The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-07-09


domestic ex ,.qscies. or pausing to measure
,be strong d .slcrtions Of the foe.
In the heal Of our private disrord, we.
seem to have forgotten that our great mission
people is to repubiicanixe the. world, to
advance the principle that men are capable
81 self government, and to check the progress
81 monarchy. Sir. we are losing ground in
the fulilIment Of that sacred mission. and
monarchy has gained new foothold while
we have been weakening our sinews with
intestine strife. And to what purposes Is
il possible that gentlemen can hope to re-
construct the Union by pursuing policy Of
unrelenting severity Can they expect to
re-establish concord and brotherly love by
pushing hostiliiies 10 the extreme verge
What Is the Union worth without mutual
respect and reciprocated amity 70 bind the
sections? What! Union OF unwilling
States, driven into companionship at the
point of the bayonet, and held there hereaf-
Ter by military power! Such Union would
not be worth the shedding Of one brave mans
blood. We want their hearts or we want
them not at ali. And we cannot conquer
hearts with bayonets. although they would
outnumber the spears Of Xerxes. II not
brought back BY negotiation, in the spirit.
they are gone IRON US forever. To conquer
them may be possible. To slay their SOL
diers, lay waste their lands. and burn their
cities, may be within our power. But to
hold Them in subiection. having conquered
them, would, in itself. be a final reputation
Of the FIRST principle of republicanism. Pros
ecute this war until you have accomplished
the necessity Of holding a subdued section
in subjection. and the world will look in vain
for republic on the western hemisphere.
Sir, I love to entertain the hope that our
Union will be restored upon the foundation
laid down by our fathers; and desire no
changes in the plan Of that glorious super
structure. But am not so unnatura! a
worshipper Of the Union as to seek is saliva
ton with the destruction Of those for whose
welfare it was conceived; to build it up up
on the dead bodies of my counirymen, when
other means are at hand for its reconstruc-
ton. would purchase its redemption 9th,
erwise than by anarchy and ruin. would
not fling away the substance to perpetuate
the name. Every drop Of blood that is she'd
in this struggle will weaken the keystone Of
the fabric for whose sake the blood is pre-
tended TO be shed. One word OF Cancellation
at this crisis will do more TO save the coun-
try than all the achievements, past and to
come. of your victorious soldiery.
Why should not that word 90 forth, even
now, Ia the hour Of The triumph Of the Fed
eral armss II there has ever been period
in the history Of Republics when stronger
civil strife has failed 10 curtail the liberty Of
the masses. l have not read that history
arlght. A.rsa AVE be6eid some Of the dear.
est privileges Of American citizenship wrest-
ed from our grasp. And how long, at the
same rate, before, upon the convenient plea
Of necessity. we shall be stripped Of Other
rights which heretofore have made Us deem
ourselves treemen: How long, while per-
sonal liberty now depends On the nod Of an
Official. How long, while freeborn hmerI-
can citizens can be left to Iangoish in Bas'
tiles, beyond the reach Of the constituted
tribunals OF the land aud at the mercy OF the
Executive for their liberation How long
while the press, the guardian Of liberty. ihC
friend Of the masses. shaekied. gagged, cow
ed down 10 sullen silence, or worse yet, be
come he minion Of a party: How long
while voters are arrested at the polls by mil.
itary process. aud legislators are hurried OF
20 prison before they can assume their sacred
fHnctiOnsf How long, while the partisans
Of the immacalate Abolition party are COIN
ing money out Of the blood 81 their cOuntry.
men, parading their snowy patriotism ana
shouting Union." with their arms up 70 tbs
elbows 10 the public Treasury How long
sir, will the people Of the North. taxed be
yond endurance, robbed and cheated by ar
eyer-eraving horde Of political hyenas--hov
long will they have choice between freedou
and anarchy. between republic and des
potismf Alas We still cling to the name o
arepublic, but have we the reaiityi Il Il
entirely al the option Of one man. or of |
council OF men, whether the citizen shal
breathe 10 freedom the free air Of heaven
At the "epea SESAME Of the executive, th
gloomy portals Of the Basiiles Lafayette AM
Warren viii cape to receive him. And thi
is the repsblie was taught to love.
Sir, il is only q sign and torerunner Q
what must be inevitable, should the sout
A.. er,,.bsd tnfo fhc Ifnion. Yoa mag hrin