The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-02-18
wHEELER's HISTORY.

Isniag unique defsncs e Cd. whsslu's hiz'o-
". By .. W. canrson. esa. q DE Norih csro-
lima Argos The eridrs have be<n pretty severe
upoa he wurk. hui il ~iI - admitted that Ca
nrson. q ne Argus. dizpozss Of their o.jesaiens
Ia mastery nsansr.
From he North Carolina Argus.
The freedom with which reriain critics
of irfs pres las well = private indlrid-
uals in our hrsringl have handled this
/. important Sale work." las kihdled our
Indignation 10 degrees and We feel half
dispo. Ell. about he line 81 shis present
wiring 10 give lhem he hnn-end Of our
mind lsr iheir Momus-like propensiiies-
A pretty come-an truly. that native.
born citizen of The Stale cannot write
history hoe the glory and honor Of ''Poof
old Norlh csfnlina. . hul these "euI-ihrosi
bandits in the path OF fame" must throttle
HIM. oserinn his ink .harn. and bedsnb
his manuscripts with their mslevoleni
observations
aBlsody disseciars. worse Than ten Monroesi
He hacks 10 teach, thsy msngls 10 expose"
We win not stand il. We viii raise
our weassr's beam-bul calm and dispas-
sionale rrason is The weapon with which
10 meet these ungenerous assailanis. We
propose 10 examine their puerile objec-
lions and show how really unsubsIanIial
they are.
And firstly. il has been said by this
generation Of vipers-ihe critics we mean
thai although there may be many use
ful facts contained in The history alore-
said. vel they are 90 blended with errors
and mistakes that no one can tell on what
particular statement 10 rely. And they
maliciously quote the maxim. Faisus IN
,mo, falsls in omnibus, 10 ioriify their
position. Now We object, Ia ,im;ne, 10
ihIs mode Of criticism. The author Of
our history is native North Carolinian ;
and no one has RICH, 10 apply 10 his
book musiy British law maxim. Be-
sides we are mol sure IL The book, being
pos,erior in The date OF lis origin 10 said
maxim. does not repeal the latter. We
should like 10 hear come Of The talented
young barrisiers Of whom this history
makes no 'orsbie mention. on This interest.
ing question; bu. This BY. the by. We
proceed with our remarks. And let Us
admit. for the sake Of argument. Iha, there
are few slight discrepancies and very
venial anachronisms in The works.. il
not all the better on that account! II
will afford the ingenious reader an oppoI.
tuniiy OF correcting the errors for himself;
and the facts in question will be thereby
the more indelibly impressed upon his
mind. Our schoolmasler land he was
one OF the most eminent bumlhwackers in
the disirici) used 10 say 10 US study il
on, Tor yourself; and when You get IL il
will stick 10 You.
Again II is said that our author quotes
false latin. To this objection We answer.
Che book was nc, written for latin echo
lars; and whether the quotation. he good
or bad, they will be Greek 10 great ma
iorily Of those for whose instruction The
volumes wsrs p. firth. Bul this cri,i-
cism bsing successfully disarmed Of its
venom, ihs obiec,cr turns short about and
tells us tina, the hisiary IS NOT ,criffen IN
good English! There i, is again. We
reply, however. That makes no difference.
Ii was written chiefly for English sch :
lars and they can correc, its false syn
tax for themselves. II will stford and
agreeable exercise for their minds. The
author was mainly concerned abou. facts,
and had no time TO wasle on HE fIippery
Of style.
Again: These sharp-eyed critics 1--WE
think they niue, be hostile 10 ,he work,
else they would 10; be so keen) have dis
covered that one Of our most eminent Cir.
cult Judges. now on The Superior Cour,
Bench. was born three years after the
death Of his Understanding TO the
history: aud this they say was too long
time, regard being had 10 the case Of
R4dsell against Henry son Of Beatrice,
Trim. 10. L. |, in which il was found B.,
verdict, as The Lord Coke hath il, {" Thai
Henry, the son of Beatrice. which was
the wife Of R,berl Radwell deceased. was
born per uaSecim dies post uhimum
fen,pus iegitimma muieribus constitu.
f,inh And ,he,eupon i, was adiudgfd,
guod dieins Hcnricus del non debef fiji
as predict Robsrfi secundun legenl
ct consuetasinem .7ngLa constit4tana."
Now what We have 10 say of this case is.
that although Edward The First was called
The English Ias.iaisn, and The ease pur-
porIs 10 have heen tried Coran Regc. yet
il is well known that this king was more
generally designated by The eplhel Of
Ling ShGilkS, and thai the Coram Rege
part nf the business is mere fic,on. not
wiIhslanding the fact that Lord Halo, as
well as Lord Coke, so reports il. The
ruth is. The case was tried coram JUDGE
and not corans rege--and Of this We are
ready TO put oufsel es upon the country.
A ID now having shown thai this ease is
of no grea, authority any way. for the
reasons alb We stated. we remark further,
that ufimum temp,ss fegit;mum naulieri-
lus .4ngii8 is nul TO be criterion for re.
publican wives Of the United States. We