The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-10

Government NAV choose 10 excrcisctit. Any portion
of such people that can may revolutionize, and may
make their own so much Of the territory as they In.
habit. More than this, majority Of any portion OF
such people may fevolulionse, putting down mi.
nory intermingled with or near about them VINO
may oppose their movements.
Now, my fellow citizens. lrepeat. shall
the work OF human slaughter and devaNa-
ton 90 ON until that acme of fanatical Ol-
IL and insane cruelty shall be reached
until the last dollar and the last man has
been taken
/ cannut believe, in this enlightened
christian age Of the world, it will be per-
mitted. am against It'll Intend with
Gods help to iaerpose my feeble efforts
lcgitimately and constltu tionaily as become
GOOD citizen in the way Of its further
progress. The hesse hounds OF tanaticism,
urged on by tawaing ycophants, who count
their gain by millions AS The war progresses,
may bark at my heels. and the cowardly
minons, Of power who tear open discussion,
shut themselves up in Loyal LEAGUES ant
plot treason. at midnight. may aam at my
throat. bat despse them all. ! would
rather die freeman than live slave.
But, gentlemen, let me not be misunder-
stood. I counsel no violence, advise M
resistance TO law or legally constituted au'
thority, but obedience and submission
thereto. There is yeta mode lett ". where
| by, as peaceable. law. abiding citizens, ",
may redress the many wrongsa and outrage
perpetrated by those in power, stop ta'
wholesale slaughter aud butchery now 90
| ing on before "the last man" and :. th'
last dollar is reached, and reclaim an,
re establish portion at least OF The liber
~ 6equeathed ~ by our fathers and on
grandtathers.
The first step tobe taken is 10 declsrI
for peace. let u be bold, manly, ,lignl
fed, but emphatic so clear sud conpfe
hensiys that the commonsst Intellect can
not be mistaken. Let il be = declaration
as positive as the Declaration Of tndepen
dence, and let II be slgned and a4ihrrrd |,
With as firm determination as sctuate'
the slgners OF that instrument, aud IN
work is half done. Go TO the people u
this election upon the issue. war Or peace
give them Tree ballot. (and that they val
determine 10 have II yoa will give theu
the issue OF war or pcace.l and haze n
fear Tor the result. they aic not willin,
To Weld up their liberty and beconsc slaves
they are not willing 10 see hln<sreds upol
hundreds vf thousands Of their fellow me
slaughtered, merely TO gratliy the desire
or perpetuate the power VI any enc man.
This is the issue desire 10 see La th
name OF all that is sacred. is v not hig
time that this saRgulnary and sruel toll
should be arrested Has reason entIrrl
fed to.brutisa beasts and have the Amer
Iican people lost that sssaciiy sad that 10
Itell,gence for which they were once dis
! tiagalshed among the nallonss Tan II b
possible that any considerable portion =
them imagine that sny possible good CO
result from the prosecution Of this wal
and from further immoiatsn beiufe th
bloody altar Of Juggernau,f Do .sry NJ
discover that 10 the verter Of ruin whle
The war has created, the material prosperi
" and wealth is sinking along win Il
proud American freedom which va, one
our boast and our pfidrs
Rrom the administration Of Mr. Ilncoi
no wisdom or common sense can Oe eS
pecteL. 1t will continue TO tread ~ ii
+ downward career Of folly and crime IN Il
hope that upon the bloody car Of rcy.lu,,u
Which Is crashing ths masses TO death, i
chiefs can ride 10 positions Of imPerii
splendor and individual greatness. 10 ii
dark vista IL the future there Is not on
single ray Of hope Il the blessed sun !
peace does not soon ascend the nation
horizon, and she'd its elSalseat rays upa
our land.
, DO not. my feilow.cit izens, follow loi
! ger this worse than will Of the wisp
!, Southern conquest and subjugation. whic
j. leading this country deeper and deep,
into the slough and mire Of national degrI
dation and ruin. Let Us be Just and gei