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THE CONSTITUTION AND T II R LA WS T H E G I' A It 1) I A N S O F 0 U II LIBERTY. Vol. XLI1I. HILLSBOROUGH, N. O., JULY 9, 18G2. No. 2151. THE HILLSBOROUGH RECORDER It rUILIIIIKD WSKKLT BY DENNIS HEAKTT. Term. Two Dollar year, if paid in advance; Two Doilare anil Ffty Centi, If mil paid within theee month or Three Dollars, if delated until alter the aspiration of the year. bio piper will be discontinued until all arrearages ara paid, unless at ill option of tba publisher. No paper,,will le aent lo a new subscriber oul of the 8iat unices payment ia Kada ia advance, or me per eoo ia tba Stale shall become responsible. iJrcrtlilBg latfi for fbc jtrroidrr. Advertisements not nscs-cding fourteen tinea, one dollar lor tba Aral, and twrtij-fje cents lor each sub aeqaenl inaartkHi t longerons- in proportion. Court advertisement tweuiylie per erui. higher. 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IT To tlie Ladkii of Orange County. I M ref aeu4 by tba Uoternor of your riiste. to rsl apoat oa to iuriiaj .w tbe mUw io the army wawlaai aucks aad MuiU fwy llt cuaiul an I tr.4ec- tlao dartug lb svoruj hliil winter. Ksvh dotine WiU jileaao acciaiwnf ber fill be her Nam. Plisll Ihts call a a tour ut-m he made without a rti icr re- pos a your part! I cannot !ctiet Ihsl it will; f tbcMtaeaeall apayaataeoeaSVrward with yoor gill. aad lay thsia Uaatifull) upon the altar 4 ymtt eoua- ly. , JiiUta tba eiamfl of your uiilir t tbr reio luviva, a ad allow m4 ila soUi.-fs bo liae labra op arms ia WBra af your lihertie, t our !., and wii.t ia still oaarar, your bjao. ta go aanrblrd ton soffT-r nut yoar aelenosra la be einoM-4 onMotraietl to the wiaUr'a chilling bUsta. Coue, then, lo tbeir rebrf; farnitPtbem wab thoaa ocrMry ariirlea la rehe safloring hamsaity, aad tbsreby uirrit Ihe lutlils not only at tba pf , hut ! futara grnersHona. lam yoar baia'4 strvsni. It. M. JOXKS, Bheriff. IV rb Mlowim tauHemrn wilt pla re -ie and forward ta wa articles lor tbe naUicrs W. V. Allien. N. I. lUft, Adison Msngum, M. A. Aagiar. Jba W. Usrr, and A ti llurhsm. Aagust t. 0 "SEQU KSTU AT ION NOTICK. TilR andert4ce4, appalaiWi Hwwtr under" the tfeaestrslion Act, for tba counties ol llratijro. Wsks, t'am'xrtiad and Harnett, hereby gitea woiiee ta all parson tuiag aay ja J, tenanieais at bemlns mania, g iods or cbaUeta, right or credits, or any micr os! therein, of at far aay alien Snamy of tba Confrde rata tStates f America. spee.lily to Inform in of ibe same, and to reoUr sa areoaat iherrwt, aad an far practicable, I put lbs sera in my peneracian, auder lha penally of iha Itw In nou-coniphsMe. I also notify srb aid every rrttren f the Onle.le rate Htaias spemhly to glte inljunsiion to me of any ad all lands, tenement aad hereditaments, gol and chaUela, rights and r re.! its within lb s' eu aires. I will attend tha different caalies in a few days for lb purpose of recrif ing, f which tim du niKioe will bagirro. 0. II. WILDER, Heceiver. October IS. U-w Patent Vliidmv Bifndsr " 1 Crat laprsrcatit-SapfrlirU lijtknf li tif ,p 114 8t.f.tll whsnclosod sbalsperfsrtly light. and ksspseat alt vt.dat,insorta, lt.,and entirely es etulaa lh light. aa I mshes besatiful appasranc n tb outM.I. It Ita ary adraalag ever lb wiber kin I snl oti bat trii mora. , This Uliod will reomnen J itself. A ny one can Judge t its suparjorily avar tb aid styla al Irsl eight. !f i ir.n tit has seen this Blind will errd' av ether fcfml. ' f m r iW.r w ill ba h rtv t show a model ta a a pr wl.bint ta obtain lib iota, ami tacei Ibeir c ears, w u wui la promptly nlled. . i, D ntmiiicK, . Ktnstun.N. C, My t. I - KP1 SPEECH OF BENJAMIN WOOD, or NEW YUIIK, ON TUB MTATB OF TUB COUNTRY. Notwithstanding iti length, we give to our reader the following speech delivered br Hon. Ben. Wood'of New York; in the House of the Lincoln Congress recently. He was formerly proprietor of the New York News, which was suppressed by Lin coln because it stoml boldly lor the rights of the south antler the Constitution, and oppo aed the war upon the Southern Slates. His spirit is still oubroken. Soon after he de livered the sprech charges were preferred against him of disloyalty, and we expect to hear of his being in Foit Lafayette I Mr. Chairman, I have hitherto avoided troubling this House. Content to be a lis tener, without any other participation in its proceeding than lo oppose roy solemn in-' dividual negative against measures which my conscience and nty principles would not appro r, I have said nothing. Indeed, sir, 1 hae not had the heart to rise here and peak. A glance at this Hall, of itself, has been enough to prevent. When 