The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-09-22


lshe slxseks II The rosrulrsd sufferers
death 10 ui,e 6xed distortions of ahes,
who have eessed 70 sufTers sci ihere. II
that serve Of srcsmulsfed horus. . tsl
form bends orer rhe dying soldier. boldl
The cup 20 hss sshy lips, and uises word'
Of kindness IN tones a cheerful consols.
lion. II 10 100 late; ase suffrrer gives u
bic minisIering friend last ssd message
for his distant family. grssps hs hand
looks up with earnest gratitude. bresihes
feeble blessing upon his benefscsor, and
sinks back, never again 10 be s<vused lill
called mp by the saupd of The last reveilIe-
Now. what holy enthusiast. soiieilous fts
matyfdom. % he who thus Iabos under
che dark shsdsw Of The wings Of pesli-
leneel NsRe him. that &c may bless
him. II 10 The yoslh thar vowed himself
70 his country; il 10 The hero whose red
bosom pressed the sod Of Lundy's Lane !;
u 10 The veteran who swept over.ihe BAT.
sle Gelds of Mexico; il is The next Pfesi-
dent Of The Usiled Slsies-W Winheld Scott.
Ills enlire life is 6lled with evidence
OF this noble humanity. Witness his in
lerposilion 70 save his Irish fellow cap
lives in Canada. and bis heroic declars-
lion. backed afterwards by an scs of coR-
gresss Harm hair OF the head Of these
poor Irifhmen. and our eibbets shah groan
with English prisoners. And so he
saved them. Witness his kindness 10 the
unhappy, exiled Cherokees. and 10 The
wrelched fugilives in The cruel Black
Hawk war. Witness his efforts 10 spare
blood II Vera Cruz. and before Mexico ;
and his noble declaration, . would be
unhappy. fi won victory and lame by
the unnec cesssry sacrifice of single holy
human life." Witness his pslerasI care
Of The wounded and sick. amid The iron
shower Of the battle feld, or the peslilenl
horrors Of the hospital. Such deeds,
lofiier tlian gIery, win The applause oi
angels. For such deeds do | ask your
vo,es-your votes for ear,h's nobless OF
heroes, the hero Of liumsnity-Win6eld
Scott.
OF his rivals claim, on this score, We
only know thai he denied fragmen,sry
pitlance d salary 10 the widow Of Presi-
dent Harrison. His chivalry regarded
not her sex, his humanity her affections,
his ingrsii.ude her claims bu, he .oiled,
spoke, voted, snd fough-ihis was his
Srst war--sgainst the widows crust. YET
one Of his most distinguished friends urged
bis claims 10 The Presidency ON the gsoaad
that he gave ragged boy stick Of can.
dy. Lofty philsalhropis. No wendel
that The evensfsl day and its benevolent
hero both became candy-dales.
Not less conclusive than Scots claims
ss patriot, are those which he represents
as contrsslcd with those Of his opponents
Ills supporters are The friends OF freedom
our own cherished, American freedom
as received from our fathers, in trust foI
posIeriIy, Our opponents would stake
that freedom upon q rash and q lily cast
Of The die in the European game Of haz.
ard. Their .6iibusterism would drive
US into crusade, 10 force our institutions
upon nations unworthy or unwilling 10
enjoy them. This mad experiment in
wolves the violation OF treaties what care
they and The insanity Of sighting agains
world banded 10 resist and avenge such
aggressions. Ian We conquer The world
and, If moi, what IS the alterna,ivea Ii ID
one which the patriot must regard with
horror. Where, then, will be The worlds
freedom; where our own The spirit.
Of our forefathers will ask US ,rhere I
And, standing in shackles upon The grave
of The earsll's last hope. how shall WI
answerl Yet these wild counsels con.
,emplsle the absorption oi Canada and
Mexico, Jamaica and Cuba, South Ameri
ca and the Sandwich Islands. And this
remember, is not the mou,hed madness o
brawling bacchaaals merely; il is the
proclaimed doclrine Of their chief men,
proclaimed in high places. Against hi,
the Wing party is the couniry's sole pro
,eclion; and therefore do we ask you le
support The policy Of peace. right and ylr
tue--of Washington, Clay. and Scott.
Nor is the domestic policy Of our op
ponenis less reckless and destructive
Our revolutionary battles were Tough
mainly TO secure The independence Of A
merican labor; bul the followers Of Pierc,
spell the creed of our fathers back wards
The old time blood sacrifices are dlsre
garded, and the Declaration Of lndepend
ence Is virtually revoked. We are mad,
again, and more than ever, colonies o
Great Britain. What reck The fiee-lrad,
pariisans Of England, that protection wa
policy twin-bosn with our aa,ion; lha
i. was sanctioned by all our glorious lin,
Of national Patriarchs; and hal The whole
some fruits were hardy independence
solid prosperity. and an universal conte
English politicians drafted the ana\
American tariff OF 1916, and its provision
were known earlier in London than il
Washington. It's consequences were Es~-
seen and predicted; how fearfully\
fcreshadowings have been realized.
not be said in deceived and plundA
Pennsylvania as well Tell man pontA
ing amid the tombs that death is in Til
world. Thee honest sentiment Of til,