The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-05-02

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the duties Incumbent upon me as Chiel
Magistrate of the Republic. And in wha,
! have to say. shall address you in the
chsracter.ei citizens, soldiers and sailors.
| We are to-day involved in one of the
most critical and trying struggles that have
occurred since this Government was spo.
Ken into existence. Nations, like individ-
uals, have Beginning, must have birth.
In struggling into existence nation passes
through lis frst try ing ordeal.
The next ordeal which nation has TO
pass IS when II IS called upon to give evi.
dence that Il has stringth, capacity and
power to maintain itsslf among the nations
OF the earth. In giving such evidence we
passed through the war Of 1912 aud ihrcugh
the war with Mexico. This was our Sc
cnnd ordeal. But nation has another ties.
sth 10 undergo. and that is to give eyi.
deAce to the natieRs of the earth and to its
own citizens that il has power to resist inter-
MAJ toes-tha. il has strength enough TO put
dowa treason within its own borders. We
have commenced that ordeal, and | trust
In Ged we will pass through il successful
lily. Cheers
! ,eei cnmpiimeated BY the allusion OF
your repre- sentative 20 the fact that stood
in the Senate in 1860 and 1861, when the
nation was entering on this third ordeal
and raised my voice and hand against trea.
son, and trai'ors at home. | stand here
to-day, holding to and maintaining the
same principles which | then enunciated.
Cheers.l stand here to-day opposing
ltraitors and treason, whether they be in
the South or in the North. Loud cheers
| stand here to-day, as | then stood, using
all my powers. mental and physical, to pre-
serve this nation in passing through the
third phase Of its existence.
The organized forces and combined pow.
ers shat recently stood arrayed against Us
are disbanded and drawn from the field,
but il dces not follow that there are still
no enemies against our present form Of Go
vernment and our tree Institutions. APP
plause.
then stood in the Senate oil the United
States denying the doctrine Of separation
and secession. | denied then, as deny
now, that any State has the right Of its own
will 10 separate itself from the other States,
and thereby 10 destroy the Union and break
up the Government, and | think have
gwen some evidence that have been sim
cere and in earnest.
While was mus exposed personally and
publicly. aud IN every way, some of my
present ,radueers anu calumnlators were
lar removed from the war ant were enjoys
ing ease and comfort. Cheers aud laugh.
ter. But care not Tor them. care not
that slander. the foul wheip Of sin, has
been turned loose against me. ! care not
lor all that, and let me tell you here TO-
day. that although pretty well advanced in
lie, feel that shall live long enough To-
live down the whole pack nt traducers and
slandesers. Applause. They have turned
the whole pack loose 10 lower me IN your
estimation. Voices" They cant do H.
Tray. Blanch. aud Seet.heart, little dogs
aud all. come along swapping aud snarling
ii my heels, but heed them not. Cheers.
The American people, ci,lzens. soldiers
and sailors'knuw. that from my advent III
10 pubic lite to the present moment, |
have always stood uny ielding aud anway-
csing by the advocates and defenders Of
;heIr rights aud interests. Cheers.
We are now IN the nations third ordeal.
We are not yet through il. We SAID that
States could not 20 out Of the unicn. We
denied the doctrine OF secession. and we
have demonstrated that we were right. We
demonstrated By the strong arm. What
followedi The Confederate armies were
dispersed and disbanded. aud there was a
Willingness on the part OF the people Of
those States 20 come back. be obedient TO
the laws. and acknowledge the supremacy
Of the Constitution ot our fathers.
The rebellion has been put down, and
for what? Was il to destroy the States !:
Cries, "ncyer.''l For what have all these
lives been sacrificed and all this treasure
awnen..ls We ~ fnr che nurnnge rE de