The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-01-10

neal ard shilily fhsi The most Psiria;i,
~ aifled 81 hiS snrse ssrs ~ eensing ilmt
VII ellsnneai anl adnsise.
Whilrl. then. ! make no sperilir pr
pasiuoa CT he fuIHIr. may be permitted,
/ lrus'. 90 ms iir.i dsy Of lhe nsinEal and
palilirsl ye.i. sn,roBhd.d b. ihe EKeru-
i've. shs Legislative. ans Ihr Snpreme j.
dicial Fnneiiaaafirs n lac commonwealth:
having testified ny devotion 10 The Stair
by IA appeal ~ lIie highest sanriions u
or wligson. 10 brslow one thought upon
ths ps-l-
There IL m hean 50 cid - nni 70 con
silrr Il meel sni pmper II this lime. IL
Ills place. sud under these ciTrumsisnees,
10 scknawledge sIlh aesoul gratitude The
gaoinrss Of God. % il,snk him Enr The
lnuliiplled blessings conferred upon our
ennlry. and earnestly 70 suPplieale > con-
lnuanee 0f Ills laVnss.
We have. nnsi lInlv. insi esnfe n he
lhankful-lhsnkinl for onI caunIy. her
rlimaie and her soil-ihankInl Tor her
Institutions. and for The law-abiding hearts
Of our people.
Prominent among The events OF The
year that has jul closed. is Tie great 20.
li.ical reralnlion through which we have
passed. allude 10 il here IN no spirit 81
vain glory and rxulIaiinn Al party IrI-
umph. 6od forbid thai on sn occasion
Ike this. our hearts should swell with any
other emotion Than love for ouG country.
orr common cannlry, our whole country.
In the formation of the Federal consIi.
tuition. there was no subject OF such anx-
i'm. aud painful consideration IS The ar.
r4ngemenl of the Exerulive department.
The elective mnnarchies OF The old world
had proved the most defective 0f an sys-
TENS &c government. Many yiriuous and
able Statesmen feared that any scheme BY
whirh the chef Executive Magistrate
should be chosen al brief intervals must
produce universal iumull and confusion.
and prove eminenIly wanting in stability
and security.
The most ardent aud confident advo-
Gales of Republican governments, regard
ell il as the pivot on which the success or
failure Of our great experiment in political
science was 10 lnrn. Nor did the success
which marked every step of our nation
al progress in lis early career, serve 20
dispel their goomy apprchensions.
The illnsirious Chief. 10 whom was
first committed The helm OF State, can
scarcely be regarded as having passed
through the process Of election. Ills
great qualities aud eminent services, had
elevated him above all competition. He,
and he only without cnmperr. was FIRST
in war, first in peace. and first in The hearts
Of his eountrymen." The problem re.
manned 10 be solved, could our institutions
Withstand tie shock of popular elections,
occurring al slated intervals! Would not
the difficulties increase as our population
multiplied and our boundaries extended,
With each successive trial, the hopes Of
the friends Of free government have grown
brighter and stronger.
The History Of The Seventh OF Novem.
Der lsts Will, !. is beloved, 60 far 10 settle
this question.
That three millions of Freemen, the
proprietos Of as may millions Of square
miles. between the rising and the setting
SIM, should calmly and inielligenlly record
their verdict upon the great issues submit
ted 10 them, is more stupentlous miracle
in political Science, than even the wonder
lul agency in Physics. BY which this yer.
dict was transmitted in like interval from
The extremities 10 The heart Of this extend
ed country.
Since the world began. where but here
in this glorious Union. are peaceful revn-
ulions witnessed! Whilst other Nations
are agilated and convul.ed, and the high
places Of power approached only through
The battle field. here alone do one sci Of
rulers give way 10 another without resis-
lance; and the policy Of to day quietly up.
turns that Of yesterday by the peaceful
magic Of the ballot box. Though all this
may have aroused the elements Of party
spirit, and excited the popular mind by in
conflicts for The mastery: though
padges and banners proclaim the ardor Of
hosts; in one short day, with
nut tumult or bloodshed, The struggle is
ended.
The next witnesses the cordial saluta.
ions Of the virtors and the vanqnished.
All is calm: and that civil spectacle exhib-
tied, sublime and inimiiable. Of an almost
submission TO the will Of the
What can heter illustrate the consum- s
male wisdom Of our institutions or the S
,enign influence Of that spirit brea,hed into /
hem by the foresight and patriotism Of Z
'lr ancestors! May this spirit be ever 4
cherished and perpalualed By The v,riuous /,
Energy and intelligence of our people.
Let il be remembered by the unsuccess-
81 party IN the recent Presidential cleo
ion. that the triumph Of their opponents
was the triumph Of brethren and not of
oea; and that factions opposition now
will bring them in conflict with that
: fundamental and vital principle of repub.
icanism, an absolute acquiescence in the :
decisions Of the majority" And lie, il be
borne in mind by the successful party,
hat with us it was contest Cor princi- !
pies and not for The paltIy rewards and
Irappings Of office. That our political !