The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-08-06

:. a.e worm 70 reconsider his opinion. IN
arm';tice, and then a settlement Of thia deadh,
quarrel By peaceful separation i fLe onI,
solatloa Of the difficulty ,phich presents ;fseyI
% f1e 'ntads Of English statesmen, and. we
may add, the statesmen Of other Countries.
an ms matter we may say, without hesita-
tlon, that all Europe is unanimous. Al the
time Of the first rupture, when secession and
tne depth of the feeling that inspired it we're
il'tie understood, there was in this country a
large party, and in France and Germany
still larger party, which were indignant
against the Southern leaders, and cheered on
the North to what was considered the easy
overthrow of the political conspiracy that
had usdrped the government of deIuded
and bewdered people.
4" Whatever may be the sympathies of any
person, however much he may condemn the
institution Of slavery or the principle Of se-
cesson, yet he feels that all that is past and
gone, and that the question is now whether
war OF determination shall be carried on
by one community against another.
"lf the Americans had been wise enough
to LET the South go freely at the first, it is
quite possible that by this time it would
have been seeking re.admittance, for the
Union party was then reality and not fic-
tlon, and reaction against the policy Of
the secessionst leaders might have taken
place. Although it is too late to hope for
such reconciliation, yet the North may
even now, by dignifed concession, avoid
the terrible sacrifices and the intensity of
hatred which persistence in the war will
necessarily produce"
Ever since the beginning Of this unhap-
py conflict, the crOwning victory which was
TO restore the South TO Federal supremacy,
has always been dancing like will-o'-ihe-
wisp before the eyes Of the Northerners. 1t
has led them through boundless waste of
blood and money; it has caused them to stir
up hatreds which a century perhaps will
hardly appease, and il now gimmers before
them As deceptively as ever, while they are
sinking slowly but surely into the slough of
Nv five thousand men, the fourth oil July,
1901, was fixed for the termination OF the
rebellion, which was declared to be repr0bat-
ed by a majority in every State but one.
That fourth Of July came and went, and at
no time since has the fall Of the Confederacy
been fixed for later date than three months,
from the time Of speaking; and now another
fourth Of July is upon US, and the South is
still unbroken in strength and determine
ton.
All the power eG the FEDERAL Government
has been put forth; debt which no man
accurately knows, but which all suspect 10
he vastly greater than admitted by the go
yernmcnt, has been contracted; men have
been raised by the hundred thousand Ea-
rope has been put under contribution to fur
nish arms and stores aud all the apparatus OF
conquest; fore main armies have advanced
in the Confederate territory; half dozen
exneditiaas have fastened themselves on the
coast. and vel he South remains unconquered.
n i demonstrated that the Federals can on
#ly effect their purpose by campaign lar
more gigantic and BY an expenditure lar
more lavish than that Of the past twelve
onths.
i" The present result Of their immense ex.
ertions i that their gunboats control the
great rivers Of the continent, with the cities
m their banks, and that their armies, besides
securing Kentucky, have military possession
Il certain parts Of Virginia and Tennessee.
But il NAV, we think, be said with com.
nle,c accuracy that in these two States re
Federals hold only the ground they siaGa
upon. The hostility Of the population nlne
nfirhbortnol both Of Mcclellan and tIai-
lex i admitted by every soldier 10 toe TWO
armies. III an enemy's country, "HISn =
de.olated by the Confederatss 'hemse..es,
the Federals find themselves eFossm. NJ. ~
stand stil by the obstinaey Of ne soaansah ;,aii
efs ii by the heats which begin 'usii '"'e"''
ty about the time OF the sol'iiee'
.Fhis state Of Affairs must oaps. AUS. useg se,b 't
aestion among men d every s.asi, - DOsn Oen,Ia Il
England and America. Happily, ms 4. psop's
81 IN. country, with is cIsepeon ad :. au ,ha; 10
.snn'a1 .inDa y Tsar NJ %n They can see , that i
n. soa,h 4 % be saspgated ma ... ne.a ~
tae ene eoS'a a,n. tiis eonsamnatlon must be
lo,ss .sdsd y !. lie most savage and relentless
prsssa,eai II iss history Of mankind, and iOl,
son'e'I i = !" noli.ica condition TO which even
loweu Y y, y considered preferable"
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