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

anything tnal Inc SeceSSlOnlss vi the cot
Ion States had done or could do, that she
went out. She had boldly. manfully, and
wisely. disregarded all that, and she would
have disregarded i, to this day. 1t was
Llncoln's act, unmistakably intending the
sublugation Of the South, that tsok North
Carolina out. and that by the votes Of the
old Union men, representing an old Union
fPeople-but Union men and people no lon.
ger than Lincoln's insane and fatal policy
was developed. The change Of sentiment
was instantaneous. Ir WAS RoHT. But
having put our hands 10 The plough, shall
We take refuge in the shade and leave our
work half done, because the midday sun
scorches Us? Shall we make no crop at
all because, TO our feeble comprehension
Of the designs Of Providence, there has been
too much or too little rain? That is the
tendency oil the Standards dolsful account
Of the present relative condition Of our
own and the enemy's armies, and Of what,
according to the Standard, we may lose.
in three months, and what we are not like
i ly to regain. 1t seems to US that this is
not the spirit that should actuate a free
man, struggling for his rights. nay for the
very existence Of himself and his people.
A man who despalrs is whipped already.
lie who trusts God and uses his own strong
arms. may be whipped. indeed, but il is an
even chance that he will not be; and if he
should be, he will have tie satisfaction of
knowing that he did his duty-that he los,
mol his honor in the struggle.
II ,.kaf sha GfarIard savo ahnut ska
ELECTS Of sudden emancipation We entirely
concur. And for that reason as we'll as
many others, we can tolerate no thought Of
any other result Of tais-war than that Of a
|. complete and final separation. Subiuga-
tion or reconstruction would alike lead TO
sudden emancipation. and to all The untold
horrors which would visit alike the slave.
holder, the non STAKEHOLDER, and the slave.
! The Standard hatters itself that 10 some
contingency not yet reached, il could Sc
, cure peace without sudden emancipation.
! Upon what this strange dslusion is based.
! we are unable 10 conceive. Certainly,
Lincon's proclamation, and the action un-
. der il OF his officers, civil and military.
have given no ground for sach hope.
{ Everything shows that wherever the Unit
ed States can secure footing. emancipa-
: tion il very sudden. But could the Stand
ard trust to paper pledges. constitutions or
: laws: Did We not have all these in the
, old Union and had they not proved worth
! lessi How can any one hope Tor any thing
) stronger. especially as concession to "
e after "the worst stares US IN the lace =
Does the standard look Tor something bet.
!. ter than We had before, 10 be granted
h when We get into q condition Of helpless
ness-whsn " the worst" has CONC? Has
y there been one solitary sign, from Lincoln
or IRON lis army or people, OF concessions
: 10 us, or even of former admitted rights,
. except when zoe had the upper hand } The
i whole conduct OF the Yankees in relation
I 10 the exchange Of prisoners showed too
plainly what will be their policy when
{ !. the aotst' comes. While we had the
! advantage in number Of prisoners they
i treated with Us and made terms which
!. wnuld have been lair II they had been
Il faithfully kept. Bnt now that they have
Il the advantage, !" the worst having befallen
!. us. what do We see, but the most insolenl
!. and utterly ,nadmlssible pretensions. Sc
a i will II ever be. Our only safety is in fight.
{ ing ,hem-hghting them. as the Standard
s says, !" with desperation which the world
Is has never witnessed.
i The Standard considers Us a. ".dispcsed
10 twit' lis Edlar for his declaration in
Is Nav 1861. Surely we said nothing Of the
Ill kind. We quoted that declaration 70 show
J. that the Standard was not, as the YANKEES
q papers claimed, and as many at home be-
a iieyed, faithless 70 the Confederacy, bni
ls that. from the goth Of May 1861, to the
present time, the Standard had continued
e 10 affirm its opposition 10 a reconstruction
of The old Union. II was sincere gratiii
n catisu to Us thus to put il right before III,
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