The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-28

more took il thaf case. HI patent invss-
tigaiioa II III lie rompliraird. minste d.
tsils. he clear rontinelng mannrria whith
r. SCI forth he Esels. The lofty ard inalg-
nsnI eloensnee sish whifh Ne denounced
he medalaled wrong. Al ssrongly directed
public as'ensaon - him - one Of The ablest
men of thai CopgIess. Distinguished - Il
was hy inc eminent ability and statesman
ship IL many n il members. Public in.
Jignaiion uas awakened by he ennrniiy
Or Ire oulrsge. and IN thai long catalogue
0f abuses sni wrongs which reused long
a. lIering people 10 aeiinn, and resulted in
he signal oyeFfhnw II ceunpi and in
snirnt dynasty in 1880. The New Jeney
case stood marked and conspicuous
On The assembling oflhe nsxl Congress.
10 whirh Mr.. Fillmore was reelected BY
larger majority ihan sss ever before gis-
rn IN his district, he was placed Al the
head Of The committee On Ways and
Means. The duty OF that sisiion. always
arduous and responsible. were d hat lime
peculiarly 80. new Administration had
come inlo power. and found public affairs
1 in Stale of The greatest derangemeni.--
Accounts had been wrongly kept. specu-
/. laiion Of every kind aboundei in almost
every department of The Government. ,he
i revenue was inadequate 10 meet The or5i.
nary expenses. The ALREADY large existing
debt was rapidly swelling in magnitude,
commerce aud manufactures were depress.
ell. The currency was deranged, banks were
embarrassed and general distress persaded
the community. TO bring order ont Of
disorder, 10 replenish The National TFea-
sury. 10 provide means that would enable
The Government 10 meet the demands q.
gainst il. and 10 pay OF the debt. 10 revive
. The industry Of the country, and 10 restore
II lis wonled prosperity; these were the
tasks ,lerOl, ed upon The Committee oil
Ways and Means. To increase their dlI.
ficullies. the minority, composed oil that
parry iha, had brought the Country and
Gusernmeni into such acondilion. instead
&c aiding 10 repair the evil they had done,
! uniformly opposed almost every means
! brought forward for relief, and TOO often
, their unayailing efforts were successfully
|. aided by treacherous Executive. But
!. with energy and devotion to the public
!, veal. worthy of all admiration, Mr.. Fill
4 more applied himself 10 The task. and sus.
! tanned by n majority whose enlightened
patriotism has rarely been eqnalled, and
: never surpassed, succeeded in lis accom-
= pllshmen'.
!. The measures he brought forward and
sustained with matchless ability, speedily
n relieved the Government from is embar-
Il easement, and have fully justified the most
!, sangnine expectations Of their benign in-
! fluence upon the country a,large. Anew
!. and more accurate system Of keeping ac-
- counts, rendering :.h:eea, clear and inlellgi,
II BILE. was introduced. The favnritism and
: pecnla,ion which had so long dsgraced
% The departments and plundered The 'rrea-
n sury. were checked by The requisilion Of
Il contracts. The credit of the Government
!. was restored, ample means were provided
!. for The exigencies OF the public service,
= and the payment Of The National debt in
=. Cured by the former Administrations
!, Commerce AMI Manufactures revived, and
!, prosperity and hope once more smiled up.
II on The land. The country has too re-
i. Gently emerged from the disasters Of Mr..
4 Van Buren's Adminlstraiion--it yet too
= keenly feels The suffering il then endured
=. and TOO Justly appreciates the beneicen
he and wonderful change that has beer
-. wrnughl 10 render more than an allusior
10 these matters necessary. The labo
- of tiesising, explaining and defending
\, measures productive nf such happy results
!. was thrown chiefly on Mr.. Fillmore. He
&c was nobly sustained by his PATRIOTIC. Eel
low Wings but IN him. nevertheless, ths
main responsibility rested.
!" After his long and severe labors in III
- Committee room-labors sufficiently ar
~ ,luous 10 break dawn any but one Of al
!. irna ns,itutinn--sustained by splrI
- that nothing could conquer, he was re
- quired to give his unremitling attention y
az the business of the House, 10 make any
- :. explanation that might be asked, aud %
:. ready with a complete and triumphant re
;aa futaiion Of every cavil or objection the M
:. genlous sophisiry Of a factious minority
I could devise. All This, 100. was required
y; To be done with promptness. cieaIness
:" ~ dignity and good temper. For the per
on fmmance Of these varied duties, few me-
N are more happily qualified than Mr.. hi
~ more. Ait that fortunate age. when u
\, " nhysical and intellectual powers are dis
Wy ~, playel in the highest perfection. and II
y" has,y impulses Of youth. without any los
VIZ If ils vigor, are brought under control |
ek' l,roe experience in public affairs, with
wy mind capable of descending 10 minute d
am. tails as well as conceiving grand sys,el
g, on of national policy, calm and deliberate
l"a' Judgment. self possessed and fluent in d
, ss hate. Of dign.6ed presence. never unmln
~ tul If The courtesies becoming social al
!, !, public intercourse. and Of political inc