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

sion for one Of its despairing statements,
calculated to depress the spirit of the pee
pie, and to make them cry 9 enough" with.
out waiting to show fight. We wonder
that the Standard did not say that the
State and County debt was equal 70 all that
the State would sell for in gold and silver.
There being no gold or silver. compare
lively speaking, the one statement weuld
have been about as correct as the other.
But we can fight this war, and whip the
Yankees without gold and silver and the
debt that we have incurred, and that yet
to be incurred, Is the wisest debt that ever
4 country made. 1t is made 10 save NJ
from degradation and rnin. find IL sciH do
Il, unless the unfortunate croaking of the
Standard and its friends shall 50 far Grip
pie cur courage and resources as to make
US give up without sufficient struggle.
But the debt of the State, large as the
Standard would have the people believe it.
is only about third Of what Virginia. or
Maryland, or Pennsylvania. ewed before
The Oar. As to gold and silver, we have
no special need Of either while the war
lasts, and after il is over, our cotton and to-
bacco and rice will bring US plenty.
The Standard says that " to treat with
the Confederate government for peace is to
recognize that government" Net q whit
more than to treat with the Confederate GO
yernment for an exchange Of prisoners was
to recognize that government. England
did net recognize the United States BY
treating with them for peace, though she
did so recognize their independence BY
preliminary treaty concluded six msnths
afterwards, and by defnitive treaty con-
cluded more than year afterwards, the
war actually proceeding during the 6rst
| mentioned period Of six msnths. whilst the
negotiations were going on. A reference
to the history Of that period might be Of
service to the Standard, as showing that
nothing then secured our recognition but
successful resistance to the pswsr of Great
Britain. That brought her to treat. And
nothing else will bring the United States
TO q like conclusion. The States and the
people have no right to treat with her, and
can have no shadow Of hope that she will
treat such proposition from them with
nything better than contempt. The Stand
ard I fears" that we are moi able to do this,
and that and gives the gIoomisst view Of
the condition of things generally. We
hope and believe, and are determined to
try. The battle is not TO the strong. and
we have faith that that will be shown in
Gods own good time, provided we remain
true % ourselves and our country.
We are glad to see the Standard repeat
ing with emphasis, that Eve are opposed
to reconstructing the cid government, and
have been from the first" We trust il
will continue 50 to the last But, whilst
we do not at all call in question the sin
cerity of its declaration, we are bound 70
say. that in our opinion the whole tenden-
Icy 1--WE do not mean intention of lis argu
ments is to induce its readers to think mat
lin reconstruction lies thsir only hope.
All its gloomy statements OF the condition
&c things, military and financial. oil it,
fears Of our inability 10 accomplish any
thing, all its talk about the establish
lnent Of a new cemmon gsyernmsRt, with
all sur rights guaranteed" hath this ex-
tent. no mure, no less. And so its readers
coEstrue it, as witness the mestiugs ln
which reconatructisn and the. Standard fig
ure side BY side In rho resolutions. The
idea sf nsw com mon government, with
all our rights guaranteed, 10 - the very
error Of the MOON The Yankees say
they have nov !" the best gsvsrnmsnt sn
earth" Are they likely to change il a
the request Of a parcel Of rebels" uhs
have beaten their boastful armies upon .
hundred fsldsi Scarcely. And a. to
/" euaraatees." what can the Standard Of.
peet or hope for that we did not hare in
the old government, aud that were not vie.
lated there To Us there appears no
choice Of evils between sutjugaliOn aud
reconstruction. See the speech Of Gca.
Burnside, in Kentucky, in which il is
nlainlr axnmrd that NO man In Tint State