The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-11-14
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l.. EDWIN DUDLEY.


from many sources Of reliable information,
that the above call looks to the rstabi,sh-
ment here en- permenace of an organized
force, 70 be subject to the orders Of Cum
gress. What they may be, and wha, dis.
astrous caiamities impend over our beloved
country. Heaven only knows. But the
ferocious counsels of Butler, w ade and For.
ney may be carried out by the /" sword,
smoking With bloody execution"
We are reminded by this Of the threats
once made by partisans in New York. to
organize an army of ten thousand men ~
encamp upon Capitol Hill TO oserawe the
adminisu alton Of Andrew Jackson.
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SPEECH OF HON. BEVERLY JOHNSON.
+ In reading the able speech of Senator
johnson. which we published on Saturday.
we felt but one regret, and that was that
III was not delivered a, an earher day, so
as TO reach the ear Of the public before the
late elections. Perhaps, however, il i. bet
ter as il IS; lis judicial utterances nigh,
have been nnheeded in the mlds, Of poll
iical campaign where the principal objec,
was to excite the passions OF the people,
but they will now be calmly considered,
and pave the way for wiser application Of
the great principles which underlie our
Government to the political status Of the
country.
Mr.. Johnson conciusi,ely establishes the
position that secession aud exclusion are
identical. lie shows that in the convent on
which framed the Constitution the powe
10 coerce recusant state was expressly
excluded from the Constitution, which. 10
obviate the evils Of the old Confederation,
was made TO deal with individuals. aud not
States, Mr.. Madison declaring that such q
provision looked more alike a declare tim
OF war than an infiiction OF punishment,
and would probably be considered by the
party attacked as dissolution of all pre-.
yioos compacts." There is no puwer IN the
Government 10 destroy itself. and a. lis lille
Is bound up in that of the States, TO tolerate
secession or exclusion is alike suicidal
But though some FEASIBILITY nigh, attach
TO the former by reason of the her.sy OF
State sovereignty and the impliratlon CON
tanned in The formation of The Government,
no man, whether wise or foolish. ever avos.
ed the latter absurdity until recently.
Indeed, he traces its history from the
iirst announcement by Senator Snmner o.
the doctrine Of State suicide in February.
1869, when il was denounced by Senators
Fessenden and Dixon. and failed to get any
support. lie recalls the language Of the
Chicago Convention. which declared that
the maintenance inviolste Of the States i.
essential 10 the preservation OF the Govern.
ment. and the language IT the famous reso
luton Of Congress in July. 1851, which de.
clsred that The war j. vsged not = for con.
quest bat ito preserve the Union with
all the dignity, rights, and equality Of the
several States unimpaired."
That resolution was pnblic committal
Of this nation. MT only 10 the Southern pen.
pie whom we wished 20 conciliate by IL, but
10 contemporineous nations and 10 pos
terity, nor u interfere with the con,iitu.
tionai rights or the dignity or equalit, Of
the States We sought 10 win hack to their
allegiance. We cannot fslsify il without
dish0nur
Dut " secession ~ Sfate suicide, he very
perllnently inquiries how il i. tina, NJ. John.
son was permitted 20 retain his seat 10 the
senate. together with the Virginia senaiors,
after the secession of their respective states,
and how IL CONES that West Virginia was
cresied State by the coordinate action Of
The Old Dominion. He Jeduces from this
theory Of conquered provinces the absolute
dominion Of Congress over the territory
and The right to abrogste State laws, and
increase or multiply the number Of States.
TO grant letters Of nobility, or 20 indulge
in any extra constitutional Legislation that
would disregard the rights Of the people Of
this section. lie administers a scsthiag
rebuke TO these gent'emen who would sp.
ply the laws Of war 20 the South, IN defiance
iof the terms Of surrender, aud contrast,