The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-11-20

I7E1iEr Nllla pity ~ AAH-t ~ ~ ~
ton, and - dissolution Would be FOL-
loued hy disosder. siplsncs and evil
wsns.
That IL lie prrssnl Confsdsrary i
brokrn up, lhe formation nl sny other
would be difbrsll. sad iu eoniinasncs
impossible.
. That no rnnsss srisl 10 justify she
Dissolution az The Union.
THAT lie measures lately adopted by
Congress ere NOT infrinT~mrnls on our
eonsuluionsl rights; ad. if they were.
are of common eoncsm 10 the whole
South.
.Thai The wrong Of whirh we enn-
plain eames frnm the people 81 certain
STATES. MT from The Congress nf The Uni-
ted States: and The appropriate remedy
would he . cessation Of social inri-
fonrsr.
.Thsi The mere apprehension nf az
gressians ia the future will moi justly the
resort 20 tsirrine measures Al present.
.Thai The South will loose nothing by
waiiirg she 10 rapidly advancing in
wealth. population and power; and M
thing e4n arrest her progress but the i'm
prudence Of her own people. and the FASH
ness IL her leaders,"
On each Of these several heads Sir.
Graysan dwells with free yet temperate
earnes;ness. which while i. ssrrirs with
il nj once The conviction that he i. sincere.
ran scarcely fail. onr would think. IN ar
resi the rash haste and sslm The hradlong
fury of men who would preeipi,,le their
country inlo the rrturnlrss plunge of reso.
lulion. anarchy. and civil war.
We can give bat one extract from the
body If the Letter. II is that in which
the author. after having eloquenily sum.
med mp The henrfiis nf the Union. ex-
amines the project Of Southern confrde-
rary:
Boz il is said We csn firm a great
Confederary and become. more
than ever befnre. prosperous and power
fnl. Who can tell whether. even if sepa.
raisd from the North. this formation &c
Southern Cnnfcderary would he prscli-
rabIe! Where would il begin, What
States wonld IL include, feriai,ly mol
Virginia. OF KrnIurky. or North Caroli-
ma. or Tennessee. or Louisiana. But
'uppnse them all willing to take counsel
or the purpose. can any one he assured
hat they would unite N general Senlh-
I'm Government Will there he no dii-
erences If opinion. no antagonist inter
sts /! We all know the difficulty with
which The present Confederacy was FORM
d. The obstacles that delayed and almost
defeated IFS adoption hv The States after
I bad been laboriously shaped and seilled
" the Convention of States. Will not
he same difficulties hesei the union pro-
'osedl Why, there is hardly a State
n which there are nni opposing interests
within lis own limits. Up country and
ow country. properly and population.
rave each their siannch and sometimes
litter advocates. We all remember the 4
'ot aud uncompromising disputes between
Vest and East in the last Virginia Con-
eniIon, and do we believe that in a ton.
enIion Of The Southern States. surprising
uch one TO exist. there will be nothing
~. the milk and honey OF mutual con-
ession and lnrbearance. no hostile feel
ngs. no conflicting interests, no impracii-
able. obstinate. nnyislding minds lie
ha, believes this knows nothing Of men or
'ublic botlies. For my part, firmly be.
icye that the present Confe,leracy is The
irst and last which the country will ever
zee. u that be destroyed. there is iorlh.
With forever an end 10 confelerary in
North America. This is my solemn
and forcwarn our rilizens of
his truth. No future Confelerscy can
'e sancilied like The present by the memo
les OF The past; by associations with The
'reat men and great events of The grand
'porh Of American history; by The wis
lom ani viiiues Of The Father of his Coun.
ry. II this Union cannot stand. there il
10 hope fnr the continuance al any other.
The spirit OF impa;ience To confederate
ule which our example will sanction
nd establish will prevail forever. The
mallest real or supposed injury or incon-
cnicnce inflicted on any one member Of
NY future supposed Union of States will
e enough IN induce that member 10 ahan.
on ito -ecede, to break Il up without a
cripple OF remorse. They would become
,ere temporary partnerships. AZ The great
.nglIsh Statesman describes il. like paet-
erships FOR the sale OF DRY goods or grece.
les, 10 hr dissolved with rs little rellec-
on or difficulty"
The pamphlet closes with flank con-
ession 10 lhnse who differ from him Of
ne ntmosi purity Of nonvc. AMI grace.
u expression Of personal esteem. {" " hich +,
long aud intimate acquaintance his ron.
nuallv increased far the Governor;
ihun he addresses.