1 look ger, 1 will not countenance the greater dan around and see one-third of the Union un- ger of establishing a dictatorship over the represented here, and find myself in a body, ' thoughts of my countrymen, though purporting to be one branch of the j But if tin abominable theme mut be Congress of the United States, really in fact brought into the council chambers of the na but a fragmentary part of if, inr heart sinks tion, fir the sake f decencr, if not of iu- wituin me. It appears to be a sectional bi- dy a gathering of the representatives of a party. v ill) tuese feelings, and with this spirit, I have autil now avoided participi- ting in debate. Besides, sir, during the earlier period of this session, disaster had accompanied the e Boris of the Federal arms. I felt that the push forward measures in regard lo the lo- i .. .t . - c. .. i l ...... i :.. ..r u:. kaaSta af at, faatt f taV ft flaal a fit ftna a ei M' li K strive to awaken the great soul of the North to tiioacnis w prace ; I leu tnai someming .1.. I .i , wa due to the sense of mortification, some thing tu the natural desire to retrieve the shame of discomfiture. I hoped, too. that when Victory slfuuld perch upon wur ban ners, others than myself would seize the oc casion l urge a plea in behalf of peaceable measures; and that this government itself, rcruug rna, cMwogn 10 uc mag nanimous, would take the lead and be the pioneer in opening a path for the settlement ot our ditiicultie w ithout lurther recourse to bloodihvd. I even hoped that the leader of the dominant prtv, maved bv the ore di- ireas tsliji b has i-itrd our country, would re'eut ft om the stern rigor of their doctrine of subjugation, and, in the t!uh of triumph, would Ivan a little toward a gentler p diry than that which they have hitherto champion ed with o itiuih zral and with so little for bearance. 1 hoped in tain. The triumph came; a long nam of iccesr ! relieved ti e beloved ' country shall be saved, the word that slioui.i pervatie numantty, and espt cial- up our annau. Noith froiniisltamiliatioa. The goterament emancipation" should, by common consent, ly - pervade this augu.t assemblage that And while at home we are groanin; wrthi claims now to stand as a rock again; which be banished from the lang'uase of debate in should, by ihe nature of its sacred function, distress, and stm Img on the verge of ba -k-Ihe tempest of opposition must wast itself this assemblage. It i$ a spell w hich has be far removed from the miserable ambition ruptcy. if we look abroad; the spectacle in lutde eflot ts. The partizaos of the ultra ; wrought enough already of deflation. It of reducing a section of our common coun- tends only to our shame. We see the cep warpariy laugh lo scmn the idea that any is a hellish lrmula of' incantation, which try t the extreme, an I liieiefore dangerous tred hamU of Kurope phnting their royal' effectual resistance can be ollered to the on- 'has conjun d up lite fiend of discord and condition of despair. : bannci w upon the soil of this Western hemis ward march ol their niuuiphant sruiiei.and civil war; and it never was so potent in its3 Sir, there mav be a fascination in the gory phere, whirh it is our natural duty to con yet no single rfl'ort ha been made in these evil tendencies a now. when it is being iiiagKificence of war. Tiiere may be a crsv- secrate to Republicanism, and which we Congressional HalU to stay the eflusion f passed, like Ihe breath of the p!aue, from ing for marshal glories in the hearts of men, might at lesst have r'arded IromJIhe greed blood. It has been left lor me, powerless a I am. to sneak the first conciliatory word strife; it is an eternal reproach in them that,, in behalf or my aunermg countrymen. And ; spoken in a whisper and with a prayer una-1 mere can u a time worn a more t nnsnan ami. umteu who , 7" , ,7 1 do it, 'sir, in ihe hope that otl er nmre ca- 'ed lo it, as a thing that brings a curse and impulse should posses our sou's, it is now j and England, is unfurled upon the walls -l pahle, will not be loo inuth engrossed with spread a peslih nre. I despair of my coun- now, when the triumph and consciousness of San Juan d'UIIoa. here may .they not ihe lut of comiurst and the pride of victo- .trv. I despair ol ever living once wore in strength give as the noble privilege of ex- float twelve months hence, if we, the BaMu.il ry t. follow iu) examnle. ,a blessed Union of fraternal States, when I tending the hand of reconciliation without guardians of this continent rrom f.eign m- Hr, it is ao ineflai cable rrproacU to those heir all around me the utterance of that ru- fear of degradation, or ol self-reproach