The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-03
For the Hilsborough Recorder.
COPY OF A LETTER
ADDRESSED TO
President A. Lincoln, and the People Of
the United States.

aThers was little city, and few men within it;
and there came great King against it. Now there
was found in it aPoor wise man, and be by his Wis
dom delivered The city,. SOLOMON
Blessed are the nerciful; for they shall obtain
mercy" " Blessed are the Peace Makers !; for they
shall be called the children Of God
Tar EraRsAL Sos.o1 Con. Matt. 7,s.
Mr.. President, and Citizens of the Unit
ed States 81 occupy the position Of Solo
mons poor man; aud taking the foregoing
passages of Holy Writ as starting point.
/ will send you words Of the highest Wis
dom, touching the present calamitons War.
A great nation, yea world OF nations,
ought 10 hesitate long, and might well trens-
Die exceedingly, before venturing TO inaugu-
rate, and prosecute warfare Of such gi-
gaptic proportions, so desolating in its
course, and so ruinous. in all lis results.
Every, thiLg under heaven. ought TO have
been. done. to ayertit. All the means that
the prudence, experience. and wisdom, Of
the very, best of men,. could possibly sag-
gest, should have been used.
Now that it has been progressing for
more than. three long years, carrying I'M
stterabIe sorrow into millions Of once hap
pS, and peaceful Observation-Disclosures
widows and orphans. by hundreds and
thousands--and having wrought innunera-
bic, untold. and unspeakable evils = mil
lions Of souls with grOanings which no Ian
guage ever invented can fully express, ra-
tionally inquire, Is t!ers no balm IN Gitead
to heal these fostering and deadly wounds
Are there no men. Of age and wIsdom-no
men having the fear Of God before their
eyes, and an unquenchable zeal glowing 10
their souls. for the alienation of the mise
ries of their species, to be found TO dsuise
wgys and means, for the termination of this
harbsrous conflict?
The people Of the present generation
should learn wisdom from all the teachings
of past history, both sacred and secular. In
1776. the Thirteen United Colonies. sever
ed the lie which bonnd them TO the govern.
ment of Great Britain. King George and
his counseIers instantly resolved that The
rebellion must be put dawn at any ccst, and
at all hazards. But after = mighty strug-
gle in which blood aud treasure flowed
freely. the monach, and his subOrdinates,
wissly concluded TO LEI the colonies 20, and
thus bring to a. close an Improbable and
ruinous war. 1t was wise TO do it at that
late day; but now much more wise il weuld
have been, 10 take that course before the
commencement of actual hostilities.
We will allow ourselves for moment
to suppose that the two peoples now engas-
cd 10, this terrible quarrel were abundantly
able TO bear the expenditure Of thousands
of millions Of dollars, and before striking
the FIRST blow, thar they humbly iInplored
the God Of Pesce and Love, to afford them
the wisdom 50 profitable to direct them
and then that they bad come TO the wise
conclusion 70 dedicate these vast suns o.
earthly treasure 10 the promotion Of, the
very highest good Of the inhabitants Of al
parts Of the once. happy America. Look
at this picture Of Peace. Good WI. ant
great Prosperity. and then honestly view il
the North and South. inthe Eastand West
the unparalleled sacrifice Of sacred human
NE. together with the wanton and uncalled
Tor destruction CT the coed gifts Of gra'
cious God to all his creatures.
"Aud there was a strife between III,
herdmen of Abrams cattle and the herd
men Of Lots cattle. And Abran said IN
to (his nephew, Lot. let there be no strife
Ipray thee, between me aud thee, and be.
tween my herimen, aud. thy herdmen; fol
we be brethren. Is not the whole land be
fsre thsef Separate thyself, pray thee
frorn pne. III tlsou wilt take fhe left hand
then I viii. 60 % the right; or il thou dc
part 10 the right hand. then | will 60 TO tn
left" Gen. 18Th.
The righteous Abraham was emphatical
Iva Peace Maker. How ceurtsous. mag
nshimous, and heavenly his split. NJ
wonder that be was called the " Friend 0
God" and Father Of the Fsithlul."
Again: When this same nephew lie
was taken captive and all his goods stolen