The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-08-26

effect. But not that meeting only will en-
courage them. All the resolutions about
peace, and sending commissioners to nego-
tate, are but so many instigations to the
enemy to persevere. so many indications
tina. they may hope to find friends in North
CarOlina. Ii is said By the STANDARD and
Others, with great plausiblity. that there
can be no peace without preliminary ne
gotiations. But it is perfectly manifest
that Lincoln's goveroment is now utterly
unwilling to negotiate apon any terms short
Of unconditional submission. The Stan
dGd is naturally and properly opposed to
that, and no meeting but this one in Surry
has limited at such disgraceful terms. Why
therefore encourage the enemy and dis
courage our own gallant soldiers, all for
nothingf If we had gained some great
victory, or series Of victories, or if our ma
tionality had been recognized abroad, or
1.-THE Yankees had gotten to fighting among
themselves over their conscription, there
would be some sense in proposing to-nego-
tiate. And ii the Standard and'its friends
will wait till some Of these things occur,
and we don't, think they will need to wait
long we will join them in the hope that
the Confederate Administration, (the only
power that can lawfully or properly do So
shall again propose terms of peace and in
dependence. or negotiations, or an armis-
tice TO lead to Them, notwithstanding the
refusal even to listen 10 the formal propo.
siton carried to them by a commissioner
no less eminent than Vice President Ste
phens, as they had previously refused to
listen TO the proposition OF President Da-
Wis.
The STANDARD NAV not possibly be aware
Of some OF the influences that have led. to
and controlled some of these meetings.
We have reason 10 believe that in at leas,
one case meeting was in great part CON-
posed of the immediate relations and friends
of number Of deserters who are proxling
about the woods in that neighborhood, and
that its main object was to countenance the
.dastardly conduct Of these Jeserters. Again
we have heard that the prime movers oil
some of the meetings are men between 40
aud IS. who are thus muddying the waters
for the purpose Of divising some mode ol
screening themselves from obedience tC
their country's call. They held no peace
meetings when their younger neishbori
we're carried Of TO the army but are sud.
denly great peace men now that they them.
selves are called TO the field. And still
again, friend has stated to Us the sryu
ment Of one Of the so.called peace men
which was TO this effect: That peace snt
reconstruction would only result in the
abolition Of slavery, and as he. and many
others owned no slaves, they need not car,
their property would be safe. To say
nothing of the baseness of such motive o
action, il is false in fact. The Yanke,
con6scatSn law embraces every kind o
property. negroes, lands, furniture, goods
everything. There is no exception wha,
ever. and he is simply q fool whs imagine
that the law will be varied TO suit his owl
case. The Court in Washington City ha
already expressly decided otherwise, il
twenty cases that came before IL, and al
the property, none OF which consisted o
slaves, was condemned. Besides, the ex
press promise 10 the NortherR soldiers ha
been that they shall have The plantations .
the Southern people after conquering them
4 Aud, while the Yankee officers toek tn
large possessions OF the wealthy planters
the small plantations Of the non-slayeAOl
ders would be the very thing to allst 4
the brutal Yankee soldiers. who have beel
guilty OF every sort u outrage, from steal
ing to murder. Let no man delude him
self with an idea, which the Standard !
too sensible 10 entertain for msment, tha
the non- Shareholders would be exempts'
il they should be so unwise as to make an.
peace short Of Independence.
!, But suppose they should be 80 favere'
as to escape con6scation, We ask them ho'
they would manage to live in sucha stat
Of society as would be forced upon them
in which they would be the inferior race
kept down by Yankee bayonetsp
n But perhaps thew might purchase TEN