The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-03-26

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80 ohen heard hsTe Ahoul he propls's
EiFhls being withheld ffam them, NuW
lsi ~ Erndrman ffnm lnFke frncci ana
ronsidsI, ph0 . ne grralrsl friend n ne
penple-hs. who i rzrfyinE osi hs tirEs.
without rohsplIing he psople. OF I. xho
AN wiling 70 submit he question 10 me
prspss sd - arquirs<s. il ihry JreiJe
sfzinst net
Asso my cwn ipiivilsal npinious. IN
rsxsnd N me mrriis ef FIRE. SAT- age. %
an isplaied qseslisa. hsse No hesilaiian
IN asewinE shem. although ihsl has nalh-
ing 10 d. riih the qBrslian now undrr ran-
sldfra,isn. n his wrrr an nriginsl enfs-
INN. IL ne SIRE nos engaged in making
a new constitution. shanld nal object 10
The prinriplr af free sufirsgr. ] do not
beiiesr lbss shr Senate 10 any more rom
sesraiise in ina rhzrarirr. by tirine af the
rleclion nj iis members By The hfiy are
free heiden-slihanfh il vas no doubt
so drslgnrd IN be. nv those who originally
made lhe constitution. Ny ohjrriion 10
making Iise riange nnv is. 6rsi. beranse
nf ihe rirrnmslznres under wllrh u was
FRS; brnnghl farwa,d. ID wss iniradncrd
a. an elrsnsnl af party strife. 10 prap Mp
a MINORITY parry and weak candidate.
And If We surcnmb nov. IL ne reid 90
The behesi OF parry. that whieh shonld
have bern demanded be- public npin-
ION. in orsler %. enuile il 20 respect !:
we sci a prerrdsni. the evil consequent
ces of which no one can faesee. lf
we yield now 10 The rlsmor Of party
rage. We are bul encouraging every de-
magaeue in the land. WIN NAV hereafter
attempt 10 divert the public mind from
the party issues 81 Tie dag. hr presenting
himself 10 the great champion Of some
constitutional reform. Cbsta principals,
should he our mniio. When the progress
"f mind and The Development &C time.
prove ZONE change in The fundamental law
IN be necessary. and thai change is de-
nandelby aronservsiise and patriotic pub.
lie Qpinion. every friend of republican GOV.
ernmrpl should quietly yield. if he cannot
conscirniionsly concur. but when an
efisr is made 10 make the organic law
the mere playilling of fsciion. 10 identify
great questions of constitutional law with
the discords apd iumnlis Of party strife.
every iriend'nf liberty should resist j, .,
the threshold. The evil. is not 80 murh
in the change itself, as in The temptations
offered for still more violent and radical
reiorins. u is eLeapening I consliln-
ton 10 allow IL 10 become an element OF
party. ! object 10 this change al this
time. IN The second place. because il is
entirely delu.ive in iis character. Il al
fecls 10 bcsinw equal privileges on all.
when in fac, il does M snrh thing. In
what consists The yalne Of the right or
sufragel u is mol the mere privilege of
deposlling in the hallol-hox strip of pa.
per. with the psme Of A or b or & ON IL.
That of itself conleIs M substantial pow.
er, and but fur the results that are To col.
low. Is . mere idle unneaning ceremony.
The valne of The right Of suffrage does
not consist 10 voting fu A 10 please a
iriend. or ~ voting against Is tn spite an
enemy. That would he converting n
high and solemn duly into the mere gr ii.
ficalion Of private feeling. The real val
ne and importance &C ihe right Of suffrage
consists in The extent Of The power exer-
cised. IN selecting those who are 10 con-
ir"l the government aud To- direct iis OPP
CREATIONS. Suffrage then. 10 be uniIormly
equal. must he so regulated As tn give eve.
~ vnter 10 the State an equal powrr in the
government of the Stale. al least in its leg.
islaiive branch. Will free suffrage ,io
This! Certainly NOT. Suppose won Al.
INV every man % vote in the Senate,
does that make every man's power equal.
iy felt in the Senate Certainty NOT.
In the County of IIerlfnrd. some GOO men
aoul.l elect Senainr. u rqu,luy of
power is what vou desire hy free suffrage,
are moi every 600 men in Gullfnrd alsn
entitled 10 elect Senatnrl and ia The
latter County ], will sill require some
$500 men In elect Senator. l. il no,
perfectly apparent then. that Ill this talk
about free suffrage Is MOI {, give any man
more real power in The Gn,ernmrnt Than
he has nnw, bnt 10 ,lrlude me Ignorant
with the idea, that The rleh, offs, tTrage has
answered all lis end, when a slip &c pa
per has heen deposited in the balln,-hox.
by which friend has been eratified or
and enemy punished. or The purposes &c
parry been accomplished |! Sir. i, is an
insult To the understanding Of The people.
u Is = m"rkery Of their privileges. il is
slnr al free government ilsrlf. 10 suppose
that The people look upon the right of suf-
iraee. not rs q great privilege secured TO
them Ivy their fathers. hy which their in
huence ins'he government is feI,--hn, as
consisting in the mere ceremonial of The
hallni-box and tho indul sence oi personal
feeling.
(To be concluded in our next.)
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