The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-03-07

ION be opened and the relation be restored
TO those that had erred and had strayed
from the fold Of our fathers. [Cheers.
Who has suffered more than have!
ask the question. shall not recoun. the
wrongs and the sufferings inflicted upon
me. II is not the course 10 deal with a
whole people in spirit Of revenge.
know there has been great deal said about
the exercise Of the pardon power, as re-
CARDS the executive; and there is no one
who has labored harder than to have the
principals, the intelligent and conscious Of
tenders, brought 10 justice, and have the
principle yindicated that . treason is a
crime" [Cheers.
But, while conscious and intelligent lrai.
tors are to be punished, should whale COM
munltIes and States be made TO submit to
the penalty Of death: Ihaie quite Us much
asperity, and perhaps as much resentment,
as a man ought TO have; but we must rea-
son regarding man as he is. and must con.
torn our action and eur conduct to the ex-
ample Of Him who fosEded our holy reli-
gion.
l came into power under the Constutlon
OF the country. and with the appreciation OF
the people, aud what did 1 tinds found
eight millions Of people who were convict
ed, condemned under the law, and the pen
atty was death; and through revenge and
resentment, were they all to be annihilateds
Oh. may not exclaim, how different would
tins be IRON the example set by the found
er Of our holy religion, whose divine arch
rests is extremlties on the horizon, while
Us span embraces the universe Yes, He
that founded this great scheme came into
The world and saw man condemned under
the law, and the sentence was death. What
was His example. Instead Of putting the
world or u nation TO death. He went forth
on the cross and testified with His wounds
that lie would die and LEI the world live.
Let them repent; let them acknowledge
IN eur rashness; let them become loyal, and
le, them be supporters OF our glorious
stripes and s.srs, aud the Constitution OF
our country. say lei the leaders, The Con.
scIuus, intelligent traitors, meet the pen
altIes of the law. But as for the great mass
who have been forced into the rebellion
misled IN other instaIces--le: there be
clemency and kindness, and 4 trus. and a
confidence in them. But, my countrymen,
after having passed through this rebellion,
aud having given as mucn evidence of en-
NIFTY 70 u a. sume who crUak great deal
about the matter cheers when | look
back over tie battle held and see many of
M man IN txlt5 Il arac
III localities et the rebellion where the con-
test was most difficult aud doubtful, and
who yet were patient; when look back
over these fields, aud where lie smoke has
scarcely passed away; where the blood that
has been shed las scarcely been absorbed
before their bodies have passed through the
stages OF decompOsltion--wha do lind |.
Tie rebellion Is put down BY the strong
arm OF the government, in the field. But
is this the only way in which we can have
rehelllonsi This was a struggle against a
change aud a revolution Of the government,
aud before We tully get Irom the battle
6eld-wehn our brave men have scarcely
returned 10 their homes ana renewed the
ties of affection and love to their wives and
their chIldfen-We are now almost inau-
garated into another rebellion. Cheers.
One rebellisB was the effor. Of states 10
secede, and the war on the part vi The gov
rrnment was to prevent them lroni accom-
plishing that, aud thereby changing the
character ot our government and weaken
ing its power. When the government has
succeeded, there is an attempt now to con,
centrale all power in the hands VI lew Al
the federal head, and thereby bring abou
a consolidation OF the republic. Cheers
We lind power assumed und attempted
~ be exercised Of most extraordinary
character. We see now that governments
can be revolutienized without going into
the battlefield; and sometimes the revo-
lutions most distressing to people are ef-
fected without the shedding Of blood. Thai
is, the substance Of your government may