The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-09-02
From The Raleigh Standard.
NORTH CAROLiNk POLITICS.

NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS.
We copy under this head To. day, q very
able and Interesting Editorial from The
Fayetteville Observer. to which we invite
the attention of nur readers.
The Obserrer is correct in saying that
the real originstnrs Of party feeling are
those who administered the State govern
mrnt in 1861, when our people determined
10 resist Mr.. Lincon's proclamation. But
We 90 further aud saw, that this was only
part Of the party programme that led 10
A the dissolution OF the Union. and which has
governed the Confederate Administration
from its Inauguration az Montgomery 20
III. present moment. When our people
separated from the federal Union and unit
I'd themselves with the government at
Montgomery, thrt did SO in the belief that
men u Ill shades af spinions would thence
forth be Political equals. and that the fern
IL government adopted would be so adj !
ninistered as TO preserve the rights Of the
sovereign States, aud protect the free ex-
prr.sion oI ihought and opinion. Ii this
they have been grievously disappointed.
Thr administration Of Confederate affairs
his been strictly par,izan. No man WIN
did not regard the election Of Mr.. Lincoln
As good cause Tor dis.alving the Union has
been admitted Z" the Cabinet council. Of
The President. Prescription af such men.
balh IN the Geld and coancil. has been the
order Of the day; and not eHly this, hut
when they have complained Of such treat
ment, and endeaseied TO correct the errofs
and blunders ef me administration. thes
hsse bsea ssssilrd ia venomous terms. aud
Threatened With a "hidepas mark" which
would disgrace them aud their children.
hut even this could have been borne for
Inc sake of the country. if the rights Of the
states aud the liberty Of the citizen had
beea respected. When North Carolina
,ecsd,d the States were regarded as the
masters u the system. and the government
= the servant of the States 10 execute their
will. ll,w Is IL now: Under the opera.
ton Of Law, not warranted by the Consti-
's,lon the war has ceased q be voluntary
~ Its character, and the Gavrrnors nf the
States have become mere registers Of The
will Of Congress and ihe Executive. The
CONSUMPTION aud the tithing law leave nnth.
in1 10 the States. but The central govern
meni takes our fighting men with snr
hand. and the trnlh Of our substance with
the other. if the FIRST was really necessary
The States themselves could have enforced
n. aud each State could have kept its quo
u oi men in the field in brisadrs. duly Of.
fcered; and n provisions were needed,
aud could not be purchased, the States
Could have furnished them BIZ q system u
purchases % their own. and taken in rr.
ehange Tor them the currency of the go
,ernment. Seizures Of persons and pro-
perty have become as common as the, are
IN France and RUSSIA. Personal liberty
has been made dependent on the mere will
uf army nfiieers appointed By the Presi-
dent. Hundreds have been arrested Tor
opinions s,ke. immured 10 dungeons. lie
hird trials before the civil tribunals, and
released only when the military power
hose 10 do il. Our Courts. when they
hne intrrpnssd 10 protect these unfurlu.
nates and 70 uphnld the law. have beei
di.regarded in many instances. and their
Integrity reflected on in gross terms by the
War department at Richmond The Con.
lctlrrats currency, which - the lie blood
~ TIVE system. and the e,nanation al plight.
eel pablic faith, has been 10 some extern,
i'pn'lis,ed AZ matter Of convenience
anu apottlon Of tin one instance has been
'ciused By Cabinet officer. on the same
grsund, IN open violation Of law of Ton.
brs.s. Our patient, uneomplaining, heroic
soldiers have been placed ia the van Of ey.
ery battle aud - the rear Of almost esery
ieusat; and when ,hsy have fought with
an ardor and stssdiness which would have
rensctsd credit On the old guard OF Bsna.
parts Itself, just praise has been denied
mem BY journals supposed to speak fsr III,
anin's sIation. and their fathers and bro.
: 'ssshone who are Conservatives, hay,
cen held Up as dislOyal and uniriendly /,