The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-02-01


has been familiar 70 every one since the first
settlement Of this continent. are questions
which this generation will have to answer to
generations which are to come. The ques-
tio,ls which we should answer 70 ourselves
are, What is the precise nature Of the diff
Guilty now, and in what manner may that
difficulty be surmounteds II certain people
Of the North como feloniously among the
reope Of the South and are put to death for
IN .ir crimes and then if ether people, even
in great numbers, CLARITY the dead telons as
martyrs, but take care not to commit any
overt act and be hung, il seems To ME that
the most futile Of all proposals against such
dangers and annnyances is the overthrow Of
the Federal Government. II may be possi-
Bile that Government can never do all that
needs to be done il may be possible to per.
vert it to the doing Of intolerable mischief !;
but in the former case the lack of power in
the Federal Government results fran the
very nature of our institutions. and its in
tolerant abuse Of power in the latter case
would necessarily be followed by the uni.
versal arming of all the slave States. The
real difficulty does not lie in any such grounds
as these, nor its remedy in any thing that
can be dane touching such aspects Of the
case. In like manner those great questions
Of the rendition of fugitive slaves BY the
North and of the foreign slave trade al tie
South are finally settled $, far as the Con-
sitution and laws Of Congress can settle
them, and it remains for the legal tribunals
and the Executive authority t. enforce the
laws In both respects. That dur ~ periods
Of unusual excitement those laws touching
both subjects may be imperfeetly adminls-
tered Is extremely probable but that the
North will openly defy the power Of tie ma
tion and permanently refuse to execute the
fugitive slave law, and that the South will
act in similar manner with respect 10 the
foreign slave trade. is what no man is iusti-
fed in asserting. | admit that the prrma-
nent continuance of the Union would be i'm
possible If the North or the Soath should de-
iiberately persist in such revolt against the
Constitution and laws, If. al the same time,
the Federal Administration should be too
feeble or too iimid to GEORGE obedience. Bnt
surely no such revolt either North or Sou,h.
and no such imbecility IN the Federal Co
yernment. as iIstiies the overthrow Of our
national institutions can be alleged TO exist.
Ii the minds Of men were calm, or If their
thoughts would be directed steadily 70 the
results that must follew the dissolution Of
the Union. II seems impossible of belief that
adequate motives for such an act could BE-
found in the existing state of any Of these
questions.
know il is alleged that the settled dnc.
trues and deliberate purposes of thar great
party in the North which was formerly call
ed sbolitionist. and Is new called Republi-.
can. amount to nothing short Of an organized
and fanstical crusade against tie instruction
of slavery as il exists in fifteen States Of this
Union; that there Is the utmost probability
that il will ultimately, perhaps speedily, nc.
quire controlling influence over every de-.
partment Of III. Federal Government, and
that the slave States cannot, consistently 1
with honor, with prudence. or with safety.
continue members Of Union controlled by 4
such party, or subject 70 government adj 4
by them. To this let me say,
FIRST ef all. that IL every word were true and
certain. tie wise. manly, and successful Al. 4,
tentative would be, not the dissolution Of the
aion, but the recovery of tie country. 81
Toree II necessary, from those who shall have
its Constitution. Nor can there !
le anv doubt that tie united South and liz
minority 81 tie North will be always and Ia ,
very intent. without arms or with arms. |
more powerful in the Union than The united.
much less the divided South, can be ont II ,
I. Nor does i appear 10 me 10 be IoYal n
he people 81 the NORTH vino are fsithful IL {
De Constitution, even If they were tie small. I
u number, for the Soath 70 Withdraw and
cave them subject 10 dominion a. intol- +
.rablc 20 them. as il could be offensive 20 ". 7
Bot this j an extreme statement. responsive :
o q sill MOTE extreme suggestion. c
The history of political parties in this d
asnfry lpr mann years past j. not credita. Z
le 10 ns; and their present posture i. such a
ha, 10 one can forete!l what 4 single wear 4
III bring forth. II tic whole North could ;
ct IN concert permaneB;Is. they must have /
be permanent control Of the Federal Go. o
eminent and the side conviction of tie y
sorth. that the whole policy of tie Federal =
government has been lor some years dicta,. il
4 81 the slave Stste.. aGd ibe whole policy 4
{ the slave States dictated by the cotton I,
,ates, has cn,aa very neu ~ casting TIE 4
isjority Of every Northern state temaorari. RI
: into The Republican ranks. 1, aoald b. 4
d abuse af ihe Federal pover. MT les. afro. q
i01s certainly. e. extend tial 70 curtad v
avery ~ the systematic pse VI Il aud 'be =,
forth ha. believed fhal rs. was dune. and n
" rise AMI extension " ih- Republican !,
afiy j. tie irail n this conviction. Disa =,
use the north Il lhi. delusion--tlo Il lairl,. 4
rsis-and TIE Republican party will shrink Il
{ ance q the comparatively insignificant G
Iciion 81 radical aboli'ionists upon whom i b
as originally based. On ne other hand, The Il
Bited South never sbDgld fiil III carry With
, IN al 4. joint densnds. and il al i. a,
.mperate ltisranrrs. sufficient number II II
II states Of the Worth 10 make the rights 3
ID interests # the slave stlies perEet,ig ~
RUE 10 lie Uri0n. Tbs Is all ihr coatrol y
~ minority can justly claim U8irr free 4
institution AID Ills i never l5.t undgf II
lrll constitution except bY gfo.. N .pian. "a
cement. u. therefore. there i. / lDTtg1nc III
inclusion q break ur lie g,fifsftfr4sv he 80