The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-10-06

valuable lesson: Employment is the health |
tui lot Of life, and he that would seek happl-
ness IN state Of perpetual repose, hetIays
o profound ignorance Of the benefcent laws
winch govern his being. A. !. q.
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From The Petersburg In,egeneer.
PUBLIC LANDS.
We have no idea that any arguments that
we cSuld urge, or any appeals we could
make in behalf If the pnllcy of dividing the
Public Lands, or distributing the proceeds Of
their sales, equally between all the States,
would induce the people Of Virginia now to
espouse that policy. they are in condition
Of judicial blindness as regards this impor-
tant matter, aud the attempt to unseal their
eyes may be considered about as hopeless as
would BE- human effort TO inspire marble
statue with fesh-and. blood vitality. The
Democracy have so eHectually closed and
soidered together the lids Of the popular OPP
tics and extinguished the nerves within, that
nothing short Of miracle could at this time
work recovery ard restoration. We have
never known case Of more astonishing and
inexpicable infatpaiioa than is presented in
this submission Of the people to an operation
which has shut out from them the light Of
day, and has hurled them into an abyss OF
darkness. II has not been that every day
experImentof the ruling power Of throwing
dust in the eyes OF its yutarles and thus con-
Easing their perceptive faculties, but it has
been a successful effort TO annihllats the
vision.
To drop metaphor and come down to plain
unembelli~hed speech: How is il possible
that sensible people can suffer themselves to
be SO grossly imposed upon as tens Of thou
sands in this grand old commonwealth have
been BY Democratic chsrlatanry in this mat
ter Of the public lands How is it, in the
name Of all that is rational. that the Virginia
Democracy can coolIy ami deliberately main
tain that Distribution is in any degree inron.
sistent with, or antagonistic 70, the popular
weaIi As well might they assert that fool
is injarious to the hUngry-medicine to the
sick-ciothing to the naked--justice to the
wronged, or deliserance 10 the oppressed
a. well might they proclaim that assistance
and rescue ave fatal 10 imperilled life-as
that fair and equal division Of the Nation
ri domain. under existing Circumstances,
amongst ihose legally and fairly entitled TO
their respective psrtIons Of II, i an evil to be
deprecstedi
The whole course Of the Democratic lead-
ers IN this affair Of the Public Lands has
been nothing but series Of the grnssest sio-
lsiion Of truth, reasin and common sense.
More than this, they have exhibited spirit,
and committed sets. II decentralization and
Standardization which have rarely been
psrslleled N the annals Of political folly.
Mr Garlpl, 10 his recent speech here, clear
" established the fact that the Distribution
policy mas been incorporated 10 the affections
Of the Democraey--that some Of their most
shining lights have been and are its warmest
advocates, and 10 whatever practical extent
il has bpen pursued, il has been mainly
through Democratic agency.
So Eell satisfied we're We upon this head
b. Mr.. GDrdons statements, that Il we had
been an sxiremest ID The opposition line. We
might well have questioned TIE sounduess Of
our own views upon the ground uf an abso-
Lutte and universal dislrust IL what Demucra-
cy approves. Our faith 10 Distribution has
not been strengthened or increased BY Mr..
Gordon citation IRON The Democratic ret orhs
--bscause if that we're the nnly source from
which M opinion Of ours vas to obtain con.
fgmaii0n. we should az once abandon il a. 4
hrre,y aud an ab.prdi;Y. The ard y " on
Attaehnsnt TO any cause j, much mote apt
% be cooled than heated by The thought tlai
We were standing side By side aud shoulder
60 shoulder with the Demoeraey-ihat i Il
say the Democracy IS now constituted IN our
Land.
We hope thar IN thus expressing ourselves
ne wdl not greatly shnek the sensbillnes o
our neighbor down the wey. ~to u ,ery err
roneogsly impressed a. 70 The real nature %
or hostility 10 the Democratic party. IL i
d very sniabe hnstility--not q, al of that
ilIibrral. uncisfiiable stamp which delight.
~ mBfder1ds, mefciless onsianghis. II ,ioe'
not esen border upon tile " savage" but i
prod giausly mild aud generous 10 its impgl.
ses. lie mssi understand u when We say
tat Ne haze Democracy AZ sgniiJing tia
We love il i great deal less than pBr country
vbich latter We consider a totally different
and vii separated object from the former
When " lead ii scripture that Jacob loved
Rschei ana hafed Lean. the commentator,
isll D That the meaning Of The language =
that III. heart warned more 10 The one thar
% the other. Bat this Is Slight digressiOf
from our ter.
Whs, might Virgins not schieye 10 ih'
~ay d improvement and progress Il she hal
her sh.re q the Pablo Lsndsi Her taI.rid
den people would be relieved from theii
heavs and growing bardens--her tressur,
would be fslly and honestly supplied viii
he means not Only Of deiraying the public
expresses and liqaidating the public debt
bat d promoting BY suitable works the pros
perity ofsytry vieinsgs ofthe commonwealth
.Ss az our Democratic guardians u this I
net . conservation desOutly 10 be wish
eli" We ask the people who are groanini
and ,sss,,as under load II TAXATION that I