The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-02-20

not require so slow a progress, as we had the |
precedenls OF the mother country before US,
and Of our own free colonial establishments.
These were the models on which the Consti-
tuition we now enjoy were shaped. The
springs and balances were all at hand, and
the machine was thus the result Of expert
ence, precedents, and the highest order Of in
tellect. Is an instrument fabricated by such
ingenuity and toll TO be taken IN pieces, that
pretenders may in their wantonness, essay to
reunite thems Is all the prosperity it has
shed over the land to be held in suspense un-
Ill so frivolous an experiment be tested
Are we to continue in deplorable and intense
suffering whilst this poor tinkering is going
onf
When, as in our case, the foundation OF
government is laid deep and strong, let no
rude hand uproot it. When the grand struc-
ture it sustains is rashly torn to the earth il
can never be reared again. In flying from
real or apparent evils let US remember that,
in losing sight Of conservatism and modera-
ton, we may doom ourselves to others Of an
hundred fold greater severity.
f Patriotic exert0ns for harmony are max
ing. sustained by the universal prayer which
is daily going up to the Throne OF Grace.
These are backed also by every prompting ol
!, self.interest. The innate desire Of every
, one TO live in security, to enjoy the irnits OF
] his labor. and to have great, respected and
secured home-his counfry--wiil stimulate
) the pacifcators in their generous task. We
! require this Republic to be great unit, that
! our heritage shall still give us an universal
: passport. aud that we be not unprotected and
and despised wanderers. Now, il insulted
or wronged. powerfa! nation gives US assuI-
ed redress. II subdiyided into inferior do
/. minions we may sue in vain, and have 10
: withdraw under the contunely Of the ohen-
| der.
II this reconstruction be merely to re-
/ tire during the term Of Mr.. Lincoln, il is a
E crime. For the reason that hr is dis,asttful
/. to those who have so long swayed the coun.
r try, they will, forsoOth. Withdraw, until hi.
r successor is elected. Perhaps it might pleas,
{ them 10 return short time anterior TO thai
\ election. IN order totake part 10 It. And ac
! cording 10 this most unhcar,l 81 theory in GOV
e ernment, thew would remain il successful. 81
- retire anew ifdrfeated. This dortrinr aud that
! Oi secession NAV well 20 hand in hand ingrlh-
!, err. One Is just as destructive Of all govern
] ment as the other, whilst neither u ihrm
i can lay any claim 10 order, efficiency, or Il
, The safety Of people. Of institutions, Or o.
! property. The pretext is reconstruction
e The purpose is defiance 81 a President elect.
: ed under the identical forms 81 the organic
u law BY which his predecessors were installed
}. II Is the practice in England when the
II Ministry has lost public confidence for Il Il
2 resign, or for the Crown 10 issue writs for
/ new Parliament. But il never occurred I,
\ the mot rabd demagogne there 10 nyerlhros
y the whole fabric Of their institutions because
I. some Of its workings either were or wer'
J. pretended 10 b., deprivation Of fundamen-
: tai right. or that an nusted lactiun might re-
= main in seclnsion during the ascenlsncy %
. it, ad,crsaries. This fatal doctrine vas rr.
i served for people who have undertaken 4
. govern themselves. In the Iormcr The Dr.
! sired reforms were elaborated hy The consii
d iuted authorities. Whilst here Il i IL be- III,
: work Of passion. party spleen aud revolt. !
II this be the motive Of retiring for recon
N slrueiion, il is a device Of palpable base
'r ness and an of. shoot Of French J4eobinisn
d Il may be called treason Of the deepest dive
I, as il annihilales government, not Tor is De
fciencirs. but because Offices aud honor
y have slipped into ether haniis. II drags Il
J. It's train intestine war. pillage. murders
y british atrocitle. ard destituilon. The sehsm
II is no less sftiul Than malignant. on a scale .
u vengeance which the ingenuity If drnoi
d could not exceed. But let u believe that
: refusal 10 live under the administration O
Z political opponents Sho strp inin The post !
y Icing filled bs others, i the snggestinn ~ ~
u pidity. rather than 81 20 base dspTasity
Auy other version disclosrs = tnfpituhe man
bow. sho, beyond the frsuds and pilferng
which have. Of late. stained our country vii,
- much gnominy.