The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-01-15

la threat Of hanishment hraAdisheA ever hla
head. he will feel rs would the pagan whose
household 0ads had been radely jostled from
their seats. He. IS well IS you, Mr.. Presi.
ldent. has read those thrilling words 10 which
Ch.tham has engrayea on our memories the
domestic rights of our fathers beyond the
seas, that every Eaglishman's house is his
tca,tle. IN ugh so rude and humble that the
trains and the winds Of heaven nav beat up-
On, and NAV enter it, yet the king cannot
enter it," H. will reject that until now his
house has been equally sacred from the n-
irusinn of government. and his conscience
anrufaed by lmpertinent interrogation and
he will instinctiyely inquire, It these are the
hrst fruits Of the new order of things, what
may not be expected in the sequel And in
spite of all the apologies and disclaimers that
your magistrates may be instructed to make,
he can sensibly arrive at no other conclusion,
than that he was suspected Of disloyalty, and
tina. the visit was designed to drive him to
perjury. or exile or else that il wss sense.
less proceeding, which ought 10 bring the
government thai made it into contempt.
Bat. Mr. President. the enornity Of the
proposition remains yet 10 Ne told. Ii viz
lates every safeguard OF personal freedom
enbo lie in the oall Of rights. most Of which
have been consecrated Ia the history Of Eng.
ilsh liberty from the time Of Magma Charta
itself. The Northern govern nent became
drspltlsm by usurpition. Pass this ordl-
nance upon the old plea Of tsrants, the ne
cessty Ut the times, and the Southern oue,
within the barder, Of North Carolina, will
have become ie.potlsm by legislation.
Whrrea, our people are resolved 10 be inie.
pendent aud Tree. ut only in the en- / but IN
the means. they are resolved. mt onIy 10
be freemen ii the termination Of the contest,
but will not surrender their liberties during
III progress. Nor will they b. satisfied with
the hmsy pretexts and excuses TOR he sacrl-
ice OF sacred principle, that il car do NJ
harm except 10 traitors. Thew iniend thai
even traitors shall not be condemned rxcep,
IN accordance with those great principles &c
right aud justice. which are of universal APP
plIcatlon. For they know full well that il
Is upon the persons OF frieniless ar ndiuu.
men that desp ,tism. whether of single ty-
rant or Of I mob. first laws lis hands aud
that vIgianre "a InDre crs.ary t. the pre-.
serystinn 0! liberty in times OF bill. per,
aud revolution, than IL peace. N,s, SIR.
ynd can hardly mention guarantee # ind,-
yidGal right contained in that i'm nurs i
declaration prefxed 10 the const,tati ~,
which is not outraged by tie prop ,,ed prn-
ceedlns IN relation 70 test oath. lie, me
pariiculaf'ze few o. the more pro,nin mt =.
nnng hen:
|. Contrary 70 the very word. pf that lie.
claration. II I" htssrire, every freeman" AM
every boy too above the age of sixteen. of Ia.
privilege. As citizen, anil converts hlm in.
10 an alien, aud extles hin untIl ne shall re-
establish MS right % citizenship by taking
the oath ii allegiance. d-tease. ana 81 abia.
ration Of the government at the Unitei
Sizes. already recited; high hanIri oat.
rage 10 sgoysrsion 81 +" the Jaw 81 the Land. .
the only prpces. W which 81 dreadful .en.
tence cpui IL inflicted. AID l,well knosn
that "by lAs Of The land here, 10 meant a
regular trial before Judgs and jury. according
to the course AMI usage OF the common Law.
:. Il cInsIrts > freenai III = crlne, the
nish crime II disloyalty d the government.
by an act Of ISLANDER passed b, this Goa.
vrnt,an. and subjects hin 10 the punishment
OF b-ing banlshel. unles, he shall acauit
himself W "a o,th 1.-The declaration guaraa-
tesIns that ~ .uth c'nsictita shlil ~ tai
but " the pnsnimous serdlci Of ~ of
god and lawful men 10 open court. !. here
toi1re a,ed."
,. Wiihul; snv evidence ~ IN aR.n.e
having been committed. aud without any of.
tense being described n warran; AMI SIP.
parted by estl-ncr. Il consider. free cIii.
l-n az condsnneJ. and exile. h.nl from n,
sacred home. uns.. Ne will disclose the sr-
rrets o. his hesri. and they are f,gnI 10 3e
patrIunc. by Justice VI the Peace.
u 4. II highly crinin,l proceeding, Il cnm.
pei, man g. give evidence again.t him,rlf.
4 This hldeOus feature isa little disguised. but
Il !. unlnestionabiv there. ifh- ell swear
the oath ne g'es free. but Il he will ut, his
refusal i. plrnIry evidence pr h,s guilt. mi
he suffer. the dead penalty Tn, refusal
hr ;. furcci to give Il hrs consC rnce will not
ALLOW HIN 10 axe the oath Wherein due.
this iilf-r from that slI devIrr of blsDlry and
cruelty Of putting him on the wheel and
cracking his bpIss until he shall declare that
he 10 not guilty u heresy Or trea.uns IN
nOihing that I can ,erc,iye, except that ia
the me ease he suffers in the a.sh, All 10
the other Il j. erpulsion from vile aud chI.
dren. and friends. and cointrv
VI. President. when ny friend, Charlie.
5. Morrhead. IL Kentucky, a. noble aud gal.
liant q gentleman as any mat I have ever
known, was seized on his native soil and
hurried OF to pris n 10 a FAR distant State,
upon an alleged order from the Secretary Uf
state nj Wt.hturton I thouyh, mn, IN