The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-05-09
From he ch.i.lian nhs.rer.
THE CODE or HoNoR-prELING.

From The Christian OhserseF.
THE CODE or HONOR-DrELING.
Tie practice 81 single rnmhal acquire
importance, mol 50 mnrh irnm Us very "a
neral pretalency, As frnm is relation !
The public men 81 The country. II pe
culiaTls wee 81 those ll0 occupy OH
rial citations 10 lie land. The .rode d
honor setting ~ nnnghi thai law ii Go,
whIrh declares. Thm sliall NOT kill
finds IT. main defenders in those y lln give
mol only legislative acis 10 the nation, bu
direction also 10 public sentiment. Ami
conseeraled thus BY high example, this re,
llr 81 = harharnus age. this daring a.sump,
lion Of Gods pferogalise. finds ~, few
Advocates IN the ordinary walks Of life.
Sin lakes is grade Of guilt from The cir
cnmstances of lis preparation. Judged
BY this Inlc. the moral inrpilnde Of The due,
llsi i ever Of deep aggrasaiion. lIeean.
mol plead the ontlursling OF sudden pas.
sion. for he approaches lie work with de.
liberale resolve. lie enters The combat
where life or death is al stake. with cool
determination. lie enters il under the
strong impulse Of lie law IL retaliation, Ia
wash from his avn name ihr stain nr in.
suit. IN The blood Of his enemy. lie pre-.
pales BY careful practice firmly 10 meel
lie encounter, nnerringly to deal The fatal
blow. Thus does he sufficiently ,lisproye
The common plea that m such purpose ii
death lmpels his acis. lie DIVES Iii. soul
N the double sin Of murder and suicide
by plotting To slay fellow man. and hy
exposing. without cause. that life To ex.
iinrlion which God gave him. and oyeI
whose destiny God alone holds control.
With practical cruelty, which il i hard
% account for in d human breast, lie cain.
~ determines the probable destruction Of
a father, husband, brother, thus pierre.
ing with an anguish which language can
poorly describe, The heart Of dependent,
helpless. doating love. Yes. though his
own children shall be made orphans /;
though The wife OF his sworn affection
shall be doomed IN The loneliness Of pre-.
mature widowhoodi though ruin shall
sweep away every joy from his firesi,le,
and pnnr dIsnay and sorrow through
bursting hearts sill lie will dare the NOR.
lal slruggle-and for what Can wound.
cd honnr be thus healed! Can courage
he thus sindicaled! Can insult be thus
wiped away! Ills own or his alversary's
death can effect no such end. No posi-.
BILE good. TO The eye Of reason, Of yirtne,
or Of God, can result from Ill iis reck.
less. personal guilt, this criminal leopard.
ing al his own and olhers wel,buing.
These are some of The circumstances
which always mnst aggraya,e mos, terri.
bly, The acl Of him who goes ont 10 This
field ol Suite. What then is lis enormi.
". when by the men whom The land has
honored with the trusts Of public power,
to whom il looks for precedenis. this deed
is perpeiraled! How broad is that circle
Of evil which centers al such an elevation!
What is that moral influence in forming
nations character. which from lis halls OF
senatorial and Judicial wisdom, by precept
and example, teaches the citizens Of this
republic, that this bloody code with all its
confessed destructive and demoralizing
is necessary 10 The protcc-
lion Of an honorable name! One such
spectacle Of deliberate slaughter as this
people has been made TO witness not few
lines within recent years among our pub
&c lunctlonarles, Is enough 10 viliale the
and contaminate The sentiments
{ \ generation. II will be happy ,lay
or our country when lis statutes against
luelllng shall, in no part ii il, remain a
lead letter, but shall be fighteousIy exc
uled, no matter on what reyerrtl head the
'enaliy shall ailght This is peculiarly
me o( The sins which acquires rapid in
rease Of culpabiIiiy Tie higher il ascends
IN the social scale. And where the cul-
ability is greatest, the punishment should
eflalnly be surest and heaviest.
Every good man will notice with plea
urc, the position just announced By the
resident aud cabinet recently inaugural
i, that all persons connected with either
lie military orciyil service of our Govern
,ent shall be removed. If engaged in
uel. This decided stand Of military
hieftaln is proof positive Of The needless
ess and real Observation-Disclosures Of The prac-
&c, and if rigldly adhered 10, will 90 far
wards Kidding our nation Of this utterly
wickedness. ]. I'll.
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,INDNESS, THE BEST PUNISHMENT.
A Quaker Of most exemplary character,
'as disturbed one night BY footsteps a
,nnd his dwelling; and he arose from
IS bed. and cautiously opened a back door
rerOnnoitre. Glore by was Nh out.