The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-11-01

Qty WuSu " SHUutW tdH uues tue NEcStutul
being incapable Of restraint on his consti-
tutional discretion BY any law Of Congress,
The Law therefore can have no other opc-
ratisn 10 cases Of appointment than che
President OF bis own free will shall yield.
Il has no force upon him unless he shall re
nounce his discretionary prerosative Of sp-
lpointment and his power to grant full par.
don. Neither his official duty nor an en-
Heightened precedence requires him e do
either. There isa wide difference between
the great revolutinn through which We have
passed and petty rebellion. When whole
communities become criminals, but return
again to duty, pardon to be effective and
sanativs must nut be grudging and reIuc-
tam. exchanging penalties upsn body and
goods for thraldom on the mind and spirit.
impairiug self-esteem and DESTROYING hope;
but graceful and restorative. II victims
are demanded Tor the sake Of example, let
the sacrifices be made; but in the exercise
of rights and powers under the const,tu-
ton land nothing else can apply TO Con-
gress or the Presidency ireedum and equal
ity among the people Of all the States are
expected as above all mere laws; aud by
their observance only can there be any real
affection and harmony.
Men submit patiently to proscription In
the mutations OF party. bat prescription
under the sanction Of Law creates degra.
ied caste which will but await opportuni.
" 10 seek its level by whatever means.
Again. lucre and revenge are the most
fruitful sources Of perjury. only because
hey offer the most frequent temptat,ens.
will compete with them both in
It's victims. with wider field for its ope-
ration. What allarsments will not be held
Dut by the enforcement Of this Lag to the
unprincipled and untruthfui, to say moth
ing OF the snares laid FOE the censiences oeI
sluggish and Indifferent natures, who after
the event. readily persuade themselves that
their Efforts have in every instance been
the result of constraint. rs philosophical
historians have remarked, thar since NAM
sind are ever IN extremes, when rebellion
subsidies into obedience, there is great dan.
ger that obedience will sink into serviIity.
have thought It proper to elaborate
.hese reflections, because apprehend that
his subject has received but little con sd. |
Grafton North or South; and that the pub
&c press overlooking the spirit and in ten.
lion Of the law. and the inevitable injunc-
tons OF the constitution, is contributing
but little TO its calculation. Whilst farl
rom advising any opposition to compli-
ince with the necessities of our situation.
'r desiring to thwart the policy Of the ad-
in the re-eslablishmen or our
relations to the Federal Government on |
constitutional footing. wosld not have the |
people 70 act under Misrepresentation in
matter OF 50 much importance, and VOL
intarlly TO renoance their just rights, On.
Ter the delusive representation that if thew
INSIST on them, they will be denied par
iclPation 10 The deliberations Of Congress
md perhaps receive other wrongs Tor their
supposed temerity. | wish also 10 attract
% this topic the Consideration of the North.
I'm mind. especially that portion Of il which
must act IN the decision Of the question. |
10 somewhat familiar association in the
lays Of The websIers, Woodburys, waghl,.
'authards. Sargents and McLeans, or AT
alter period when the F,llmores, Cases.
Douglasses. Corwins. Stewards and others
ssre prominent on the public stage. 4 did
lot discern them 10 be less accessible III an
nen Of the South nor more impatient Of
opposition and remonstrance IL one differed
nth them on q public question. Tin the
ong quarrel about slavery which ha. been
cultivated on both sides, as the
aost available theme. in ose aspect or an.
''her for carrying Presidential elections. |
sllowed by fierce and laceraiing war.
ne successors Of these Northeru geniIemen
ave become aerimsnious, resentfal, exact. |
~ Or donineering. il Is hoped that vic
orr IN which slavery ha, been srtin-ui.h.
d, will have rendered them tolerant and
'laeable. and that the imporerishment and
uia which have ovsrspread the South will |
ave satiated every feeling OF revenge \;
nd that when the representative or the |
'hsle Union shall agais meet ia Congress. |
VIII be with the sincere uurnose af