The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-01
John BERRY.
From the Wilmington Commercial.
THE ELECTION.

The election is close al hand. and what.
ever is to be done in the advocacy of,rulh
should be done speedily. We believe the
Wings have, so far. done every thing thai
men could do, in conscious reciiinde. We
have NJ fears that they will deyiale from
an upiight and honorable course-hut pre-,
t---r4 .h4is -haanr anh INTEGRITY, with OF
without vicIory-Ihough any thing else
but complete success is not now a suppo.
sable case. il we all do our duty.
The approaching election involves a
principle Of immense importance. Il is a
contest between the People and The Office.
holders. The question is, whether ram
dida.e shall be elected. who was called ouI
by The spontaneous voice Of The people
and Who is opposed by the party m pow.
err. and The ofFice.holIers and oilice.se, K.
ers Of that patty. Taylor was nominated
by the Peaple Of all parties, and the Phi.
ladelphia Convention only responded 10
that nomination: saying. in effect, that
The Delegates Of The Wing party, in The
discharge OF the duties assigned them,
would support The man called for By The
Sovereign Voice, without requiring pIedg.
rs Of an ultra party character.
The Baltimore Convention. on the 9th.
er hand, disregarded the sill Of the peo-
pie. and ,onk up Cas-, the appointed sue
ccssor of Polk. Pledges to party were
required; pledges to carry onI The mea-
~ures Of the present administration. and
pledges to give certain offices to certain
individuals. lei the country rise or fall
thereby, or the interest Of the people sui.
fer or not. In return for these pledges,
Polk, disregarding the dignity of his high
Office. pledged himself 10 support the no.
minee. whoever he might be-knnwing
that ,hpre would be no other than the QUE
he might choose.
Thus has the power of The government
been openly and unbushingIy brought in
10 the field agains, a nomination made by
the people--and the ofIice holders, Of ev-
cry grade. have been, and are eieclioneer-
ing for the candidate Of the government
for the nominee Of Polk; and bribery and
corruption in every shape are brought 10
bear upon the crisis, in order TO crush the
freedom OF elections and defeat the pnpu-
lar will.
ANY reasonable man who will calmly
review the political events ofthe pas, year,
must admit The truths we have here stated.
The coming election will present field
Of contest, the most remarkable in our po-
li,ical history. In 3 country, whose free
constitutions admit the sovereignty Of the
people, battle is to be fought between 4
party asserting that sovereignty. and the
organized power Of the Government. Its
a question of the perpeination Of power
by The latter, and the vindiration of right
by the former. It's indeed a battle fought
with fearful consequences in its issue
big with the fate Of empire, and The hap
piness and freedom of our race.
We look upon the 9TH of November as
the eyen,fnl day on which the question
will be decided whether the People have
the Power 70 viDdicate their rights. OF
whether the Government is the appoint
ing and the eieciing power. IL the peo-
pie are defeated. by the election OF Cass.
all future elections for . Dresden, of the
United States. will he 6uta satire on the
freedom Of the ballot box--stch eyfn:s