The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-07-05

,enefi hiE fIisn3 Gen. Css.. bsi spene5 he ny
Or TIE aoninslisa q Cen PieEes. aesuPsrs-
Iiseiy obz<sss iadisilssl. xhss< snieesa<nss ~rrs
buried In ohseuhiy; whose siecisa vas hsoeshs
.bout By = coaiescence with Jcha Van Buttn
J nd his hand % fressslsrs. and rbose f'eeseii
.fini,ies have heen manifested b his numrIous
.rpo;nlmen,s q freesoilers 10 ofhrr. md b. his
infaence IN lhsir behalf. tlrossh he sEerciss q
Official patronage, in Ihe eieriions In New Nork,
in Consequence o. which The patriotic Dirkinson
has BEEN driven 70 oppose his administration.
Bot Gov Might and Gas. Dirkinsoa we've CON-
Psiilsrs far The sane Office wish lhsir frrnds. and
ihrif Sithirswal might thsrrssse he considered
rs an act in their fasor. Not 20 With Gov. Gra-
ham. The nomination foi Presideni had been
given TO Gen. Scott. and ihe sciion Of Cos. Grs-
ham could no, change il; and by the acceptance
Of the nomination rendered him. he did not stand
In the Way ether Of Mr. Webster or Va. Pill
more. as neither Of Them woull have accepted Il.
Neither could il be considered a deseriiOn Of the
Fillmore administration. for ihR policy of that
administration has l'een uniformly sustained by
the Wing party. The people Of Orange were
nat Ignorant of these matters when they gave
their votes ior the Wig ticket in lsa2.. nor DO
We think they will suiIsr themselves now 10 le
wheedied gu, Of their principles by the aippani
sophisily of The STANDARD.
The string of charges against the liiIlsbo-
rough Recorder. which the editor Of The Stand
ard has with 50 much iippancy spun out through
half column. abounds more in fslschood Than
truth.
What We said with regard To The annexation
Of Texas and the inception Of the war with Mex
leo, was justified by circumstances a, The lime.
II is enough for US 10 know that the views we
entertained were The views Of eminent men Of the
country. Of both political parties. The story that
Texas would have become Bnii,h dependency
IL not received by us, was sheer fsbriciion. got
up by interested SPECTATORS in Texan bonds to
hasten The action Of Congress, as was candidly
acknowledged nv Gen. Houston in speech in
the Senate. The supposiiion iisell was q Islander
upon the people Of Texas.
The manner in which the war with Mexiro
was brought ON, was condemned in emphatic
terms ny so strong Southern man a. John Z.
Calhoun, rs an unconstitutional assumption Of
power dangerous TO the peace and liberties Of
the country. But though unwiscly aud unlaw-
fully commenced, Wings as well as Democrats
were ready To vote money and men 10 carry on
The war, and Wings as well as Democrats ieyo,.
ed their energy and split their blood in prosccut'
ing il 10 a successful issue. The acquisition Of
California was the result Of the conquest Of Mex.
leo, and we do not know that il was opposed BY
airy party in the country, certainly not by Us
There is no room to suppose that England would
have taken possession Of that country if we had
not; and il is more Than probable that the gold
dcposles would have waited TO he gathered h,
en,crprising Yankees, who would have cmigrate,
to Oregon and rapidly spread themselves along
the Pacific coasi-a process by which californi'
would have become Amerieanizci. little slow
CT perhaps. hut scarcely less cficciually and Ger
tanly than by the course pursued.
The compromise acts Of 1850 were the worl
Of the hes, men Of the nation. tailoring TO resior,
tranquility 10 the country. But these measures
a-important as they were TO the integrity Of ilIt
Union. were " spit upon" and denounced Ivy ,h'
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editor Of the STANDARD. and the friends Of then
sigmaiized as suJmissionisfs," aud even now
he processes to represent us as "bcsging fo
quarters because VIC advocated them. His sym
pathies were at the time with Gov. M.Donalt
and other gcitcrs up Of the Nashville conyen
ton, and with Green W. Caldwell and othe
restless spirits Of our own State, whose uliraisn
looked 10 severance Of the Union. He though
then that he was in the popular breeze !; bu
when M.Donald's canvass Cor Governor in Gcor
gia terminated IN defeat; when the fre-catins
Green w. Caldwell was hcalcn by Gen. Alfrc,
Dockcry. and evidences OF continued attach
mont 10 the Union were maniiesting thcmselsc
all through TIC South, and especially IN Nortl
Carolina; then. too. the editor Of the Standar,
became /" suJmissionisf.' and now claims 10 |,
an original champion Of the compromise!
We shall mol attempt TO answer in detail hi
charges which he has summed up against US
Not one Of them is he able 10 sustain by proof
and soac Of them are too ridiculously absurd I,
he repeated with grave face. AS for instance
he says: the IIillshorough Recorder g is one o
the most illibcral, straishtacc, unjust, aud vim
dictivc partizan sheets in the whole country.
. II is not uncommon to see in a crowd of conyi
vial companions, some ono perhaps little Eat
Their over the mark than any &c the rest, bolster
ing himself up with assumed Importance, an,
pronouncins himself the only sober man IN III
company. So with the STANDARD: in aitcmplin
To describe US, Inc has given an accurate portal
, Of himself.
The Standard boasts Of the senuncness Of il
repuhlicanism. and of its friendship for the poo