The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-04-17


without The same causes Of hostility and
alienation whirh must exist in any sepz-
ration Of these States al lhe present day.
ll we separate now, we do il with feelings
Of mutual disirusl and bitterness. We d.
vide. not By common consent. az partners
Tho can no longer carry on ihsir joint
business with mutual profit. each TO pur-
sue for his own separate advantage that
course of business in which he thinks he
can hest succeed: bur We part with The
feelings Of those who consi..er themselves
mutually wronged. A sense Of injustice
and oppression ranklss in the hearts Of one
portion OF ihe new eonfederacies. and
sense, in the other, of defiance and
indigiiy.
Under such circumstances. q what can
ensue." 10 borrow the language Of The
great English mnralist. Il but q continual
exacerhalion ofhzlred-an unexlinguisha-
bic fend-an inressant reciprocalion Of
mischief mutual vigilance 10 en,rap and
szgrrness 10 desifoyi'
The question has been asked. What
can The States dol supposIng them 10 be
divided and separated into distinct sub
divisions, or independent 'soverrignliesl
Allow me 10 answer that question in the
wnrds Of one Of the musl eminent men
whom my Stale has ever produced; man
Of clear and comprehensive intellect, of a
solid heart. and enlarged and ardent pa,ri-
oiism; who shed glory aro.mdhis native
State. and whose name is held in just We
neraiion by every one who acknowledges
himself North CarsliniAn. Al another
period Of our history, The same question
was asked. In The years 1891 and 1892,
il had become an inquiry-a subject OF
disquisiiion in my own Siaie-and the
late Judge CASTOR, in an address delivered
in 1892 before the literary societies Of the
University, thus treats Of The subject:
"Thrcats Of resistance, secession, separation
have become common a. household words, in the
wicked and silly violence Of public declaimers
The public ear is famiarized, aud the public mint
will soon be accustomed to the detestable sug
question Of Disunion. Calculations and conjec
tures-what may the East do without the South
and what may the South do without the East
sneers, menaces, reprosches, and recrimination
all tend TO the same fatal end. What can th,
East do without the Southl What can the Soutl
do without the Eas,l They may do much; they
may exhibit to the curiosity Of political analomiss
and the pity and wonder Of the world, the /" dis
jecfa memGra"-the sundered, bleeding limbs Of ,
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strength, and vigor. They can furnish to The
philosophic historian another melancholy AMI
striking instance of the political axiom, that al
republican confederacies have an inherent aud un
avoidablc tendency to dissolution. They will pre-
sent fields and occasions for border wars, fo
leagues and csuntcr-lesgues, for the intrieues o
petty statesmen, the struggles Of military chiefs
for confiscations instructions, and deeds ofdark
est hue. They will gladden. the hearts Of shoss
who have proclaimed that men are not fit e
govern themselves, and shed disastrous eclipse
on the hopes Of rational freedom throughout the
world. Solon, in his. code, proposed no punish.
ment for parricide, treating it as an impossible
crime. Such, with US, ought 70 be the crime o.
political Parricide-ths ACKNOWLEDGMENT of oui
|. fatherland.'
To me, sir, these sentiments convey a
just representation Of what will be The fil.
ture an unavoidable results Of separation
OF The people OF this county into distinct
and Independent confederacies. And when
look at the prospect before US. il is one
so dark, filled with such horrid forms ol
dread and evil, that | willingly close my
eyes upon II, and desire TO believe that i
lis impossible il should ever be realized.
Now, Mr.. President, ifthe evils result,
ing from dissolution of the Union be
of the kind and magnitude which | have
stated. is there any danager! Have we
any reason, in The present condition OF the
! country. TO apprehend that dissolution
may follow the action Of the Congress o.
the United States upon the grea, question:
before us! Is there probability that such ,
result may follow any course which Con
gress may think proper TO take, any de-
cision to which they may come upon
these vexed and harrassing questions!
am moi, and never have been, and trust
never shall be. an alarmist. ! look TO the
Union of the States as the palladium. mo-
only Of The general safety Of the whole
but of the individual liberty Of the Sc
veral parts that compose il. ! will no
undertake TO state, sir, what amount O
hazard we might encounter Of some do
mestic convulsion; but that there is more
or less reason for pprehension-that there
is danger, greater or less-no man car
doubt who attends to what he hears IL
this chamber, and what he sees ihroughou
the country. The most eminent men be
longing to this body realize that we arr
lin situation which requires great skill
and dexlerily in the Management Of public
measures; that there il danger that Thu
Union, though incapable Of peaceabl,
separation, or. if peaceably separated
incapable of maintaining between the por
llions Of which il is composed, for an,
length Of time, harmonious relations. ma.
vet experience convulsions and violen
separations. Whether the danger b
greater or lesser-wheiher is is exsggera
ted ON the one hand, or looked upon as to,
small upon the o,her-lf there be an,