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

and eighteen, and he and, his Confederates,
Amer. EshcoI, and Manare, and their men.
pursued the invaders, and rescued out OF
their hands, "all the goods. Lot and his
goods, and the women also, and the people. "
Gen. l4th. Abraham then had great ma
nv servants, born IN his house, and bought
Nth his, a,oaepn See Gen.. 18th chapter,
18th. and 18th verses. And yet there was
not holier man than he in the world
stronger "in the most holy faith, one
THAT cultivated more Good, Will towards
All Men. Had there been majority of
the people of the once happy hmerica, pos
sessed Of his heavenly and most blessed
spirit, then all the woes and terrible losses
Of the t,oO peoples. would have been avoid
ed.
THERE'S not a Tie upon earth ofany kind
whatever, more sacred or binding. than
that which untes as one, the husband and
wife. The laws Of God and man bind
them. together. But in all cases in which,
owing to the deprayity Of human nature,
they become so exasperated against each
other that their lives are endangered, and
all efforts to produce reconciliation having
failed, then all laws. divine and human.
provide for their separation. Ii Heaven
sanctions the dissolution OF this tie between
two persons, how much more important
does it appear that millions of men, women
and children, should be peaceably separal-
ed, rather than hold them forcibIy together,
for the purpose Of destroying each other,
both for fims and eternity.
In families, as well as nations. serious
quarrels will sometimes spring up. When
bitter strife, words Of wrath and ven
Igeance, and heavy blows, occur in faml-
Ily-then if the neighboring families COM
lbined cannot effect reconciliation, the
warning members Of, the family should be
pnt so far apart as TO be out of the way Of
harm. The surrounding Professedly Chris
tan nations, OUGHT to have stopped this
unnatural quarrel long ago. II was alto.
gether in their power 10 do IL, and the
PUBLICATION was apparent to every
conscientious man.
4 Mr.. President. and. citizens OF the Unit
ed States What other nations have fail
ed 10 DO, and. what the war itself in all is
long and bloody length has failed so far to
do, Y0Ucan accomplish in one short naonik.
The Confederates cannot terminate the
conflict under existing circumstances.
i We will allow ourselves to suppose for
moment, that at the beginning Of these hos
,ilities the Confederate States were upon
! an equal footing with you in every essen
tial particular. Their population Is nu-
merous--a navy as extensive as yours. and
capable of keeping all their ports open to
the commerce of the world. All the APP
. pliances Of defensive and aggressive war
fare at hand in superabundance. Suppose
further, that the Confederates, conscious Of
the power TO do il, and utterly regardless
Of all justice and propristy, should ;npads
your every State and Territory. carrying
devastation into every neighbOrhood, and
every freside; burning your Factories,
Mills, Churches. Homesteds, and all the
} fruits Of your honest industry. Could ysu
under such circumstances as these make
| peace' Nay. verify. II would be your
. duty TO drive back By the use Of all the
, means in your power, the invaders Of your
J soil-the destroyers Of your righdul pro.
, perty-and the disturbers Of your peace,
and all your most sacred rights. And ev-
!. cry rlgkt-minded man South and North,
and IN the world, would desire your sue
: cess, in the protection Of your wives and
{ children, lands and estates.
. Whetser those notices ever reached YOU
| " nor, it Is neyertheles; true, ina, again
! Snd again, the ConfeGerates have declared
that they desire nothing more than the
! withdrawal Of your forces from their soil.
, II they have gone repeatedly upon yorr
! ground. it has, been for no other purpose
than % give you practical knowledge 81
: the horrors Of war Of invasion, and thus
be instrumental in inducing the Govern.
E raent and people to propose terms Of
: peace.
. The laws enacted BY your Congress, and