The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-15

any disposiii0a 10 ftsi0re thsu. thAn she
nos has whils Hose Slsles are b0und b.
eonslilniionzi stipulation Coz Ihsif ssI-
render, In regard 70 eonneres. vhal
trade have we. 90 can ne have. with The
soafh 10 Be compared 10 our growing and
sziusbIe trzd< wish The Norsh. our fulure
prolific usde with me West. when our
great lines Of Midway communication are
completed 10 The 0hio and Mississippi.
and The fiee and unrestricted trade now
secured 10 ne by the Constitution with The
wheIs Union. lhs South ilself included.
II 10 easy 10 foresee IL the Unisn should
sver. Be- dissolved. lihs superstition itself
= . species Of sserilege.l and . southern
confedersey be formed out Of iss ruins,
that the production and commerce Of cot
Ton would be The great material interest,
the memorable Juggernsut-lso which every
thing else would be sacrificed in the new
tconfedency. The planters and farmers
OF Virginia besi know how Ear they would
be likely 70 profit by an exclusive policy
Of thai sort.
We have sometimes been told Of the
advantageous treaties Of commerce which
the South. 90 q separate eonfederscy.
would b. able 10 form with foreign pow
sr-psriisulsry England. Let virsini.
beware. We can well conceive Why
England should grant free admission 70
coslon, the rav material Of. by Ear. The
largest branch OF her manufactures. and
might even hold out, in prospective. lhe
deceptive Iurs Of . general free trade
with southern confedersey. a. . means
Of dividing The American Union and Of
securing The exclusive possession Of her
manufactures. The United States Of Ams-
riea, ~ ono gres. confeslersled Empire,
have grown into loo much strength and
importance not 70 make il the interest Of
ambitious foreign powers 70 see with com.
plaeency. and 10 encourage. a. FAR 20 they
dare. say scheme which. by dividing.
would destroy 90 formidable rival. But
!, may Be safely left 70 every American
bosom W say whether free constitutional
Union with our own brethren. The co.hrirs
Of our national independence aud glory.
IL, under any circumstances. to he surrsn-
dered for degrading colonial dependence
upon foreign power whase yoke our
fathers spurned, under Whatever name such
a connection nigh, be disguised.
Among the measures proposed 10 the
people Of Virginia which appear 10 me 10
have an " awful squirting" 10 dissolution
Of the Union. though probably not 80 in
tended. is The recommendation 10 the Sc
veral Congressional districts 10 appoint
delegates 10 . convention 90 be held in
Nashville Tor the purpose Of organizing
concerted aston by the southern States.
] sincerely hope that the goo,l sense and
loyalty of ,he people Of Virginia will with.
hold them from any participation in tho
proceedings Of such convention. The
bad o'lor Of = memorable example in our
history 10 full of warning; and ! say, more
oveF, 1.-THE cnnnexion Of Virginia with The
Union 10 10 be severed. LEI il be done BY
her own sovereign and independent act.
l.et the people be assembled in solemn
convention. duly and regularly organized
under the highest sanctions of The law, 10
deliberate on the gravesi question, perhaps,
which was ever propounded 10 fallible,
human coun.els. Let The revered fathers
Of the land-,he men of wisdom, Of
virtue, and Of experience-be chosen
10 decide the momentous issue. under =
deep religious sense of The responsibility
they owe TO posieriIy as well as 10 the
present generation.
This mode Of procedure is SO much the
more called for, as The same fatal stroke
which sewers Virginia from the Union
would. am convinced, inevitably sever
Virginia herself into two distinct and
alien States. Let the people Of Virginia,
then. repeat, in their highest sovereign
capacity. acting by their representatives, as
selnbled in solemn convention, decide this
question, 50 vitality affecting their own
deslinies, for themselves, uncommilted
and uninfuenced by the action Of any
other body or bodies whatever. BE her
decision, then, what j, may be. il shall
command my implicit obedience and re-
spect. All my earthly interests and hopes
are bound up with hers. and | seek no
fortune separate from hers, whether that
be Of veal or wo. We have been united
in our lives. and in our deaths we shall
not be divided. There is one wish, how.
ever, which could humbly form. and tina.
Is, that all my soun.rymen. 10 whatever
State, section. or party they may belong,
could view this vital question from for.
eign land. with the quickened American
sympathies which such a point Of view
rarely fails 10 begei. and then they would
pronounce with one voice thai every thing
is comparatively worthless and contempt.
BILE which stands in the way Of the pre-
servaiion Of that glorious Union, one and
indivisible. which has protected our liber-
ty and independence. developed our pros
perity and greatness, and made us what
we have hitherto been, and but for the
sinister clouds raised by the breath Of
civil discard Sve sho,,IJ a. tb;s ruoc,ont