The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-02


he win Of tle people Of Kenlueky. b.
Eoling unanimously, Cur y.uFseif and
Theodore Frrlinghuysen. 70 liilfhe olices
81 President and Vice President u The q.
States.
The machinalions az your enemies.
their frauds ur0n he esertise franchise.
and their dnrliriiy nilh he PeoplenpTU-
INDICATING opposite principles 10 different
sessions. have defeaied your election.
We have M hore q pFeiermenl 81 your
hands. which ran lsmpt Us 10 faIler; nor
can the pen 81 prescription iniimidste -
in speaking The ruth. Under existing
Circumstances il graiifrs n % take you
By The hand and % unite. as We do most
cordially. m expressing The sentiment Of
our hearts and Of those we repr. seni, In
regard 10 your personal character and po-
lliicsl principles.
Your past services are so interviewer
with The history Of our country for The
last forty years, that malice and envy can
not prevent succeeding generations dwell
ing on your name aiih admiration and
gratitude. Your example will illuminate
The paths IL future statesmen. then lh0se
who hate and revile yon arc forgotten, or
are only remembered, like tile ineendiary
WIN burnt The temple, Tor the evil they
have done.
To you The election has terminated
wilhou, personal loss; bu, to The nation,
in our judgment.-lhe injury is incalcula-
bic. Tod grant tina, The cnn.ederscy may
not hereafter mourn over the resn!t in
dismfmbered fragments.
Whilst your enemies have not ai'empt-
ed 10 detracl from your intellectual chsrac-
ier.lhey have with nn'iring mslice attacked
your moral reputation and endeayored 10
destroy il. The verbal SANDERS and print
ed libels employedas meansio accomplish
p lilical objects, have stainedihe character
of our country and its institutions more
Than they have injured yours.
Inyour high personal character, in your
political principles and unriTaled zeal and
ability TO carry them out, may be lourd
the strong motives for our anxious efforts
TO secure ynur election. Tie protection
of American labor, national currency
com ecled with fiscal agent for the Co.
vemmcni, the Distribution among the
States &c The proceeds of the Public Lands,
further constitutional restrictions uronihs
Executive power and patronage, aud Ii
imitation upon the eligibility of u e Prcsi'
dent for second term, where measures,
which, under your administration. we hor-
ed 10 mature and bring inio practical ope-
ration. BY Your defeat they have been
endangered if not forever lost. -
But We will no. speculate on coming
events. If things work well, we shall
find consolation in The general prosperity.
; Ifapprehended evils come, we are not res
ponsible; and retaining our principles, VIC
shall enjoy the harry reflection Of having
done our duty.
> In the shades of Ashland may you long
continue to enjoy peace. quit and The pos
r session Of those greatiacullies which have
rendered you The admiration Of your
friends and the benefac,or Of your coun-
try. And when Il last death stalldemand
its victim, While Kentucky will contain
your ashes, rest assured, that old and
4 faithful friends--lhose who knowing you
: longest loved YOU best--will cherish your
. memory and defend your reputation.
+ BEN. HARDIN.
]. r. UNDERWOOD,
r. A. PATTERSON,
PHILIP TRiPLETT,
w. w. SOUTHGATE,
II w. r. GRISBY,
JOHN kINCAID,
+ l.. w. ANDREWS,
Y GREEN ADAMS,
= II. MILES CRENSHAW,
LESLIE COMBS,
, w. J. GRAVES.