The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-11-28
rrom lhs Ne..h c.raIi1a Standard.

GOyERSoR's MESsog.-We publish to-day
10 extra TORN the message 81 Gov. Ellis, 10
The Legislature OF this State.
There are portions Of this document 10
which we earnestly and respectfully object.
We regard portions Of /, as tending 10 dis
uaiUn without god cause, and we lear that
the purpose OF the Governor is 10 "preeipi.
tate the State into the same position oceu-
pied By south Carolina. We say this after
a careful reading Of the message. We re-.
sret that Il j. our duty 10 say il. for we we're
anxious Il possible to approve the tone OF the
message aud the policy recommended in it
The Governor recommends IN the irst
place consultation with the slaveholding
States, and he then recommends that !"
Convention Of the people Of the State be
called. to assemble Immediately after the
proposed consolation with other Southern
States shall have terminated" This consul
tation 4 20 be held through commissioners
or delegates, 70 be appointed BY the Legs
laiure, and affesrGrds the people Of the State
are 10 be consulted. or rather 10 be called
upon 70 carry out the programme Of disanion
which THIS consultation will propose. In
other words, bteps are 10 be taken 10 dis.
solve the Uuion on account IL the election Of
President according TO the Cmsfrtation,
and The people are then TO be called on, not
10 direct or control the consultation, Juf
'ntreiy 70 register and curry out The disuiioa
schtmss 81 the disnliOn kadsrs. There il i.
fellow eiiizen.. 10 plain English. Thai IS
thr plan ~ your Governor. lie desires 10
dissolve the Onion. but he fears 10 ,ras, the
people with the question. IIe would agiiate
and AROUSE passions in advance, aud commit
The honor and pride Of the State 10 disunion
schemes /; 10 then, and only then would he
eansult tie people 81 the state in their soye.
reign capacit,, TO kbow what thar views are
on the must inponant subjects that have es.
CT engaged their attention. Such is the De.
moeracy Of GOV. EiIis--such is the respect
Which he entertSlps for bis masters, the PEG.
pie d North Casolinl.
We understand Goy. Ellis a. emphatically
advising the people Of this State 10 resist The
Inauguration a NJ. Lincoln. lie says, iii
y true Abraham Lincoln i elected President
according 60 the forms Of The Consultation
u y equally true that George TIE Third was
The righifai occupant of the British throne.
VI ous iHksrs submitted moi 10 his amhoyilv.',
That il, our fathers resisted George The
THIRD, and we should fesi,t Abraham Lin.
coin. We should resist him without irving
hun We should leap violently into the u1s
tfifd scenes 81 anarchy and revolution Elm.
ply because bad man has been chasen
President according 10 The lofms Of the Con.
siiigiion. But We deny that George tie
third was the "righilul occupant Of the
British ihrohe." Our fathers fought not o..
against George the THIRD bat against the
doctrine 81 the Divine right d Kings. Esr.
~ scheolboy knows this 10 be 40, vet Gov.
bllis tells " that George the Third "was
the ugigfH occupant 81 tie British throne -
There are various other points in this dis.
union document ahich we will notice here.
alter. Meantime We reproduce the language
used by - 90 this subject in. our issue ii The
l9th instant, and announce Il a. our nurao.e
to stand immovsbly on the ground then oe.
cupied. ~ The Standard Of tho i7,h ~
said
The banner of The stars and stripes. now
20 bitterly denounced IN Charleston. ne,er
waved bat for the protection sf south Caro-.
lima. Hundreds 81 her sous have died Ii.
heath ,ts lolds on foreign battle. fields. Its
true, the election of Lincoln bya strictly
geographical vote, Is great calamity. Ii
uhgse who elected him shall attempt 10 carry
oat their peeoliar views with reference 70 he
SCUM. every Southern State will al snec
unite and make common cause against a com.
mon enemy. Let o. Ihen, Uaish and Han.
NJ Lincoln sill either break No the Union
~ attempted aggressions on The South. or
ie val break up his party BY refusing 70 AT.
rmpi aggressi0ns. We say aiftmpi,d AZ.
,ressions, for actual aggrsssions be viii ncs.
z be permitted 70 make. We are for the
Vaion a long as il can be maintained with
'alety and honor. I've believed that the
lenor u the saulh had been touched. 81 that
he slayeholding States were not safe IN lhe
Union, We would strike for dissolution
without stopping Tor moment 10 count The
lost.
Here, then. we stand. We denounce and
lsiy the disunionists, and we will make war
pon them until the people Of this State, az
mn VII - =. ~ .