The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-09-28
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some revelations madeaby The New York
Mercury purportiRg to bersan inside view
Of the proceedings of the Chicago CohvenS
ton Tie following extracts from the
article IN The Mercurylhave been publish.
ed and may Interest The reader !. als
Fayetteville Observer.
"Talk AS we NAV ofthe old Union, un-
der WHICH the nation attained such de-
gree Of prosperity and advanced at once 10
The trent rank among the nationalites OF
she wvrld, IT'S restoration rs impossible.
Only Zany would ever dream oi its being
restored. There will, undoubtedly, be A
reconstruction, but never restoration OF
the Union The questions that are to be
sat.d, The, new condition Of things cunse-
sueni upon the distuption Of the. old, The
changed relations OF capital and labor. the
increase of the quantity ol power surren-
dered to the Geperai Government BY the
people, the, relation Of the States TO the
Federal Uniar, the infueEcr OF the con-
duct ol National affairs. whicl, Is sure 10
be accordrd 10 The military elemen,--sll
these considerations forbid the idea Of our
living under unioa such as that under
which we lived and thriyed from l716 10
Is6l. This statement may appal. the
thousands OF good. peaple who live in the
past snd ,drean OF day 5 that are no more.
These days not ons are. but can be no
msre. lie is wilIlully Or .stupidIy blind
sLo docs not see the changed condition oi
public affairs in this eouutry, We may
hurrsh for the Unien, but il ,s not the old
Uniun for which We hurrsh. The nation
has entered upon an entirely,new phase oi
,isf exisirnes. whether We are willing OF
not I, acknowledge il. ngr..
This grand fact was duly recognized
ty those who formed this cenCiase Al Nj.
aeara Falls. The problem they set 10 work
Ia solve was TO reconstruct tue URion on a
plan satisfactory 10 all sections, and Il
convince the Democratic party oi the ne
cessiis of adopting the plan, or one et 81.
mIlar import. After long and earnest de-
librrsuon, il ~hich Mrssrs. Clay. Hol-
combe and Sanders participated. The Isl.
lowing general conclusion was, leached
and was ircilly agreed 10 BY the Nationa
Democratic Cousention at Chicago:
TnE PLAN ron RECONSTRUCTION.
"lt was, that what was once the Unite,
States be divided INTO live separate Con
federacies, each independent Of the pthe
in tile management OF it, lOcal Affairs, ye
hslnd 10 each other 10 certain respects, =
which shall speak hereafter. Tdes
Coaledrracies, as divided, aere 10 consls
VI The following States:
[. The Cotton and South Atlantic States
2. The Trans Mississippi States.
]. The States Of the Great Northwest.
4. TIE Middle States.
5. The New England sla'es.
[ihe prepriety and espedisncy Of al
uniting Tie New England states was dc
dated at considerable length. The oil
hostility TO these States was conspicnOu
IN the course ol the discussion. he pol
ICY in relation TO their admission vas u.
determined, and the question: whether j
States are to be " left out In the cold
still an apea one. The Mercury prc
ceeds;
j" Another important feature oi this prt
posed Confederation is, y provision Tor al
mittlpg 10 il. in case circumstances wal
rant II, the provinces in British Amere'
and What IS now the empire Ui Mexic
but this i an event 50 Tar 10 the futu:
that Il caLnot claim more than mere mel
ilsn Vi its possibility. Therefore pass Q
To the conditions for the construction
ths Union for the future.
Leaving to the separate Confedsraci'
II use the term in its generic sense--tl
right TO manage their domestic affairs
they may chuose, they arc ~ be bound
each other by allianccs, offensive and d
fensivs. Such questions as affect the u
terests of all are to be considered by SO
ofgeneral council. composed Of represent
tives from eash Ccnfederacy, nore anal