The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-02-11

oouefs snirusle3 70 Li@s lie iuHrtsnns Ct
! s,.sssmsn 10 BE- e0nieHs6 spec him. snd
he a % COSBY she Fslslion 90 ihs aPPoan-
,,n9 powrr whieh he ilsUlfnsni genf-
r.ls dss 10 FFasse a he tine Il - eipif.
ing 4, nasty. sir. Il rsists nhjsel,ens neun-
IAN Iigh. Il % bgl he fri slf7 Tor psf.
psIssllsf. by passing snlo oahsF hansss
ma nowsrs ef he ehlel maRlshsey.
Mr. Pnsi5eni. ! have heard u said alec
xhsrr thai 0 mere rspacisy Tor military
eommsnd, not only he lnisrior powers Of
\ Marnnsl. bul eEtn Hose pozes Of
4 higher gfs1s. Which snshlsd an officer
70 dirre. he military opers'iens Of rec. .
ims n IN Ihs army with sbil'iy aad success.
are noi Of The qualifications nssssssEy ler
! romasnder-in-shisf in large and sn'
tsnsiss wn; that The poser Of eomhlns'
lion. lIss Renius aenlus ard skill IN sxs'
ruisng, nay be wanting in him; and nan
,ts.,ns in liui,sd eemmsnd may not Re
equal 10 any emergency. lsrshi ii; but
whsl practical bearing has il On this quss.
lonf 10 10 . rsssoa ~hy lhsis should
be sSeh an officer ~ this 10 oST srm,!
"a ia rrason why the officers IN our a.
ms who have sl~sys proved thsmsslsss
EQUAL N what wss dsmsnied from them
Is il q reason Ios dlsIhhsIiIIrg 'hsm oil
their proper reward. 81 those honors TO
- hieh Ihsy are sminsnlly sn'lil,d. sad
for bsslosine them On one ~ho has BOT
messed through the Hisls which hsss made
Them shat they srel Tue. sir. they may
fail: he sha hs, ,ho.n himself able 10
ron mand 10000 msn may Prove Si1sfly
unable 70 direct the oPsrsuons 81 vat
e,mp,ign, or 10 lead an army oil oo.o0O |;
/ but a. least, if he ran enmmsnd 10000.
he has attained come degree Of IIliIsry
|, kill. And % Providence has not eostsI.
. red on VI, the power of looking into men.
, We ran obly Judge nj whsis man 70 able
TO do By what he has done: and -hen
. man .hoss that his posrIs inerrsse IN
, propoIiion 10 The demands made upon
, him, ties pr, uy sale su,rsniy that he
) will not he found wanting in any smsr.
/, gency. Bu, ~hrn we 90 Into the c'''l
, ~orld. What means. ~hst guaranty oil
/, Of success in selecting hate we! Fn'
. ,ushi know. OF for aUgh, you snow. Mr.
. President, there NAY be on hi. floor. wih'
e in ,hs suund .f my voice, smnng The mem
J. Der, of this Senate. some half d"zen Ind
u den Napnlsons or Ale xsnder,; but. fsO
q Providence hss concealed from Us . know
m IefRe ri the fact; aud ~hst are We 10 DO
L Shall se rail- IN The ard oil Phenology. AM
,, hs,s the qualities of men DETERMINED b!
r the bumps upon The skull!
n Str, il 10 true, in selecting the hiehes
D.. officer from among thn,e who are aliesd.
,e knosn To us by ,Lsir military services
D. the m,n nf our choice may fail 10 fvlf
y out Expectations: but, Il he have succeed
q. ed heretofore in The command ~hIch he
70 bssn entrusted To him, you have ell ih
h real rerisiniy which 0 sise Prosidsnc
b has rlssed wnhin ysur reach. By Is
.enns IRON ss gts g sas i shT
. should be deceived. sou are ice IRON .
he cell reprosch /; you have used all The mean
=: Tor making . wise judgment -h,ch Go
70 hiss given you, and miscarriage will be
o. misfortune. and not . snms. But il 10
70 voluntarily rslinquish such aids. and q
"a forth upon ehsuce and speculation. an
Jon fsIl. the failure 10 q eiIme % veil ,
Ill blundei; and IL you succeed. you are Ia
debisd not 10 reason, but to Fortune. oh,
In her csp'icIous distribution of favor
n. sometimes hes,ows them uron those VIII
~ least deserve the m.
Oh ST. 10 every yIew which I hare bee
IL able 10 take m,s self. 40 well 90 in ihos
e, brought forward Ia my mind by The oh
10. setvslions OF the honorable Senator fra,
IS New York. u seems 10 me The Senate hs
better pause where they ATE. There
he bu. ons 'Es'snce in our history in ~hlc
I'd this office has been eouIsued. The o,
&. ess'on Of conitirIhs il stands slune Il
I'd there has been but one Washington. II
ID on whoD The office was cocfe,red stand
I. slone in this most honorable ant emineI
10 sineu'suiy and I, for one. am clear III;
e. we shou'd let that case remain q solltst
ID one; that we should let no succeeding o.
Ot ct similar kind succeed il: that We .houl
a. let that office and The name of Washing
j. ion STAND associated together 10 I'll time
L. unless some ovefruiinR necessity uquir
ni that we should depart IRON thi. course. o
Ne n"le" some kind and good Providene
y 'ho"ld send Us . second Washington 1
:" whom such an Office may with ptoprie,
IL Or preserved. But wIlhou, this nece..,
n, ~, IN a site ofihjngs in which The otlic
lie would he useless or mischisvuus, accord
re ing to the disposition made Of ~, I do hop
at SIT, That The Senate will no. yield 10 M
of only reason which have heard for e,
= 'aolish'ng It--a reason which as pl.pc
IN ed al by The honorable Senator from Ma =
!, York -ihatihe President desires il. SIR
II ! do not understand this a. q rule Of &C.
Is 'l"n On THIS floor. | ds.ire no office from
1t the President stand here a, . r.ore
i sentative, IN common with The h,,o,,