The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-13

ssErly give lhe relics 10 tFulad animg-
srirs: Ihs nan who dass il 81 specially
forfeit Lis hspPiness. ifnol lie good nsue.
snd esen his personal ssearily; and he
aalion hat cherishes such passions vii
become Iheir victim in il sun sHsirs-
all be made The dupe Of madly-sm-
bilioOs men. who. . secure . dangerous
power u themselves. viii plas On his
popular in6rmiiy and OFgs o. the cnunlry
10 qasrrsls dissslrOas uihaIi. and khsl-
I n fatal 10 il cwn frredom Within.
There exisls-Perhaps has ever existed
no nation whose instresls were or arr -
much lose Of peace Is our. Famed a.
aur Government is. 70 he restraint Of al
The pubic powers. "a the denial ofsll lhnse
energies Nhich. in order 10 make il fF.
midable abroad. masi have made Il DANCE.
rOus Al home, our whole organization ~
saciely is eminenlly defensive only.
Indeed. Is liberty must ever be sys-
lem Rf prccanli.n against Iulers-snd as.
on The other hand. military spirit Is one
which strengthens them. by submitting
10 Cbedience, 50 that iheie may be that
public lorce which results frum In unity
Of all action and effort under single viii
so dsspalism j. Ear iiller Tor offensive
Wat, for conquesi. Than lire Stale. Nay.
whatever Government engages infrequent
and succrss.ul contests Of aggression must
presently become despotlsm; for. while
war lasts. almost unlimited powers must
ba exercised, and frequent wars habiIna.e
a people TO Submission, by placing eve
~ citizens life and fortune AZ The dispo.
sal Il The ruler. This is Ia free perple
one Of the dangers ola spi !, Of unjust ag-
grandizemsnL
II was well aud finely said Nv Mr. JEFF
ierson, that war Vas deplarahle game al
which b,.ih parties lost. the yiriars some
times even more than III Eanqnished. The
people. at least, eAcepl in defensive ar.
must ever be lusers-their rulers the
only gamers. A successful war may
strengthen the Go eminent, may even en-
rich soGae privileged class that WELD il;
but Il must ever cost tie mass Of PEG.
pie dear in life, in property, ard final in
their Liberties. These are surely heavy
price to pay for the qualification or a ma
Iional jealousy or dislike, or for the vani-
" Of a lev mems rcnnwn, bought hy the
bload Of mulliIndes WIN p IRISH nbscurrly.
leaving their children to become the slaves
cf perhaps the very man for whose sue.
cess The fathers fell.
Among the many wise things left By
The il!usiriOns Madison in his writings,
we know nane So just in us sentiments or
50 finely expressed as the following pas
sage. which we ind in his I" Letters Of
lielsidius." Notlri.g could well he more
TO The subject Of which We are
Speaking.
War is. in fact. the true nurse of En-
ecuiive aggrandizemert. In wara ply
sical furce is To be c'eaied. and il is the
Executive which is TO direct it. In war
the public treasures ale To be unlocked.
and it is the Executive hand which is 10
bisnense, them: IN war tie hohors aud
tlle emOlnments of oiiiCe are 10 DE muI.
tIplied, and il is the Executive patron
age under which they are 10 be enjoyed.
l. : IN war, finally, that laareIs are tube
gathered, and il is the Executive brow
they are TO ncIrclc. The slrunsestpas.
slans aud the most dangerous eakness
es oil The human b.east-amjitiou. ava
rice, tanit the honorable NJ ,eniai love
o. iane-are all in conspiracy agains,
The desire and The duIy Of p' ace.
a" Hence il has grown into al axiom that
he Executive is the department % pnw.
CT most distinguished by its propensity |
70 war: hence il is the practice Of ali |
States, IN proportion as they are free, TO !
si'saFm his propensity of influence.
" As The best praise, lsen. that can e
pronounced on all Execu i've Maeis-
traIe Is. that he is the friend Of peace
IA praise that rises in is va ne a.
there may be huown Capacity 10
shine IN waf-su il must be Que ul the
most sacred duties Of free people To
mark Ihe first omen in the society of
principle that may stimulate the h,p.s
81 other Chief Magistrates. Of another
propensity, To intrude into questions on
"hlch lis graIiiica ion depends. liza free
people be wise people also, they will
not forget that The dangeruf surprise can
never be SD great as when the advocates
Tor the prer"galIve Of war can sheath il
IN symb j Of psare."
Oar whole sysem, indeed-the very
lndamenta' idea ofodr institutions lis ore
peace, Of the strictly voluntary ronsen,
all over whom our Government is 10
reich. Conquest is 10 us, therefore, the
'ry contradiction of all our own puli,ical
iih, The denial Of all tia, gave and pre.
'rves u a being, an dependence of our !
rn. Speakingof Car AIexander's i'm. !
'ted love for Greece and her inJrpen-
nee, Byron asks,
" How should the autocrat Of bondage be {
" The king of sens, and set the nations feel"
Not greater is the contradiction when I
e, under the name Of liberty, would il
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