The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-11-12
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Is,s-sr. 800. r Dsrils1a csIieEs, IN Al.
gas, 1881.
A.othey suaject which l Nish 10 7
,,ess vaaa VoaT seTio9s consideration, !
,ssfas Importance az remaining in !
eSaar Easiye State. Among the an
clients hanishment was locked upon as
most severe and grieyOus punishment
and TIE unhappy exile always subject
Of commiseration and pity. But in
or slay men leave country, and pe0-
ME. and al DIE cherished objects Of
youthful association, the hearth stone
where their infancy was Graded, and
the grave stone which marks the repose
of their sires. with as much Indifference
as they would set out on a visit TO a
distant friend. Lared by the prospect
of gain, or dazZled by the bright rays
u real or imaginary fame, they brave
all the hardships ofthe wilderness, sub
nit to all the priyations, moral. social
and personal Of frontier settlements, TO
unhealthy locations. and oftentimes to
premature graves. Perhaps il Is 81
ordered By wise Providence, thai the
rich and tempting territory Of this vast
and happy Republic may Be fully oecu-
pied. But in this process Of migration,
perhaps no one State has suffered so
much, none been so exhausted and Grip
pied, by the heavy drafts made upon her
men, her capital, and her talent. BY
this incessant drainage, which has last
ed for hali century, her gldries in
the olden time, when she stood among
the FIRST Of this beautiful sisterhood Of
States, have been forgotten, and she
Is reduced nearly to the condition Of a
"hewer OF wood and drawer Of wa
ter" The produce of her labor. and
the fruits of her fields, go to augment
the wealth and swell The resources Of
her neighbors the cattle from her hills
pass away and enter into tie supplies
ofdistant markets without any credit
to the State that reared them. No ma
tive historian has recorded the suffer
ings and triumphs of her Revolutionary,
heroes and patriots. All of her Revo
dictionary story that has ever been writ
ten, has been committed to paper b.
the hands of strangers, jealous to
fault for the honor Of tlieir own States
and is more the shadow than the sub
stance of the history Of our State. Til,
memory Of the Regulators, that intrepi'
band tliatwasthe iirstamang thcC olonie
to meet British power IN battle array
the extartions and oppression unde
which they groaned; the enlightene,
principles of human liberty for whic
they struggled, had well nigh passed .
way from the memory of man, till one ,
her native sons. with great lndustr
and research, gathered up the scatter
ed shreds and committed them to tn
living page. What though they wer
unfortunate, even defeat with then
was gloriods, and we cannot but admir-
the spirit which. for the pure love ,
liberty, impellcd them to mingle j
the deadly strife without a glimmerin
hope of success, bur with the 'ceftai
prospect Of being crushed by the iro
heel Of power.
The Seat declaration OF indeper
dence ever pronounced in Americ;
made BY your bold and patriotic sire
upon the honored soil upon which no.
stands your alma mater "a most apprf
pirate monumentln theirintelligence an
WORTH" Alenda lux, ubi orta libeI
tas, was doubted by some and denie
By others and almost forgotten BY oul
selves, and not til OF late years has tn
well merited honor of being the leadin
colonyin tie Revolution been untlenia
bly, secured ii our State. Why, this oil
lision ofhDnorahle past history, this dull
ness to comprehend her true interes
this reluctance to enter upon the pat
of Improvement and honor! One lead
Ing reason -, that too may Of her edu
G. aud eaterprising sons have bee
filing high Office and adjoining high ST;
tiois far away from home, spending tn
energies Of their mlturel and vigorou
manhood in swelling the fame and in
cfcasing the resources OF other State.
North Carolina has served as the plar
bed, from Which they have been extract
ed; bat their fruits have enriched an
their fragrance refreshed other lands.
Too many more Of them do not loo
upon their native land as their fixe
and permanent home ; but are ready I
be Dion the shortest notice, to whatc
yer regions ambition Or opulence sha
hold out the most tempting allarement
20 their restless desires.
Is tins state Of yassalage never I
cease? are these bleeding wounds neve
to be staunclfeds ask you, in III
name Of everything that in dear to
patriots heart, to set the noble and pat
riotic example Of remaining at home j
yolr native State, to deny yoarselse
all h5ngrs and wealth that are not par
chased within her limits: Do no
leave her in her hour Of extreme trial
when she is struggling to cast off tn
shackles which have confined her il
the house of bondage and obscurity-t,
she'd the light of education into eseri
household, and to bind up the broker