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


besa . e8Hsns oplnloa wigh ahoss aho
slerui~ie upon sossrsmeas. that spubll.
can iafms a s0seanment are adslGed On
b u lhs sH,irsof snail casstrisss A dis
tlngsisbed Eaglsh philssopkes. srinrg
sonse sixty Or serenity years $50. sad
tllat Dis h,sipg ben he sPiaioa u pol
he'll Hrit.rs. tie ruth of thss opinion ~
atous y Be brought Il lie hss d expert
meat and Inst grrai fxpenmsal was ii
Be Rade 10 Amerles. If lhsl Distinguish
ed writer bad lael 10 ihss q =. II he had
resls~ed with us The rornstness and IN
eidsnis Of he l.si if.y years. il he could
be hire % day and see ailh shat order
and asisi and intelligence great rubIlc
qDtsaons are discussed ny lie great BODY
0f the people. he would have said. ana
he would have .fjoierd q Be .ble 10 sly.
that he gresiexpssimehi had s0cetedeiln
Ameriea.
Now. gentlemen, there are two prapo-
siiions whIch Il i my purpose 10 sUh
mil - you. ard il support of which
shalI offer surh rem ,rks - | may be able
% make. and you may be able 10 bear. in
this ssss coneourss Il men.
Thefirsl H. Thai, il this government. I'M
der which We shall have lived ffsy slx
years. m ,hs third day OF Nj rich mex. has
folly and fairly, % The .tlsla hon Of all
men. sRd 10 The sdmifaaon 81 The world,
iDl6llsd the effects ds.ignsdby il. then i,
% our interest. II We value our happiness
OF me happiness Of those who are 10 come
alter ", 10 support 1ha. constitution aid
goFernmtnL
And 10 The second place | say. ih4t II
The success 81 this consultation, for The Pc
riod mentioned. be fairly rsfsrIible 10
ihe adoplion and practice Of any gteslsyt-
tan Of measures, which We can Under
stand. If winch we can have ex, elience.
then say, If We love The constitution.
and II ws mean 10 dtfrnd and transmit u
10 our children. our plain duty is, %
lar as in a. lee, 10 pursue the same sys
TEN uf pubic measures, and to adhere 10
oil, and each, and every one. Of those
great principles. ....
The ques i'm. then. 10, gentlemen, has
,he Cons ituuoa of The Uui,ed States fnl-
filed The objects for which twas es.ab-
lishedf
/ 10 The in:elligen, understanding Of this
question. and The renderi, z . So isfaciory
answer. we mus first look back 10 the
period Of its sdopunn and ascertain shat
were lis otjeets--,o what great END ,-fol
what sign. fcsnt and espec al purpose. dc
our f,lheIs adopt the Constitution IL thu
general government?
| Now gentlemen, however common.
place il may be. il is vastly imporian, thai
We should remark always, on these occa
S ons, on the site If The country, whi't
!. it was set rem rinIng in individual States
Uni ed only BY the Loose bands f the oil.
con.edtrscy. The Revolutionary war
and its termms.i N. al Ina peace OF 's3
made the thntea Safes iudependen
) a,es; bu, / lefs them with feeble powers
conferred for Ger ain purposes and to b.
exercised under certain conditions. They
formed one government TO no purpose
aud with no object. They bad 10 com
mon re- eaue, no common commerce. nj
common nationality. A man could cal
himself citizen Of New York, a ci,izer
Of Massachusetts, If Georgia; bui no man
with snv emphasis, snl certainly no. il
any particular which makes US proud Cd
10 call ourselves, could call himself. an,
where on the ice tf lie earth. an .7meri
caa citizen; because there was M unity
no identity, no spsc.iit idea ait chei TO tha
term, now so Curious throughout the ha'
btable world.
The war lief, the ST ties embarrassed
with disordered trade, with every vsrie
j ty of Cus,nm-Houss rsgulstinn involved
:, 10 deb. The country called f1r gene.
raj Congress. Ths deb Of the Rev"lu
,ian pressed heavily uroa il. All the
States were indebled; all were ovfrwhelm-
ed with deprecated paper money; there
was no unity OF action. n g@nersl c"n
ceri, in short. M "periect union among
the Sta es. especially this variety ex-
istei in the commercial regulations Of their
intercourse which each State had with its
neighbors and foreign Staes. 1t const-
tu,ed not only variety. but contradiction;
aud a state OF things in this respect exist
ed. which Mr.. Madison, with his clear
perception and p triotic regard for the best
interests Of the American people, did not
hesitate 10 call wonderful anarchy Vi
trade"
/ This was the state . { things in which
the fnrms,lon of The Constitution OF the
United States enlered into the conception
aud purposes Of The wise men Of those
days. Taey enlsr,a,ned that conception:
they sough, 10 accomplish ,ha, purpose.
Aud il was easy parrose to accomplish
with thirteen independent. states. esch
jealous ,fis liberties and its rights. and
sufficiently prone 10 think highly Of It's 10
cal advantages anil powers. Yet the Wis
dom and patriotism. and general deSo' on
TO the interests Of the whole, felt every
where, pe,vad,ng oil classes, 10 The end
accom- ,lshsd that object of almost SUI