The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-05-31
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THE FREGHOCD QUALWlCaToA


There j. bar enc moss ss&sers embFse-
ed in tie SganaxEa's 2rnSuaa 81 - De-
morrassc nomisee's sPeeeh. sd lhs prinsi-
RE Of whirh j. endarsed by or haend
Holden 10 lang EdisoTiaI. y which ae
deslre. brssey. = rall lie ailealion 81 CIR
reaaers. Tie Standard SAYS. I.astlY. Mr.
Reid :. declared himself IN faros of FIRE
SsaTsge-or, u oiiaef wafds. N smend-
meat of he CONSTITUTION nf Aanh Caro-
has, = = e cnnler upon I'll the fIeemen
Of he Ssaie The right ~ role for members
OF the Senate"
This doctrine i > New Light which
has hsokcn upon lie Eisioss u . lie par
~ since he sll0arnWenI sf The Demo-
cratic State Convention. intended fns pre-
seus effect aud drslined we think 10 :
shorl life. We hardly see how il can he
> party nlsiter. IL has noi been presented
10 shs people Of the State. and We hare
never heard q any cal ar he abolition d
The properly qualification for rioters Cor
The SENATE. We ourselves are opposed
70 any change. Tie lreeholders have
never abused their power, and we 10
not believe there Is any danger that
they ever viii. The freehold quslilica-
lion was adopted By orr fathers up01
wise and polite considerations; il was re-
tanned by The conveusion which amended
our Constitution: die system has worked
well. and We are unwilling 10 sec any oil
the checks and balances Of our form oil
government broken down and destroyed.
We have no doubt. however, thai this
is regular LocoIoco demagogical move
menl. got up Tor the purpose Of failerng
tue nnn-sTeeholders Of the Stale, arraying
them against the freeholders, and catching
their votes. As such we denonnce il ir.
respective Of lis merits, IL is has any,
which we are inclined To doubt. But such
il Lncofocoism, all over the world. We
see the same spirit at work in France,
even before they have established their
Tree government, arraying the poor against
the rich, planting disirusi and jealousy in
the bosoms Of The cilizens-levelling and
agrarian in lis tendency. And we have
no patience with any scheme set on foot
by demagognes calculated 10 array one
class Of the people Of North Carolina
against the other. We look upon The con.
stiluiinn Of our State Senate, and The
freehold qualification offs electors, as one
of The most valuable festures Of the grand
and admirable system of our State Gov
srnment-a feature fundamental in its
character-one Of those which, as upon
venerable and moss-grown. bui still strung
and sdaman,ine. pillars, the noble and
Ilme.honored supersiructure resis.
Upon this feature Of The Constitution oil
North Carolina. We object 10 laying the
hand of innovation. Lelsus consider il.
for moment. To be eligible to the
the Senate, citizen must own in fee
simple in the county which lie represents.
not less Than three hundred ACRES of land :
and the elector of Senator must likewise
be the proprietor of fifty acres. Thus the
Senate is emphatically the representative
ofthe landed interest OF the Stale, and 10
such an extent, too, as TO prove an admi-
rable shield for the protection Of property
in times of general commoiion and dis
tress. Whenever the Constitution is as
sailed, the Senate is peculiarly - cham
pion; and the landholders OF The State
should cautiously guard every encroach-
ment upon the integrity of an instrument
iu which their rights as well As the safety
of their property, are so well secured.
What else is 10 protect US from The dam
gers of an irresponsible Legislature, re-
presenting no, the properly, bpl the mere
will, Of The people!
The principle that all men are by ma
ture free and equal is true, because, like 4
thousand other maxims. no one thinks ii
worth refutation or qualification; but tie
Statesmen whs shall undertake 10 model
a Government upon such a foundation,
viii hnd even his own learning, integrity,
humanity and property, posised at the
polls BY The bought suffrage of a mental
slave. - 7
Bot we want no change in this respect.
nor any at the present time, because we
desire not % see continual tampering with
the Constitutions; which, as It's the corner
stone Of all law, 50 ought il 10 be fixed and
permanent; and, according as il is well or
i'll ordered, il will tend in the FIRST degree
to promote the happiness or misery Of the
State. s 49, -.11.
When any reform is demanded, the peo-
pie will discover il fast enough. and lake
the proper Steps for bringing it about, with.
out having il ihrus, upon them by aspiring
demagogues--and they well know their
rights, and how to make their will respec.
led. -
We repeat thai this no party question.
We look upon il as an after.thought of
the Locofoco leaders. got up for the pur-
pose OF quilting the nonfreeholders-neyer
considered nor recommended by their
Convention, and uncaIIed for and undesir-
ed by eie people Of North Carolina.
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