The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-01-08

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. in anil unitv ii aciion nnm % nrsss,
sarE ~ ilr .-aatl,: i,essrS honest mai,
shateter i.r Ills positinn ALL past ser,
vices. WIN alares tn think !nr himself,
t. hesitate aHs! doubt when bald ans.
startling urasares are sud.irnlt sprRn.
aTsa him. II b. dsnaunrch and branded
- traitor AM. rebel: Even surprising
iilas" f.crS leaders Win Jump ii ranclu-
sioas b. in:ailion. AMI snuff the distant
apl,ruaEh NJ tyranny in the tainted
breeze. 10 b. right. ID they expect the
masses, the sinnly moving. ppadrraus
and i,oaderiis masses ~ keepesen pace
with them: And il tie masses, n the
massrs Ut honest mea si9ass d., move
slowly AMI cautiously, will these Hot
spurs, Tar i'm the van III. their forces, be-
- indiserccf. ID nnwisc, ilsraniiuus NJ
ttfir arm sgfItY, Is ta turn an'l fire IN
their own men: sir, these gcntlemen
lnnk tn etents. IL crisis during which,
IL il should happrn. il.c masses Of the
South will b. animated with une in
stlnct aai one heart: and vet because
these coming events which hare cast
their shadow aiilwart their prnrhciiesi-
sion, are YET unseen b. the people, these
people arr In haze dashed intn their
faces tlie inspiring charge 81 rebels aud
traitor, !. SIR, said Nr. e.. must con
Tess. Whatever be the consequences vi
such confession, that the word Union
has had some charms iurme-and Mill
also he hald enough 10 express nv re-
erets that an Indifference or contempt
inr tl,r nlon should b. deemed. just 1T
this time. u hccumin. manifestation or
lie part -. the South. The threat, ar
tue Ernaces of those who are consider
ed the most sincere. are mnst To bc re-
gar,lcd: aud certainly il would look
strange IN Us, not to say ludicrnns, and
might entitle us 10 the charge oiincon-
siderate lcvity, to attempt To manifest
any such indifference nj il crisis SD aw-
full as the impending dissolution Of our
Federal Union, and while the aged
hish-prlests of Liberty, from all see
lions and representing MI interests, are
standing in the Temple, with up-liltcd
hands, solemnly invoking Heaven to
seal their eyes in eternal night before
they witness catastrophe so sad and
frightfull
Mr.. G. said. if secession be a con-
siitmionai remedy against the oppres-
sive encroachlnents OF the General Gov
eminent, and when bare majority of
he State determines upon it, all are
It once absolyed from their allegiance
% the Union, and have right to take
lrms in defence, then all rM be rel.
lnsthat case should our officers and /
soldiers, as well as those who send them
into the field, in case Of defeat, be
brought into Court, the plea Of seces-
sion admitted, acquits the defendants.
This case never having been adiudica-
ted, and the opinion Of Madison, Jack
son, and others, being so decidedly
against the right Of secession, he con- /
sidered none obnoxious to the charge Of
!" deceivers," or persons moved by
/" selfish and sinister purposes who
should doubt the security Of that plea
on demurrer filed.
Suppose it be conceded that seces-
sion, when determined on BY bare
majority Of a State, be rightrescrsed /
to each State in the coniederacy. and
North Carolina BY solemn resolution
asow this right. If she takes this right
to herself, as peaceful and constitu-
tlonal means Of Withdrawing from the
Union, must she not give the same right
to all her sisters: Suppose Vermont
refuses to obey the fugitive slave law,
BY bare majority opposed to This Uery
fltgatire Stare lac, secedes from the
Union; IN case contest between YER
mont and the General Government ari-
scs out OF this question, the General
Government on the one side using her
army and naval forces to enforce. the
law and return to North Carolina her
fugitive slaves, and Vermont resisting,
On the ground that she had right to
,ecede, which would North Carolina
help:
Admit this right of secession at the
will Of a majority in a State, and would
lot North Carolina be bound by her
,ma doctrine, to take the side of her
seeding sister Vermont, or remain neu-
raj III she lent her forces to the
General Government against Vermont,
and great would be her power to resist