The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-09-16

the hands OF the enemy, and been occupied
by him; but to shew csnclusiveIy hsw fac
tious and unworthy of North Carolinians
is this complaint, we have only to psint to
the fact that the largest and most epulent
city of the South has fallen ints the hands
Of the enemy, and the fortified towns Of
the Mississippi had to be yielded to him,
opening the whole Of that State to his
ravages. Is there any faction in Lsuisi-
ana or Mississippi that complains that
New Orleans Or Vicksbur. or Port Hud-
son were wilifully neglected or surrender
edf And can it be supposed that the
President Of the Confedsracy has delibsr-
ately chosen to inhict. by his neglect.
greater injuries upon his own State and
people, than upon eUen the poor cast fpee-
pie Of North Carolina ? No! Our csun>
trynen. we are persuaded, will yield to
the voice of charity and reason, and say
with US, The President is net infallible
he may, in some instances, have erred in
the choice Of men and of means, he may
have been snduly influenced by the judg-
ment Of others, but surely he could not
have been so inssnsibe to the preservation
Of his own reputation and influence (if it
were possible to deny to him higher and
nobler motives Of conduct as to wllfully
neglect the defence of any psrtisn of the
country" Certain it is, that few mea
have had more general ysice of his coun-
trymen. Of his enemies and Of the world,
to ascribe TO them greater political wis.,
dom, firmness, integrity and dignity than
President Davis, in the administration Of
Goyernment under the most trying eircum-
stances.
And here we may take occasion to re-
mark, that it is to him we may ascribc the
preservation Of Gen'ls. Lee, Johnston,
Beauregard aad- Bragg for the. leadership
of our armies; since disaster. in the ca
reer Of each one of those great military
chieftains, has compelled them in turn to
pass under cloud. when popular clamor.
called for THAR dlsmissa.. Happily for the
country, he did not initiate, in this respect.
the example Of his bluuderiss cotemPorary
at Washington.
But beyond these demonstrations Of hes
tility to the present administration, the
faction" declare "that more is demanded
of North Carolina than any Of her sister
States, aud that some Of thea have not
been called upon, or have not furnished as
many soldiers for the field in proportion to
population as North Carolina, and that for
this and other reasons, they resolve that
Nsrth Carolina will send no more troops
to the field"
That North Carolina has been called up-
on for larger quota Of troops than the
other States, you may be we'll assured Is
untrue. Calls have been made for troops.
but for no particular number from each
State. The call is for all between certain
ages in all the States and this 10 sufficient
10 show how. false and reckless men ,bs-
come when they yield themselves to the
spirit Of faction. II the people Of any
other Of the States have failed to respond
70 the call, then they cannot escape the
charge Of disIoyalty, and violation Of their
pledges, made al the beginning Of the con-
test. This il the accusation made By "the
faction" in North Carolina, and they pre-
Bssc themselves TO adopt the same disisyal
course of conduct. Their avowed senti-
nents lead TO this. AL men must be held !,
morally aud legally, 10 iutend the natura!
and the necessary consequence OF their
acts aad il this be so, the conclusion il
Irresistible, that when these men are call :
ed upon to render support to the cause OF
the couHtry and they refuse to do so, bat
threaten violent resistance to the law, they
are prepared for submission. for reunion
Nor doe, /, matter whether they avow these
sentiments or deny them, il they are pre-
| pared for resistance to a law Of the land
NEST essential to the defence Of the coun.
4 try. does not their conduct lead direc tly 70
this resultf
i 1t wsuld be unwise as it would be un-
lust. to attempt TO magnify the Importance
lsf these manifestations Of disloyalty. but
/ they cannot be without evil tendency IN