The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-03-03


Again ne rrnsrk ; if Demeeney has
bat one lace. it is quite expert in facing
atoaf and exhibiting is features to those
behind. as well a. before il. True, with
IN the narrow limits II ! single State
II has not verge enough Tor q fuIl dis
play Of ell its art in this respect: bet
put II on the broad boards of the Union,
and IL sheds the light yfits eountena nee
upon those sf directly opposite princi-
Piles, in diGereut parts Of the country,
a. the same instant of time. Buteven
in North Carolina. il has eften looked
different ways. with grhat earnestness.
within the memory of man. Az oae time
il looked with the utmost benignity on
internal improvements. and seriously
urged the State toborow three millions
Of dollars for the purpose Of buiIding
roads for the convenience Of the dear
people. In very short time after
wards, when two or three attempted
works Of internal improvements had in
q great measure misearried, and the
subjecthad become unpopular. this same
Democracy set its face against I'll i'm
provements whatever and denounced
the Wings a. the " internal improve
ment party" Again il set its face
against the Banks, and raised such
Hue and Cry that it succeeded in get
ting majority Of its disciples into the
State Legislature. where-it gerryman-
dered the State in . most abominable
manner, but left the Banks in all things
untouched. Last summer il was an
enemy to the Compromise measures Of
the last Congress and red -mouthed ad-
vccate Of the right Of single State to
secede from the Union whenever il
thought itself aggrieved by the Govern
ment of the United States. Since the
elections Of the last summer and fall il
has declared that II will support no
man for Office who will not pledge him
self to sustain the series Of acts known
as the Compromise measures Of the last
Congress! Verify" Democracy has but
one lace and but one platform. "-at the
same time.
But even this is not true Of that lar
ger Democracy that seeketh the FIVE
loaves and the two fishes about the city
Of Washington. On the question Of
Of slavery il 10 known to be perfectly
Janus-faced. In the South II has la
bored to create the impression that the
Wing, are less friendly to the institu-
ton than the Democrats. In the Nsrth
and West it has actually allied itself
with the Abolitionists and Free Soilers
and divided the spoil Of place and pow
er with them.
On the Tariff Democracy has as ma.
ny faces as it has on slavery. In Ken
lucky it declares that the Tariff Of I SAC
is the very thing, and that to that II will
stick, at oil hazards. And this, the
Standard says. is the true creed. In
Pennsylvania, Democracy says the Ta-
rl6 OF l846 must be materially altered,
or the Keystone State will fly out Of
the arch Of Democracy and let the whole
thing fall into ruins: and the Stand
ard says. in Pennsylvania oil is right.
Heads up"
The Platform. The Platform, we
acknowledge. "is large enough for all
sections" On il we see, cheek by
! jole. Rantoul and Rhett, Secession and
Abolition, Free Trade and Restric-
tion, Intervention and Non-interven-
tion. II is such Platform as Burke
once described in the British Parlia
ment: a tesselated pavement. Here
bit Of black stone, and there bit of
gray. And if it were not for the [" CT.
6esive power Of public plunder." it
would instantly fall to pieces beneath
the feet Of those who occupy it.