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


gent man, the idea that this valUntary un-
ion Of equal and sovereign States. which
had been sundered by alienation Of feeling
between them. could be restored by the
power Of the sword and the bayoGet and
by gigantic civil war, is the greatest.
Posterity will wonder that madness so
extravagan, and palpable could ever have
seized hold Of an intelligent and civilized
people. :.
The madness combined with the Ranatical
ard unnatural idea Of placing the negro
upon the level with the white has deluged
this land in blood. has impoverished US
with debt and taxation, and DESTROYED the
constitutional liberty be9ueathed to- US by
our ancestors.
Calamities of which we previou sly had
no conoe ption have been visited apon THESE
unhappy States which have already exPiat-
ed in sorrow and misery the conseqae acss
Of the mad and fanatical policy OF their
unfortunate and insane rulers.
The question for US new, my fellow-citp-
zens, to consider. is: whether we are will.
ing that this state Of things shall continue.
whether this new Government set Up BY
Mr.. Lincoln in place OF the old Tree Go
yernment shall remain, or whether we can
owe rthrow it in its turn at the elections,
and re.estabish in the remaining States IN
| its place the Government Of cur fathers.
confess to you that this, to my mind.
| is question Of great doubt yet believe.
that il the proper effort is now made, and
if the great conservative element which
exists among the masses Of the people. aud
! IS on the increase daily. is nov given an
opportunity to unite upon clear, positive
and unmistakabIe platform tor peace I'M
mediate peace upon the best and NEST hon
orabe terms il can be obtained, but peace,
the man who now rules by the power Of his
own will, and the multiplied thousands
who swarm around him, in and out OF Of.
fee, and who have grown rich upon the
spoils, rs the hearts blood Of their coun-
ltrymen has been and still is being poured
out like water, can be hurled from power
in the legally cousiitsted mode, through
the ballot box.
i | believe the people, the great mass OF
the people, who neither hold Office or are
in any way benefited by government con-
tracts, or government patronage, are ior
peace they have waited patiently Tor the
!. end Of this blosdy contest. they have con
fded in the promises 50 frequently made,
that the end Of the war was near. they have
seen their sons, their brothers, their friends,
their neighbour 5, and their countrymen 60
forth, either voluntarily or Involuntary
as each call has been made for more troops,
and driven like bullocks to the pen 10 be
slaughtered. They have borne up under
the pressure Of taxation. and were willing
to make one more effort. at the opening Of
the campaign Of the fourth year OF the war,
assured. IS they we're at the commence
meni Of each previous campaign. that II
only required one more effort to put jown
the rebellion" and the war. and restore
. the Union.
But, alas they have again been duoned
to disappointment; they were sooB adsis.
/ ed of disaster TO Banks and Steele ii IN,
$ Southwest. Instead Of Sherman marching
straight into Atlanta in the South. there i,
protracted struggle, obstinate resistance
great loss and doubtful result. Rich.
mond is yet IN possession Of rhe COnlede
I rates. after two months desperate lighting
o mastery aank movements, and the less .
over an hundred thousand men, and Will,
I we are assembled here to-day, Washington
Z il again in danger, and the President call
i. ing upon New York and Pennsylvania iol
I the militia 81 those States 10 save Tie Zap
t itol. All this the people have been doom
. Ell IL witness in less than three months
b and before the campaign is scarcely hal
0 over. Not only this, but the people nov
: wait in hourly expectation to hear Of ney
b call for three hundred thousand more me-
e TO be drafted. and from which there is n,
s escape W the payment Of commutatiOn.
{ The question now presents itself square
D " 10 the people: Will you allow yOursclye