The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-10-22
HON. Il. A. r. NELSON.

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HON. T.. A. r. NELSON.
Hon. II. 4. II. Nelson, of Tennessee, who
has been firm supporter OF the Lincoln Co
yernment since the war commenced. and
who, according to the Knoxville Register,
has exercised ga boundless influence over
the people of East Tennessee publishes an
address to the people Of that section, de-
nouncins the emancipation proclamation Of
Lincoln. and urging The people TO arm for
resistance 10 its execution. He says:
" The paramount causes which have con-
trolled and Influenced my conduct and opin-
ions were love for the Union and an nnsha-
ken confidence that we had the best Consti-
tuition and Government in the world. But,
Of all the acts Of despotism OF which the civil
war in which we are now engaged has been
the prolific source, there is not one which.
in the slightest degree. equals the atrocity
and bafbarism of Mr.. Lincoln's proclaina-
ton. At one blow it deprives all the citi-
zens of the slave states, without distinction,
of the right 10 hold slaves; right guaranteed
by the very Constitution he pretends TO up
hold. 1t is true. he makes an intimation that
he will recommend TO Congress to provide
just compensation to Union masters in the
,laye States; but what right has he. or the
government Of the United States, TO deprive
them Of this property without their consent
And what assurance have they that hrs vague
and general iniiRation viii be applied I,
them, or that an abolition Congress, ieckinl
with the blaod Of the South, aud jubiant il
The possession Of usurped power, will adop
his recommendations
We are IN the midst OF a sea Of difficulties
Many acts have been done in the South Il
which we were bitterly opposed as people
and which we who have adhered 10 the Uni
on in spite of perils and dangers. could no
Justify or palate. But the Union men q
East Tennessee are not now aud never wer,
abolitionists. The Union men Of east Ten
nessee are not now and never have beef
committed to the doctrines of incendiarisn
and murder TO which Mr.. LincoIn's prncla
nation leads. What, then, is the path Of dI
ty in the trying circumstances which sur
round us. Is il TO belle all our past profes
sions and sustain Mr.. Lincoln's administra
tion, right or wrong: Is il 10 justify a ma
whom We had no agency ~ eieyating {
power. nut only ID abandoning the Cnn
sritution II the United States. but in repu
llisting the Chicago platform, his Inaugural
address and messages 10 Congress, III whic
the absnlute right 10 slavery in the State
where il exists was distinctly aud uneqniyu
calIy conceded! Or is ii, in view &c his ma
nv violations OF the Constitution, and til
GROWING act Of usurpatiun, 20 join that sid
which ct present affords the only hope 4
successful resistance
i | am aware. my cOnntrymen, that 70
will find difficulties in bringing your mind
10 the same conclusion at which ms own la
arrived. Many wantOn and unauthofize
acts Of cruelty aud oppression have oeen pei
l petrsted among you, which instead Of chan:
ing your opinion. have only been calculate
20 aggrsyate and intensity heroic princip
Of endurance. Many o. these acts have bee
committed in remote places, without ii
knowledge or appreciation Of the aulhoriti'
at Richmond, Or Of those who have held III
supreme command in East Tennessee, an
under such circumstances that you have fe
il dangerous 10 complain. Gradually an
slowly these ontrages have at last becom
known, and in the very recent proclama' .
issued by Major General Jones, you ha,
the assurance that your complaints will B
heard, and the most energetic measures aJoI
ted 10 remedy the evils to which you ha,
been subjected.
Let not, then. sense Of private and pre-
sent wrongs blind you against the enormitis
already perpeirated, and still more seriousl
contemplated BY Mr.. Lincoln's ADMINISTERS
tion. If majority OF the Republican part
have been sincere in their professions Of
determination to respect the rights Of slave
Try 10 ihc States, and il the light Of freedo
is not utter extinguished AZ the Norlh, ma
we not hope that a spirit Of Resistance wi
be aroused in that section which, when con
biued with the efforts Of the South. will hui
! Mr.. Lincoln from power, and even yet "a
store peace and harmony 20 our Jistracte
and divided country But IL through fe,
or any other cause, Mr. Lincoln's inismou
proe lalnafiOn is sustained. then We have n