, 1860-12-25
TEE QUESTION OF THE DAY.
What the Conservatives OF tho south
Say

=. ne bkfCye In the Inherent right Of feyplu-
tfou, bnt At the enme time it should nerer he re-
tried. nor until, aftcr 4 tull and thorough in
restisesion, it Is 25certa{ned beyond Il rcaeon-
able doubt, that the benefits TO low from rero-
lrtiop arc Of such nature as to be more ttau
Al equivalent for TIC mlstrie6 and eyiss which
rebellion will necessarily bring upon The peo-
pie. The idea IT + zeroEtion Is 10 relieve the
people from oppression, and TO establish new
fou1 Of Eoyernment to protect them ii their
rights. il, therefore, the people ere not op-
pressed, If ther are prosperous and hairy, and
II thoy arc protected in their r:ghta, thev hare
no rights, they Eaye No right TO Ftsog1 to 1evo-
iutiun, and to DO 60 would not only be madness
and folly, but would bc n The highest degree
criminal, mt Only il ti:ht ot tie civilized
world but al.o in the tight of Hearen.
We do no: believe tha1 the people OF North
Caroliua are. nt this time, euferiny oppression;
" do not Ie3ia+ Mqt Ihe p:o2}t # South Cdr}ina,
Or The ptoplk Of any os.er AGte, are 057nes.ed or
l4at uey ha1v tA1 .liq1tat ec.te q comF1ai1f
a9aizat Meir General Gotv7nn,<zz;; their rights
have bee1 IN no way tTespassed upon; their
sczibed, bu:, on the cortrarrr, they h1rc, in the
language Of Ar. Steplels, N 'eruberance Of
liberty and prosperity" while in ped1t o; priv
ueges they are exalted Up to heaven II IS i'm
possible to conceive Of 2 people more PROF.
pero1;s end happy; crery maa ia at liberty 10
worship God according to the dictates q his
own conscience; every man IL at liberty 10
come and go As he may SEE proper: no one l.
taxed e1rrpt by his own free consent; there is
no position, however exalted, but What ia With
in .he reach OF he most humble, 50 far as the
Governments CONCERNED ; aod they rho would
bring about revolution, GIN promise the Eco:
lle 10 more happiness, no more prosperity
than they now enjo9. nor dare they promise
them any1hiug in return, fer oil lie blood
which must necessarily be ahed, and treasure
wasted, fields laid waste, a,,d hearthstones
made deso!-tc By ciril war, In which brother
shall contend against brother, and the hearts
o? The children etau Ee hardened against their
Are We right, or are Wrong, when xc tsy
thst the people of the Southern States have
no cause for revolution: Ifweare right, then
what III awful responsibility Hill rest upon
certain restless aud RECKLESS e2iFits, should
they succeed In bringing upon u all the un-
told horrors Of civil war; and bo~ deep aud
loud Will be the curses keaped upon their
heads By flthers laineat;ng their children elaln
upon the ted Of battls., and BY mothers a5 they
behold their helpless babes daEted Upon the
stones
Believing, then, tha: the State Of North Cxr-
ollna has no right 10 scctde from the Union,
and beliering TINT her people hare no cause
: for revolution. :th11 1beJ nse neither op-
pressed nor deprived Of any rights and priv
ststes, but that, On tbs eortrarx, are prosper
ous and happy; md believing, moreover, that
the General Government Is not only rble but
willing to protect them In Ill their rights and
Privileges; and being fully satisfied tint ming
feu1As Of the citizens II The State are ardeptly
and sincerely devoted and attached to the
Union, aod are earnestly iesirous to Ebare In
the honorB and participate In the blessings
which eau only be enjoyed and be secured to
them by the Constitution Of the United States,
ne are most decidedly opposed 10 tuy Con-
Truttoa Of tic people being called, At this time,
TO take into consideration the question cf sev~
esing the tics which have so 1ocx held Us to-
gethcr rs { united, prosperous aod happy
people.
We are opposed to secession-wc IRE op-
posed 10 the State Of North Carolina seeding.
But in the cveEt North Carol:na does eecede,
then Whist! In that ent We are opposed to
North Carnlina jrining in Southern Confede-
racr With the Cotton States, and especially in
member. lf.hEs Union is TO be dissolved: let
tie Cotton States form themselves into Gov
e11meut, II they Fec proper, and let North Cx<:
Gliua. Tennessee, Virginia, and keDtucE form
another Conedes7cy. The interests Of these
four SIates 1rd the Interests Of the Cotton
States arc hy no neaus idtntlcal 1t Is to the
they contend. to open The African slave tts.de
the opening Of the African s1aye-trHde wonld
be the ruin u North Carolina, Virginia, Ten.
nettee. md Keutackg, 80 far a their et1se
properly Is concerned,
Again, We nTe opfnttd'fo a Southern Con.
fcderacy, not tcenrEe 1t would reopen the 4!3ye.
trade, and thus render cur slave property al.
most r:lueless. hit bcc1rte 1t would deprive
Us Of all the Constitutional remedies which
He now have 10 reEaju Our fugitive slaves, and
would bring Us to the bcrdsrs Of foreign
country. f1Vm which re would have 10 means
to rctlaim them: thus with ta3eiEn country
On our Northern borderE, andxild Africans
pouring into the Statet touth Of Us, our *lavet
would IN short time become worthless, and
North CErplira would necessarily become .
Tree S'a.e, having no interest Whatever in :
Conftderacy Of the Cotton s}ates.
: As TO The Cotton Static, secession With then
osiginatts in tel6khncss. desire to reopen the
African slaye trade. and thereby enable them
they DESTROY iEe Ta1ae Of 1be slafes in the Dor.
der States. and jet. at the sa.ne tine, a7re the
coolness md c3rontEy to ask those stS;es 10
aid in their own destruction End unless tbt.
VII do 80 1hey ut II br bT=.nded ~ sub1uis.
siunitiA- Tie G11outery Of the Cotton s:xies
is truly cston!el;ng-nna Fct, Etr1rst to SIT,
there are In our Own midtt those Who uliAl
the greatest honor TO which they can aspire Il
to be tucked On to Ecuth CAipltna: Although
many good and *ise men: influenced BY ap:
pcaas made to their passions. bare been led
as,r7y, ycf nc are gtzd to he able to szY that,
~ ya, In Nor Carolina there is ro1 man
Of marked ability. or extensive influenza, Ehu
las AY4fpvtd Of abe G4R1Iae b{tGcuth C&Euliua:
1t Is true We hare in the State some noisy dis.
unIonfftE-some Who fain would be great men,
but can't be under present ci1crcast2neck- ;:
LETTER rnou Ex.soyEason; BRoxx OF