The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-21

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weight 81 ils enorm0as iAiasliee ID The
PreEisions q nj insramrnls Why ID
- nj cry alaad ? Jos :; The lins ihis
boid ldea ssrark hin snd his Leader. e
sishdfzws lrom The eoniesl--deriines
re-elersi0ni III the intelligent and EusPee-
table party 70 uhich he b<l0ngs saasf him
% dietais reforms II heir organic law
alter. smend. modify and rsfofm their con-
slilnilon. then Indeed sre Ihry hard rnn
Lei Scion and IyenEgus stand aside. and
q 10 Jefferson and Manhsll. and al such
green-horns and s0li-headed nosices in
Legislation. lei then pass en OF sink into
signiiesnrs. IN The presence Of Holden
and Reid! II an Sir 0laele. and Nhen
! open my mnusi,." stand eFect. prick up
your ears. dislend your nosirils. ke~p 81
lent sui hsaIksn. ye good people o. North
Carolina II VIII. w. Holden and Da-
Eii :. Reid. declare 10 yon that yOn are
all feois-ihai your fathers were fn0ls be-
fore you-yon have lived Ike slaves I'M
der oppression and injustice Tor half cen
lnEy and more. and YOU dlda'l know il
you have lost The breed Of nnble hlOods-
ihase men who framed yonr constitution
Al HALIFAX were 4 SET of political m0unie-
banks and ninnies-laose who Eal in the
Convention in 1855 were . pack Of num-
SOULS: there were Castor. Macon. Dam
iel. Branrh, EdEarls--aye. and score Of
others-who are they! Small fish, one
and all. What did they know shout e0n-
situations. AMI checks. and balances, and
hysierical. pneumstieal. politicn-tragieo re-
forms in Governments! HASN'T Lamar.
tine lived since they hnurished! Hasn't
Guizal been expelled from power since
they sat in their Senatorial dignity, Ike
The conseripi Fathers af Rome in their
eeuule chairs! Haven't The thrones and
dynasIies Of Europe been ovenhrown
since their day and generation - and
haven't we seen the King Of Prussia DASH
ing his hai higher in The air Than any hick-
DRY pole in the swsmps of California, and
almost splitting his mouth from ear 10 ear,
shouting FOR liberty and The constitution
Haven't they had a great charter meeting
in England Ave, and are not even The
Haytians catching the fire If universal H.
berry which is bursting oul for reform and
the light of every man. woman and child
10 vote. Shall we be behind Them! Are
moi the FOurieriies, of New York, in IA.
vor Of abOlishing marriage aud allowing
every freeman 10 have as many wives as
he can get! Shall we he behind them in
the road Of progressionl Are mol the
Agrarians Of Republican France for Iii.
vision ofproperiy amongst all the people !
And shall we be in the rear of them
The whole concern Of YOU have been sub
hitting ever since the Revolutionary war,
10 the riiest impositlonl Washington,
Madison, and the whole concern of tina,
day were all humbugs lfthai war could
bnl be fought over again in our day and
generation we would teach them lesson
or two. both in politics and war. Open
your eyes, then. Y0n ne blind as adj
ders. Follow as. We will lead you
through all the bye paths and ramifca.
lions of reform. We've got the minds to
do II! Look what brigh, and eiTulgeni
blaze we have already thrown around eve.
ry thing we have undertaken! Break
down your consiilnlion-what Of that
Cant ,ee build another. Haven't ve got
pile of them already cut and dried, TO be
sent out like hot cakes, into all parts Of
the world, 10 those who are hungry for IL
berry! Look at The Yucaleros-poor
fellows, they have got loo much of il, and
puzzllng indeed il is 10 u, 10 ret such
constitution as will suit them-bui they
must aud shall be suited Just elect one
of Us Governor, and subscribe literally to
the paper Of the other, and it will be the
best evidence that The good work has al.
ready begun in your hearts; and il we
can only get You TO quarreling over your
constitution, making inroads upon your
old customs. regulating the principles Of
Your forefathers, and uplurning your. go
yenment, then indeed will we be satisfi.
ed--for in such a squabble, some fortu-
nate incident may turn US up 10 the top,
and we shall be able 10 rule the whiri-
wind and direct the storm. Thank you
for your attention, and next time we speak,
let there be no whispering among vel"
Who could resist such speech
II is evident, however, people of North
Carolina, that the consitulon, which won
50 recently amended and approved, is 10
he assailed in IFS most vital and important
provisions. Are you prepared for this
Have you mol lived happily and prosper
Dusly under it! If moi, most assuredly
you have the right 10 alter il. Bni. be.
ore yom commit yourselves TO suck
course, look well 10 what you are called
IN 10 do. Let the propositions which
vou are called on 10 endorse be emphati-
ally stated. You are advised by Mr..
Reid 10 abolish the properly qualification