The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-03

i'uOuut not, WOulu Dc 40 less DOlu ana Qe-
iant than those Of my State--but assured
ly, sir. as one Of her sons you would feel
that new lustre had been shed on our his
tory.
1t is thus to-day that my heart swslls
with emoti6&of gratitude / find it difficult
to express towards those noble men who
passed these resolutions They came to-
gether at period Of danger to consult for
the common safety. and to inaugurate as
Governor gallant soldier who had been
shot down on the battle field. Some Of
them from their wasted plantations, some
of them from within the enemy's lines.
others from their military commands.
There were few Of them who had not srf.
fered in person or family; but although the
enemy was preparing to invade them with
formidable numbers from three directions
from Arkansas on the north. from the
Gulf coast on the south, and from the Red
river on the eask-their courage failed not,
but, rising with the occasion, and filed
with the magnitude of the contest. as if to
place on record last expression of devo-
tion to the cause, they resolved. in language
more emphatic than ever before employed,
and destined to be historical; that the spi-
rit of the people Of the State was yet un-
abated-7that their determination to resist
any thing like reconstruction had been in
no wise weakened, but, on the contrary,
strengthened and'cMfrmed by the barba-
rous character of the war waged against
them; that they were unfalteringly deter
mined, and had renewed their vows, to
spare no expense of blood and treasure to
make the Confederate States a free and In
dependent Republic. That in this, her
hour Of trial." q use their words,) "Loui-
siana tenders to her Government and sister
States her warmest sympathy and cordial
co-operation and that. relying upon the
ability of her Chief Magistrate, The skill Of
our military leaders, the bravery Of our SOL
diers, the heroic devotion of our women,
the ardent patriotism of QUE men, and above
all, on the justice Of our cause-invokipg
the blessing of Almighty God upon our ef-
forts, she confidently bides the result"
Mr.. Speaker, the Legislature that passed
these resolutions did not stop with the ut
terance of noble sentiments. 1t proceeded
to furnish the families of soldiers with cot
ton cards and medicines. to supply item
gratuitously with corn, to pay them out Of
the State Treasury fer everything that the
State or Confederate authorities had i'm
pressed from them, and to continue from
the State Treasury eleven dollars month
to every wounded soldier honorably dis
charged or unable to provide for himself
land at the same time to make il Peni-
tentiary offence for any one knowingly 10
harbor deserter or TO discourage the en-
listment or return Of soldier, or by word
or action to seek to weaken, in any way.
the confidence Of the people 10 the success
i OF our cause.
j Mr.. Speaker, cannot pass from this pic
ture without an expression of pride, that
my State, although borne down and sadly
oppressed, has known how, even in the
agony Of her distress, TO show herself wor-
thy Of the men she has ssnt TO the battle
field. The Romans once thanked defeat
ed General because he had not despaired uf
the Republic; but here we are called on to
admire more than Roman virtue, in
that sublime earneS;ness Of purpose that
causes a people, forgetting for q time all
questions OF complaint and grievance, to
become more hopeful under disaster, and
70 grow in devotion to their cause und .r
danger, as soldiers 10 their battle.torn fag.
Louisiana, enfeebled by her losses, cannot
send more men to her sister States--alrea-
] dy she has given freely Of her noblest sons;
there is not State in the Confederacy
whose soil has not been stained by their
bleod-but there is a moral force in true
and loyal devotion to cause, which gives
strength even beyond increase Of numbers,
and which, even felt by whole people.
compel success. II is this that Louisiana
has souehtto manifest by these resolutions.
!. Far beyond mere words Of sympathy to her