The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-06-29


hxed thp afleniinn ~ re WaFli, lhs Z
revolt II Is caenirs II i7T5.-the I
Declaration e Insir eendence IN l75b, !
the battles 81 lhe Revolutionary Nar, I
the alliance with france.-ihe &c I
encouragement Of AmeFiran lndsPrn
'aeRse by th< Treaty Il i!ss.-ihe es-
tsblishment ola great federasise Re
publle.-she illHsirions career q hsas
ayefte.-the European rePutati"n 81
FrsnkliB.-and the towering ehs<acser
Of washiagtan. gave 70 The United
States great and brilliant name ~ the
family Of nations. Thsu>ards n eve
nv part of Europe then prubsbSs heard
Of Ameriea, Mn any distinct snpres-
siaas. Cor the FIRST time and they now
heard of il - q region realizing the
Widest sisions. Hundreds in every
walk &c life began 10 resnrt 10 AnerI-
ca. and especially ardent young men
Win were dissatisfied win the political
condition Of Earape. Among these
; was YOUR late venerable President, Mr..
Gallatia, one Of the most emiaenf men
) of the last generation, who came 10
this country before he attained his ma
. i0rity and the late celebrated Sir Is
) ambert Brunei, the architect III the
: Thames tunnel. lie inlormed me that
he became a citizen ii the State OF
, New York. before the adtptiun Of the
h Federal Constitution, and that he made
!. same surveys ioascertain the practical
b bilify Of that great work. which alter
- wards gave Immortality 10 The name 81
Il yorr Clinton.
Before the Revolution, the great
:. West was shut even TO the subject
- Of England. A ROYAL proclamation o
=. l76S forbade the extension al the set
- dement's in North America beyond th'
Y Ohio. But without such a prohibition
y the still anbruken power nf the Indian
= tribes wnalIhaNe prc,eRtedit. The sue
- ccssiul result OF the Revolutionary wa
= did not materially alter the state q
No. thingsin hisrespcci. The natis. tribe
is were still formidable, and the Britis'
:" posts in The Northwestern ferrllor,
~ we're retained. Snliitle confidence wa
= placed IN the value Of title 10 land
" even within the limits IL the State d
a. New fnik, that the enterprising eiti
rs zens Of Massachusetts,, Gnrham an
We Phelps, whnbought six millions nfacre
~ of land an the Genessee river, shoFtly al
!" ter the peace. for few cents the acre
r. were obliged 10 abandon the create
ne part Of the purchase, fran the difficult
r. Of fnting undergraduates to tax
~ enough 1T il of their hands 10 enabl
=" them 10 meet the first instalment.
:" On une occasion, when Jedge Gorllar
Is was missing in sfafc os mental depre,
~ sion on the failure Of this reagnifccn
- speculation. he was visited by hi
y friend and townsman, who had return
y ed from journey TO Canandaigua, the
N just laid out. This friend tried /
7" cheer the Judge with 4 bright visinn /
!" the future growth of Western Ne,
''e York, and kinttIing with his theme
Ia pointed 10 son of Jadge Gsrham VIII
y" was in the room, aud added, "You an
l shall net.live to see the day, but III;
~ lad. il he reaches three score wears an
~ ~ ten, win see daily stage coach rur
y" ming a. far west as Canandaigua
~ That lad is still living. What he h;
~ seen in the shape Of travel and convc,
anee in the State of New York, ii is n,
z. necessary before this audience to say
~ Ii was the adoption of the ConsHtl
= ton Of the United States in 1889 while
\. gave stability to the Union and conf
- denceA to the people. This was ii
IL Prnrethcan FIRE, which kindled ii
body piditie into vital action Ii CT,
4 ated a natiuna] furee. 'rhe Indians q
i the south, west were paeified. On Il
as northwestern frontier The troops
n the General Government were at fir
i. defeated; but after the victory |
!, WAYNE and the peace Of Greeneville
a 1895. the British posts were surrel
II dercd arsl die tide of Emigration bi
y, gan TO po1rim II was rather, hnwcve
;, from the older States than from foreis
m countries. The vast regionnmth.we,
ne O.. the ioha,t already received its, p,
be litic;rl organization as a territory ot til
:, United States BY the imnol tai ord
ia nance Of 1881.
n. While Providence was thus openin
liz the broadcast rcgian thate,er vas mad
d, accessible tn human progress. want, 4
iadsenture, it happened that the kins
donss Of Europe were shaken BIZ tn
-. terrible commissions incident to til
90. French revolution. France herse
first, and afterwards the countries /,
re, verrun BY her revolutionary arInie,
poured Forth their children by thou
: sands. believe there are no oilicI;
), returns of the number Of emigrants
the United States at this time, but
ice was very large, Among them was n
De fallevrand, the celebrated Ministc
10. of every government in France, fro'
= that Of the Directory in 1877, to III:
~, of Louis Philippe, in whose reign b
v; died. [ saw in Peale's Museum, I
Philadelphia. the original aorice sui