The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-04-05

bued with the iove Of cons,itutionaI free-
dom. It belongs to their race aud dlineageI;
and, as Burke long ago remarked ,thsirrs-
lationf to the servile race inRcontacf with
them has intensified the feeling and invest
ed this love of liberty with sentiment Of
personal privilege. Si'osoppose that peo-
pie with such military. political and social
characteristics will ever voluntarily submit
to be ruled by any other government than
one OF their own chsice, 10 too insulting to
their pride to be entertained for moment.
And 10 doubt their capacity to achieve in
dependence and maintain themselves as i
separate Power among the nations Of the
earth. is TO close our eyes to all the teach
ings Of history--to ignore the proof which
our own forefathers have stamped upon its
pages--to believe that human nature has
changed. or that we are degenerate race,
unworthy desceudents Of our revolutionary
sires fl asi Ii @.Iatfa
The appointment by the President Of
Gen. Lee as General-in- Chief" has done
much to restore confidence to the country
aud to reinspire the army. All feel that
we may safely repose this weighty trust
and responsibility ID that great soldierand
devoted.patriot. All feel that we may lean
upon him as eur tower Of strength. Allfeel
that his courage and steadfast purpose. his
military skill and wise judgment, will en-
able him to wield our armies with the
maximum efficiency and strength. May
God strengthen him for the great task to
which aconfding people have called him !!
To provide means for carrying on the
war, Congress has been compelled to im-
pose upon the country aheasy tnrthen Of
taxation But, heavy as it's, it is not too
heavy for the country to bear, and not
heavier than eur wants imperatively de-
mand. Ii is impossible to maintain the
mighty contest in which we are engaged
without vast expenditures of money. Mo-
ney can only be raised by loans or taxa
tion. Our condition does not enable as TO
do the former. We must OF necessity,
therefore, resor. to the latter. We appeal
to you with confidence to submit cheerful
" to the burthens which the defence Of
youE country, your homes and your liber-
ties renders necessary. To contribute ac-
cording TO his means to that defence is as
much an obligation upon the citizen as it
is 10 peril his life upon the battle field.
Let US, then, fellow -countrymeD. tread
the plain path Of duty. No nation that
has trod il faithfully and fearlessIy ever, in
the worlds history, has stumbled and fall
en-. Nations" says Burke, "neyer are
murdered they commit suicide" Let US
not be guilty Of the folly and The crime Of
seif-destruction. Let Us show the forti-
tude, endurance and courage that belong to
our race, and neither the brute force OF our
enemy's arms, nor the subtle poison Of his
lips, can extiaguish the life OF this Confed-
eracy, breaiikd into il by the sovereign
/ States which created il.
The people Of the United States are be.
coming weary Of ,his war. The foreign
materisl Tor their armies is beginning to
fail them. The mutteriags Of discomfort
at the prospect OF lurther draft upon their
home population are beginning to be heard
in their great sities. The prospect OF war,
indefinitely prolonged, j. slarming their
capitalists. Public credit must, sooner or
later, collapse under the borihen Of expep-
ditures, the magnitude Of which the most
skillful iuancier cannot venture 10 predict.
The debt Of The United States is eqbsl to
The national debt ei England, which has
been ACCOMPLISHING since the revolution ct
| 1853. The interest on this debt Is six per
cent, while the interest on the English
debt is only three per cent. II has been
computed that tho interest on the debt of
the United States, together with the amount
| necessary TO carry on its Government
(even we're the war a. an end. would not
iall much short cf jlus hundred millions per
amman IA sum affirmed TO be greater than
the entire annual wealth Of the Northern
States. While people. in self-defeDce,
may submit cheerially TO any pryations
aud suiierings--to any sacri6cesof treasure
and Of blood--thers is limit beyond which