The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-05-04

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detest and despise the authority that re-
|quires it. Will such man be devoted to-
|or make good citizen Of the government
in which he liyesf The history Of Poland
Of Hungary. Of Ireland and Of Italy fur
nishes an answer to the question. Ii i'm
per,al governments are not able to hold in
submissive obedience small portions of a
vast empire. once in revolt. how much less
a government having for its basis the con-
sent Of the governed.
THE CRY or " sUBlUGATIoN"--wHAT ARE The
TEACHINGS OF EXPERIENCES.
But subjugation" is the watchword.
Liberty and freedom for the slave and sub
iugatiou and determination for the master
IS the popular cry. Meet them, fight them,
crush them, says the gentleman from Ken
lucky. (Mr. Green Clay Smith. Sr..) that
is easily said upon this floor. and is popu-
Law with those who from day 10 day, Sill the
gallery of this house. but even the gentle.
man from Kentucky as we'll as Number
Of other military gentlemen, we're quite
willing to forego the pleasure Of the per-
Torrance and exchange their commissions
as generals in the field for certificate en-.
ttling them 10 seat upon this iioor !; and
we're | to judge by the Willingness with
which it was done. aud the tenacity with
which they hold on to it. and the efforts
some Of them are making TO retsrn here
again. instead Of the war spirit they breathe
within these walls, should strongly sus-
pect them being in sympathy with the
peace party.
Mr.. Chairman, | am no military man,
and therefore incompetent 10 give advice
or advance an opinion in military affairs.
but have been often forcibly struck By a
remark Of Marshal Ney. in reply 10 Napo.
leon, as related by Headley in his = Napo-
leon and his Marshals:" One day. a,
Madrid, Napoleon entered the room where
Ney and several officers were standing,
and said in great glee, everything goes On
we'll /; Romano viii be reduced in . tort
night the English are defeated and will
be unable 10 advance !; in three m6nths the
war will be finished" The officers "a
whom this was addressed made no reply,
but Ney, shaking his head, with charac.
teristic bluntness, said: " Sire, this wal
has lasted long already. and our affairs are
not Improved. The people are obstinate
even their women and children fight /; they
/ massacre our men in detail. To-day We
cut the enemy in pieces. tomorrow We
have to oppose another twice a. numerous.
10 10 not an Grmy zoe have TO fight, IL Is a
,shoie natisn. 4 see no end 10 fh;s 5usinsss! p
; +" Bonaparte followed his own inclinstiOns,
. and was eventually defeated"
: Mr.. Chairman, 10 there not instruction
in the blunt. yet iorcible reply Of the old
French Marshal to his superior olhcer for
; ps' Have We not had. from time TO time,
the predictions of Napoleon during the
, past three years. but without a Marshal
Sey to say. Il see no end to this bust
' ness Z"
(Hers NJ Long argues Il SOM length TO show
ina, the North Was inconsistent with all her forne
acts and The declarations Of her most promasni nen
10 no, permitting the Southern States 10 Withdraw ID
Z peace. He calls to mind that even Ias Deem
sber 3sO. sEer Mr.. Lincoln elected and ,,rt tn
preliminary steps for secession had been taken. til
pspr having the largest cula ion 10 the Republican
o party. tno uhsths mote nheeuee WsH guy olnrf "
I, the formsion Of Republican opinion, the Nss Tori
j Trbsns, declared that !, could see no re,san Why
: ihrse millions Of eooniss could separate rom III
4 British Crown in 1875, tia. five millions o. scu,h,m
e en could no, separate from the North in lscl. n
show. from history that there never people d
n the face Of the earth that densnded an ini.penJeo
! gOvernmeat that did no, have the sympathy Of ID
American people. and rssfs particularly 70 The apes
= made by Clay and Webster ia behalf Of Greece j
1894 when lhey eIOquentIy detained in hat b,
half Mr.. Long contends that il would have been (.
better Il me North hsd parted 10 peace with he sec,
del states. Is Mr.. Eversw recommended ss late .
February, 1851. sustained BY many Of The Republics
. journals. Returning again 70 The ~sr, Mr. Lsng pre-
iras4sl