The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-10-09
Prom the Wilmington Journal.
Our Position and the Position Of AT.
fair.

hhNI scsstOn o. ven monthss Congress
has ~ length adjourned. giving ~, atl eas.
one cause for thankfulncss. lis action be.
ing now complete and definite, /. il moe
properly subject for review aud criticism
Than when in iis initiate or transition
state. Of courses for the pyesenl, II leas,
the nftrea OF The people Of The Soull
concentrates IN that series of measures
framed (whetlrr well or I'LL Cor the o..
.ensibIe purpose Of avoiding The sectional
dangers and difficulties arising ous Of The
discussion Of The sla cry question and i.s
! collateral issues. These measures have
now become laws. Il still remains 10 be
seen whether. and how for, Tie people
viii acqaiesce in them. In plain terms
fcr il would bc nonsense 10 ,nhre Inc
matter, whe.her or NOT The Uuion 10 10 bs
dissoIyed.
We wish 10 place this matter plainly
before our readers. The alternative is,
acqniescence or disunion. neilIler more
nor less; there is no middle ground.
Whilst North Carolina or any other Stale
remains in the Union. her officers are
sworn to support The constitution of the
United States, and that constitution, and
the laws and treativs made IN pursn,nce
Of IL are the supreme laws Of the land.
This thing Of temporary secession--a
slight dlssmion-is an amusing tntfe &c.
ZION; delicate mode OF eapfcssion, pretty
much on par with the newspaper an
nouncemenl Of twenty men being slightly
killed by = steamboat explosion. The
mischief Of !, is. thai when man is once
Killed. whether slightly or otherwise, he
stays kfied. So il is with a State or
States; secessiun means dissolG,nn-dh.
nnlon-and is so understood by nine-
,enlhs Of The people Of both sections. The
question then is Are the people pre-
pared for dissolution. and does the crisis
demand III
We have observed The crrren, Of events
az carefully A. any one could do-more
coolly. we believe. than most and The
conviction has been irresisiibly pressed
upon us. that no one single State. with The
exception. perhaps, Of South Ca,olina. Is
prepared for dissolution. Even in Georgia,
not secession. but commercial non.inler.
course is The remedy proposed. and be. !
yond all donhts that IS The very utmost
Ina. will be recommended By The Conven.
lion 10 assemble on he fUlh ii December
next. But yesterday we talked with an
intelligent gentleman. and a denocrat, of
,hfs State, who had been on, ia Georgia
OH business, and who had enjoyed The
very pest opportunities of becoming &C.
quainied with The views aud wlshes az he
people. and he gave i, 10 us as his decided |.
opinion. tina, nine-,enlhs Of The DELEGATES
g the proposed Convention, would be
Union meU. We also nntice that The
democratic papers h Flo,iaa. while ,hey |
'rolesl against the gross in|nlice Of ma.
y Of the measures enacted By Congress,
Till acknowledge the necessity OF AGO MES.
ence. Our ohjecr is 10 slate the facts
: they are, mol 10 draw fancy sketches. |
he cold, sober truth of the nfalisr Is, tina,
o substantive subsfdnfi0f measure &c re-
stance viii be adopted and carried Out Ly
ny State. In view of this state OF the
ase. what Is the duty OF the press! Can
: conductors do any good by denouncing I
70 majority d sheir fellow.caizens as