The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-07-20

head and ears in debt to purchase Cuba or
any other foreign country. II will De re-
collected that little over two years ago Mr..
Branch, in d letter to the committee Of the
Fraaklinton Convention, proposed "a solu-
ton Of the problem Of the surplus by an IN
yestment ii the Caribbean sea-" In other
words he wanted to buy Cuba with it. lie
had Just voted for deposite, and gave in the
same letter lengthy reasons why the surplus
money in the treasury should be loaned 70
the States, among others that il would en-
courage works Of Internal Improvement
This source, either 10 buy Cuba or for Inter-
nal Improvement, or for both, soon failed
for the honorable gentleman had hardly turn.
ed his back upon The capital, before the sur.
plus about which he made 50 much to.do
was all gone, and the government had to Dor.
row thirty-6ye millions Of dollars, which II
now owes and can't pay. This IS solution
with vengeance. And yet he and the pa
pers in his service are pressing the Thirty
Million project upon The people OF this DIS
trict without once telling US where the mo-
ney is to come from. Turn your eyes to the
federal treasury. 1t is empty. The surplus
is gone. 1t is badly in debt, and likely 10
be more so. Turn to the States, and they
are taxed as much as they are willing TO pay.
Will some one tell me Or you where the hun.
dreds of millions Of dollars are to come from,
lif Mr.. Rranch's bill should pass Congress,
and the President should buy Cuba. Echo
answers, wheres
As Mr.. Branch is so liberal to the Internal
/ Improvement men, and TO the Cubans, won.
der that lie did not show some OF his liberal.
lity or gratitude at least to the old soldiers VI
the war Of 1879. lie voted against giving
the few that remain of them a small pension
upon the ground that il touk too much mo-
ney. In my humble judgment it would be
better TO spend little money in making the
declining years Of our veteran soldiers COM
Portable, than to squander SURPRISES on In
ternal Improvements. or to ruin our country
BY the purchase Of Cuba as proposed BY MIR.
Branch.
Thus, fellow citizens. have discussed
briefly some of the topics at issue between
Mr.. Branch and myself. There are Others
of importance TO which the limits Of a letter
and your patience will not allow me to al
lude. hope to have it in my power to do
50 during the canvass, though at present ny
health is very bad. have written To you
because am stranger to most OF you, and
have no other means of communicating my
views to YOU. having no newspaper or other
active agency employed in my behalf u
may be proper to say thar my antecedents
have all been democratic. Nv business il
TO farm, and habits Of life have been such a
to make me think honestly and act independ.
entity. as all farmers ought 10 do, no matter
whether it please friend o. foe, party or NJ
party. leave my cause in your hands, de.
pending more upon lis merits for your ap.
probation, than upon any thing ! have said
or may be able to say.
In conclusion. allow me 10 repeat that the
Thirty Million Bill is bad il principle. and
will be worse in practice, and if you agree
with me, shall expect your support as .
freeman at the ballot boz The lst Thursday
in August. II you do not agree with me and
can satisfy yourself that am wrong on thi;
vital question, Of course you will vote against
me; but pray YOU, a. a patriot. hrst Ind
out where the money is to come from 10 pay
for the Island Of Cuba.
| have the honor TO BE-.
i Very respectfully, yours, &c.
4 LINN b. SANDERS.
White Oak, Johnson Co., June ssth, 1850.