for teiference, h 'old slill be busy viUiHhbl.rg rither deluded or wicked men who, in the 'in-breeding word, emancipation," wing- cowardice. II adtersity has been our excuse in eh other' gore t air, if there North, b? thnr in wearied itatioii of aboli- ling with the shouts of battle, the fierce for sternness, let success be our plea lor war, let it be against the natural emmie m lion avhrmes. have stirred the ember ol this' hurrahs of triumph over fallen brothers, and niagnswimity. Providenee has placed within Republicanism, and a we have already rjain through defeat and victory, throughout eve-' Sir, if in place of making the negro rjues ry phase of this unhappy struggle, with the'timi a subject in a iter of debate, ibis Con groan of their ditrrsrd and tortured coun-'xres would take into earnest, solemn con try smiling op "it their ears, they have clung, sileratinnoinreiprili:nl for securing peace, and still cling, with unpity ing" pertinacity, , I do believe that meres would crown our and even with ferocity, to the doctrine efforts. If ihey would enter epon that tak, which ha been the germ of all the mischief. not with heart embittered and intellects With the first nulling shouts of Federal swved by sectional antipathies and untune- vittorirs ihey set up the echoing cry of e mancipation, tt tin an iue rncigy oi tanai- icism. with all the subile ails and intusuet of scheming demagogues, with all the appli ances ol canning, intellect, and patronage at tneir commanu, even at tins evenuui crisis, when every American brain should be at work to bring about a fair and honmable pearr, they have no thought, no hope, no du ly but to'propagite their creed, extending it influence into every nook and cranny ol of the land; and poisoning the atmosphere of thee sacred hall with Its interminable discussion. Openly and in secret, by the agency of the press, the pulpit, and the po litical rostrum, in the camp, in the cityand In the open field, they are spreading the conta gion j they are Innnculatina; the country with this moral pestilence which hat already) brought us where we are, at the very briuk exhausted by its triumphs aletested by a mo. of the grave of out nationality. . iety of those sovereignties thst gave il Sir, to these apostles ol abolitionism will'birth, and gazing with horror and remorse be traced luieslter whatever of evil hasj upon the desolation it hai wrought. , befallen or may befall our country. 5 They are building its' sepulchre with the bones of their slaughtered countrymen. I do believe there are gentlemen within my vision now whose sworn purpose, whose, first desire, paramount even to the nerservatinn of Re publicanism, is emancipation. They and their disciples first threw the apple of dis cord. They first applied the torch, and are now more busy than ever with throwing fresh fuel to the flame. Should liistory ever trace, which God forbid, the record of this coun try's ruin, that page will seem the strangest to those that read whirl) shall tell of the madness and wickedness of the archfanat ics of abolitionism. "In the dark recesses of the temple of infamy, the gloomiest niches will bear the inscription of their names.' Sir, I counsel none but a moral interfer ence with the work of these mischief-makers. I would not have even fanaticism de prived of the right of free speech, nor would I, in any emergency, advocate the slightest infringement by the government upon the liberty of the press. Let them sow the seed of their infamous doctrine broadcast over the land. Whatever mar be the dan- tice, let it be at a more sensible time. If there remains one Union man at the South, let us remember that Be is unrepresented jhere ; that the subject t slavery particular- jly concerns him, iHitl int it is ungenerous 'and unjust, if not cowardlr, to take advan- la-re of his absence of representation to I ita if is t isan el aT htsl sa t inrintAi Oil 'against which, were he present, lie would give uis earnest opinion, it win uuencn i -. " . - . r it . :. r . -i :.. .L- wuaicver remarna wi union leciuig in uic pno an yr irunps are lig'uing lor Sooth, if it has not already dune s. It will the re-ronstruclion of the Union ? destroy the last hope of a reconstruction of; Lt us supjiose that the South i anxious the Uiiiun wn a friendly basis. It will proved to embrace an opportunity of rrturn, and is what has already been sa often intimated, 'withheld from making advances by doubts . i ..i r-i.. i : . .n ... .1. .: - . i' . i . . i i tnai me nrai luea i ise uiimimni ya'lJ " l" inicinions in tua .vorin. is u not something oe aiteoptea Itt me Spirit ol Itieili the North is active and enwavering