The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-23

progress which is meant. most gladly
do enlist under its banner.
"Buf, sir, am not permitted so to
understand il. understand progress.
: as interpreted by modern politicians.
{ 10 be quite different thing. The first
: lesson they inculcaie IL a sort oi gene.
/ raj defiance 10 all mankind, an imiia-
) tion Of the worst practice Of olden chi
valry-the practice Of hanging a glove
in some public place as elAIlense to
) every passer~by to engage in mortal
combat practice in no degree based
upon-wron to be redressed, or inju-
ries 60 be avenged; but upon a pure,
umitigafed love Of blood and strife.
They have borrowed also from the cru.
saders another vicious and indeiensible
habit = that Of impoyerishing them
selves at home TO raise means Of trans
portation to other lands TO erect affairs
and insuicate principles by the edge
! of the sword. They propose 10 grasp
the territory Of an old and faithful ally,
not only withoutthe shadow Of a claim,
but without even the robbers plea Of
necessity-to hush the busy hum Of
commerce withdraw the artisan
from his workshop. the IaboreE frum
his field. the man of science and the
man Of letters IRON their high pursn Is
Ito convert the whole land into one
vast camp, and impress. upon the peor
pie the wild and fierce character Of the
followers Of King Clovis.
"Sir. wish to indulge IN no exasge-
ratcd statements, but lie; US. in the cant
!. phrascology. Of the day, establish .
/. foreign policy Let US set about con>
/ vincing the world that we are indeed
| "a Power. upon Garth Let us rob
! Spain Of Cuba. England Of Canada. and
]. Mexico Of her remaining possessions.
I and this continent will be too small
|. "A theatre upon which to enact the
a bloody drama Of American progress.
/ Like the prophet Of the East. who.
carried the sword in one hand and
!. the Koran in the other. American
( armies will be sent forth to pros
r claim freedom TO the serf but II he,
\ happens to love the land in which he
/ was born, and exhibits some manly at
. tachment TO the institutions with which
he is familiar, his own life's blood will
: saturate the soil, and his wife and chill.
dren be driven forth as housclcsss
|. wanderers, in proof Of our tender cop.
= sideration for the rights Of humanity.
o Sir, this is species Of progress with
4 which Satan himself might fall in love.
= "Mr. President, there are in this.
N connexion still other lights. in which
\ the question before US may be present.
os ed. Look at America as she now is,
+ prosperous in all things, splendid,
of magnificent. rich in her agriculture,
an rich in her commerce, rich in arts and
y science, rich in her learning, rich in
n individual freedom. richer still in the
el proud prer'ogative Of bending the knee
n to none but the God who made us, and
j. Of worshipping even in His temples
n accorlingto forms which conscience,
n not the law, has prescribed. Gaze
Il upon that picture until your soul has
a. drank in all its beauty, all its glory.
of and then let me paint for you that
which is offered as substitute. Look
.. upon land where war has become
passion, and blood welcome.visitant
rit where every avenue to genius is closed
~ save that which leads through field o
- strife; where the widow and the orphan
q. mingle unavalllng tears for the husband
il. and the father; where literature ha'
a become mockery and religion a re
4. phroach; upon people strong indeed
or but terrible in their strength, with th,
=. tigers outward beauty and the tiger
ev inward ferceness ) upon people cor
he rectly described by the poet when h
i, said
rs. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fns,
e. And uaawares asosslity expires,
~ Nor public fame, nor private, dares to shine
hu orhuman spark is left nor glimpse div l-s.
,m I.o! thy dread empire. chaos. is restored.
K hight dies before thy uncreating world;
cd Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fal
M And universal darkness buriss ALL