The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-09-02


esriil: vilae il alnnsi iarlsiis impnrIalian
ri h,,eks hy lie rhsapnrss 1rsh Wl,lrl. il
T-,,riGis il,em. ard lls farliiy sish alairi
scal'ers il'em among Al rirssss Il -
reading community. llui ii.r Els'si .igiA.
ing displays II a. aglisll s.aa aasEsG sss
only 8" be- y iiasssci 10 lie Geld Il Jour
nGli,nl. u here il aloTs saan eqGsls France
IN energy. and lnaNs IN 0iiseE Essd
throughout tie wolld. D. pTiR'es! ste FIST
newspaper in America IN tie veSr i.fsi i:
IN Is2s il hal l.,incd m a,ltlili'nai annm-
her III ei-hi handred and iilly; ana. n
This day. IL arts nPaR ihe popular mind
rl,Tuusl lie iesming columns II more ii n
Two thousand jtnrnsls. SHAKING. - wtll
a. stimulating. tie progressive sPigil II
tie age. il adsaaers iBi0 tie HIli'eness
wiih suI hardy planners. kFfps company
with CIR eammeTse among ihf Isia:'ds Il
/ Ihe sea ani contends lor supremacy with
, ihe sword upoa every ba.Ilr'lsld Witch
Is won by cur ylcloTlnHS arms. Already
I il sends - shipping Ilsls from the sand
witch I,l.nsls, e.lgonls,ss t.ie news al tie
tlay in Ia Yea Cruz, and eellats b1es
, the lhunsleT oi cur csnn"n ham the shares
of Ihe f.T Pacific. Becuming ll,us the
missionary a. we'll as lle srhoul,aasler ri
Tepub!icamsm. il plants AMONG other ma
:;uDs ,he sFs,!s ui freedom. which IL has
itself upsned upon or s"Il and having
first contributed IN ihe glory ol AmeIlra
nj home, it crowns H. labor ii palTI"tl'm
By making !, better known, AUD therefore
more konoIed. abroad.
! With influence such as these. II more
than PAYS hask 10 our country whatever
Of mature il has received from il. aud
richly alanes fr al the imperferiions ar
abuses 10y which il so often deserves tie
TepT0aehes "i society. and sumeiimes
seems. almost, IN require the censorship
Of law. The force al enlightened public
opinion constitutes, after al. it, best re-
slraini, and the only one which would
leave To II its value. Under this guidance.
If its teachings are NOT always pure. they
are seldom dangerous for i,s errors are
met hy u'h as soon a they appear. aud.
like the lance 81 Achilles. il has the ririue
In heal The wounds which il has itself in-
filcled. In The higher branches of lilera.
lure. The good which il c,nlrrs il never
doubled; and If il j. less free from CEN
sure in lis lighter publications, We, it,
agency even there is an the side Of virtue
and in favor Of liberty. "Wtre il letl Ia
me To decide" writes Mr. Jefferson.
whether we should have a government,
without newspapers, or newspapers " iih.
out government, | would not hesitate a
moment 10 prefer the latter" Paradnxi.
cal a. this may seem. il cinnot be doubt.
ell that M government can be maintained
in The spiri, II liberty aud purity. withou,
the Christening influences Of The newspa-
per press.
II is sometimes said that a rich source
OF instruction is closed 10 US, because A
merlca has no monuments and If By This
it is meant that she il not vet marked
with the decay Of age and The ravages Of
iIAes i4a fe ss,sAaslIs Pa.
ness, and The dim figures Of antiquity
more precious than The fresh and glowing
forms of youth, his feature Of her charar.
Ter is rather her glory thar her repruach.
The monuments Of America are not fnand
IN the scattered Regiments of The das,y
past, but point all of them to Tie rising
griindeurs of the far-ofF' future and while
oltIer nations "lo0k back through the twi-
light ofages that lose themselves in night"
the genius of our Republic goes forth in
The dawn of morning, 10 meet and wei
come the approach Of day. No fcudal
rds'les, crumbling upon our hills, attest
the ancient violence 0f rohber.lotds, and
not for Us. do The glorious relics Of a noble
ancestry bear witness. in buried columns
and broken arches, 10 the degenerate spi-
rits OF their unworthy sons but in place
Of these, and far better than these, IRE
crown our landscapes with conteued
homes, we build affairs Ia science bv the
hearthstone of every citizen, and with the
spires OF thousands Of churches we poin,
our children The path 10 Heaven. While
we can preserve, unimpairetl 10 our colln-
try, free instruction, free religion, and a
free press, We need ask no other snppor,
Tor our institutions, aud no other witnesses
to our fame. '5 '.
10 the means INSTRUCTION which have
been already mentioned, I should do
wrong not to add that other and peculiar
Which springs from the very
working Of our republican system. and
tom which no member OF the community
IAN well escape, even if he would. Ua. !
Ter our policy, every citizen is part of
he Government, and some Of it's most /
important duties are periodically devoIved
iPon him, both BY law and by necessity.
lie Yields the power Of The elective fran
hIse, and determines by his vote the
ho'ce alike Of measures and of men: not /,
My who shall rule him, but whdi shall
nle him; he sits in the jury box, and the
Drtunr, the fame, nay, The very life Of his
elghbof. rest upon his decision; he is rall. {
as a witness, aud is sworn Ia give ,rue ,