The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-07-17

the governments hour Of trial, large nun
bers OF those in the army and navy, who
have been favored viii. the Offices, have re-
signed and proved false to the hand which
had pampered them, not one common soldier
or common sailor is known to have deserted
his Dag.
Great honor is due to those officers who
remained true despite The example Of their
traitorous associates. But the greatest hon
or and the most lmpprtant fact OF all is the
unanimous iirmness Of the common soldiers!
10 the last man. as far as known, they have
successfully resisted the traitorous efforts Of
those whose commands hut an hour before
they obeyed as absolute law. This is the
patriotic instinct Of plain people. They I'M
Ederstana, without an argument, that destroy
/ ing the Government which was made by
Washington means no good to them.
Our popular Government has often been
called an experiment. Two points in il our
people have settled--the successful establish
ment and the successful administering Of IL.
One still remains lis successful maintenance
against formidable internal atlemp, to over
throw il. II is now for them to demonstrate
to the world that those WIN can fairly carry
an election can also suppress a rebellion.
The ballots are the rightiul and peaceful sue.
cessors Of bullets, and when ballots are fair
| ly and constitutionally decided, there can
be no successful appeal back TO bullets.
That there can be no successful appeal, ex-
eept TO ballots themselves at succeeding e.
4 leetions. Such will be great lesson Of
peace, teaching men that what they cannot
take by mn election, neither can they take
it by war teaching all the folly OF being the
| beginners oil war.
Lest there be some uneaslness on the maids
Of candid men as to what Is to be the course
OF the Government toward the Southern
States after the rebellion shall have been
suppressed. the Executive deems u proper
to say. IL toW be his purpose then, as euer. 10
be guided by The Constitution and The lars |;
and that he probably will have 40 different
understanding of the powers and dnties IT
the Federal Government relatively TO the
rights OF the States and the people under the
Constitution than that expressed in the in.
aagural address. lie desires to preserve the
Government, thai il may be administered Tor
all a. it was administered by the men who
made H.
I.oyal citizens everywhere have the right
to claim this Of their Government. and the
Government has no right 70 withhold or neg
there i any coercion, any conquest, or any
subjug.tIon, in any just sense Of these terms.
The Constitution provides, and all the
States have accepted The provision. that tie
United States shall guarantee 10 every State
IN this Union rrpubiIcsR form 81 Govern
nent." But II State in this Union nav
laslully 90 oui Of the Union. having done
80. il nav also discard III. republican form
u Government. 50 that 20 prevent is gong
out i 40 Indispensable means t. the end 81
maintaining tie guarantee mentioned and
when an end j. lawful and obligatory. the
means indispensable to il are also Lawful. add
obligatory.
Il was with the deepest regret hat The Rt,
ecutise found The dirty u employing M war
power ID defence of the Government forced
upon ain. lie could bit perform TIL. daty.
or surrender the existence OF the Govern.
ment.
No compromise by public sentiment could
IL ihis c.se be cure. Not MAT cnmpromi.
.e- are not often proper. bat that no popular
Government, can long survive marked pre-.
crdent that those who carry an election can
only save the Government rum immediate
destruction BY giving up the main point up.
~ which lhe people gave the election.
The People themselves. and not their ser.
wants. can safely reverse their own drliber-
ate decisions.
Asa private citizen. the Executive could
not have consented that these institutions
shall perish-mueh less could Ne, in BETRAYAL
q - sass and - sacresl . trust ~ these free
people had couiided 10 him. De felt that he
hal no moral right TO shrink. nor even TO count
tie chances d his own life IN What might
follow.
III full ,iew u his great responsibility.
be has 20 far done what Ne has deemed his
duy. You viii now. according 10 your own
judgment. perform yours. lie sincerely hoprs
that your views AMI your aclinn may so &C
cord vita his, a. 10 assure all faithful eiii
irn. Nhp have been disturbed IL their rights.
u certain anil speedy restaratioa 10 them
under The Consultation and the laws.
And hSing thus chosen our course with.
our gn,ie and with pure purpose, let o. re-
neN nur trust - Grd. aud 20 forward with.
nut ftar aud ailh manly hearts.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
July I. ls6i.