The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-10-24

our space with any similar amount Of matter
/ that will be as useful 10 the cause We labor
/ in, or as agreeable TO our numerous readers,
as the following noble, patriotic, and we'll
timed letter from Ex- Gov. Graham, Of North
Carolina. He was member of FillmOre's
Cabinet, while Mr.. Bell was in the Senate,
and therefore knew him we'll. See what he
says Of Bell:
Hillsboro', y. G., sept 22d, 1860.
GENTLEMEN 81 regret that it IS not in my
power to accept your polite inyJhtion, to a
mass meeting Of the Constitutional Union
Party, at Knoxville, on the 9th inst, having
for its object the promotion Of the election
of John Bell and Edward Everett to the Of
fees Of President and Vice President Of the
United States. With no portion of the peO-
pie of America would ! more gladly take
counsel, in relation TO the present disturbed
and alarming state Of the country, than with
those who shall be assembled on this coca
sion. Whatever the future NAV reveal TO
u, ] can conceive no possible contingency
in which the destinies Of North Carolina and
Tennessee will not be one. The ties of
lineage and affinity, Of common interest, a
common history and common glory, reach
ing back 10 the earliest dawn Of the spirit of
American independence, and maintained in
It's very battlefield, from the Hudson river
TO Florida, will make their people one peo-
pie, while time shall endure. Ii is, there
fore, with feeling Of peculiar satisfaction,
/ that the citizens Of North Carolina, in the
threatening times on which we have fallen,
are able to hail as a fayOriie candidate for
the great office Of chief magistrate Of the
Union, native son Of their kindred State,
beyond the mOuntains-a man Of larger ex-
perience and c0nyersanoy with public af-
fairs than had jefferson Or even Madison when
called TO the helm Of Government, but who
is vet in vigorous manhoOd-a man whose
conservatism and moderation, wisdom, jus
tiee, and hrmuess in the discharge Of duty,
give assurance, that every section Of our
widely extended country, shall feel the bene-
licient operation Of our Constitutional Union,
a. they will be likewise required TO fulfil its
obligations. ~ whatever trials or expert
ments, We NAV be doomed under Others, all
candid men feel and acknowledge that, un-
der bis Presidency the country 10 all it, in
terests. both at home and abroad, would be
.aie, the rightsof every citizen secured, and
Ills reasonable sensibilities respected.
Why, then, shall be not be elected !:
WHY. at least, shall not all patriots 10 the
Southern portion II the Union unite IN en-
deasoring II elect him : The election Of
Lincoln would be regarded by all men, Of
every shade 81 opininn III the South. a. !
calamity 10 be deprecated. Though few,
trust, would consider il a sufficient cause for
revolution. Or iOrrible resistance 70 Peder-
al authority, still il would arouse the worst
suspicious, call for renewed vigilance, and
neS guards in defense Of an interest which
We shall never surrender to menance or force,
and weaken loyalty 70 the Union itself.
Those who look apou the adoption d the
Federal Constitution a. mistake, and our
glorious experiment under il as a failure, or
vino lightly estimate the countless blessings
Which have flowed from il to all sections I and
there are persons Of both descriptions NAV
regard such consequences with appreciation
or Indifference. But why cannot all the
friend. IL tic Union in the South at least,
WIN cannot our Democratic fellow.citizens,
Union men IL conservative continents like
81 DOR DUN, cooperate with us in our honest
endesyors TO avert such consequences, and
70 save cur institstions from such trial, By
uniting their suHfages with ours, in favor Of
the only candidates whose nomination j. ba.
sed upon tie enlarged idea Of loyalty 10 the
Union. the preservation of che Constitution,
and The enforcement Of the laws, a. a means
81 executing justice and maintaining peace
is u not perceived that they WHO have IL
- their power q avert acalamity, without
sacrifice Of honor and conscience. and fail %
avert i, are act guil,less of having occasion.
ed III Isit not evident that the Democratic
party, % long dominant IN The nation. is rent
10 twain. and 80 pcverlssS 70 prevent che
election q Lincoln BIZ the success of any can