The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-07-31

cHowAs FEMALE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.

Wneteas rumor having Bot aoioau that
am not loyal to the cause OF the South, and
such rumor being calculated to operate un-
fayorably to the interests Of the Institute
over which | preside, have thought il ne.
cessary to lay before our patrons and my
fellow citizens generally these few remarks.
In common with large number Of the
best and wisest Of the citizens Of the South
ern States--in common, too, with majori-
ty Of the people Of the border slave States.
chung with fond tenaci,y to the Union. un-
der which our people had enjoyed so much
safety and prosperity. and dreaded the GER
tain calamites and uncertain benefits of
breaking up the present and making trial of
another Government. The question, too, is
obliged to come home to the conscience OF
every christian for solemn and ultimate de-
cision. How am l, in the present case, to-
obey the authoritative injunction Of God
Let every soul be subject TO the higher
powers. for there is no power but Of God |;
the powers that be are ordained Of God.
/ whatsoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God, and they thai
resist shall receive TO themselves damnatioa."
In times OF civil conyulsion. it is often one
Of the most embarrassing cases Of casuistry
that can occur to conscientious man TO de.
termine who are " the powers that be" whom
| am bound to obey In governments like
ours. where the legitimate authority is in the
ciN Of She majority, the plain, simple-minded
christian, who is little qualified to investigate
or decide upon the nice questions Of puliti.
cal rights and constitutional claims, Is reliev.
ed IRON his embarrassment aud indecision.
| as soon as the overwhelming voice Of the vast
political soyereignties around him have upset
the old government and established new
one. Before this period. be may have justly
doubted whether the grievances Of the old
government had reached that point which
warrants forcible resistance, and many OF the
, soundest and wisest patriots, in trying crises,
like the one supposed, will be found on diff
lerent sides. But the die being cast-the
Rubicon once crossed--a large fragment Of
, the dissolved empire containing himself and
!. all his interests, having been irrecoyerabiy
J burst off, by an explosion in which he had
. no agency. why then. it would seem. the
' Christian may. with a safe conscience, swear
E allegiance TO the new Power. and, IL nee, be,
I take up arms in its defence. Such should
suppose, have been the moral struggles and
the moral decisions Of thousands OF christian.
in the present controversy. Leading states
men and those who are accustomed To discuss
! political questions. have shaped their course
I no doubt, more BY considerations Of States
o rights and State policy. Even on thesl
Y grounds need no better authority than tina
il OF A. III. Stephens, the yice>president OF th,
! Confederate States. His speech before th,
: Legislature Of Georgia. only a month befor,
n the secession of South Csrnlina, is my creed
II want no better exposition OF my feeling
!. and political opinions than is found IN tha
% memorable document.
il But the storm Of Northern invasion whicl
i. has driven him from his moorings aud land
5. ed him on the Southern Fragment Of thi
e vast Republic, has landed me there also, wit
i. Thousand &c the lovers Of Union. Nor, ther
in can be but one party. Reunion being eyi
- IDENTIFY impossible, the best argument to con
le vince those Win would coerce il, Of the foil
il and madness Of their Enterprise. Is an unbru
10 ken unaninIiy and determined resistance
IL This is the best mcthod Of shortening th
!, war. The grand porcelain vase Of our na
1. tional union being nav broken. TO sttemI
ie 10 mend il with hammer aud nails, is worth
re only OF madmen.
/. As for myself, u man, near three scor
u, and ten, after witnessing The glory, the d,
" cav and the downfall Of the great temple ,
IS liberty erected By Washington and his CON
d. peers, should, like the aged Jews when build
IN ing the second Temple, weep over the dc
at parted glories Of the frst-if. after this la
a. experiment, he should despair Of better sue
cess in the future. and be willing TO sing b
/" Nmc diimiiis from 50 stormy world
such a state Of mind, not uf misanthropy b.
ng of patriotic dependency, might seem paI
e. donable in6rmity, and not deserving TO
10 visited with severe malediction. To excl
K. else suspicious inquisiiion over the pulit
o. cal orthodoxy of such a septuaganarian VII
a had served this Southern land faithfully q
rn his life time as an educator Of youth and VI
OF in charity but being guilty Of tha, very de,
a potsm over freedom Of opinion which
n our Sauthern papers are now denouncing
one uf the damning sins Of the North.
rs The injurious rumor to which have sllud
Of ed. had its origin have reason to believe
Id my declining 10 sllow Secession flag to
ID hoisted from our Observatory at the instanc
e. Of our pupils, even before our State had IA
'r, ken its position among the seeding State
Nd The not having yielded, in matter invol,
e. ing the question Of national revolution.
IS the premature impulses Of young people
~ whose zeal always outruns discretion, woul
30 seem 10 need no apology. particularly COZ
re sidering the nature aud character Of our In
slitulion. IL appeared TO me 10 be in ba
taste. confess, and 50 il appeared to other
Had our house been Barrack, q Courthous
at or a statehouse. or any place from which
c. was customary 10 hang out tukens Of publ
he sentiment, 1 should not have interiered. u
at deed. did give the young ladies' leave. |
On the same time, 20 gratfy their fancy, " the
Is, choose. by unfurling their banner any wheI
i, ia The Lawn. But from our Obserpatory, n
Is. only Gag 81 Stars care 10 see hung out Their
or is that which God himself has lung vat o