The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-08-22

own peculiar views, however honestly enter
tanned.
SLAVERY AND ANTI, SLAVERY AGITATION.
1t is a necessary consequence Of the IN.
happy fact that our political contests have
become mere struggles for the possession Of
power between The North and the South;
that our political discussions have become
little else than mutual ordinations and re-
ordinations. The people no longer listen
to arguments, addressed TO their reason, IN
defense of particular measures, or certain
course of policy, but to exciting appeals to
their sectional prejudice,, which only heat
the blood aud intame the passions. The
North is taught to hate the South, and the
South is taught to hate the North. On both
sides. language is used which is studiously
selected for its CALLING and exasperatlng
qualities. There is no recognition OF the
law Of charity, which ssffers long and is
kind; there is no admission Of the trenen.
dous difficulties which environ the subject
Of slavery; northern speakers denopnce the
South for maintaining the system, and We.
they are unable TO suggest any scheme for
getting rid of it; southern speakers make
lsm and that abstract opposition to slavery
in itself, which is an almost universal senti-
ment Al the North. And out Of the immense
mass of speeches on the subject Of slavery
which have been inflicted upon the country,
in Congress aud out of il, not one hint OF
suggestion can be gathered Of the least prac.
tical value towards the solution Of the pro.
blem OF slavery, or even = mitigation OF ITS
assumed evils.
The consequences Of this miserable aglta-
! lion have been OF the most melancholy KIND.
The attachment which formerly united ths
North and the South is fast disappearing
and arrangement, alienation. and ill.wlll ar,
taking its place. The two sections OF The
country are learning to look upon each othel
as natural eHenles, This state OF feeling
renders il impossible for the National Legs
lature to legisIate calmly, judicioqsly, dispas
sionately, far the common good Of the whole
country: Congressional debates have degen
Grated into mutual yituperations aud denuncia
tions. and are disgraced BY the most offensive
personalities. All propositions are judged
of. not BY their essential expediency, but b,
/ the quarter from which they come. of aha
use is il, then, for the Republican party 4
spread turih 10. their platform an elaborate
array oil measures and principles. so long al
sectional division exists ia our politics
which makes one.haf OF the country lool
with suspicion aud di,lrqst upon every moye
ment 1T the other:
Nor is this all. The tendency Of this sec
tional excitement is t. irpel wise and goOt
men from the sphere Of politics, and thus I,
lower the tone Of government. Men endowe,
with statesman.like powers will not TAXI
part in al agitation which dMaris the under
standing while il inilamps the passions. Tn,
consequence is. that whlls We are rapidly in
crea.tng IN wealth and all the indications D
material civilization, aud surely not declnln.
in virtue and intelligence. the series Of GU
public men marks a descending scale, an
the standard Of Congressional debate is con
stantly lowering. Intelligent foreigners VIII
come among Us are puzzled to account 70
the singular fact. that so few Ipen Of superio
ability are taking part 10 the government q
the country. Indeed. the virtue aud the in
telligence of the country are fast ebhln;
sway from the sphere 81 politics, and t
vices and passion, are usurplns their places
The prn-slayery aud anti-slatery agita;inl
which las been 50 long conyulsing the coan
try, is a. unnecessary as II Is mIschlesuus
The more Conservative pDrtIOn Of the Rs
publican party have taeitly acquirseed IN ih
. fugitive slave law, in the existence OF SLAYER.
|; IN the District Of Colombia. aud IN the rigli
10 carry slaves froIn one State TO auuthrr
and they have always discllimed any right
or any intention, 10 interfere wIth slavery i
the States themselves. The subject ri slave
rs in the Territories, aud the power 81 Gun
gress over il there, are the only points thr
leave for discussion aud difference. II GOV
rrnment b. practical art. - surely il -
! II the object u government be, not II snun
tl4te principles, but q provide lar ear
emergency as il arises--all this excitement
and all this conflict are utterly purpo,rlss
. and idle. We have been familiar with SLAYER
long enough 10 know by what laws IL lstsg1
lated aud controlled. Experience aud nb
srrssti0n have shOSn that slavery is Deepen
dent upon conditions Of soil and climate
|. aud lies beyond the reach OF political cum
binations. These will not furce slavery int
reglnns where IL is not profitable; nor vii
NAStNhN ~ HHNAS ~ - Vte
lliable. At this moment no one will questi,
the correctness 81 The statement that Their
is mt fDot d the territory u the Unite
, statss, the condition ~ which il reIerenr
10 slavery il not already liked BY law, an
/ there j. no place within the Federal domain
upon which the abstract theories d the -
, tremists Of either section. in regard 10 u
exclusion of slavery from the Territories a
It's introduction into them, can be practeall
! applied. The whole question Of slavery i
, the Territories. as now presented, IS a
. abstraction pure and simple, incapable q
. practical application. and pralihc Of serioa
. mischief Il has already produced sectiona
alienation, and nov menaees the integrity .
, the Union.
| usPUBLicASs nEsr0ssIELE ron rms AGITATION
III To create and MAINTAIN this unhapny All