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

aress, and the reasons for the same. He
stated that owing to sickness in his family
he was not present when the first Con-
scriptfon Act was passed BY the House,
but that il present, he should have voted
for it !; that the condition Of the coantry
made il imperative to retain in the field
our army, which was then defending the
country against half million Of disciplin-
ed Yankee soldiers that eighty thousand
of our troops were about being disbanded,
when McCIeiian was laundering al the
gates of Richmond and. that to have pur,
sued any ether policy than that OF retain
ing our troops in the field, would have
been equivalent to giving up the contest.
The last cons0iption bill he had voted
against; believing that the exigencies of
the country did not require it, aud that the
Constitutional mode, for The President to
make requisition upon the respective Go
vernors of the States for troops, was the
safest and wises. course. He also stated
that he had voted against the Confederate
tax bill. believing the system therein pro.
posed for raising money, and for support
ing the army, to be Hnwise and impoltic.
He had voted against the exemption Of the
overseers and owners Of twenty negroes
under the Act Of Oct. 1864, and supported
the. exemption act of April last; had also
voted for the resolutions of Mr.. Russell
that Martial law could not exist in the
Confederate States; and had uniformly
voted against suspension Of the writ OF
Habeas Corpus.
Mr.. Ashe also declared that he had al.
ways voted everything which he had re-
garded as necessary for vigorous prose
cutioH Of the war. He believed that peace
only could be attainedby this course; and
warned the people not to be misled by the
Slamors Of those who were agitating peace
moyements amongat ourselves at this time
that it was an ignis fattus which would
make the war.interminable that II would
arouse the North to mightier efforts for our
subjugation /; that II would dispirit our gall
liant army in the field, and produce d.
yisien amongst ourselves. He believed
re never would obtain peace except upon
union aneRgst ourselves and determi.
nation TO sustain our army. He showed
thatthe heavy blows we had already siseI
the Zoe had produced at the North the con
yiction amongst large class that our sub
jugation was impossible +; that this was III,
general sentiment Of Europe; that this sen
timent had become so wide spread at tn
North that open resistance TO the censcrip
ton aci had been made, and that the Unit
ed States had been compelled to abando
u or at least 10 Suspend il.
He forcibly showed that peare move
ments amongst ourselves could only lead 4
one result-thst Of reconstruction Of II,
old Union, to which he never would con
sent. Said that he stsod upon the resolu
lions unanimously passed BY our Conyen
tion-that in the language az our Conven
ton, "there is a radical Incompatible
between the people Of the United State
and ourselves, and that from them cur. sep
aration is final. and for The independence
We have asserted. we will accept no slterna
tive"
Mr.. A. said he thought he could see sign
at returning reason amongst our enemies
that this had resulted from the proves
our arms, md to our arms must We look "a
deliyersnee that all We asked Tor, wa
peace and whenever they showed dispr
sitlon 10 treat with US he would hail IL wi,
JOY; but when We saw them treating NJ
Stephens mission with contempt, thea
would be the part Of crayens 10 beg Of thel
for peace. after we had zes wi;i some RI
gefses 10 our arms.