The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-06-08
MEN AND THEIR DoINGs


shs RaI-ish RsEiasF. undsT - sbags esPaol.
nakss lhs EsI1~ins ssnEibis lsIaskss
.Ths rrnsrk j. daily made. 'bal our
great ssss~sa0ss hare nrsaly passed away.
and sbere are none raniIe 90 70 supply
shris plarrs. Why j. This sol lar lhr lari
il sdmiurd. indrrd c@nnas he dsnird,
Nhy hare &c - 6s~ great ruling mind-
aa~, il Gangress, aud in ihr rnnnrlls al
The nslonf i,ri nlr sasssr AIMS question:
hy asking sna'her, Can . nan bee. M
6ai~hrJ srauan, nv any aspapnt ~ rx-
psneace 10 commanding and nayVzling
= huk esnoe upsa risrr or mill.pona
Can any one brro1De rudy g's1i who is
never rallied upan 10 graphs with rrras
questions. and Is always Engaged mp N
tridess Surriy poi; no one 10 silly
enough 10 rxpers . mere peIid.,feer be-
lare = JUSTICES coprt 40 beenme profannd
sawyer; and jas, - well may on. look
Cor men IN bpcome sfafesmai. who sprnd
their time denzgogning among the pro-
I.ie. and pss,ifagging in Congress; who
sufn ihrIr zlieniipn IN the acquisition ai
ihe .spoiIs of Office" rather Than To INA
porssnt qurslinns nf national pnllry.-I
s.T'ske away the offires. says snme one.
. and The iva parties w"uld have nolhing
al contend far." II the Officers afr The ON.
iy objects nf contention between them, M
wonder the great minds of The country
ronsjsler pnlilics ton contemplate bnsi-
aess fnr them 70 me,ldle with, and leave
ihe field 10 those whose mental raibfes
are adapted 10 The game that is PLAYED:
no wonder ibsi The minds of lhosDwho
ahas play Al jark -siraws become brlilled.
and lose The power e graphing with sub
lecis Of grraier moment.
Il am - lille suited 10 Congress. az
Congress, - ~ present constituted. % snii-
ed 10 me, . remarked Judge Bragg. Of Mo
bile, in a letter 10 friend declining 10 hr-
came q candidate for re-elrciion 10 The
House Of Representatives. The remark
is a cutting sarcasm upon that body. Aud
as The cahinei OF The President us now
constituted" in view Of The petty business
IN which il is daily engaged. Dfanpol
d"ub, that. were Mr, CALHOUN ~ Mr. Clay
Irving. lhs same remark would be drawn
from Ihrm by an ip,imaiion Ia become a
membrr or members Of j.. Gan any one
suppose thai such mer.-and where are
those WIN eau Gil their place. --ihsl
such inen should con,lrscrnd 10 spend
their tine and ocrupy their winds with
the pid.llingp business that has absorb
si The PresIdrn, and his cabine, for neat
ly three months pasll No wonder Judge
Bragg declines becoming candidate Tor
Congress again. afrr having served one
fern and become acquainted with d,ai bo.
dy. and greatly fear thai men OF stand.
ing and character. Ike him. will herome
more and more unwilling To occupy seats
in the Representative Hall. Such. in
deed. has been The case Tor many years
past.
The Democrats scrm 10 have carried
every tsongressmnal District in Virginia,
owing 10 The Grrrymandering % that
Stale. When this system Of eeryman-
dering State was frsl attempted, a. il
was in Massachusetts. under t;ov. Gerry,
from whom Il. therefore look iis name.
she people were indignant at the injn.,ics
TWAS intended 10 perpriralr upon large
portion &c the cilizens. aud become So ~
rensedtha, instead nf carrying euery dis.
irici. as its authors expected. Al iha.next
election. they did not carry a single one.
This just rebnke of so vile an a'lrmp, at
psutpalion and the Acknowledgement of a
large pnrlion of the community. read the
party lesson Of political morality which
they did mol .snon fo'ge,. The people
had not then herome quite in. nshle To
psurpa ion aud mi slice. even lh"nah per-
p~iraird in the name ri democracy; hut il
would seem thai they have been progress
sing since. al least in Virginia. and ran
rs unblnshlngl, justify and sanction. what
forty years ago shocked the moral sense
qf ihe people of Massachusetts. az the
most slavish courier aud harkneye, svco-
phan, can commend The prossesl usuIpa-
iiqn api injustice Of his nonarchical and
.lespo'ic mas'er. Truly thus. is an age
. progress! lf my rights aye inva-
died. AMI my voice smo,herrd. what care
! wheiher u is done by one man or manv
men; dcspolic King. or despo,ir ma
jori,y : the lvra'ny Of one. or The ivran-
ny Of the many! Aud is no,,he MINORS
" virtually disfranchised in ,ha, Stale
Have lhey = nrepori,ona,e representation
in Congress Nay. have The sixly>6ve
,hnnsand Wing yp,ers there single re-
preventative And yet, are they mol ral-
led upon to pay iaxesi And j. was be-
c,use taxation and representation did NOT
90 hand in hand ,ha, caused our pairioiic
fathers tn rehrl against the usurped power
Of England--no more nsnrped Than tina, AZ
Shr y n &c majnriiy in Virginia!
IT, Pei;ficai Millennium. you'll
fghIe ~ glance over the isss
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