The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-11-28

" over the subjects embraced in Che pro-
posed fourteenth article. il is mischievous
and dangerous.
II there be any feature in the American
system Of freedom which gives to il prac-
tical value, it is the fact that municipal
code ia provided under the jurisdiction of
each State. BY which all controversies as to
life, liberty or property. except in the now
limited field Of Federal jurisdiction. are de-.
termined by Jury of the county or neigh.
borhood where the parties reside and the
contest arises but if Congress IS hereaf-
ter to become the protector Of life. liberty
and property in the States, and the guaran-
tor OF equal protection Of the laws; and by
appropriate legislation to declare system
OF rights aud remedies, which can be adj
ministered only in the Federal Courts, then
the most common aud familiar officers of
justice must be transferred 10 the lew points
ia the State where these courts are held,
and TO judges and other officers, deriving
and holding their commissions, not iron
the authority and people Of the State as
here tofore, but from the President aud
Senate OF the United States. The States,
as by so much. are TO cease 10 be self-goy-
erning communities as heretofore, and tres.
passes against the person, assaults and bat
teries, false imprisonments and the like.
where only our own citizens are parties.
must be regulated by the Congress. of the
Nation and adjudged only in its courts. 1
cannot believe that the deliberate judgment
Of the people Of any State or any section
will approve such an innovation. for al
though its annoyances may be ours to-day.
they must expect then to be theirs to-mor-
row.
The people Of this State, with a sin
gular approach to unanimity. are sincerely
DESTROYS of a restoration OF their cUnstitu.
tional relations with the American Union.
In the face Of circumstances, rendering il
neerly impossible, they have paid It's gov
eminent the taxes OF former years, laid
when another de tactO government. whose
powers they could not have resisted il they
would, was making leyies in money and
kind almost greater than they could bear |;
they scquiesced in The extinction Of slavery.
which annihilated more than halt their
wealth; they have borne with patience the
exclusion Of their Senators aud Representa-.
tives from the halls Of Congress, where
they have had no one 10 contradict or ex.
plain the most exaggerated misrepresenia-
tions, or even to make known their grieyan-
ces. How long this unnatural condition If
our relations Is 10 continue, IL seems, We
shall be allowed 10 have no share in deter
mining. No time has been set. and no con-
ditions proposed, on which il may be fer.
minated. 10 the meantime, trust, We shall
meet events as they arise with reasonable
and manly foriitude, ready at all times 70
fulfil our duties as patriotic citizens, but
under no circumstances willing to sacrifice
the honor and rights Of the State. as a mem
Der Of The Union not in the sense OF tue
advocates Of secession. but as taught u
Iredel and Marshall sud Story and Kent
aud Webster, III which moderate men
every where, North and south, before tie
war, were supposed 10 concur. Anxious
as was TO avert the late war, and have q.
all times been TO compose OUT truabies On
the basis VI the Union - 0Or fathers irainrd
Il, en- perceive IN this proposed antfi.
ment npthIng calculated 70 prrpetuate tie
Union; but Iis tendency seems to NE bet
ter suited perpetuate sectional aiicuauan
aud arrangement, and | have, therefore,
no hesitation IN accommodating ihat i 0e
not ratified.
Most .. the African race among ~ were
lately saves. THEN masters careu for tnslf
subsistence. Their habits iily nt them ii
provide Tor their indispensable daily wants
Nothing can be more absurd than the mp.
position that the great body OF them ean
participate 70 governmental Affairs with
any discretion. A very few 81 ,hcm are
discreet aud ,yirtuUus, and have console
rable intelligence, and when The State ssalt
be LEFT free TO manage her internal affairs
without e1traneous interference, de- not
doubt Inst the question as 20 what share
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