The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-09

% lose the hopes that animate hlm %
Industry, o. cease IN relish the plea,
slFes and comlarts hat labar only eaR
scare Way sh0ald ihis epPartBne
assistance palsy the rxciirneal fAAt
bssiuess feeds, shy erssh the ambition
Cor wealth and lis distinrtisns. dat
fhrobs an the great heart Of i4bar and
commerce with sach ceaseless pals&
TONI Nov can this l-w drive from
meas minds the display thasfheirsansty
and hospitality loves How dry in their
bosoms the gushing fountain OF love
fsr wife and offspring. that gives them
teHfsld energy and Will Co Succeed IN
every parsnit that graces and strength
ems ssciety-that love that seeks by
1ntiring ereriion 90 sabserye their com
fort and happiness. whilst life Is per.
mitted 20 enjoy the sweets &C their So
ciets. and strives TO place them abave
the worlds cola charity. when the ia
Their or the husband sleeps In the cslsl
embrace Of death. Sir. our caanlry's
Constitution. IN providing laws for the
government other subjects. stampstheir
natures with no such isnsminious brand.
Our Institutions do not fear the effects
Of ednction upon the natures of the
eitizens-our Common schools and other
educational establishments are intend
ed Ia place the minds Of the poor and the
rich upun the same intellectual eqnali-
~, and to supply them with the same
resources. of knowledge all the powers
of the mind that force and direct the
exertions Of physical laws are careful
lly matured and developed, aud the
Genius of our. Country points to this
watchfui care over her children, as her
Best gift to them, aud fears nothing
frsm their ingratifude. Our politieal
creed teaches the exercise Of vide and
equal privi egc~ No wealth. influ-
ence or otter accidental csrcumsian
ces, can alone elevate the individual "a
Office or command /; no poverty or ob-
security eau prevent the meane-t in the
land from wearing the proud badges Of
his country's honor and confidence. II
he has the wisdom 10 serve her. and his
actions prove his fidelity TO her cause
This generous spirit Of our land iseyer,
day striving to enlarge the province o
legitimate privileges, and burst the bond,
OF Obsolete restraint. Sir, in our avn
State, many OF the wisest and best oi
our brothers have long been. striving "a
4 ct..l - f,..,.. la. ..,.atsfuf..,,, ...luas;
clause. to erase as they think an inyidi
Gus distinction that cuniers upon one
portion Of our community the larger
exercise Of a right. that equally belongs
20 all. La every extension of these
privileges, many Of the wise and good
can see no symptoms Of agrarianism,
but hail il as forward movement to-
wards the perfection Of tree Govern.
ment.< They believe that the largest
liberty compatible with the supremacy
of the laws is not inimical to the rights
Of property or liberty, aud they fear
nut the prevalence OF that feeling which
would array class against class in the
cal distinction which must ever cxis,
amongst men.
II, SIR, it be desirable to extend the
intellectual and political privileges Of
men and place them upon an equality
Il hold it equally desirable TO promote
their physical privileges, and so far as
government can do 50, to place them
upon an equality of comforts. Sir,
hold no leveling doctrines, and | abo-
inmate every agrarian idea, that under
the name Of Liberty, would iasten its
infectious hold upon the vitals Of OUT
glorious old government. | do rfot con.
! template, nor 10 I wish. IN advocating
this measure, 10 yist y every man the
SAME smsnnt Of rrsperty, bv lega
enactnent, nor do mean to set a Ii
nit to the acquisitions Of any indvidu'
al. But do desire what this bill pro,
poses to elect: that is, that misfortun,
Shall not deprive the honest industri
Gus man of home, and that the vice.
and lll-condact of the father and hus
band shall not rob his wife and chill
dren of comfort and shelter. Thi,
projection to the unfortunate strikes NJ
blow upon social merit, and invades nj
right OF property. Under this law one
man NAV have secured to him a home
which he will embelish with taste, and
make valuable by superior skill and in
dustry. Another will have a home
WITHOUT ornament and with little i'm
provement. Yet the same result is at.
tanned in one case as in the other, and
the law operates equally upon both, by
protecting the rights of both. Toplacs
the unfortunate in the same situation
as the pr sperousto the extent here pro-
posed is not unjust to the successful
and thriving. 1t is not proposed to
/ take from the stores of one to build
UP the ruined fortunes of another; this
law closes no prospectsof gain to any
one, it destroys no branch of profit OF
labor, it does not dim. nish the value oil
embarrassment, it causes no revolu-
ton in the customs and usages of trade,
and changes no rule of descent or sue
cession.
In this bill. | can see no attack upOn