The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-08-20

1 Ntne-fenthS OF the tegiSldti0n Oh COnpresS
has been this session directed towards the
condition of the slave. and how to alleviate
that condition, while the aw fnl situation of
lhis Government, intended for white men, is
entrely lost sightof. ln the meantime the
nation "reels and staggers to and fro like a
drunken man." sGg
Democrats of New Jersey the hour when
YOU are To- meet In council is not far distant.
Upon you, together with your conireres in 9th.
Ter States, rest the hope Of the country. With
bold, vigorous and determined effort you
can help ito save ii; but il will not be by
lhalf-way. temporizing measures. You can
not save il by endorsing and approving the
present Administratio by endorsing attacks
upon the constitutional liberty Of the sub
jects; by approving of a war of subjugation
and extermination. The cunning, unprinci-
pied promoters Of this war. who are specu
latng upon the blood and treasure OF this ma
tion, have no desire that it shall cease. Tn
der the specious and delusiye cry that Go
lyernment is in danger, and the Consultation
must be upheld, they are 0prooting The faun-
dalions of the one and rendering nugatory
every provision of the other. Read the his
1 tory oi the past year; read the daily legls!a>
\ iion Of the men in Congress who are hound
y ing on this strife, and then tell US honestly
do you believe this to be war for The Uni
on or the preservation OF the Constitution !!
I II you do not, il is high time you should cry
I aloud and spare not.
I II is time that you should arouse from the
ilethargy that enerystes, and the false securi-
tty that deludes you. II you believe that the
further contnua nee of this war will only
entail untold miseries upon yourselves and
Your posterity, you have a right to demand
that il shall cease. You have the right by
all constitutional mfans within your power
TO endeayer TO make il fnality. II not,
YOU acknowledge right aud power in this
1 Administration which only belongs todespot-
Z ic governments, that are founded in force,
nd not on the consent OF the governed.
/ Let this war go on in the spirit il is now
being wsged, and you will dig an impossible
! gulf between North and South. Remember
| what Senator Douglas said in the Senate be-
I fore disease had dinmed his eve and para
/ lived his mind: Whether tie war that
these Republicans now clamor for lasts one
year. seven years. or thirty years, The result
must be the same--a cessation of hostiities
when the parties become exhausted, and a
treaty Of peace recognizing the separate in
dependence Of each section. determination,
jsubHgdfion or separation, one Of he three,
must be hs result Of The ,Car bei,cesn North
ern aud Southern Safes"
Now the question is, will you wait until
war OF years has Frustrated every interest.
destroyed a sixth part OF ynor populslion,
and made waste and desolatIon Of the
North. or will YOU demand peace now: Is
The freedom OF the negrs Of more Importance
than that OF the white man. Ii 50, clamor
for war. Are the grosns Of the wounded
more musical 10 your ears than the whir OF
the shuttle aud the ring Of the hammer
Then clamor fOF war. DO you desire an in
cubus of taxation, that shall make you and
your remntest posterily /" hcwers OF wood
and drawers of water to the Federal CO.
Iyernmenl! Then clamor for war. Do you
desire TO see this Conlederateh Government
transformed into a vast centralized military
Idespotism. Then elsmor for war. DO you
want 10 witness the final wreck Of all the
gloies OF our past. and our hopes for the fu-
ture Then clamur Tor the war.