The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-09-17
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was won through centuries Of strife by our
English. and re-baptized in the blood of our
ancestors. Exorbitant grants OF
power to any man or set of men, are dan
gerousin the extreme. The generations OF
the earth have seen but one Washington, and
the sun may pursue his great journey among
the stars tor many centuries, before his
counterpart is seen among the sons of men.
The Judge, the Magistrate and the Sheriff
should travel regularly the path of their ac-
customed duties, and all respect and obedi-
ence yielded them--a custom for which the
good name Of North Carolina has become.
proserbial. Let all the complicated ma
chinery Of the law, with the numberless
auxiliary organizations Of society, be kept in
unremitting action. Beware Of infringe
ments thereon under the plea of necessifys
none has ever been found so plausible and
specious by which to rob the people of their
liberties. II is the complacent excuse Of tho
despot the world over. The people must
keep watch at this post. Their officers are
responsible to them, and must be held TO
strict account. So far as | am concerned,
next to the preservation of the State itself,
shall regard it my sacred, paramount duty
20 protect the citizen in the enjoyment OF all
his rights and liberties.
Most assuredly nothing can be done BY our
rulers unless we give them cordial and
hearty support. beg il at your hands. TEL
low-citlzens, in the great task which sou
have set before me, as shall render il most
cheeriully to those by whom il is expected OF
me. Without it, | shall be utterly power
less. Yet thar slavish subserviency TO those
IN power, which INJURIES both giyer and re-
cipient. is to be avoided and despised.
shall need true friends, manly friends. who
will both warn and censure, as well as praise
when it Is due, and with such shall lind my
labors lightened and the path of duty less
difficult.
We have every reason to believe that the
great heart Of the people OF North Carolina
is deeply devoted to this struggle. None IN
the CoRfederacy have made greater sacri-
ces to maintain il, and am convinced their
patriotism will hot fail. Our intrepid and
heroic soldiers in our sister States. though
praised with grudging spirit and often over.
looked or quite sandered, have yet borne
our standards with undying glory in the front
Of every deadly charge, and death has spread
no feast to which they have not sat down by
hundreds. The spirit Of our glorious women
has exceeded. il possible, the gallantry OF
our soldiers in the field. Gag laws, test
oaths, and sedition ordinances, have, thank
God, been uncalled for; and mob violence,
that dangerous offspring Of revolution, has
been equally repressed by the conservatism
Of our people. To continue this happy and
eommendsble state Of things, let all good
citizens exert themselves.
Fellow citizens, the future depends on
ourselves. The skies are radiant with the
/ signs Of promise, il We do but hold faithful
TO the great work We have undertaken. Our
victorious Generals are everywhere driving
our enemies before them, and the vast armies
which invaded US at the beginning Of the
year, have melted away like frost before the
steady salor Of our troops, until six hundred
I ihousand men are called for 10 replace them.
Let them come too. and fear them not
with shot, she'll and bayonet. free people
will welcome them TO the bloody graves OF
Their predecessors. The womb OF the future,
y | an confident. holds for Us bright and
glorious destiny. The boundaries OF our
| Young Republic, as we hope 10 see them es.
tablished, embrace the iairest and mobiles
| portions Of the temperate zone. Innumera- :
\ BE miles OF great inland nayigable waters !;
mighty sweep Of sea coast indented with
magnificent baysand harbors the unriysiled
production Of the leading commercial staple
Of the earth as basis Of public credit ; a soil
adapted to the successful cultivation oil al
most every article. necessary 10 the comfort
aud convenience Of man, embraced IN an
area Of $4,000 square miles; Astounding
with materials for great navy. commereia
and warlike inexhaustible mines Of iron,
copper, coal, and all the valuable metals
unbounded facilities for building up great
manufactures on the streams Of our noun
tains brave, intelligent and yirtuoas pop,
uIatio numbering eight millions. with near
four million slaves, source Of wealth meal
culablc; these constitute The unIistasaOle
elements OF great nation. Beholdlng mem,
10 what splendid visions do they n0' give
rise, when peace. blessed peace ana 70, mae.
pendence, shall have been won on. my
eoun,rymen. let Us resolve this day ina, hey
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