The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1872-12-25
lillsbaruugb &ssarnsr.
--~-~<--->r~~~~v-------~ .~><~-~~-<
wEDSEsDAY..-...... DEgA Is, :s7a.
4HE LEGlsIArUkR'..

y
THE LEGlsLATUk1.
Adjourned on Thandsy 70 nacetsgain on
The 18th Of January. the long recess being
tAksa to ALLOW the membcrs from the sx-
trens portions Of ths State % reach their
homes BY Chrjstmas and enjoy their holt
day Win tssi families. As they arc not
naid dur;n.: thss ss ~. the State Loses moth
IL. Considering the time tbs body haa
l.eep ia session. il has accomplished as much
~ could be expected. Il % evidently
working body. There is an unreasonable
impatie,ice expressed every year at the slow
progress of business and tho prolougation
Of the session. Il should DO remembered
that Legislation is not childs play, though
much IL done that Is trivial. Work Is to
be done that concerns the lives, fortunes
and interests Of the people. i may be for
ali time TO come. Il will not do to hurry
subjects ~ this kind through the Legisla-
ture, or TO submit them immaturcly for its
confederation. They must DO considered
deliberately in committee. their merits
weighed, their imperfections siftcd out.
their conflicting interests recouciled, All
this is necessarily work Of time. And the
business Of tho Legislature is vastly larger
than II was Of old. The increase OF popu-
la.ion tho multiplication Of rail road.
barking and othc- corporations. the multi
plication Of formerly unknown interests oil
call for consideration in turn, and demand
deliberate attention. TASTY legislation is
worse than none at all, and therefore tho
people must be patient and considerable.
and let their servants do their appointed
work withou. pressure from without, assur-
ed that they are working with conscientious
regard to their duties.
.pATERN.fL GOVERNMENT"
The Tribune Of the 18th has an article
under this heading. which We here at the
South might hailas the dawn Of an awaken
ing sense Of justice TO our section, and an
aroused value for the warning liberties Of
the country. If ii we're possible to believe
in tho sincerity Of any sympathy for our
suEerings or indignation At the tyrrany tina.
Expresses US coming from northern source.
Tho press Of the South. its orators. and it,
statesmen have long since demonstrated the
causes Of ell our trsubles. The Tribune.
and The Herald also. nov give tardy Gre
douco to the story Of uninterrupted niisgo-
vsrnmsDt, oppression. and thievsry Which
m nrrysFvo vssupc1Duva m vsm w sse
Northern ear. They nov Do Us tie Justice
tr say that The South b not responsible for
the disorders which reigu in il, nor for the
anarchy which attends its local govern
meats. 1T wss The herd Of adventurers
from the North following the Northern
arny into Georgia and the Caro.inss. Who
supsisd the Southsrn Treasures. and ruin
Cd Southern credit" In like manner. II
relieves the South Of al the odiom that at
tachcs to such unprinciplsd villains as KEEL
logs and Msrnoush. Patterson. and Casey.
snd pumbsrlss others q that kind. Tho
South b the sufferer. bat the dizgrocs be-
longs to the North
II -.
The Tribune traces thsesil readily otis
source viz: the assumption Of the dominant
party that q eoald govern tho South. bet
tor than the South could govern itself. In
vain has the South begged TO be let alone.
pleaded is loyalty. and Gdsliiy 10 itsobl'-
g,tioss. ard its ability to work cut iis oxn
problems Of local government. The Gov
eminent has constantly thrust IN IL inter-
ference. and invariably siding With the
cause Of srosg. has maintained essdiiion
Of chrosis disorder and disoontant. And u
is the last iassfersncs 10 the affairs Of Lou
isiana, when The Federal officers. sustained
by General Grant set up Legislators.
and Gevsrnos. and courts and other maehi-
merry q government that We fnd the -
crst Of this manly burst Of sympathy and
this rendition Of Justice to the South for
the Tribune neu ends thst our warnings
we're not wishess reason. and that the des-
posisn pat in practice ia the South las on
" bssn training Cor its exercise at the
North. Her turn is coming nor. and she
too will feel the iron heel Yet - lost Is
that section 10 lie old instincts Of liberty.
that Il will most probably sccspt ib desti-
ny without farther protest than may be
made through some Of iss public journals.
most Of which. By The vsy. arc specially rec
popsibls Coz The danger which nos threa-
a "A. =. =.