The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-10-29

Disunion-The standard.

Diuni0n-The standard.
The editor Of the standard says we have been
unjust towards him. because in an article in the
Recorder ofihc sih instant, in replying TO some
queries be had propoundcd 10 US, We referred 10
him as having hern long engaged in fostering
.pd, Of .Iisunion;'' and iniims,ing that he had
81, reocnily taken the ground that secession was
an abstract tight. not now 10 lie exercised"
This he hurs hack with great Indignation, ard de-
fes Us 10 the proof declaring that he has been
and i now As finn and sseadfas, friend 10 the
rnion Of the States as any man in North Caro-
linl" In proof Of which he appeals to the re-
eord"-io the files Of his paper; and then winds
Of in whiri Of defamation, moi unusual in the
columns Of the Standard.
Our Giles Of the Standard are TOO incomplete for
reference. and il was not our intention to refer
10 them. All that re desire 20 prove against the
editor can he sustained by any weeks issue, and
bis fcs Cor two years past but accumulate The tcs-
iimany. We can scarcely pick ur one Of his pa-
pcr in which he does not labor 10 keep alive an
exaspersicd state Of feeling towards the people Of
the Northern States. The compromise measures
are represented as degrading to tbe South; The
people are taught to look upon the legislation Of
the General Government as partial and unjust,
and upon the Administration as hypocriiicaI and
corrupt, without the ability or desire to cxccLie
the Fugitive slave law; and especially are the
people Of the North represented as eiaspins and
selfish. regardless OF the constitution, bitterly
hostile to the institutions ofthe South. and eager
To oyertum them. II is true that oil this time he
processes a strong attachment 10 the Union; he
cuull do nothing il he did not hut Who can
read his paper and not see that the effect Of his
course is 10 destroy all confidence in either the
stability or u,cfu lness OF the Union
We admit that occurrences have taken place
o, the North, since the compromise was adopted,
which have Justly deserved the scyercst ccnsure
Of law-abdng citizens of all sections OF the
Union; and So far rs our observation has ena-
bed us to judge. good men at the North, as well
as al the South have not failed 10 drnounce the
actors in these violent and lawless proceedings
But the Standard, while il dcnounccs the per-
petiators OF these deeds Of violence, has no eye
10 witness the efforts made by TIE more orderly
portion of the citizens 10 sustain the laws and
the constitution, and 10 subject TO meriied pun.
ishmenl those who so daringly violate them
The President and his Cabinet, though they
failed in no par, Of their duty in the premises
as well as the whole people Of the North, arc
denounced in spirit which clearly evinccs tina
the object of the Standard is to agitatc, an,
that he seeks out these cases with grecdlnes
in order to excite in the minds of his reader
hostility against the Northern section of the coun
try-nol simply against the yiolaiors Of the Law
but the whole community, and especially th
Wings. If lie could divcst himself Of his part
zeal, and look upon the matter with less preju
diced eye, he would see the injustice Of stigma
Using the people of whole community, becaus
lew lawless individuals have bcen guilty I
gloss outragcs. In these cases the value OF III
abducted slave bore hut small proportion whe
compared with the loss 10 the community in wlic
'he Violence is committed, and therefore SCI
reservation imposes the necessity, as far as pc
ao'e, Of preventing their recurrence, by visitir
WIN severe punishment those whe are guilty
'e outrage. The people of the North are Sc
soe Of this, and will provide means to prote
themselves. Indiana, in her new cunstiiutio
m'plohbited the ingress of blacks into that sta
"'u y Is probable other states will follow the Q
ample. We published in the Recorder Of Il
"eeK' from New York paper, sensible ariie
on the subject.
/" not Tor US 10 say what course the edit
y 'ne Standard should pursue in reference
"ese matters; hut 10 US there appears no We
essential difference between hun and the Scct
''nls's Of South Carolina. They cypress {
'Shl hore that the fugitive slave law will not