The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-04-17
From the Wilmington chronielc.'
THE PLOT THIcKENS.


F,om The FIST moment that he T.xa.
snnexstion .chrm- was announced. ne
have en;eriaieed uru rpiuivn. .~I h-ss
-r..- a.--.--@i :. - H. r-r----i-----a--
main, though ul,erIorotJec,, oflhase moot
busy in il, was The esisbiirhmeni Of n
Southern confederscy on the ruins Of
Obi. Unior. Tie people. by far words,
and golden promi.es 81 great ns,ional adj
vsh'ages 10 hollow The snnersiinn, have
been bsguilrd into snppo,i Of the nes-
sure. but probably ON the part Of immense
numbers hot without a susprri"n of the
patriotism of the motives OF those " hu
gave the first impulse 10 the thing. Tie
views aud purposes of The schemers be-
gin to te,,lope themselves. A wrilrr IN
the Charleston Mercury Of Friday l.sI.
whose osten.itle topic is the Oppressive
Tariff" derlaims with great vshemerce
against the continuance oi the Union, AID
urges dissolution &c lie same IS the
cure-all of e,Il.. Furiht rnorr, and here
10 what attention is To be specially direct.
ed 10, he argues that the very &C, ef adj
mt ing Texas will weaken The Union 10
a degree Incompatible with IT'S safety and
stability. and thus render a Sou hern Con-
ledtrsry necessary. We will eauact a
few paragraphs from tie article. asking the
Teaier To let his mind dwell for a Iiule
time on the ls,ier part nf the la.i extract.
Here are the Northern and South. m
lirniis Of the proposed Conf. defacy ac.
tualiv defined. the cre the Northern
boundary 81 North Carolina. the Other
The Southern boundary 81 Ttxa.! Let
The writer, and all whu think with hun,
be assured. tia, North Carolina 10 very
well couien, 10 remain where she is,
where she 10, where she was p!sred IN
1900. in the b,igh, const, lIauun Of kat
Union. +" @2~' @.@* - @@ IT, fl" "
"Ncithcr organized freedom, civil and religious.
morality, - safciy,-national grandeur. prosper.
ity, and happincss,--abovc al, domestic sectri,y
and peace, impcratively demand the unity--the
continued unity Of the slave and MISUNDERSTANDING
States. Under resent and Prospective eircum-
stances, the continuance Of that UEion is both
impolitic, and ominous Ct disastrous iss,cs,"
ITO affirm, as many politicians do, that The
ex;cnion of territory, and the consequent increase
of confcdcrated States, strengthen the bcn.ls of
Union and Of patriotism, is what no saracious
statesman can believe or advise" .. 80 ~..
"All attempts TO force pfn out of due limits
have cveniuatcd, and must cyeniuate in the vcri.
fication of the fable Of the ok and frog. Lock
forward! Looking back Is blinlness-act with lilo
prudence and proinptitudc Of inen who mean 10
carry their wise measures beyond the mere CA.
preston OF verbal resolutions" t,..s ~..,.,
National greatness, compactness. and saluta.
ry activity, have natural limit---a ne Dl.s uhro.
as clearly defined as those Of the plysic frame.
And what is this nc plus nhro2' Not hundred
millions of men and square miirs-but in one
short phrase-the globular intangilility of COM
mon sympathy and equity Read that riddle. We
wise yast-tcrriioial Machiayclians Certainly.
man cannot build on a quicksand; hut he can
build pyramids Of enduring strength between Tho
parallels Of SO, 30 ami 26 NJ that viii keep other
States IN awe and in respect and IN arnity..'
e#s3t 1863 t -~~>~>~@>~--~~------~ tes 81 .sazs