The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-07-30

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fore has il appeared teeilcsitate or wavef. On
all past occasions Ill has entered The field, ca
ger to bear the hgat and burden Of tie day, on
the slightest appeal to its sense of public
duty; but now. when the country Is conyul-
scsl by Incorporate sectional contentious, and
violence and anarchy, yitupcratun aud abuse
threaten the subyersion OF public order, for
the first time Tie party is missed at the adj
vanced posts it has been accustomed to occu-
py and cnnoble. Its the proud distinction
Of lbe Wing party to have rendered invaluable
services, as well 10 the country when out Of
power, as in, by the influence of its sound,
moderate and conservative views in rebuk-
inga and restraining party bigotry. II was the
Whig party which composed the agitation
and restored the IraternaI relations OF the
Union in former instances Of civil feuds, cx.
asperated to fierce intolerance. Nor has the
dominant party refused to seize upon Whig
propositions as its own, regardless Of having
denounced them when their adoption would
have Injured to the credit Of their authors.
Generous and pure aims such as those which
have characterized the Wing party, have
power over selfish and crooked counseIs be.
yond the influence which is found in mere
numbers.
The memories Of the past. the hopes Of the
future, and the obligations Of the present,
condemn the thought Of disbanding the Wing
party and Of any remission Of its untising
exertions. The strength OF the party is in
lis principles; and as these depend not on
acceptance for their TRUTH neither have the
nartv f.lfaral Ia axart.nno fhrn,,oh faa,
of disappointment or defeat. Its maxim
has been that it was better TO be right than
to succeed.
The immediate and practical question now
TO be determined, respects the course dr. po-
sition Of this question, there should not be
in our Judgment. any hesitation Or dissent.
The prevailing distractions, the uneasiness
peryading the public mind, ,disaeecticnamoun.
ting even TO rebellion. unrcclaimed after
months Of insurgent defiance, the denuncia-
tion and intolerance which have invaded the
deliberations Of the national legislature, the
feuds. sirifes and sectional hostilities which
cast their appalling shadows before men, in
dicate with unerring certainly the remedy
which is required. The services Of a nations
al chief magistrate-of one known for his
moderation. his inhexible official impartiality,
his equal and imperturbable attachment to
each and every section, his ntrcpidity in ad
herring TO his convictions, aud patient iidel-
ity IN arriving at them, his yeneration for
the Constitution as the object which his love
and duty both constrained him TO defend.
With such man al the head Of the admins
tratioH, of whOm the world has had witness
that such in truth he was, from having once
discharged its high duties, 10 the extinguish-
ment oi sectional iralouses, the restoration
Of the reign Of good feeling, the maintenance
ei the honor Of the government. and the adj
yancement of its welfare, confidence, g00d
feeling aud faterna conference would sue
coed to distrust, criminatiun and ntoerancc.
ResOfUed, That having had no agency in the
nomination OF candidates for the Prcsi,len
cy, aud declining nos to make any nonina-
tion of their own, the Wings Of Virginia are
left free TO select among the candidates al
ready before the public but in making their
selection they consult alone their principles
aud their duty, and BY no means merge them
selves in that party whose candidate they
may adopt. but they will on al occasions
maintain and preserve their time honored and
distinctive principles as known TO the coun,
try and attcsted by history.
>. That regarding the new party, absurd.
" styling itself Republican, as WHOLLY COM
mitiei TO a sec tional issue, and engaged in a
crusade against acknowledged constitutional
rights and the Union Of the States, il IS need
less To saw more IL its candidate Than that his
pretcnsiOns are unworthy Of being scfutin.
lied and unfit TO be considered in national
contest.
8. That looking 10 the pledge publicly Civ
en- by tile Democratic party IN its nomination
Of President Pierce. That AL agitation on tie
subject Of slavery 10 Congress and elsewhere
should cease and the reiteration Of that
pledge by the President himselfin his inau-
gura address and in bis first message 10 Gnn-
gross, il was not 20 have been expected that
his administration would have encouraged
this agitation, by giving its countcnance aud
patronage to the agitators, aud by disturbing,
for mere party ends, compromises that bad
long preserved the peace and harmony Of the
country.
I 4. That a party, whose administration Of
the government, irum its accession 10 power.
has been characterized by violated pledges
and lagrant abuses ~ Is domestic policy.
aud by blundrr. aud difficulties in It's foreign
relations. reducing the country frnm peace
and happiness to a state Of distraction. AMI.
mostly and violence uncSamplrd ~ oar an
nsls, Justly lorieits the confidence ufaiI con.
seryative men.
! s. That no Wing attached 10 iiis ptinci.
pies and jealous oi the heaor Of his country.
ran consistently suppnrt the candidate filiis
PARTY; especially while. 10 addition to othrr
weighiy objections On the question II terrific
al rights. ae ind him sustained al the North
as the advocate II !" SqGaiter Snycrcignis;"
aud ~ ne South his doctrine u the absolute