The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-03-12

WI hEc1unf q taTNWeN auhreM " ah tbf
bright hopes u humsH liberty on earth,
Genilrmsn. he ehaIaslsr u WashinE-
Ton Z among me IaOsl cherished e0aiPm.
plaiions &c my lie. u Is > 6xed slzF in
Ihe kImamenI az great names. shining
without IwiIklinx OF ebseurslian. with
clear. steady. bensfrrm light. his as
sacia.ed and blended with III oar frhec.
lions On lhase things rhieh are near and
dear laus. lhink q HE Independence
az aar Country. re think of him whose
fffarts were 81 PTaininrnl ~ arh'esing
a.; II are think az The Constitution which
! is O.. sr Us. We think of him who did 50
mnrh 20 establish q, and ahose admins.
irzlian 0f iis powers 10 acknowledged 10
he . m,drl far his successors. " We
think 81 glory Ia the field. af wisdom IN
the Cabinet. af ihe puresi PATRIOTISM. al
the highest Integrity. public and private.
ef moral. without q stain. nf religious
feelings. wilhoni intolerance and without
exisarssanee. the august figure az Wash
insinn presents iIsrlf 40 he persona,ian
of MI lhrse ideas.
YIN do well. gentlemen. 81 this inter-
esiinf hour. 30 invoke his example 10
spread over al he land knnwlr:ler 81 his
principles among the rising generation.
aud frr,rnlIy 10 pray Hea. en- that the
spirit which Was in him may also be in
M.
When Washingion. 10 D half Of the
Convention. presented 10 the old Congress
and IN The Country. that Constitution
which wss The prn.iuclian al their pairl-
nlie and assisluous labers. he made this
mosi important drclarsiion: .fu all our
drllberaiions upon this subject. we kept
steadily IN our siew. that which appears
10 MS The greatest interest Of every true
American, the consolidation 81 our Union.
in which 10 inrol,el onr prosperity. fell
civ. safety. perhaps our national exls-
ienre. This important consideration. se.
rionsly and deeply impressed on our
minds. led each Stale in the Convention
TO be less rig'd ON points Of inferior mag
ni,u,lr. Than might haze been otherwise
expected: and thus The Constitution. which
we naw present. is The resnli Of spirit
81 amliy. and of ,ha, mutual difference AM
CONCESSION whirh The peculiarly Of our
political situation rendered indlsprnsa-
blc."
And wl,rn his public vzresr was draw.
ing 10 close. he LEFT 10 his county, as
his last best gift. his most earnest and
aifer;innaie eahoriaiion. 10 uphold thar
Union As the main pillar Of independence.
and 10 fmwn Indignantly upon the first
dawning oI any srempi to dissolve u.
The advice is needed now. and will
he needed hereafter. But. nevertheless,
there are some among us. ON whom il Is
no injustice thar those frowns of indigna-
lion should fall. There are those who
are altogether for abandoning The Union.
and alternating one portion Of The country,
fIom the rest. They open their hearts.
and in those hearts there is fo"nd M pull
saiion for that Union. which makes all
Americans one people. AL is bnt the
ebbing and flowing of The dark. unwhole.
some troubled current 0f secession, schism
and separation.
notwithstanding al that we see and
hear. gentlemen. and all that we have seen
and heard for the last twelve months.
some per.ons affect To believe that the
Union is not. and has not been IN danger.
They treat Your rfl"is. made for IFS pies
servaiinn. wi h indifference, and often
with derision. Il appears 10 me that The
temper Of these persons is very mnch like
that of those. who. when the fountains of
The great deep had been hroken up. the
windows Of hraven opened and rain had
fallen upon he earth forty days and for
" nights. until everything hui the peak
Of Ararai was already under water. did
mol sill believe Than there would be much
| 0f . shower.
We have seen propositions for .ece.-
sion fnrnslly biougu forward. and so,
lemnly discussed in the Legislatures and
conventions of several uf he States. OH
er conventions are soon To be holden, un
w ~ enU'C p'"ft-PoH-. ~ tVu-Urt tHt
same Subject. In one important State
{. cent eli c;ions show that there prevail.
smnEg the people almost an entire una
nimity nf sentiment in favor of breaking
up the Union: and This dissolution nf III,
Union. j, is supposed. may mol take place
withoni conflict 10 arms. Munilion. o
war are therefore provided. schools Of in
sirnrlinn IN military tartics established
and III armed Fir aud altitude assumed
These approximations Of conflict. in case
secession he attempted. are moi only wei
founded. hut in ms judgment, certain
Ia he realized. Secession cannot he ac
ronpished bur bv war. do not believt
those who favor Ii expect any other re
sui. Their nope i. that their ransc. an,
is objects. may spread; and that oihe
States. By local sympaihies, or suppose,
common interest. may be led To espoust
il. so that the whole Country may com,
To he divided iaIo two great local parties
and as such To contend for The mastery.
But Providence has MOI f0rsaken us.
This object. believe. has been defeat,
ed hr The measures Of adjustment adopted
hy Cuuurpss Al The laSl Sass,on .pd Ia