The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-12-25

respectabiiitg to make him acceptable. Or, I
" me be remarkably inefficient. and for hat
reason an especial favorite. they exhibit hlm
10 several places at once, so that his failure
10 every thing may be attributed 10 the mul. /,
situde OF his engagements. and 80 that the
multiplied emoiuments may satisfy his inor. |,
dinste vanity. which he wears 10 the place
where say other man would feel the deepest
degradst,on. And one is hardly allowed to
steady himself from the wallow Of the boat
which brought him from country whe .
monarch rules, and where he was bred de.
pendent. before he 10 made the printer Of the
Journsl Of the vituPeration Of their own
eoantrymen aud to give him ~ importance
which he kesitafes to exhibit. they require
him to print the laws Of the Stste. that. |
in every place We must havea partizan. and
IN eaery place novice. And they. the par
~. instead of meeting once in two years.
meet twice in one year. TO multiply laws.
which the citizens are required 10 obey |
without being permitted to read. and to a
balish Courts where they themselves need
often to be defendants.
In times like these there ought TO be no
party. II would be an outrage for any mere
party 20 rule. But that such faction as
this should rule. 10 intolerable. II ought
not and will not be submitted TO. The peo- |
pie will not submit to be Marked" Let
those in power look to IL. | am aware that
there 10 disposition 10 bear much from him
who is at the head OF the State. because he
is there by accident and Of necessity. and
because it 10 hoped tina. his errors are weak.
nesses. But III his administration shail cnn-
iinae to be as uncheckered with proprirty az
il has been. IL will be such proof Of design
a. will turn him over to the popular Indlg-
nation which is nov felt for those whn sur
round him. Let me warn him and those
who control him, that the late election which
they Claim as triumph. when 60. 600 voters
staid away from the polls where 10000 sol-
ed. indicates any thing else than the appro-
baton Of the people ut either their principles
or practices; and that when they know sure
ly wha. they are 10th TO believe, but what
they now more than suspect. that there is a
faction which is ruling the country for their
own agrsndizement, spirit will be aroused
which will no, down az their bidding.
The State Journal. the organ Of this fac
ton. says Of the conservatives. that "the
present sufferings must in great measure
be aseribed to their wicked counsels."
Now, from this we may inter their admis
sim. that the country is now suffering from
some cause. and from somebody. We were
willing TO believe that the cause Of our sui
fering lay with the enemy, and that il did
not lie with the South or its friends. We
know that we have on hand the most terrific
conflict the world ever saw that our men
have left their homes by hundreds Of thou
sands, and exposed their lives in battle and
camp; that our soil is invaded. our pro-
perry sacrificed. our homes and affairs defll-
ed. and our liberties jenpard,Zed. We
know all this. but We thought il was q ne
eessity forced upon Us, not By our wicked
ueighbors, but bs our wicked enemies and
that leaving behind Us the little differences
which had divided us, we must stand as one
man against the toe. We did not know
that while all our facilities are strained 10
the utmost in death struggle with the enc
my, one third Of our force had organized
themselves in government places. and were
stpalihlly engaged in putting marks upon Us,
so that If we escape from the enemy. se
shall not escape from them; that we must
fail either BY the foe in front or BY meaner
foe in the rear. But If the suferings 81 our
country must be attributed 10 those among
us aud not 10 the enemy, let Us inquire al
whose door lies the fault.
suppose that what 10 meant 10 be charg.
ed is, that the conservatives. by their efforts
10 settle the difficulties without war. delayed
the defence OF the State. until il was so late
that the enemy vas enabled to break 10 up
on Us. Na~ what 10 he facts Ii il known
that The secessionists have had the possession
Of he government. both legislative and FL
eeutIye. before. At the lime. and ever since
our difficulties began. lis known that no
appropriation Of men or money which was
asked for, has been refused. IL then there
10 4ny fault AIMING Us. at whose doar does Il
lief The only thing that can be alleged ..
gainst The conservatives is. that North Car
DINA did not 20 oOt Ofihe Union snon enough.
and that il she had gone out sooner. she
might have been better prepared. Let Us
see how that is. South Carolina went out
soon enough was she any better prepared
Let Port Royal answer. aud let her burning
plantations and towns throw light upon The
subject! But 10 return 70 North Carolina.
There was an appropriation ~ more than
vas used for her defeases before she went
out Of he Union. Whose fault was il that
il was not useds And, mark. not q single
enemy ever put his foot upon her shore IN.
Gil long alter the srcessiOnIsts reported 20 us
that she was 50 veil defended. that the whole
United States Navy could not enter! How
much better prepared could We have been
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