The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-01-25
From the Petersburg Intenigeneen
THE PRRsiDRNcY AND THE UNION

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Mr.. Anderson, of Kentucky, in a recen
speech in the House of Representatives
stated that every Democrat in the House j
Representatives. who had spoken on the sub
Ject OF slavery. had declared that the eiectio,
OF VIM. IL. Seward TO the Presidency woaI,
be legitimate cause for dissolution Of til,
Nnlon. The assertion, We believe, is sub
stantially true. Those who have perused
with some degree Of attention the debate.
which have arisen in the House Of Repre-.
rentatlyes cannot have failed TO observe thst
nearly every Democratic member--aRd pat
ticutatly thase from the South, constituting
Observation-Disclosures Of the Democratic dele
gatlons-has either intimated. or affirmed ia
plain language, that the Union ought to be
broken up. in the event Of the election of a
Black Republican President Gov. Letcher,
who sejeurned at Washington for weeks be-
fore entering upon his duties, appears tnhave
fallen into the same train Of thpught, forget
ting that such declaration is equivalent "a
saying that no man, elected to tie Presiden.
cy BY majority of the people, shall preside
over the Whole Union, unless he happen to
be the Democratic candidate.
Now We believe with the New Orleans
Bee, that in rttering the opinion that the
Union ought 10 be broken up 10 tie efeet o.
the election Of Black Republican Presi-
dent, these Democratic Representatives mis-
represent their constituents. Such, SAYS that
able journal, are not the opinions Of the South,
or OF majority Of the South. There NAV
possibly be one State willing and ready 10
dissolve the Union il the contingency re-
ferred to, and there NAV be another in which
large party exists holding these views. We
allude 10 South Carolina. which has preached
disunlon for quarter Of century, and Mis-
sissIpp, which Is thlckly peoped by the most
truculent fire.eaters. Elsewhere We are con-
sinced that the doctrine of a rupture Of the
coniederacg as a necessary consequence of
TIE choice Of Black Republican President,
meets with favor from an extremely limited
portion OF the community.
Ii VIM. Il. Seward. or any other anti
slavery candidate, should be elected, the act
will have been accomplished 10 conformity to
the Constitution and the laws. What posi-
bic pretext would there be for DESTROYING the
Union! Ii the simple fact Of the President
elect entertaining opinions hostile TO the con.
victims and the interests Of tie south, Is 10
be considered just plea for separation,
then we say that the North might with equal
plausibillts pretend that the success Of
Southern Democrat would warrant her with.
drasal from the Inlsn. Ii il the very eli
max Of absurdits for the violent and hasty
spirits Of the South to be perpetually threat.
enIng the North with disunIon, without an
adequate cause. We profess to be behind
none in our devotion to the South, and our
adherence q the monslrous aud deleterinus
doctrines Of Black Republication, bat We
would unquestIonably object to any rash and
radical action BY the South ~ the roniingen-
cy contemplated. We should never dream
Of treating the result Of Presidential con-
test as a justlheatory plea for disunion. Ir
The arch bend himself Of the Abolition crew
we're exalted to the chief magistracy Of the
Union. we should bear in mind that with
out the concurrence OF an anti-slayery Sc
nate and House, his capacity for oppress-
ing and AGREEING the South wouId be ex-
ceedingly restricted. Furthermore, We, in
common with all conservative men, look up
on dissolution Of tie Union as last resort
as a remedy to be used when milder ones
have proved wholly inriieacious. This des.
prrate pOlics-resolutionsry per IL. and in
gulsing possibly civil strife and the horrors
Of warts only 70 be carried out when overt
acts Of aggression and tsr4nny hall have
convinced The whole South that 4 further 10.
htical connection with tie North must III
esiiabls bring about her degradation aud
dOsniall. To avid - terrible calamity
should be tie lersent desire ~ every patriDt,
and 4 = 10 the hupe Of arresiing the progress
OF heresy winch NAV eventually force upon
the weaker section tie necessity 81 declare.
lion Of independence and I.proiection,
thar the conservative press Of The South is
sed1.euslt engaged. not 10 constantly mtuac.
ing tie North with dlsghiun, bur IN deman-
stratinR TO the misguided fanatics u that por-
tion II the republis the stal consequences
NJ their wicked tenets, aud 10 warning them
Of Impending danger.
The Democratic members nho 50 hippant.
Nv declare that the election nf seward will {
find them ready 70 dismember the Union, /
are, We expect, lustigaied b. an Unsuitable .
lust Of Office and poser. They do npi feel .
% much sympathy for the South. ~ or them.
selses--ihss regard with rage aud terror the
prospect 81 eviction itum The possession III
STYLE III 1856. What ties rpally mean y
,hat. unless the Democratic a.ctndenry
should " perpsfuated. ihrs sre willing ~
lri the Ttion slide. They are thoroughly
prepared q 10 ANYTHING. ~ say sutthing
which NAV induce The psaple. ii Their Rafm
attachment 10 The Inion, " continue the DE-.
nneratc DYNASTY. Ihs ]. ~ doubt pretty
veil Bndvfsiaod. sltboUgh We d. Mt d.nt
hat ihr Hsrper's Ferry rad and the tune 81 I
he Abolition pres. and Draiofs, in reference
. that affair, did FIR moment in.iuee thou.
ands of conservatives 10 look ierGsrd 60
possible faptsfe betssen the North and
oath. Bat, a. We ssid befofe, oct Of South {
srolins and Mississippi. there Is not Ten per .
mt. Of the Southern population which would
Isee TO dissolve the unsn, simply and sole.
upoa The ground Of the election Of the c
aek Repgblisaa candidate for President
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