The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-09-02

.he cause. Drigadiers and Major Generals
lr"m other States have been placed over
dhem In many instances, and when such off :.
GERS have besp appointed from our State
they have been almost invariably of the
same politics with the administration.
Prescription has thus been practiced over
the very bones and blond OF our people.
|Superadded 10 all this has been the ap-
poIntment Of surgeons, enrolling officers
and The like from other States over our re-
glmenis and over our people al home, un-
tll the GROWING outrage was reached by
the appointment Of Maj Bradford, Of yir-
GINA. to collect the tiihes. This led TO
the hrst public meeting held in this State !;
and but Tor this and other meetings, and
the earnest remonstrances of Gov. Vance,
Maj. Bradford would still be Tithingman
Tor this State.
Such are some Of tile causes tha, have
reused tIe people of this State to sense
OF their rights. and led to the meetings so
much deprecated BY the Observer. But
there are other causes, growing out Of the
rar,lzan policy referred 70. and out Of the
lneiiclrney which must always character
ize party administration in the midst Of
a great revolution like the present. The
arms Of the Whale country. IL is true, have
been dedicated TO this struggle, but only
hall IT'S mind, II 80 much as that, has been
called into requisitIun. The counseis oil
every great statesman and gpod man who
did not believe that Mr.. Lincoln's election
was sufficient cause for inaugurating civil
var. have been as eff,c,uaily excluded
frum the ear Of the President In his prac-
ticsl administration Of the government, as
IL they had bren exIies 10 foreign lands.
The ides that secession would be peaeea-
bile is the great mistake that underlirs the
whole movement The President was
urged at Montgomery 10 purchase the
stock OF cotton then an hand as means OF
procuring ships. muniIions of war, and
other necessary supplies, and also as ba.
- fnr our paper currency and also to
call for and arcept h,e hundred thousand
voiunwers. lie declined TO do IL. aud bis
Congress ordered fifteen thousand stand Of
arms. and borrowed fifteen millions of dol
lars. Seeing his mistake; but not admit.
ting Il by calling statesmen who had thus
advised him to his AID, he adhered to his
party policy, aud ran 10 the other extreme
ol 4 general CONSUMPTION u seven hundred
thousand men. without due regard TO The
productive interests, on which success
ful prolongation ef the war must mainly
depend. Under the lead of pet Generals,
whose incompetency 10 now knawn 70 all,
the great valley Of the Mississippi has been
los, 10 us--aur own seacoast has been lust !;
aud hut for the genius VI two nr three of
our Generals 10 Virginia, and the sublime
courage Of our veteran traops. the Con.
federate capital itself would have passed
from our hands. Mcanshile the people
have been deceived By the promise that
COTTON would bring peace that France or
In sland. or both. would interpose that the
Northern people themselves would divide
4 and arrest the war: that inras'ons Of the
! cnemY's territory would 80 distress them
that they would force their government to
negotiate; that Providence, seeing nnr
cassr 10 be Just. and nur cnrinlcs altogether
wicked, would speedily lead " nut with
! W. NuWus HAHu WV wy N"N ~ -
dependence. None Of these hopes have
been realized. On the other hand, our az
mics are not materially Increasing, while
our enemies Are recruiting from twenty
millions Of their own people. from thou.
sands Of emisrants from Europe, and what
i infinitely worse, from our slave Popula-
i tion.
No one, II seems TO Us, who will look
dispassicuately at the facts, will deny that
the foregoing Is true. The Observer traces
the mischief Of division and ill.leeling
in this State TO the Ellis administration
we ascend 10 the main stream, aud shew
that this mischief" and many, il not oil
our miifortunes. originated in the policy
inaugurated at Montg gomery, and which has
been continued to this day. Humble as
we are, and feeble as is our judgment IN
public affairs, we would venture 70 sug-