The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-11-18
INsIDToUs OPPOSITION.

tioh have done 30 10 no partisin spirit, but
with the siucerest regard for the general
good Of the State which they honestly be-
| lieye viii be best promoted BY the methods
/ they suggest In question Of that kind.
| they have expected opposition aud have in
| yited rather. than avoided it. because they
have been confident that full aud free dis.
cussion would advance rather than retari |
] their views.
But when we meet With opposition We
expect 70 lind il open. candid anl mauly. |
We have therefore seen with regrc, paper
Of the extensive circulation aud vide inan.
ence Of the Ssate Agricultural journal re.
! sor, to covert insinuation and damaging in
uendoes. The whole tendency ofuhich is to
stir up class prejaiices and array pursuits
and professions in hostile array Why in
sinuate 10 the farmer taat = Convention
would be called without suggestions from
his all-important branch Of tho body poll
tic? Why iustil into the mind Of the me.
chanic that he has no participation in 20
important movement. Why suggest to
the working classes that they have raised no
voice for the revision Il the Constitution
Why intersPersc through the columns % q
Journal which enters With sach glad well
come into 80 many quiet dwellings through
ont the State. paragraphs which create
doubt and bate and bitterness against pro-
fession. af al Others ths least obnoxious 10
charges Of infdeliiy topetalar rights?
The farmer. asi tie msehanic aud the
working classes may not have moved in this
thing, because il Is MT their habit Of life
, !, to make themselves prominent in politicsl
movements. They have left il in charge Of
those whose fs6l,Iiasity with legal and con-
s;itnti0nal nraesds.i- n them for leSdsr-
ship. ~e-a -#
!. 1t is the glory ofthe legal profession that
= from the very foundation Of English Law
! from which We borr1s our own system IL
has been always ,bs ssry foremost in the
4 battle for popular rights 80 il The defence
Of Constitutional liberty. feom the days OF
Runueymeds when the 6rst written charter
. vas extor;ed from the Tyrsnt John; from
the timcs0f tie frst Charlie. sben tho Ell.
q croaehments upon the rights n the people
!. were resisted literally % tie death from
i the timas Of tie Second Jsmes when the
!, attempted overthrow o. the British Consli.
|. tuition was punished b. the deposition d
!, that inor-rch from the time the, the FIRST
!, resistance vas made on tlris eoutiBsn: u
n British oppression. down 70 tho ureseb,
!. time the lawyer has been FIRST and foremost
10 the attack. or defense. And not from
inerceuary motive. but because The study
!. Il bis profession bas fsmiliari1ed him viii
/, the history Of nations struggling for their
!. freedom; has intensified bis hatred Of op.
= preston has enlarged his sy,npathies for
human suffering add has stored bis mind
:. with facts and precsden,s essential YEA.
: pons in his warfare agsinst iyrrsny.
:, The lawyers arc for conyentian--
Abs = says the Journsl. Sc. il pumbsr.
among it, adyoestss such men a. Graham
!; and Moore end Conirgland. and Batchelor
!. and Norwood. aid huadrsd others whom
!. the people deIigit 70 honor and 10 rust,
and II ID opposition srs found Eaton and
: Fowlo and Vsnable. il oaiy proves their
freedom from professional bins. and tIsii
a disintrrested libetlli.y Of sentiment.
= - Mr. Daris fears thai Cohrehiion 4
= called viii not have majority Of Coneer
g rsliresin Il, Why this fear? My Il M
y Be reasonably expected thai the Conserve.
y tires will hold sueh ssjoriiy. ~ they l,sr,
y had 10 The Lsgislalaresines 1902 Not ;,
= isrgs. possibly. :. 10 The present, bul
I, enough for all practical purposes. AnS
=, bssidss. r,fy nany Republicans favor Con-
= stitutionai reforn. snd would gladly Join Il
!, The move. though ihs party. >, such. /,
:" held back BY iis leaders
" ...---~---- $500.
ID ~ Gov. Gfskairirki, sreuncal 10 IL,
% Cloud and Wilson csss accidentally touch
I'd siih great pint one 81 the objections :,
20 tbs present Constitution. II Il its uncer
~ tiin'y. W % ihs present time upwards d
d twenty re casss had Rbns Up 10 tie So
" prsns Court as yssssios,s u Gobsli tutions
!, construction. UuJsr Ito III eousi .ulion.
sueh ess.s we're rafsls kboxn. Fisty year
q Would Dot make The Constitution Of 1889 I
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