The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-04-15

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General III snis0a ~as AL and sleateF.
AaIhough he never hsd the appearance 81
possessing . robust constitutions yei. such
had been The effect Of hsbisaal ssn'i'y
and temperance, that few men Of hs age
s.iayed 90 wueh bodily EigaE. lie had
. he DARK eye. FsnsTkable f'r is kern.
ness, IRE and Intelligence, and ii. isee vas
strongly expressive o. the SissritF OF has
mind and lhe be esnle' &c oi his character,
The most remarkable Traits OF Gen lia'-
rison's chsracler. and lhose by shleh he
w.s distinguished lhioughou, his @h 'Ie
career, were bis dlsinIerssIedasss. III rs'
gard for The rights spd comforts 1t others.
his generous Disposition, bis mild and
forbrsrieg temper, anI his plain easy sne
pnoslenlanous manner.
He had a mos, intimate knowleige oil
the history and foreign and domestic POI
Icy OF The United Sites, and from The
moderation Of bis polIuesl views sud
feelings a. . party @sn. although hr'D,
frank, and eonsis ent. be vas seil csleu'
lated for the high station TO which he was
elevated. snl which IL 10 believed he would
have filed with ability, and TO The 'al s.
faction Of the public, during his presidsn'
tlsl Term, had his life been spared. Ills
talen,s, although. perhaps. DOT 81 the
highest order. were very respectable, and
united with an accurate knowledge Of NJ an
kind. enabled him TO acqu,t himself vel
in the various public slsnons 10 VIII ch liz
was called. He vas bod and eloquent
orator: and he has left on record hume,
Tous esldenees Of his literary scquHemens
besides bic correspondence aud p"bhe pa
psrs,
TYLER.
Mr.. TYLER is rsther lall and thin, vi
light complexion. blue eyes and proml
nent festnr,s. HIS manners are plain AT
affable. snd in private life he Is a'nl'bIF
hospitable and courle rus. HIS errors a
spSlliician are sscr,bed, BY some. Ia
want ofjudgneni, 10 an inordIns'e VANITY
and the influence of Bad sd'ice; TO viii /
may be sdded, extreme obsunacy in pei
sslipg in opinions once formed withou
regard 10 consequences.
There can be 40 doubt thai Mr.. lyle
mistsok his position TO scs With the WIFI
party; and in accepting their nomination
for one Of tbs highest Offices 10 the nation
which. by The dIspeHsslion Of Providence
placed him in The Presidential chair
clothed with the power and patronage o
that high station, That the wings ala
acted xi,hou, doe reflection. in his nomi
nation, is alike evident; and from ihes
txo causes flowed the consequence nhic
resulted on the one side in the embsrrass
ment, difficulties and total loss Of popu
larty Of the President with both the gre'
paf,les of the country; and on the o'be
eide. bitter disappointment on the part
the whigs.
POLK.
President Polk is Of middle siainr'
with full angular brow, snd remarkabI
quick and peneHsing eye. The expre
sion Of his coun,ensncs 10 grave, but II
serious cast 10 often relieved by pecull'
pleasant smile, Indicative OF the smenIl
OF his disposition. The amiable charscst
of his private life, which has ever bee
upright and pure. secures to him the e
teen and friendship Of ell Who have III
advantage of his acquaintance.
Few public men have pursued aftm'
of more consistent course than Mr.. Pol
in adhering Id The democratic party
every viciss,lnde. IN 1897, when al h
colleagues Of the Tennessee dclegaiinn.
The House OF Representatives, determine
10 support Judge White OF tina. Sale
the successor of Gen. Jackson for Il
presidency. he incurred the hazard
losing his popularity throughout the Stat
by ayoving his unslIersble purpose n
10 separate from the great body Of The
mocraiic party in the presidential elsetio
He therefore became identified with d
friends Of Mr.. Van Buren, in Tennsss
in 1896. where Judge White received II
vote of the State by popular majority
over nine thousand
Mr.. Polk entered upon The stormy c
reer of poll les in 1929, when he "
chosen to represent his county 10 4
Safe legislature. lie was for succes ssh