The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-11-13

sident, ndict on them the vengeance with
which, when in exile, he threatened them.
lie even went, and seems still disposed to
60, the length Of relieving. as far as possi-
bic, the miseries which they have, ia their
madness. brought upon themse Iyes-in 9TH
er words. Of doing good to those who de-
splteiully nsed him and prosecuted him.
The Republican orator to whom refer
could lind no human motive tor this change
OF feeling and action. and, therefore, coil-
cludes that he was moved to il by the in
stigation of the devil. All motives merely
personal, he proves to have been strongly
in fayor Of the threatened vengeance. We
need not be told that revenge IS a sweet
morse,
"sweet to the soul as honey to the taste"
And the orator says that The two Houses
would have sustained the Presidert-that
The people would have sustained him-had
he carried out his threats; and that he
threw away these advantages, and brought
himself into disgrace and peril, with the
party who honored him, by listening to the
voice Of mercy, and weakly and wickedly
forgiving his enemies.
But, after all, | think the orator, for
whose opinIon lave great respect, was
mistaken as to the motive power to which
he imputes this change of purpose and ac-
tlon. The devil is often accused uniustIy.
That high iunc,ionsry, as am instructed,
never inlerferes to allay the angry passions
of men, but rather TO excite and inflame
them. Indeed, think rational human
motive may he found fnr all these evils of
the President. charged and proved against
him.
l. was certainly quite natural 10 be in
censed against the rebels, who dishonored,
insulted. aud drove him into exile, and
equally so 10 express his indignant feelings
in language ofJe6snce and in threats and
IT is also quite probable that when he be-
came President, he thought il improper TO
use his high official station to asenge his
private wrongs, and 10 execute, as Presi-
dent OF the United States, tirrats which he
made as Andrew Johnson, Of Tennessee.
| He acted as he would have acted if he
thought and felt 50. Il was the paramount
duty oi our President, obvious 10 one who
had no private wrongs 10 asenge, or, having
such, determined 10 forgive them, to allay
divisions and promote peace, and TO restore
the Union, aud bring all IFS parts, as snon
and as efectualIy as he might, into harmo.
NOUS action. Indeed, he seems to have
felt this, AMI to have thought il better and
more surely accomplished BY kindness and
Cancellation thar by continued insult and
menace. SO he seems TO have thought, for
80 he acted.
There are doubtless, very many good pa
triots among US who differ from HIN. and
think II better TO punish the rebels than 10
restore the Union; but such is not the ge-
neral feeling OF our people. Generally
they would destroy the sin and spare the
sinner. Such seems 10 have been the views
aud feelings which dictated the action of
the President, and recent Developments
give US right TO conclude that majority
OF the nation will approve them. Certain
~, they will not consider il high crime
and misdemeanor 80 10 think and so to act.
Tie people OF the Southern States are
recommended to torn their attention TO the
culture Of the olive. This tree, it is said,
will thrive anywhere from the southern
boundary ol Virginia to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Its as easily propagated as the willow. and
should be set out In limbs two or three
inches in diameter. These will bear in
three years but if small slips be planted.
il will take them fifteen years TO do SO. La
five years the former will yield foil crop.
The tree bears biennially. IL can be prun-
ed every other year, and cuttings planted.
Ii requires little attention, and is source
Of great revenue in Southern Europe.
New Jersey abounds in cranberries. aud