The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-08-12

htC Htbt tile movements Ol UOfefH-
ment by which the broken fragments Of the
Unian can be welded, mighty continent
subdued. eight million freemen braced into
unit. robbed Of home. of honor, and OF
freedoms But who are they arrayed a
gainst! The House ought not. indeed, TO
join in the encomiums on the Southern
President, which heat and sympathy have
prompted. As no one was deemed happy
by the ancents until his life had closed,
no one will be stamped as great by us un-
I'll his enterprise has triumphed. But so
much may be hazarded OF this extraordina-
ry man, that, gifted amply BY nature. he
has made The union OF political and militia
~ excellence his object. and that as far as
Europe has observed, in the midst Of dan
ger and care, such as few men have the
power to imagine, fewer 10 sustain, he has
exhibited the patience and the enterprise,
the ardor and the coolness, the heroisln and
urbarrty, for which il generally happens
that nations draw their birth and civil wars
accept their destination. And this il most
important 10 remember-if we look back
TO such conjunctures we do not find an in
stance in which mind. character, capacity
have yielded 10 the want Of all, no matter
how we'll sustained the latter as regards
forces. number and revenue.
IF noble lords agree. therefore, with
the financial world. with military men. and
with the Government Of Washington itself,
that the issue is not doubtful, and il, there
lure, Great Britain has the right 10 &C
knowledge Southern independence, why
ought she 10 exercise IL: The first an
swrr i because honor calls on her to do 50,
aRd il rests % detail which.I shall ra-
pidly explain 10 your lordships. British
cunsuls have remained during The war al
Mobile. Charleston and Savannah. They
are there for the protection of our subjects.
who reside by thousands on the seaboard
In times like these their presence is essen
tial. Were il mol Tor consuls 10 identify
them. the severe enlistment laws Of the
Conlederacy Nigh, 4, any time descend on
uur people /; or in tile sudden turns OF war
their goods might be destroyed without a
clue 10 ownership of means Of compensa.
ilon. They are also there to witness the
blockade. and 10 report upon its efficacy.
And these Con.uls draw their sreguaiuTs
from the Government Of Washington. They
are . standing degradation 10 the power
which receives. which shelters and endures
them. We are not inclined 10 withdraw
them. We ought, therefore. 10 accredit
hsm 70 the insurgent who permits them IL
reside. and il We do he is acknowledged.
Honor forbids nations, as il does men, 10
run up . score Of gratitude themselves. and
70 create score Of just resentaent in IL
object, 20 offer insult al the momcn. they
afe prohting by lator. In me sense alone
DO the confedrracy gain BY the arrange.
ment; We give them all The grandeur u
torbeatance they allow our Consuls 70 re-.
side, and We withhold the rccogniiol
which public law entities them 10 ask III d.
Bnt i 10, our aspect with regyd ID them
4 poor one: We DENY their tights osci
their territory, and yet Il ti,rir hands re-.
Celse the safely u our citizens.
4 noble earl Who gained llis laarels II
The East. well pointed nut 10 Is Ia,t ses'
II NtNN Athhs NHNNfRNE Atf ~ AtWNfW - NWaNn
would be endangered. II victorious. lhs
Northern States might attack II ID III,
Edrunkenness II pride; II defeated, IN the
bitterness Ut turiur. Some men, out u
doors, have been 80 infatuated as to hold
thu, bs carefully absialning from anything
which gives umbrage to lhe.rnited State,
Mc should defend Il, A. IL aggressive
powers had ever been restrained BY want.
ing pretcxts ior the wars they were inclin.
cd 70. The security Of Canada i quickly
seen BY your lordships 10 reside in on,
circumstance alonc-ihc danger Of attack.
ing i. That danger will 1t least be greatei
when the Southern power is kindly 4
Great Britain than when il is estranged
inasmuch as the aggressive State will then
have 10 contemplate the chance Of an a.
tack upon his rear a. well as the blockade