The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-06

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IL Esr The partial opposition IN I'D
Esr az IsI2i.siid not ret an . denil
af the sggEessioRs 0f England and of h
jus lie &c anF cause. bal On he fart lha
With Ils exception nfimpEessmenIs. sian.
lar inlrssnlans II uur insa rights had bee
esmmiIIed By fIanrr. and an the mos
rrToneaus belief that Ihe Administrator
Was partial "a that country and insinrerl
in Illrir apparent elLaEls 10 FesIore pszee
! At present. oil these principles woul,
seem 10 have heen ahanal"ned. The mos
Just. > purely drisnsiEe war. and na olhe
10 iusiifshle. Is heersszFily attended nj
train 81 grrsi and unavoidable evils
What sllall We cay 0f one iniquiious II
inc origin. anI provoked nv nurselres--a
a war nf aggression. Nhlrh i naw puhlie
Is ay0wsd IN he one nf intended rOnqnes!
! lfPsrsisied IN. ils necessary conseqnss.
ces will he . permanent increase nf alr
military establishment aud af executive
patronage 10 general tendency to mals
man hate msn. To awaken his wors, pa
Einns. In sceusl0m hun lS the taste 4
blnnd. I, las already demoralizrd M
inr"nsitlsTshle pnrIinn of the nation.
The general pearr which has been pre-
SERVED hrlsesn the great European Pow.
sIs during the last thirty yesrs may nal
be asrrihed 10 the puresi motives. BE
these What they may. This long and unusn.
al repose has been most beneficial To lhe
cause "f humanity. Nothing can he more
injurious ~ il. more lsmrniabIe, more
scand.lnus. Than the war between Iwu
adjareni republirs of North America.
Your mission was, 10 he mt.,lel fnr all
Governments aud Gar all other less favor.
ell nations. SD 10 adhere TO the mnsl eIega.
ted principles nf political morality. 10 apply
all your faculties To the gradual improve
neni Of your Own institutions and sncia
state, and. by your example. To exert
moral influence most beneficial To man int
al large. Instead Of this, an appeal Ia.
been made TO Your warsl passions; /,
eupidny, l" the lhirs, Of unjust sggIan'lizc
menl by brutal forc-; To lhe love Of null
tary fame aud or false glory; and il ha,
even been tried to pervert the mobiles
feelings of your nature. The attempt j.
made TO make you abandon The lofty po
siIinn which your fathers occupied. I,
substitute fnr il the political morality an,
heather patriotism Of the heroes aud states
men Of antiquity.
/ a i-----a-st- H.. .-.-- ..oi 1,
pervert even your virtues. DevOlelIness 4
country. ar patriotism, is a most essen
tial virtue, since the national existence q,
any society depends upon il. Uniform
nalrly, our most vir,uous dispositions ar
perverted. not only BY our vices and SCI
fishness. but also hy their own exces.
Even the most holy of our attributes. III
religions feeling. may be perverted fror
that cause, as WAS but tho lamenlably ex
hihlied in the prosecutions. even unit
death, uf those who were deemed hereiics
II is not, therefore, astonishing that %
triolism, carried IN excrss, should ais
be perverted. In the entire devote dnes
TO their country, the people, every wher
aud al all times. have been too apt to fcl
get the duties imposed upon them by in.
iice towards other maliuns. Il is agains
this natural propensity that you shoul,
be specially on yonr guard. The blam,
dnes not attach Ia those who, led by thei
paliotic seelings, though erroneous. ilocl
aruund the national STANDARD. On Nh
: contrary, no men are more worthy Of ad
mirstion, better entitled To the thanks q
their country, than those whu, alter wa
has once taken place. actuatsd only h,
the purest motives. daily and with tn
utmost self-tlevotednes.. brave death an,
, stake their own lives in the cnnfiic, ayains
the actual enemy. mus, confrs. that
do not extend the same charity 10 ,hos
civilians who conlly and lrIiberatpl,
plunge the country into any unjust or un
necessary war.
We should have hml one conscience
!. and mos, happy would II he for mankin,
+ we're statesmen and politicians only a
honest IN their management Of The intrrna
or external national concerns az ,l:ey ar,
IN private life. The irrpproachabIe pri
vaie character Of the Plesl,lrn, and of al
the members Of his Administration i
known and respected. There 10 not OH
al them who would not spurn with in
dlgnauon the most remote hint that. O,
similar pretenees To those alleged for ,Ii.
memheriag Mexico. he might be rapabk
oi attempting To appropriate 10 hinse
his neighbours farm.
In lie total absrncc of any ,ruumr,