The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-10-07
THE HERALD's IDEA OH a con
= ia3a yENTlON.

We hare not aftrihuted 20 the New
York Hendd the sordid Unworthy motives
i.its advocacy of National Convention that
d me Of our contemporaries charge II with.
Il Is dispts d 70 be ,ensstioBal dslubted-
". but tits always conducted sita iparked
ability. and pos, es es much political ragsc-
ity. As u proof Of this its articleson Ce-
sarism, when they first appeared. were ye-
l,fy generally hooted it aud denounced as
intended merely 10 produce n sensation,
but the country has since learned that the
lea II u third term has ior long time
been seriously contemplated BY Grant aud
his special admirers. "a
The HeruLrs mcntai vision has never
been ohscuied by that Incorporate party
x,sl that has characterized the larger por-
tion of the NorIheru press, and therefore
Z begins 20 discover thai the cloud which
has 80 long hung IN the southern sky aud
east its malign shadow over Nil tina. once
hsppy land i travelling norihward. II l.
terrified at the prospect, sounds the alarm.
and cries out Coz National Cprseniion,
with the hope of averiing the great calam-
ity which thrsatens il own section but it,
hopes are vain. and all Of iis efforts in that
direction are destined TO prove fruitless.
We believe that ain and CRIME draw after
them their own rctribution, in obe1i-
encc to 40 inevitable and unchaugeable di.
yiae Law. which applies 70 nations and in
iiyiduals alike.
The North has perpetrated the most a.
irccious aud reyoiting crimes IN It's deal
ings with the South crimes that have no
parallel ID history, ancient or modera. aud
it wosld be strange iudeed If the sword Of
Nemesis failei to seek out and cleave the
great criminal. even 20 the 'disidiEg asun-
der Of the joints and marrow In the ap-
prosching shados let the Northern people
behold Tie kesd 81 des2otisa. with ali the
attendant horrors OF irresponsible personal
government, corruption. cruelty aud grind
| Ing oppression. Let them behold the grim
iigure Of svei4i disorgAniraiiou. followed by
repudiatioB and financial ruin. aud wLiisi
they ilcmble they will remember that these
are Toe sane messengers that ihey seat to
torture their Soulaern brethren. ri
lfia their blind aud eowsrdly fury they
Imagined tia, they could disrupt sscivty iD
the South. elesatIpg ignorance aud vice
aud depressing intelligence and sirtre
that Tie could destroy free government,
set up desp,lisms IN lts stead IN eleven
states pf this upion. and reIaain free them.
selves; that they could turn these State
over 70 be baakmpted By adventures and
robbers from al qusrtenof The earth, aud
not feel the shock 10 their own financial
ceutres. they will soon discover their mis-
takes, Ior the time Is fs. approaching when
the scales will fall from ibeir eyes. aud the
delnsioa will vanish. ts
What gvoi. though. Il 10 be expected
from convention st this timer Dema-
goguery rules in all the lsod. aud the peo-
ple. the source Of all power. are corrupt.
hen Butler. Morton, Hartrabtt. Tom Mur-
ply, Landaulet Williams. aud Wendell
Phillips would be there frvm tho North ;
Kellogg, Spencer. Scott. kainey. Piiich.
back. Clayton aud company from the South
would be there in all their glory, and what
would be the resultg
Will the creatures who thrive by cor.
ruption introduce rcfcruls. viii the pol.
it,cian who owes his elevation 10 licensed
vice aud crime provide means to eradicate
these evils. Will the carpet bsggers and
other Southern thieves. who live BY duping
the ignorant ana the vulgar. help 20 ele.
yate and reGne their constituency Wall
that rare ljcu Butler, aud Mortvn. the
moral ieper. who owe their eminence 70
the latreds and the prejudices which the
Northern masses entertaia towards ns. aid
IN tho work Of reconciliation. and thus
throw dowu lhc ladder BY which they hope
20 eliuo stiil highsrl No; il i folly
wors. llag ally, to sspect such thing
Lei IA not deceive ourselves. Wri,tch
constilhtiO6l .,fs softhless, unle~ the prin-
ciplos Of g6od pr,velhmcnt have . sr,@e
and sure lqaudation in lhehcaFts and mluds
oT the people. There eaabe 40 such thing
as iree government where the people dis
regard the great maxim, tlistsuch . sys-
teu, must be founded upon tho consent Of
,hs goseroea. When he sabmissisn Of
niaofi,ies to thc will Of majoritiss ceases to
be voluntary. aud is only enforced BY the
bsyoiiet, thai instant ibo gosemuieu: ces.
ses 70 be hepabliaah. even ss q the ruling
msjafify. aud becomes nothing more nor
les. lhan . mobocfacy. with b,it one step
between Il and pefsoual despotic rule. Thr