The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-09-30

n'bh Chnc dSdiHes tht laws VI your country. list
no one be deceived. So long as these laws remain
on the statute book they shall be executed. Surely
my countrymen, you would not seek to cure the evils
Of one revolution by punging the country into an.
other. You will not knowingly, TO the present desc
lating war with the common enemy, add The hsrrors
OF Internal strife and entire subversion Of law and
civil authority! You must not forget the enyiable
character which you have always maintained, as a
sober, conservative and sw-abiding people; nor would
have you 10 forget the plain easy and constitutional
method Of redressing your grievances. Meet and DE-
nounce any existing laws IL ysu think propsr-you
have that highland instruct your representatives in
Congress or the Legislature, as the case may he, 10
repeal them. Your own chosen servants made thos
obnoxsus laws-]hey can repeal lhemsif such re
your instructions. II you regard them as uncons,i,u-
tional, our Supreme Court siis ready 10 decide upon
all cases properly brought before it, Its decisions are
final in the State Of North Carolina, and shall he ex-
ccuted while the power remains in your Executive 10
enforce any law. There is no grievance 10 redress
and no proposition 10 be made, but can be most ben.
ehcialy effected in the way our fathers marked out
BY the baot.box, and the other conslituiionay ap.
pointed means. In times Of great public sensibiliiy
like the present. any departure from this legal chan
mel is onary and dangerous, and tends 10 The
division and distraction Of the people.
II is my great desire, and hope that Of all good
citizens that our people should remain united befal
rs what may. Should we triumph in the srea, stug-
gle for Independence, let no feeling Of revenge, no
bitterness, mar the rejoicing Of that glorious day.
Should We fail, and come short Of that great object
Tor which we have struggled so long and hled free
~ le, not our strifes and domestic feuds add 10 the
bi terness Of defeat.
Attempts suddenly TO change the existing order Of
things would only result IN boodshed and ruin. |
therefore implore you, my counirymen, Of all shades
Of Political opinion, to abstain from assembling To-
se,her for the purpose Of denouncing each other,
whether at home or in the army, aud 10 avoid seeking
any remedy for the evils Of The times by other than
legal means and through the properly constituted
authorilies. We embarked in the hottest Of oil
causes which can sir the hearts Of pariots-the cause
| Of liberty and Independence. We are committed 10
it by every tie that can bind honorable people.
Mu,pdes of our brsvest and best have already seal
ed il With their blood, whilst others, giving up all
earthly possessions are either iangushing in dunge-
are homeless wanderers through the land, and
oil have elt in greater less degree, the iron hand
Of war great and glorious natidn 10 struggling e
be born, and wondering Kingdoms and distant EN-.
pires stlled with listening hope and admiration
watching this greatest Of human events. Let them
not. pray you, be shocked with the spectacle Of do
csiic strife and petty malignant feuds. Let net euI
spsmy be rejoiced IL behold our strong arms and
stronger devotion which have often made him trsm
ble turned against ourselves. Let rather show thai
the God Of Liberty is in His Holy Tempe-ihe hear,
Of feemen-and bid su the party bickerings Of eartt
i keep silence before Him.
Instead Of engaging in this unholy and unparioti
strife, and threatening 10 resis, the law Of the hn,
and sn5ang the peace Of society lei prepar
klgenily and with hoPefsl hearts for The hardship
and saffrrings Of the coming winter. Heaven ha
bsssd Us with abundant crofs but thousands Of th'
poor are unable 10 purchase. Let Us begin in TIM
and use every effort TO provide Cor them and secur
them sgains, suffering. And let Us eIsn ourselves
the utmost 10 return to duty the many brave but mis-
guided nen Who have left their eountrys Gag IN tn
hour Of danger, and God will ys. bless Us snd on
children. and our shilSren's children will thank
Coz no, despair,g Of the Republic in h dsrkes, hour
Of disaster and still more or sdhering e and pseser
wing. sud the icry trials Of var, conservative senti
menls aud The rights sad civil liberty ~ the ysunI
Confsdersey.
4 In witness whereof. LxsrLos b. vixsr
GU eur Gosernor. Captain General and Com
lis. mander m Chief. bath signed these Prs
~ senis and caused the Great sesf Of th
Il etais 10 he alfred.
I Done al the city Of Raleigh. This Tih day OF sep
ienber.A. d. 1853, saa ihe year Of American lnds
penoencs voc se'h' zB VANCE.
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