The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-01-22

D. SAID in Dc INC b~>t ever t1krfI-
LETTER FROM THE REV. DR.. PLUsfER
ON THE UNION.
The Corresponding Seciioa Of The
Union Safety Cunmaiee Of Nes York,
addressed communication 10 The Rev.
Dr.. Plnmrr. az Baltimore. with view 10
elicit his sentiments ON The moral asperis
Of some Of Ihe questions now before The
counsry. lie replied in masl srcepis-
be leller. under date. az January @. He
reviews Al length. and in ihe spirit of
tree Christian. The various questions which
are nov made. in some qsartess. The sub
lsctofexriiemenis that threaten the Unisn.
and thea ronrludes:
Some may say this is long paragraph.
hat all will say II is not iao hing. or that
wnrd OF u csuld he spared without d.
miaishing The pleasure 81 the true patriot.
OF The man Of sense, and OF The man OF
taste.
Ina very important sense, The peace OF
the country. and the perpeiuilv Of our
Union. now rest with the Nanh and NORTH
west. Will the people there prove ihem-
selves eqna. 10 The occasion. and faithful
- The national compact. | predicl that
ihev win. The heart Of The vast majority
of h. nation is sound. and time will show
il. individuals may remain aat Of their
line OF duly. some considerable communi-
ties may contain majority of non-lsw
abiding members; legislature here and
there may forget It's duty, and a,lemp, 10
set aside the constitution and law. as that
OF vermoat has done: but lhevast majori-
~ oil The people and Of the States win. as
soon as could be expected IN times Of high
excitement. do their whole duty; and
lhose WIN may make war upon The laws
will mol he counienanced. and the States
will snon repeal their unconstitutional en-
aclnenis. and the whole naiion. with as
much harmony as Is TO he expected.
among fallible men, will fulfil her mission
10 The world.
have, indeed. noticed with concern
some attempts 10 bring ecclesiastical in
fIence 10 bear against The laws. An ef-
fort Of This kind was recently made in The
Synod of pitisbnrg. The first rumor oft
that reached the East was foil Of mistakes.
knew that this was 50, although | did
MOI then have the means Of correcting the
statement. There is not more conserva-
i've body Of men. in any country. than
the great mass Of the standing members
OF that Synod. When Drs. RoIstnn. Her
ron. Brown. McConnonghy. Elliott. Me-
tiiIl and Fairchid. the Mcssrs. Hughes,
and Johnston, and Young, and scores or
others who have long been tired men.
snail turn out demagogues and rebels, and
denounce. as some wished them To do. n
law of their country necessary 10 the ends
of The Constitution. then indeed we NAV
cease 10 con6de in good men, however
long and severely tried. The subject was.
il is true, introduced into the body. The
Presbyterian Church is . free cnmmnni-
iy. aud maintains in fact all The rights of
action. and the humblest member Of one
of her courts may bring matter 10 the
notice Of his brethren. But that does not
commit them to il, and especially where,
as in this case, the matter is thrown out
BY large vote. il is unrighleous and
gra,uilously cruel TO charge radicalism up
on The whole body.
now learn from The Presbyterian Adj
voca,c Of December 4, 1880. that " il be-
came very evident, in the course OF the
discussion. that most Of the members al
the Synod bad not read the document
with sufficiently lose scrutiny and criti-
cal care 10 pronounce an intelligent YER
dict upon il. A considerable number. in.
deed. had not read il Al all. Hence the
statements made belore the Synod, a. Il
the sum aud substance Of It's requisi,lons
were flaily contradictory. nor was there ;
copy in the hanls Of any member To de
eide disputed questions. How imprope
il would have been, under these circum
Stances" adds the editor, 10 proceed Il
ienounce the law" &c. trust this i
The las, time that any church court will b
ANNOYED with such a question; but il an,
Of them shall he. doubt not thai the,
will aequii themselves as credilahly as tn
Synod Of Pillsburg acquitted itself. Tn
church should set an example to ih
world. Submission To law; and all shout,
remember, that the worst regular gov
eminent now on earth is better than anar
chv.
II is still our happiness 10 live under !
happy. united and strong government
strong enough To iniimtlale the foes of gu
peace, strong enough 10 project Us all il
The ENJOYMENT of oaI inpstimable rights
|, has indeed very limited powers giveI
IL by the constitution. far less powers that
any other government, on earth possesses
Even the British Parliament is often sal
10 be omnipoient. Not so with our Con
gress. our Judiciary. az our President
Vel trial Of more than sixty years ha
shown that the powers granted are suffi
c,ent for all the good ends Of federal sys
len. Nor is this all. Now. every man il
the land can cast his eye over the mass q
a,.d tnntv that