The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-09-02

gest some remedy for this condition of
things, and some plsn for the future ; but
we could not hope that any thing we might
say would have any influence with the ad-
mldlstration at Richmond.
Ite Observer reminds US that when this
Stale seeded 1or they wouid pass Mr..
Cralge's secession ordnance from the old
government. that act was final" So it
was TO all human appearances, and so we
hope i may be. We hope the State acted
" hnally." and we still think she acted
"wisely." When two evils are before us,
and there is no escape, true wisdom is
shown in choosing the lesser evil. Our
State did that. Her people did not desire
to seeede. They were willing to try the
administration of Abraham Linroln, and to
rely meanwhile on the grest body of the
American people to rescue the government
from sectional conflicts, to restore to il
national administration, and thus perpetu-
ale 1t, IL possible. for all time. They felt
that. having with them both branches Of the
Congress and the Supreme Court, Presi-
dent Lincoln could not seriously injure
their properly in slaves, nor deprive them
Of their rights in the territories. even if he
would. They intended, if he attempted
such thing. TO resist him in the Union,
AIDED as they would have been by une mil.
lion of national men in his own section.
II, during his trial he had driven our peo-
pie with their slaves from the common ter
ritories. or attempted in any way by an
overt act to impair our right to our slaves
in The States. they would have succeeded,
win the help Of their Northern allies, not
only in checking him, but in Furnishing him
foI,such malsdministration and corruption
in Office. But the precipitate and wicked
action of the cotton States on the one
hand, and the cruel and wicked policy OF
President Lincoln on the other, left US no
alternative. We were obliged to fight our
full brother OF the South or our half bro
ther OF the North. We chose TO do the
latter, and we acted wisely" five had
not done so, we should have been trsmpIed
by both armles-we should have had civil
war among ourselses--lhe North would
have despised u Tor our want Of manhood,
and the South would have regarded US as
false To our own instincts aud our own
blnod. We repeat, our State was rot a
free agent-she was obliged to pursue the
course she did. Thoughttul and sagacious
men, while they trod unshrinkingly the
path OF duty, saw before them the fires Of
civil war, but beyond these fires all was
darkness aud uncertainty. Acting final
y" as they hoped, they put everything on
the arbItrament of arms. Ihe result 10
partially before Us. The abolltionlsts OF
the Norih and the original secrssionists of
the South. acting and reacting on each
uther. have in all probability "proved
themselves the most skilful architects Of
rum that any age has produced" Slavery
has suffered more injury during the last
tSo years than would probably have be-
fallen il iu the long sweep OF fifty years
under the old government. The peculiar
champions Of The institution have placed it,
we tear. On the high rosd 10 extinction.
Aud just here, We beg leave TO say TO The
Obserrer, is the source Of one ot the most
serious apprshensions Of our people. The
>HNdFi fH1dNGlpdAlWn " wv siA'SS ~ eat
midst would be the greatest blow which
could be inflicted on Southern society. IL
would ruin this generation beyond redemp-
ton, and lis .ffects would be felt for ages
to come. Nor would this ruin be partial.
Il would include the non.slaveholder as
well as the slayehslder. and finally the
slave himself. subjugstion, af il should
be 10 reserve Cor Us. would be emancipa-
tion. Hence our people, while they are
for continuing the struggle, and while they
are still anxious if possible to make coed
their final" separation, are nevertheless
disposed 10 pry int the future. to see il.
in the last resort, something better than
subiugation cannot be obtained. IL the
wsrst should stare them 10 the face, az It
does not now. but as il may, they would
have peace under certain circumstances !;
yet IL the worst should come, and they
could see no honorable mode Of escaping