements. Complained too.
that when the distribution ceased. in con.
sequence Of the provision tha. il should
eease when the Tariff was raised above
90 per cent, ,ha, part Of the ac. relst-
ing to the 100000 acres did not cease al
So. Read a sts,ement from the Dep,rt-
ment. show ing that Of the Q new S,ares
entitled 10 the 100000 acres. some had
recelved The whole. and others large part.
before The art was passed. This docu.
ment seemed to Us only to .hn~ the ne.
cessity Tor the continuance Of he law. tina,
oil nigh, be treated alike; and especislly
when /, il well knnwu that th,s elf, for
Internal Improvements 10 no, for The
State benefit, but for the increased value
they give TO The government lands in these
States. But Mr.. Hoks argued, that to
repeal a part. and leave the res, in exi.-
teace. was inconsistent, with the Wing
promises 10 their own friends.
lie nrxtpassedto The Tariff. and dwelt
long on it.. He seemed 10 think that We.
ry lev had read il, aud that most men
waited for the papers to come out and
give them their cue. which they followed
tight or wrong. He was AFRAID both par
Ties were alike in th's respect. Speak
for your own party. Mr.. Hoke. He had
in.estig a,ed u with care, and would ex-
plain it. Nobody that he had heard Of
was for direc, taxation. Then he has
not heard "f some Of his prominent party
friends in South Carolina. he denied
utterly the power Of Congress to lay du-
lies for any other purpose than revenue.
|, vas IN The teeth Of the consultation 10