The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-10-10

EMMY declares a warm attachment TO the
Union of these States to maintain which it
pledge all its powers" & The good people
OF this Commonwealth having ever felt. and
continuing to feel, the most sincere attach
ment to their brethren of the other States,
the truest anxiety for establishing and per,
petuating the union Of all, and the most scru-
pulous fidelity TO the Constitution, which is
the pledge Of mutual friendship and the in
strnment Of mutual happiness, doth solemn
y appeal to the like disposition of the other
States
What striking contrast does this noble
and manly language present to the threats
we hear daily Of dissol,ing the Union, foun-
ded by the anxious care and wisdom of our
fathers, not for actual, but contingent or spe-
cplatiye wrongs; to the elaborate aud per-
seyering efforts to decry the Constitution it.
self. as traught with injustice aud oppression
10 the avowal Of a deliberate pulley, by means
Of agitation, ito precipitate the South into
revolution !" and to the open patronage Of
dlsorganzing theories and projects which, in
strange spirit Of contradiction, propose the
yindication of rights under compact by the
reputation and destruction Of the compact
itself.
Profoundly convinced. as am, by the re-
Elections and experience of life now past its
meridian, that the true interests Of all the
States-of Virginia, frnm her peculiar posi-
ton. especally-will ever be found in the
maintenance of our Constitutional Union, and
there are no evils Of misgoyernment or NAL
administration. likely to arise, for which the
multiplied defensive resources OF 0ur ADM.
table federatiye system will not, in due time.
afford peaceable aud efticaciou remedies.
feel patriotic satisfaction, which have no
words to express, at the prospect which now
| lies before US OF solid and controlling Union
Of public sentiment in Virginia on the basis
of these great principles. A large portion Of
our Democratic fellow citizens, il is now es.
ident, agree with US in these sentiments; and
however different party flags may be for a
season, there must be ulilm ttely union Of
action where there is identity uf principle on
question SO paramount and vita.
HencefOrward. then. we NAV hope that
Virginia, continuing with undsmayed firm
ness to repel, as she has ever done. every IN
hallowed attempt at interference with the
domestic institutions or the reserved rights
of the States, will do so, in the proud con-
sciousness Of just cause, with arms drawn
from the arsenal OF the Constitution. and
standing upon its ramparts, maintain the en-.
tegrity Of the Union against every attemp,
to weaken or subVert II, whether from the
North or the South.
These are the prayers and SC niiment,
which. if were present, would beg pcrmis-
sion TO offer TO my brethren OF tie Constitu.
tional Union party, and TO our friends and
feilow-citzens # every political denomina-
ton in this favored Land Of common nativity.
Long withdrawn from the struggles Of public
life, and now a stranger to the political arena,
gladly leave TO the younger and ADLER men,
who occupy il with such distinguished use
fitness aud honor, the noble task Of yindica-
ting our principles in debate /; and with the
1armest wishes for the success Of the Cause
aud lis worthy champions. and. above al,
for the perpetuity of the glorious institutions
bequeathed TO Us by the wisdom of our an
cestUrs.
remain, most truly and faithfully, your
friend, W. e. RIfES.
GRKES PErroS, Esq, Secretary, &c. &c.