The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-06-15
THE PRESIDENT AT CHAPEL HILL.

day the LIST instant. He met at the boundary Of
the village by procession composed Of the Faculty.
Students Board Of Trustees, citizens and VISITORS and
conducted to the mansion Of President Swain, who re-
ceiyed him with the following address, as reported by
the correspondent Of the Columbia South carOlinan;
When your predecessor, Mr.. President.
twelve wears ago, visited this institution, It
was regarded as a graceful and grateful com
pliment to his Alma Mater. He returned to
The scenes and companions of his boyhood.
The Secretary of the Navy, in the Cabinet
of which you were the Premier, the present
estimable Minister to France. accompanied
him, aud was one Of his collegiate CON-
panions. Your visit the more compliment
airy, because the associations were less init
mate than his. The selection OF two chill
dren Of this institution as members OF your
cabinet, is compliment which entities you
to grateful consideration at pr,haads. Your
visit as Chief Magistrate of the Republic Is
a compliment of which we may well feel
proud, but we welcome you, not merely IN
your official character, but as MIR. Buchanan.
and citizen Of Pennsylvania.
1t was somewhat remarkable, sur, that the
two States SO distant from each other. should
be so intimately connected and blended ~
their history. The greatest Of Penpsylsa
mans, and, with.a single exception. the great
est Of Americans, smo,e the rock OF Plym-
outh with an electric wand, and the waters
of the river gushed forth for the healing Of
the nations.
North Carolina was originally settled. to
a very great extent, by emigrants from Penn
sylyania; that as early as 1856, WIN. Penn,
in letter to occidental friend. states that
fifteen thousand Of the most substantial cit
izens Of PENNSYLVANIA we're about to seek
home in the wilderness Of Carolina. The
country immediately west of You was the f.
nal resting place Of these emigrants. They
constituted what is known as the Regulators,
and on the 10th May, I77l. four years before
the Mecklenburg Declaration OF lndepen.
dence, they fought the battle OF Alamance,
aud within twenty five miles of this place.
Whether you regard the number Of combat
ants or the number that was killed, the affair
at Lexington, in l775, was less imposing in
circumstances. The great chef OF the Reg
ulators, Herman Husband. is understood to
have been a relative Of BENJAMIN franklin,
to have been his confidential agent. The
great body Of the Regulators retreated sue
cessfuly from the battle, and found safe re-
treat ia the wild gorges 81 the Alleghanes,
and wreaked ample vengeance for their
wrongs in the battle Of Kings Mountain, on
the 7lh October, 1850.
The defeat Of Msjnr Ferguson was the
hinge on which the war in the South, il not
upon the continent, turned. lfFerguson had
not fallen, the battle of Guillord would not
have been fought, nor would the revolution
have closed at Yorktown. Alamance was
the initial, Kings Mountain the decisive,
and Guilford the closing battle Of the Reyo
luton. yorktown was siege.
Il is not merely the Quaker element in our
nopula alton that constitutes the union, band
Of union between North Carolina and Penn
sylyania. The Scotch and Irish, wherever
they we're found, were emphatlcally the sons
Of liberty. The population qf the valleys Of
the Yslkip and the Catswba, that gave rise
to the Mecklenburg Declaration, we're Scotch.
Irish and Pennsyiyanians, among whom il is
sufficient 10 refer 10 Jackson and a Davis.
The third element viii, h came from Penn
sslsaDia, were Latherans and descendants Of
the Protestants. who fought under William
the Silent, in the memorable contest with
Philip the Second. God forbid. Mr.. Presi-
deaf, that should disparase IN the smallest
degree the character Of the Puritan. l, isa
matter Of honest pride to myself. that am
an humble scion Of that stock. But feel al
liberty To declare. that believe in my con.
science that no portion Of this country. do.
ring the Revolution, loved librrty so well and
fought SO stoutly TO maint4in il as the Meek
leHbufg men.
These uniled stocks formed race Of mer
that have rarely been equaIlej IN any age or
any country. There are considerations con-
neeted with the peculiar character Of the
Revolution in North Carolina which distin.
glish il from that Of any other portion u the
country. With tie Puritan, il was a war
against taxation; ia Meeklenburg, il WAS en-
inently contest for civil and religion, lib
efty.
have very recently been more deeply
impressed with this state Of facts by the
papers u Lord Corvallis, which have just
issued from the press. The defeat OF Fer.
guson was fatal to the invasion Of 1880. lie
states the fact expressly, 20 a volume to which
refer, that before attempting the second
Invasion IN 1850. he had. BY his emissarles,
wrapped our whole western border witt, the
Hsme. ct savage var" But for this. the men
Who foiled HIN at Kings Mountain. would
have turned his fatal triumph at GuIlford IN
To- d disastrous retreat. In . brief note writ.
ten sfer Ills retreat u Wilmington, aud writ.
ten 10 sir Henry Clinton, he ssts . that,
much TO his surprise, he found the North
garolinians comparatively a united people,
aud was we'll sstlssed that. owing TO the par
ttcolar condition anj peculiar character Of the
tan itry, Il Would be tile must difficult VI the
thirteen provinces to subdue."
eftend 20 you, Mr. President. for my
self and citizens, unanimous and HEARTFELT
welcome.
To which Mr.. Buchanan replied:
thank you for your kindness, and | an
thankful for the kindness with which / have
been received by the citizens. have al
ways had q Partially for the good old North
STATE. Her eminenuy prudent, wise and
conservative sons have always stood by the
constitution and laws, and are destined in
the history Of this country to do much to pre-.