ant-go- right that we should confer with them, that Ration, fir, the people will respond to iti iin to slavery, and a fiied purpose to leg- ; the doubt "y be remoe,l ? I Ther will liianl ibi L'onres for if. Ther islate if nut nl'llie la ml at all narartla. I. it with that theorv advanced that we are to roiinner a neace? Sir. we are flinsinz away the last chance of reconciliation as reckless- 1 as madmen cast their treasure into the sea. The agitation of the subject lias been and when the people shall realize that it is such victories are being pun-hased as asaem ihe country' bane at eterv period id its his- only the infamous design to strengthen the fice that is terrible to contemplate; that - a torv ; us discussion at Ui trtsii is desper- anti-siavery movemcui tnai prevents an ti- national ueoi is uemg creaicn wmu, m na. ate" self-destruction. fort to obtain fiat peace, woe to the chiefs rapid accumulation, is appalling a debt,. I it while the magazine is beneath us and f the Abolition party in the land. t which, if ever paid, will press like swt. iucu- about us, bursting with the agencies of ruin, But, enough of them. Words are thrown bus upon future generations, stuniwg ihe that we must choose to sport with the flam- away upon their stubborn fanaticism. I ap- growth and paralyzing the vigor of our young; jing torch of the incendiary ? Sir, until our in.outli to mouth, in the council chambers ol the countrv it ha ruined. It should be the ernans of our dying countrymen. - jly mock philanthropies, but with all their jnonia uevoieu to toi una oacrcu joisr the re-contruction ol the Union and our redemption from civil war; if they would do this, in the spiiit of conciliation of for- ci tenets, of tolerance, of brotherhood, and kindly feeling, it is m conviction that before the close of this eventful session the pre liuiinariea of A peace would be arranged. ! But while, with the obstinacy of a blind fanat- jic, and the instinct of a brutal gladiator, the first object ia lo promulgate a party creed, and the second to cruait an opponent ami wrr ihe badge of victory, I see no fairer prospect than, at some distant period, reach ed through teas of blood and heaps of car naze, the forced submission of a crushed and devastated section, and the equally nnhsppy nneclacle r-i a covemment triumphant, but . ' va a a a . a . a act a it.a via nneiaa na w ranrsj " Sir, it is not my intention to vent re proaches, even where I believe them best deserved. I have risen to enter my protest against the discussion j in this Chamber; of any anti-slavery, scheme whatever at this crisis, and to oiler an earnest appeal to this Congress that its legislation shall embrace every means of securing an immediate peace. If, as the government claims, the Confede rate cause is hopeless, the leaders of the se cession movement cannot be ignorant ot the fact, and knowing it, they will be naturally inclined to lend a willing ear to whatever proper overtures this government may pre sent. At some period of this struifgle there must be negotiation ; it must be resorted to, sooner or later; why not now? I Is it because pride forbids that we should be the first to outstretch the hand of concili ation ? Heaven forefend that thousands of human lives and a country's welfare should depend upon so false a principle. Is it be cause the South has not been sufficiently punished, humbled and subdued? Then let us confess that chastisement and vengeance are the objects of this war. Is it because the anti-slavery movement has not yet re ceived a sufficient impetus? It so, go tell it to the armies that have won your victories. Make abolition the war cry. "Place a b inner with that device, in the vanguard, and lure those armies on to conquest with it if you can. Your soldiers would rend the treaclier- nu -nirn into aureus, ana would march to their homes with the same alacrity that they pushed on with it to the bittfe-fieM. ' J What, then, is the cause that withholds negotiation ? You will not parley with arm- j ed treason. But you have parleyed with! armed treasoijf that be the word ; parleyed ; . . . . . .. . .i" lor iue mere coiiveaience of an exchange of ffi I I fiaTl fl a T ft - 'fillip iifllaa mn3Ai A miliwtla the grievances of war. .It was your duty go' i" ". --vnu anau you not uv so w accom- t.. t. .11 .i... - . - Wlnl do tk wuuU mr.Tur St wiiris ble punctilio in the hour of a nation's ago- v? Sir, an honorable peace is within the grasp of thi Congres. without further bl-od- shed. This Congress knows tint it is , peal with better hope to the loftier feel.ngs and an instinct nl tnunipti wimh we snare in common with the brute creation. II . t if