The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-10-21
Ito the Free r. Eadepeadeaf
E0fers OF CassCelI.

Optnsoh1s Auurru nuf thshlutlils are
founded upon the virtue. intelligence and
independent spirit Of the people. And
when We cease 10 think and ae. for our.
selves. and surrender our opinions inl0
the keeping nf any man or sci Of men.
we cease In be free. and render our cun.
dilion no better than that oI ihr subjects
Of The most absolute monarchy IN Eu.
rope. Influenced by these reflections.
the undersigned. Few Of the citizens of
Caswell. exercising The same rightlhsi be-
longs 10 any and 10 every other freeman.
have determined 20 offer 10 their fellow
citizens few plain suggestions upon The
subject Of the approaching presidential
election. than which one If more impor.
lance has not occurred since the founda.
lion Of our national government. We
design in this address 10 cohfine ourselves
simply to statement Of facts. the truth
Of which no msn Of whatever political
party can or will deny.
The candidates between whom the peo-
pie Of the South will have In make an
election. are Martin Van Buren, of New
York, and HughIA White Of Tennessee.
For the Vice Presidency. Richsrd NJ.
Johnson Of Ken,urky is placed upon the
Van Buren,. and John Tyler Of Virginia
upon the White ticket Now. fellow
ciIiz"ns. let Us lobk 10 The men--candid
ly consider their prelensions. and decide
which has the higher claim to our sup.
port. /slariIn Van Buren, is a citizen Of
New York---a state whose institutions
differ materially IRON those Of our own
where domestic slavery 10 no, permit.
ted Ia exist. add where there are 10 be
found more Of those miserable and mis-
guided fanatics called .fbolifiOnists than
in any other state ia the Union. New
York has always occupied a Federal
stand IN rFlation TO al the great political
questions which al different times have
agiiased nur country; aud il is fact at
tested Nv the must authentic hIsi"ry, that
there we're more Tories ia New York al
The perind of The revolutionary war than
ia any other division Of the confederacy.
Her late illusirIous Governor DE VIII
Clinton. was an eminent FederalIsI. aud
was actually the federal candidate for The
Presidency in 1912 against james NatlI
son, aud he was then strongly supported
hy this same Mariin Van Buren,. As Mr..
Van Buren's most zesious friends are
bound To admit. Nor is this all. The
late Rufus King who upon the death OF
Alexander Hamilton became the acknnw
ledged head and leader of the federal par.
". was IN 1890 a Senator in Congress
from the state nf New York. and WAS
supported fnr that distinguished station
by Mr.. Van Buren: aud was moreover
instructed bv the Legislature Of y. York
(Marlin Vac Buren, voting fnr the lnslruc
nons) tn oppose the admission Of Nis,
sour into the Union, unless that state
would prohlhu the existence nf slavery
within Its territory fh,s Is fact whIch
every man south al the Potomac ought
" be informed II. thai the southern pe0
pie NAV beware nf the man whose opIn.
their best aud highest interests. Suppose
a man were TO offer for the legislature IN
the county Of Caswell whn held opinions
adverse 20 the existence vt slavery III the
| state. would YOU vote for him' We think
not. Viii YOU then vote for man en-
tertsinng such opInIuns VIII" ssplres TO
an Office the highest that your country
can confer, and The attainment OF which
bestows a power. for good or fur evil,
tenfold greater lhap mere seat in your
state legislature! 1.-The people OF the
South think that The states ought to be
permiwd to exercise their own discre-
ton upon the subject of slavery. and they
will not tolerate the idea Of an interior
ence in the slightest degree with tins
, question on the par, Of Congress or the
, General Government. either as il regards
the states themselves, or the territories,
or the district of Columbia. Yet MIR.
Van Buren, eniertains contrary opinions.
, and has actually said in a letter hich he
wrote a short time since to committee
| Vt gentlemen IN North Carolina. that
from the lights now before hun, he would
not feel himself safe in pronOunclng that
Congress does nj possess the power Of
interfering with ut abolishlng slavery in
the district Of Colombia" Here then is
| an explicit avnwal that Congress has the
power Ia abolish slavery in the district
| Of Columbia at least; and IL il has in the
district of Columbia then it is easily
shown that il nav likewise exercise the
! same power anv and every where else IN
the United States. A single argument
will prove this. The constitution Of the
United States does not give TO Congress
| any such po~er; Il therefor" II possesses
| il, then il has been derived from some
Other source than the constitution. Ger