The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-10-09

MASTER or 70 relieve the dying pangs Of the ineuzbe no
man of God to smooth the passage tomb Observe the
breaking up the virgin earth How rude MS impIemrnfs
how formidable the resistance Of the primitive forest how
slow his conquest Of the untmed so Compare bis cismsy
plengh his ifoged axe and bis heavy hoe with the light
webaanced and neatly finished tools Of his DESCENDANTS
Watch him he painfully bears upon his shoulders or drags
upon full days journey TO the distant mill the
bashel Of grain that 70 furnish scanfy supply Cor his "a
mshing family. Remember too. that with an his toll he
compelled 10 be ready with loaded musket 10 rsre
the lurking savage and believe If you can that such i nc
ture OF the lives Of your fathers, and thar the smiling
fields and yerdant hills Of Southern States were lis thea
te We must also ecoect that twas after the commence
ment OF Revolutionary that James Watt invented
the Seamengine. In 1875 Steam boats Steam cars and
steam mills had never been dreamed o. In August l74
within month Of the day when the Old Congress met PHI
ladeha Joseph Prestey by the discovery subtle air TO
which given the Of Oxygen Cas- exendedthe foam
datons of Chemistry and thereby conferred mass Of bcne-
cts upon mankind which follow into every ay e and
which would consume volume in their enumeration. In
775, Werner, German, gave form for the FIRST time TO
Geology and in doing afforded ulcrum BY Nch Of
the most important and best established opinions Ia physical
science have been thrown to the ground What shall add
concerning the Electric Telegraph The obscure and
ing subject Of Magnetism or the mutorm ingenuity display
ed in mechanical invention 1.-THE gin the spinning
jenny. aud many other valuable aids 4 abour which Il
would be literally wearisome recalls Such the appear-
which hasy glance at the history Of science for the
last seyentyhre years presents Turn the political world
poland with her millions Of subjects has disappeared for
ever Three revolutions have almost DESTROYED The person.
al identity Of France Germany ra,aged for twenty Years
by the most disastrous wars has lost her political Character
and while address you with fear OF change perpexes
monarchs Great Britain has balanced her losses here by
winning immense empire in the remote East whilst on
the other hand the coqucsts Of Cortez and Pzao have
been wrenched from Spain this Western World and where
in Central and South America allegiance Pad his
Most Faithful Majesty three millions Of square m les
the gaudy banners Of dozen so called republics ftluy
wave IN the southern breeze.
But, fellow citizens. wherever turn our eyes, what
ever be the triumph Of science, human ingenuity which
we contemplate claim with sober satisfaction that mo-
thing has been effected for the family Of all compare
BILE with the establishment of this Republic. True il is that
space has been annhaed that labor has been aepated
M and water yoked into service steady pair huryirg
the trade and wealth of the sea-coas thousands miles into
the interior among the Of mountain cans that
the Lightning has been an to take office under the Admins
ation humble subordinate in the Post0ce BeIart-
men and that what the expensive luxures o aucnce
one hundred ago. the ordinary comforts OF the poor
mans cottage to-day But great these advances
will they for moment compare with the magnificent hores
which have been inspired in the breast Of humanity the past
history and present position of these United Sates These
the proud tophies Of well employed freedom; but
high mission freedom itself broadcast throughout the
world If the Grecian States. for centuries and Rcme
which two thousand ago had lost liberty the broken
stories Of which gather only the scanty records of dead
languages If these able iname the patriot and nerve
the arm OF glorious revolution past time these, mis-
fortune and despair, able to dissolve strong govern
ments and melt the chains Of the oppressed the spark
which fingered among their ashes what shall be the effect of
the noon tide spend0r and uninterrupted good fortune OF this
Crest Western Light? What fancy can surpass the facts
which demand attention herei appeal tohistoy Our
example has converted France the prodes of the old
narchies unto republic it has lberazed all Eu
rope and enfanchsed the larger portion of South America
Literally may we apply the words Of Holy Writ "The
kings assembled they passed by together; they it
and they maryeled they troubled aud asted away"
There is kindred tongue where the language of this
umnary not heard and there nothing bid from the heat
thereof When in November $780, North Carolina acceded
the Union composed Of sates with single excep
tion, lying the Atlantic To-day, after lapse of sixty
years Senators and Representatives discussing the adj
mission Of young and wealthy territory lying the Pacific
and fronting the ancient empire OF China presume that it
is generally recolectcd that this territory three
thousand miles to our west originally part of North
Carolina, In the charter given by Charles the Second of
England certain of his courters Carolina contained all the
land living between the Atlantic and Pacific within the
parallels of s90 and S6ao of North Latitude. Its northern
limits entered the Pacific the bay Of Monterey only few
miles south of that of San Francisco and famous the
line of the Missouri Compromise Its boundaries contained
the present States of North and South Carolina Georgia.
Tennessee Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas al
most all Texas large part Of Florida large part of the
territories of Old and New California and New Mexco and
portions of the Mexican provinces Of Sonora Chihuahua and
Coahuila This magnificent grant, feeding at present five
millions Of inhabitants made in consideration Of year.
y rent of dollars and thirty cents together
with one fourth Of all the silver and gold which mis- gh be
found within it. Although this might during late years have
been respectable ncome yet is well known that the roy
al donor realized anything from his stipulated
no gold silver having been discovered within these hou
at least to any considerable amount-unt after the Re-
yoution Such continued to be the limits of Carolina unt
the Peace of 176S when the land lying the Misss
spp was ceded by Great Britain France. Having subse-
quenty become the property of Span participated in the
revolt which some thirty years ago resulted in the erection
of the republic OF Mexico eyes have seen large
part Of reannexed to the destinies Of parent State
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