The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-01-28

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enlisted soldiers shall continue to treat
A. unwilling instruments in the commission
of these crimes, and shall direct their dis.
charge and return To their homes on the
proper and usual parole.
In is political aspect. this measure pns-
sesses great significance, and to u 10 this
light, | invite yonr atteHtion. II affords
10 our whole people tho complete and
browning proof # the true nature Of the
designs Of the party which elevated to
power the present occupant Of the Presi.
deatial chair at Washington, and which
sought to conceal its purpose BY every va
rety Of artfu devices and by the perfdi-
Gus use Of the most solemn aud repeated
pledges on every possible occasion: lex
tract in this connection, as q single exam
pIe, the following declaration made by
President Lincsln, under the solemnty Of
his oath as Chief Magistrate Df tile United
States, on the 4th oil March, 1861:
apprehension seems to exist among
the people Of the Southern States. that by
The accession OF a Republican Adminlstra-
ton. their property and heir peace and
personal security are to be endangered.
There has nsser been any reasonable cause
for such spprehensons. Indeed, the most
ample evidence TO the contrary has all the
while existed, and been open to their in
sp.ction. II il found IN nearly all the
published speeches oil him who now al
dresses you. do but quote from one of
those speeches when declare that have
no purpose. directly or indirectly. 70 IN.
tsrlere with the institutiun Of slavery in
the States where il exists. bslsese have
~ lawful right 70 do % and have no IN
slinatian to do 80 Those who nominated
and elected me. did 50 with fall knowledge
thar | had made this and many similar
declarations. and had never reeanted them.
And more than this, they placed in The
platform for ny acceptance, and a. law
q themselves and to me. the clear and en-
phstic resolution which nov read:
Resslred. Thai the maintenance nsinlaie 81 The
rights Of the States aAd especially the right nf each
Stale order and control IL dnaeslr situations
according % its judgment exclusively. Il essen
ta 10 that balance of piwers which the pnlrciinn
and endurance Of paiical fabric depend; aud We
denounce The lswkss iasa.on hy armcd force IL the
soi % any Sate Territory. no matter under VII Al
pretest, among the grayest crimes"
Nor was this declaration of the want 81
pnwer Or disposition 10 interfere with our
sacial system confined 20 q state IL peace
Both befnre and after The actual colnmence.
ment OF hostilitirs. the President Of the
United States repeated ia farnal official
communication 10 the Cabinets Of Great
Britain and France. that he was utterly
without constitutional power 10 do The act
which he has just committed, and that in no
possible event whether the secession oI
these States resulted Ia the establishment,
II separate Confederacy Or in the restn.
iailon 81 the Union. was there any auihoti.
u BY virtue nf which he could either re-.
stare 4 disaEfectsd State TO the Union by
farce OF arms or make any change in any oI
rs institutions. lrrfer esprc,alls for seri.
aeatl0n Of this assertion. to the dispatches
addressed BY the Secretary &c State Of the
Ualted States under direction Of The Presi-
dent. 70 the Ministers OF the United States
a London and Paris. under date Of 10th
and 22d April. 1861.
The people Of this Coniederacy then
cannot ia,l Z" receive this proclamation q.
he fullest yindiration nf their own sagaci
y IN ioreseriag Inc uses to which the
dominant party NJ The UHited States intend
~ from The beginning to apply their power
nor can they cease TO remember, with Dc.
wat thankfulness, that IT is 70 their owr
vigilance ~ resisting the FIRST stealthy pro.
gre" Of approaching despotism. that the !,
awe their escape from consequences nov
apparent 10 the Most sceptical. This pro.
slamst'on will have another sanitary elIrc
70 calming the fears 81 those who have con.
SANITY eslnced the apprehension that thi,
var might end BY some reconstruction o
me old Uniun Or sumo renewal N close 20
iilesl relations with the United States
These fears have never been shared by me
nor have ! ever been able 10 perceive Of
what basis they coald rest. But the pro
eiamatlon affords the fullest guarantee D
lhs lmpossibAity Of such aoresuit; il hai
established slate 81 things which cal
'fad 10 but one IL three possible c0nse
uuencek. the exfaruet 4 finu ~ fI. ala q .