ever l. .mV j.mm- ..f fb Vnrlli m ,..!,. teininnh than countless armed lejtgns could conqter; the triumph of subduing a brave enemy with n generous and oieicW-l policv, that will disarm resentment and rekin.ll the old brotherly flame that peihapais not yet total - ly extinct. For, after all, they are our bro- liters. Sir, and some soltening of the stern Roman riiror which our rulers assumed due to tint brotherhood, which, by untimely severity, mar he cancelled now forever. There are gentlemen who will say that the South must be subdued j ihat every armed Southerner must throw down hi weapon and sue lor mercy. Should a freeman ask so much of hi bro ther freeman f Would they be worthy of companionship in our . fraternity, being re claimed at such a sacrifice ol inanlr feeling? What would you have them do) Would you have them crouch and cringe and strew their heads with ashes and kneel at your gates for re admissionr They j re Amen cans. Sir, and will not dnt! No, though Roanoke and Fort Henry and Fort Dooelson should be re-enacted from day today through the lapse of bloody years, they will not doit! Give them some chance for an honorable re turn, or you will wipo out every chance, and ihe two sections will be twain forever. Yes, Sir, you may link them to each other with chains, ami pin their drstiuie together with lor t-r. 4 her are the children r the same heroic stock, the joint inheritors with our-. wives or the precious legacy of fl te(U, . uuA it seems a sacrilege and an insult to the memories of the past, that so manv, sir, should sit in your presence here tu'.iuv to goad them on to desperate resistance, ait'il mi lewi.las! so very few to mediate ud re strain. Of ihose few, I thank my God that I am one. 1 am proud to proclaim Tt here beneath the dome of the Capitol. J shall proclaim i, here and everywhere, until the wings of peace shall be once more folded over the bleeding bosom of my country. ghall proclaim it aloud and honestly, although lo do to would make me flic next victim of this cruet strife. Sir, it may be said that I speak of peace, while its attainment, without further re course to arms, remains impossible. But I do not believe it impossible. What effort has been made? What door hasbeen.open ed through which the passions arid ill feel ings of the contestants might pass out and reason enter? Noue. The single idea ha been forced upon the people that the sord, and the sword alone, must, decide the issue. It hat been pronounced treason to Imld an opposite pnsition. Sir, If to have but little faith in the hfficacy of the sword Tor joining severed friendship, if to earnestly desire peace, and to deprecate the hrrors of war. be treason, then am 1 a traitor; and I am prouder of such treason than others have the right to be of their vindictive, flaming and pretentious patriotism, I conjure this Congress, in the name of our suffering country in the name of wives that may be widows, of children that initv be or- . - ' phans, in the names of gallant mn, itov a . ! I..I.L ...I K a - a . stretched in death upon the gory gnnd. or writninw. maimed and disliiireil. with, tor- 1 . . . . . menting Wounds in the name or DllinitllltV, I that sicken at the daily record of this te'rri Lie strife 1 c-njure this Congress tVi. eie at the merest chance that may iVwf a present termination ol this tragedy. Lt ... . .. . . - i . j win uicsa mi u'wjirss itr mn win bless I breathes of the spirit of recoocirafiwi. 'IVr are weary of this war weary in. despite of. the excitement of present vrtfory. Vi-y; will awaken so:o to the consriwrwn- ih'af ltepublic, or, if rrpcdiateu, resting ioc - ollnreizn oespnts. mrm;i ,vv Castile founts in the air of han l)omtng. Ktn.t line national tride to coneilu'e M British lion, let as make some sariifjc t win back in amity, and not to subjujair, h South, tht we may atand once rades ie srms.te acoorgethete I -le !"; i lopers back again within ihe.r ; PrrtMJ" ' V I am no advocate of kWf; "J! ' foreign war should be the . , s is; mission to loreign msoiencc. . - - Hie nurncanc hiSoi -r To suh.er.e the schemes ?T already bumiUted tbe '"e'ZVTJl the eye. of .coffin, ft task hereafter to re?' ,! e V t i u tfcl r.milr of nation.. N- much ,,st in the farn.lr . b , rreaterevil could Ikm mmtmA toward 'fj;; inch r,w ... vi, PrnA J all thing I hold ,.t natiwaj honor wUh w have ever, ? ?? f ui P -Btarnished. Howev 1'", , f'Cb. th. Pcl-of thing at ? nfe I would have our fl.g float at proudly iTetir ab ri-.Ml . 4iic-u .U lowest. aflictiun a plea for hemility, an ?: Tt shame. Whtaeeraccaston demands aggreHieu, or a rebuke adminrsitred to
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