The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-06-26

sion against the North; If she were prepar.
ing to invade any portion Of the country
which could be Justly claimed as the exclu-
siye domain Of the free States, then even
with all the historic chiyalry and determine.
tion Of Southern men, we might count upon
discontinue and defeat. Whenever we
should plant our banners upon the soil OF
State north of the slave States, the act could
and world be regarded as an INVASION; and,
unless lost to all sense Of patriotism-unless
wearing the most abject and craven hearts,
they weuld rise up by thousands, and expel
US from their presence. Ii men, they could
do nothing less, and if they would not, their
women would be unlike ours, If they did not
take the places Of their men.
As we should expect the people Of the
North to act upon our invading their soil, so
lei Us assure them will our people act when
ever they invade US. Their weak and fanat-
ical President has proclaimed war upon the
people Of the South. He well knows that
the people of the South contemplate no in
yasion of the North, and yet he has called
for thousands Of armed hirelings. None but
northern men have responded. and none but
northern men will respond to this call /; and
| il thus becomes a war nf invasion on the
part Of the North against the South. The
world can. and will regard it in no other
light, and history will record ii.
Well, let il come. The South will not be
the first to ask for quarter. We have the
vast advantage Of lighting At home, in defense
Of rights held very dear, aud wives and chill
dren who are dearer still. We shall do bat
tie, surrounded by friends who give US all
their sympathy. aud who will give us aid
and comfort in every possible way.
The North, on the other hand, win have
their troops in the country 81 an implacable
enemy, who will harass them in every con-
ceiyable way. The further they penetrate
into il, even il they could do 50 al all, the
greater the number of foes they would en-
counter, the greater difficulties surrounding
them at every step, and the less The probabi-
tiles OF their ever returning home 10 tell the
story of their Invasion. !. determination .
would be the watchword, and every man. wo.
man, and child Of the South would regard il
as holy one.
| This is the spirit our neighbors Of the
North must aud will encounter il ans insa-
sion OF the South, aud even II they could
number ten men to our one, they would find
they could never subjugate brave people
who are cOntending for their liberties on lheil
own plains and in their own mountains and
valleys.
So much for this view Of the question, even
! il we were weak people.
Bot the South is far stronger in her mill.
tary resources than the North conceiyes her
70 be. We can send 10 the field al enormous
/ fighting force, and still leave men and BOYS
enough at home TO control our plantations.
and carry on our usual agricultural opera
/ tons. Not so with the North. Whenever
she places her full military strength in the
Il field, she trenches on her producing or agri.
cultural powers. In putting her full militia
~ strength on a war footing. she weakens
her power TO feed her people. Ia the South,
however. no man who joins the army will
have any apprehension about the wants 0l
those lett behind him for he knows that the
South j. now preparing, and will continue
the preparation, to produce vastly more food
than she can possibly consume, under mosi
extravag.nt management. Never again, al
ter the hrst Of August next, will We have Il
buy provisions Of any kind from the North
and this lesson Of real independence has been
taught u. fortunately. By her own fan4ticism
We shall not soon lurget il.
The South. IN an emergency such as the
present may prove, can rely upon military
roll nearly equal TO that which is given hei
BY the census Of 1850 What i that:
Below will be found tables that may b,
implicitly relied upon. if any reliance ma,
be placed upon our census reports Of 1850
and the fanatics Of the North would bes
learn lesson from them rather than from
the sad teachings Of dear experience. The
tables show The white male population 81 the
fourteen slave States, between the ages Of Il
and so, as founi 10 tie census reportof 1860
assuming the ratio Of increase from 1850 I,
1860 to be the same as from 1910 10 1880.
Number 81 white males 10 the fourteen
slave States, between fifteen and fifty year