The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-10-18

SonseBtleh OF 1901, ne had voted Tor the.
secession ordinencej he therefcse deemed
II due TO himself that he should give ssme
exposition-of tbs reasons that would infu-
ence his present vote. He should support
the Substitute offered by the gentleman
from Camden. In concert with the gentle.
man from Richmond. (Mr. Dookery.) be
had opposed the doctrine OF secession in
the State Senate Of ls6O-'6i. aud he cosld
puthfully disciaim all sympathy with the
fatal step that involved the conltry in war.
Although as q member of the committee
that reported the pending ordinance. he
bad assented TO their report. On subse-
quent consideration he had changed lis O.
pinien. and eould not consistently with his
swn self.respeci. and respect fer the peo,-
pie OF The State. sspport the ordinance. /.
He believed that two thirsd OF the peo-
pie IN 1861, were opposed 10 secession, per
Sc; but when all the Southern States had
seeded, North Carolina occupied an iso-
lated position. The secession Of Virginia
and President Lincoln's proclamation had
pu, the State under political duress. She
had ether TO unite with the seeded States
Or engage in fierce and sangniD4ry civil
war. Thus acting under inexerable neces-
sity, the words which the great dramatic
delineator OF hEuan character puts in the
month q his actors.
My poverty, Lot my viii, consfnis,'
might well. With i little alteration. have
been used BY her. She might we'll have
sa,d.
Ny sifuctisn net ny viii, consents"
Again adyertlng 10 hi. consistent cppo.
sition io secession, Mr. Brown stated that
he had been elected in his county. BY ma
jority ofover three 70 one. opposing seces-
sion; snd further, that during the session
Of The Virgins Convention, he had visited
the city Of Richmond. and. urged members
70 stand fast, and telling them that North
Carolina wunld neyersecede while Virgin
ia maintained her loyalty 10 the Unions
lie. said that the language Of the substi-
iuie usn; further than the repeating ordi.
nance Of any other Southern STATE. Itac.
ctmplishsd restoration 10 the Union, and
letI no stigma on great people. II was
his derided conviction that large major
ity nf the delegates 10 the Convention OF
1861, were elected with the expectation,
~ the part of their constituents, that they
would pass The ordinance Of secession, and
he was unwilling 10 pass an ordinance re-
feeting upon them. The Presidents pro-
elanatlon, he said, does not require rs 10
lay down platforms aud plstitudes, nor does
II require dissertations upon Constitution.
ii Law.
! Mr.. Moore, Of Wake, said ihstlhe report
oi tive committee embodied. The great pO-
lliical truth Of the land, and he could not
! ,ee how sn assertion of this irith could
agrriese any one. The ordinance vas an
enpncisiion ri his political faith, end he
4 had riEht 10 ask its endorsement. he
asked What MAS the effect Of the Secession
Ordinance: Did itcatry the State cut Of
the Union, or did il nrif
Mr.. Howard said, IN reply, tat the
State was sustained in It's action Tor four
years BY military power; that during this
period, she was to all inieR,s and parpos.
| -. ihdepenG,hi, having Executive, Leg.
islal,e aud Judiciary depar'ments--ali
| The machinery u gogernmCni--Ia lie fall
cAercise Of their functions.
Mr. Moore did not deem this iAll an
sver 10 his question, as il did not touch
| ihe matter Of right When the ordinance
II secession passed., tic State went out 81
tie Unpn or il did not 20. Ifitdid, how
could delegates take an oath 10 support the
Constitution Of the United States while the
ordinance remained unrepealeds lie ar
gued at ssme lcRgth TO show that the Sc
ccssien ordinance (as asserted BY the com
mittoe's rspOrt) was null Gb iniiio and new
sr had any legitimate legal elect. The
hoisting, said he, Of the National Flag on
the Capitsl, was under any other RypOthe-
sis. both abssrd and degrading.
| The discussion was continued. Messrs.
Fcrcbee, Manly. Doyden and. Caldwell OI