The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-03-09

nave no denunc'ati0n to make of those who
are moving this question. They are as
sound men, no doubt as am, as YOU are
las anybody !; they are my friends !; butt
think IT is wrong. Suppose you call
Convention without designing ii shall put
the State out of the Coniederacy. You
merely call il with the hope that it may be
able TO make some proposition for. peace,
or accomplish some result, in the direction
of peace, that the Legislature or the Exec
utive are unable to bring about. Suppose
you call Convention for this purpose.
You elect your delegates, and the first
thing they do on taking their seats is to
swear. on the Holy Evangelists, to support
the Constitution Of the Confederacy. Now.
having done that, we take il for granted
that they, as honorable men, will keep that
oath. What does the Constitution saya
Why, in article ], section 9, it reads as
follows: No State shall enter into sny
treaty, alliance or confederation" And in
article 2. section IL. it says: " The Presi-
dent shall have power by and with the adj
vice and consent of the Senate, to make
treaties, provided two-thirds OF the Senate
concur" Now YOU see that the Constitu-
tion your delegates have sworn to support.
expressly provides that the power to de-
clare war and to make peace shall be vest
ed in the President and Senate of the Con-
iederacy and the mement one of your del
egates make proposition or proffers a
treaty of any kind to the enemies of his
country, he is traitor by the law and has
. foresworn himself. (Applause.) That is
50, not because | say it, but because it is
, written in the Constitution we have all
agreed TO support. If you do not intend to
instruct your delegates to take your State
out Of the Confederacy, YOU see. from this
, aspect OF the question, your Convention
, assembled can do nothing more towards
J realizing the end in view than your Legis-
lature or yonr Governor can accomplish.
! Ii can't turn a wheel.
Well. suppose you 20 little farther and
! say you will instruct your delegates to take
. the State out OF the Confederacs, because
! when il is out, it is relieved from the obli-
: gation Of the Constitution and rests upon
r a separate and independent basis. Sup
, posing also, that il is not your design to
/ ljcln the United States government again,
but only to 80 out as an independent So
vereignty. for the purpose of securing
]. lpeace to yourselves, and possibly effectipg
r The ssme desirable cad fer all parties.
) Well. you pas, an ordinance Of secession
take another desc of this political hore-
o hound tea-and nothing know of is more
j. bitter unless il is Q boneset decoctiou.
: daughter, ,l-and set up for yourselves.
]. Is that going TO give you peacef Will
j. that restore your sons and fathers TO their
!. honest Will that hush the cry Of the or
4 phan and dry the widows tearsf Will that
y iill yeOr land with pi;9ty and prosperity Z
i So fer srsle 4. can assure ysu, my fell
o tilu-cilizens. i. will involve ysu in new
,fl gar. blOodier conflict than that YOU now
e Iisplore. "pui." you may say, "Mr. Da-
VS. and his government will not dare TO
Il make war on 3 seeding State. because the
-ltight OF secession is recognised. in the
J Consultation Of the Csnfsderacy. So is,
, ny frietds but you see, BY that time you
10 have thrown of that Constitution, you have
j. gotten from under lis obligations and sworn
Il yeu would have nothing 10 do with it. Do
D, you erpect the Confederaey to be bound
Is by . document you refuse to recognize as
al efTec;ing yoursel,esl So soon as you an
II nouHse 10 the wsrld you are sovereign
:. and independent nation, ss . matter Of
L course ths Confedsracy has the right Of
- declaring war against ysu, for sufficient
q cause, equslly With he right she holds Of
ir declaring war against England, France or
\ Holland. This right is inherent in all SO.
e ,oreigaties.
80 Dut what would Uncle Abraham say tC
.h it--,hat old gentleman whose personal pull
d shrituds has been the subject Of so much
as remark, (I.aughter,) and who, they say, car
he tell more bad jokes than canl Uaugh.
50 ter.) How wslld he receive the intelli