The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-05-04

common Htt. ~ uOeS not h0lu l0SetneE Dy
cohesion Of convenience or interest; but it
is an organic growth, Ike the Eastern ban
yam tree, whose branches ever take fresh root,
aQd foam new trunks, antil one tree becomes
q mighty grove. One life psrmeates the
whole, while each trunk and branch has an
individuality OF its own, arising from the
nature Of the soil or other surrounding cir
cumstanees--a fit symbol Of the unity Of So
ciety. The vast human family Gan expires.
sion familiar to eyerv ear) has its unity.
Every race, nation, fragment of nation, each
little community down to the Preside circle
has its unity y; not by aggregation Of partic-
les Epm without. but by unity of life from
within. But is it, alter all, important, long
as we admit the fact Of a unity, whether we
rest it on the principle Of natural growth or
on the voluntary action Of its membersl II
is practically Of vital moment, The theories
differ as widely as the poles and. but for the
action Of coDpensating influences. the results
would'be as different. Our instincts are wiser
than eur fatal theories, and save them from
their logical results-anarchy and destruction.
! But let as look more closely at the theory
of voluntary association. Blackstone, the
commentator on tho English Constitution,
maintains that leach man entering society
gives up part Of his natural rights for GER.
tain advantages, and sbliges himself TO con.
fern to the laws which the community has
thought proper to establish" DIR. Channng
objects to the idea Of mans surrendering
"a part Of his rights" but thinks il more
proper to say that he " adopts new modes Of
securing them" According to him the In
diyiduai desists from the right Of self defence
and submits to tribunal or umpire, and con-
sents TO part with portion of his property
in taxation, &c.; all on condition Of an equiya
lent for what he relinquishcs, and we may
infer with reserved power TO reassume the
rights in the absence Of the equivalent. This
theory would apply to every man the South
Carolina doctrine Of the rights Of States. All
remember the claim few years since OF
that State to reassume her sovereignty and
withdraw from the Union. And the more
recent event in Rhode Island IL fresh in
memory when a portion Of the people, under
Gov. Derr, disregarding existing laws,
undertook TO reorganizs the constitution and
established another government. A witness
/ 10 criminal prosecution growing cut Of
these proceedings was asked to what branch
Of Gov. DORIS military forces he belonged,
and under whose orders he acted, in GER
tain bloodless engagement. His answer was,
under no ones orders, but as an independent
STATE in his otcn person. Now, this reply,
however ridiculous or absurd. is the logical
deduction from DR.. Ghanning's theory; per-
haps the direct and legitimate result Of the
erroneous idea Of association BY canseat or
compact.
4 certain State paper, which has done
much e. give shape TO American ideas on
Sis subject stasss this theory in words
(which. anfertsnatsly for Us, snder tse in
ausRce Of patriotic associations. every school
boy has learned 10 repeat with reverence and
10 accept rs infslibly trse. Alter asserting
sfhat al men are created equal, and endowed
ybsi eeI1ain iiilieaable rights. il is decIar-
ed that, TO secure these rights, Government.
are instituted. " deriving their Just pnwers
! frsm the consent Of the governed - that
when the existing Government DESTROYS
! these ends. il is the right OF the people to
/ alter abolish, or build anew. ! trust that I
shall be acquitted Of impiety il quote
such language only to condemn the principle
involved in II. The great and good men
wha made this declaration were engaged in
"a transaction whose full import they did not
comprehend; aud they rested their ap0lng,
on principles far less comprehensive tian
those On which il was really founded. "Thcy
builded better than they knew" Theit in
stincts were trrer than their intellectual
theories. Their spokesman was more of a
philosopher than a christian. would de.
fend their act from its false connection with
their r easons. The separation Of our colo.
nies was not destruction 81 the sneial or.
gasilatioa. but was al act nf the body poll
&c, 81 urgan Zed society aeting a. such. The
] war was not a social war, aud Tie term Rsro.
h,aion, as applied 70 X, is msnomer. Tie
+ first iiction, on which all the false reasoning
/ OF this passage in the Declaration III hide.
pendenee j. IuLnded, is this, that all men
are created equal Now, as matter II fact,
We knoT that men are not equal. and never
have been 50. There was inequality in the
/ first pair IN Eden. Men differ IL every
| fsculiy-physieal, intellectual, and moral.
Equality seems 10 be no part uf tie divine
ec0Driny IN creation. On the contrary.
order i Heavens first law" And order
implies rank, diversity, aud graduation II
/ powers. ltisa law Of tie whole material
UNDERESTIMATE inequality. And IN the
faint glimpses permitted 70 u into the in.
Visible world, it's the same--Order aud har.
nsny resulting from inequality. So il is,
too, with men. Dut shall we be told that
7 this equality il an abstract TRUTH II Ger.
/ tainly i. abstract frpm reason, and from all
I ne know a. fact. Truth always has an &C.
/ tive sIatiun 70 things 40 they are. III We
cannot live by il, iii,no truth at all. Start.
I ing with the hgnent of equality ia rights,
the same paper assumes that Governments
are devised 10 secure these rights, deriving
+ their power from the consent Of the govern.
ed. A strange paradox in language, il mot
i in fact. Tie advocates 81 u fiction should,
at least, smvnd their terms. Call il com.
pact ora treaty--noi, surely. Government.
Authority is Dbliieraied from their system.
And this brings % 10 the Fundamental falla.
sy. Thar system Is a pyramid resting Oh
its aper--the parts governing the whole
hiVhpr suhnrdinafe "a fhs tntKpr.z.sk. ,I;Y,a.