The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-22
TKg UNION OF THE STATES.

Tnder this head the National Intelllgenccr
has an article of great fnce and beauty,
filling four of its columns. Il commences Us
ksllows;
The Cnnrention of the Wings Of the
United States, recently assembled at Balti-
more, among other resolutions expressive OF
their sentiments. placed at the head OF them
an. "a no less FIRST in order than foremost IN
importance, the declaration OF their reve.
renee Tor the Constitution Of the United
States, their unalierabe attachment TO the
National Union, and fixed determination to
tio all in their power to preserve then Tor
themselves and their posterity.' Al a period
when, in the judgment Of many, the stability
&c that Constitution and the integrity Of the
Union founded upon it are, il not neaaced
with danger the most immediate. at least
passing through an ordeal sufficient 20 awak-
en- the grayest con sideration on the part OF
All thoughtful and patriotic citizens, such a
declaration came, but be regarded as equally
appropriate in its terms and timely IN its
promulgstion, as serving at least 10 show in
a conjunction of difficulty ant, trial what the
Wings think &c the Republic
And, after adducng many arguments in
favor Of the value Of the Union, expressing
confident belief in its permanency, and con-
tending that the selection Of sectional Pre-
sident would be no Justification for dissolu-
ton. the lntelligencer cluses with the follow.
ing beautiful paragraphs:
g AT the very origlnatiOn Of the Constitl-
ticn under which we live, and when men like
Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, were commend
ing il to the adoption of the people. il was
held by the defenders Of that instrument
almost superfluous to offer arguments to
prove the utility of the Union Still less at
this day do we deem il necessary to argue the
worth Of that Union, after nearly century's
experience Of its untold aud incalcu:abIe bles-
sings. As we'll might we seek to prove the
value TO man oil sun III the heavens, and, as
nothing but physical blindness the most IN.
durable could lead any to doubt Of this lat
ter, so nothing but a political blindness the
most judicial can furnish to US an explana-
ton Of the Indifference manifested by some to
the idea Of severance Of the tie which binds
us to 'one country, one constitution, and
one destiny The causes which IN the be-
Cunning led to the formation Of the National
Union sill survive in all their binding force,
and the aynwed objects of its furmation-as
found 10 the common defence Of the men,
bers the preservation Of the public peace, as
well against internal commissions as external
attacks; the regulation Of commerce with
other natlonss the superintendent 81 our
intercourse, political and commercial, with
foreign countries-still exist to plead ~ be.
half Of It's perpetuity. And OF the causes
which rendered union of the States not only
rE.lttsr.I kuta natural NIT In
of civil and social tendencies. we NAV say that
they plant their roots too deep in the heart
OF the nation ever TO be eradcatedi for are
we not now, as At the era Of the formation Of
the Constitution, one connected country,
inherited BY one united people Il people
descended IN the main from = the same an
cestors. speaking the same language, profess
sing the same religion, attached IL the same
PRINCIPLES of government, very similar IN
manners and customs, and who, by their
JOINT couns-ls. arms. and efforts, fighting
side by side throughout long and bloody
wars, have molly established their gene
rsl liberty and Independence. Greatly do
those mistake the broaI fam ations on which
the Union rests secure in the affections o.
the people, who regard il merely as a civil
expedient for purposes Of administrative
detail and convenience. Il is al this, but
something vastly more. Ingrained in the
very texture Of our national character, II will
abide 50 long a that character preserves is
identity As has been well SAID BY a Thought
fol student of our political history, the Union
vas the work oitime. the natural consequence
of events, a growth from circumstances. Or
whatever other phrase may be used az
substitute for an express Acknowledgement Of
q Providence IN tie destinies Of mankind.
Il Is not possible adds the same authority,
10 trace the Union 10 any premedltated
plan. the idea Of any one man, OF the concert
OF sny budy of men. You can find No au.
thofiiy 10 pronounce il tie direct product Of
human foresight or d political sisdom and
experience. You cannot point to any day 10
our history. and say that 10 such day union
existed and Oh tie day before there was
nothing Of the kind. In ruth. the Union
va. not made il grew. Il grew as the tree
gruws. planting IL roots deeper and deeper.
and liiiiag its branches stronger and stronger
and higher aud higher, its vital forces cours.
ing upward and Outward 70 its highest leaf.
The IniDn grew a. the forest grows. and
the seed Was not sosn by mans hand. This
element u gosernment Is at the same time
an element 81 national character. II j. a
part Of the lif. Of sax n liberty, and i came
with he S5xoo race to be developed and ex.
panied IN Iaui which seems 70 have been
reserved To be The saKOn's heritage
The Uniaa. then. Is older than the f,rma.
ton u tie Constitution 10 1881. older than
the Articles IL Confederation signed IN l778.
Older than tie arst Continental Congress, Of
i-14, older than the Convention d the nine
Colonies assembled 10 l765 to protest agains;
the stamp act. older than the Albany Con.
gress' Of 1854 older than any Of all Of these,
because. ~ substance, underlying from The