The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-02-08

Break Mat pitcher--(pointing to enc on the
table)-and you can never have it the same
again. You may patch it, and mend it, you
may put all the pieces together, but it can
not be the same. 1t will have its former
ring no more forever. And so, if We destroy
this government, we can never have the
same feelings for any We may reconstruct.
The ring and the charm will be lost. Gem
tlemen. my own State has suffered severely
in the loss Of property Of that species that
we have been molested in. The Governor
Of Kentucky. in his late message, has esti-
mated that loss at one hundred thousand dol
lars per year. have no reason to believe
he has over estimated it. II not, it is safe
to say that my State has lost, in ten years, a
million Of dollars of this species Of property.
But yet we have not complained much. In.
deed, we have proved ourselves very pa.
tient people.
We are more patien: people than we
have credit for. Some of our Youngest cit-
zens Cooking to some Keituckians in the
ROOM are not reputed so patient as make
them. don't know whether my people will
at length make stand against this monstrous
wrong. hope the returning good will Of
our Northern brothers will give them no oc-
casion for il, and that we shall all soon rest
again in mutual confidence and love. hope
much from the Union meetings at the North
They give great promise Of better state Of
feeling there and in the country. But why
should the evils we have suffered and do
suffer make US fly against the Union? These
evils are not the result Of the Union; they
do not flow. from the Constitution. Neither
| the Constitution nor the Union brings these
troubles upon US. but the delusion of certain
Icitlzens OF the North. Aud trnst in God
that John Browns foray at Harper's Ferry
may be instrumental for good, by arrousing
the Northern mind to the dangerous ten.
denotes Of that delusion, and leading to its
prompt correction by our Northern brothers
themselves. can truly say that | think
this will be the case. Once remove this
source OF dscorG, and what spectacle 4
the world would we present! From Boston
to San Francisco, people everywhere pros.
porous beyond all precedent upon earth
nation, stretching from ocean to ocean, three
thousand miles in breadth. with thirty mil
lions Of inhabitants, and not one human be
ing unjustly or illegally imprisoned, SO fai
as we know Why, sirs, we have drunk 81
copiously Of freedom that we know not whai
it is. And what prosperity besides. Thr.
~ millions of people, and not one man thai
is honest and industrious, but can live com.
fortably and we'll Nature has given Us eve.
lrything. Providence smiles 5enignanty up.
on US. There is. but for this one exception,
no cloud to cast even shadow on the un.
dimmed glory OF our country. There is but
one little thorn in our feet. Il is planted in
our pathway--and by our brethren. Our liig
is SO glorious, that little thorn is there I,
remind US Of our mortality. Can il not be
plucked up, and BY the hand that planted il
there Again let me entreat you to labor
for the restoration of peace between a com.
mon people. Let US observe justice. irater.
nifty and kindness to all. Let Us have oul
Northern brethren love us again. Let thai
be the work TO which our hearts are devoted
Again, say, let US observe justice, aud thu.
shall we preserve our Union. and the Union
will take care Of Us.