The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-03-25

NWANAAAAWH IN W. N0uNNA-uE resign.
! ezanni shut nv eyes against the truth
--plain and glaring upan The very face
Of The transaction-thai surh instructions
wsre not gwen M With any expectation
or view. ar perhaPs even wish. that |
should yield obedience 10 them. There
b. IN Truth. no sh0lee between the alter
natives proposed 10 me: aud | believe
most undaubungly that il Was mol de-
signed IN leave me sny choice; that the
real and The only purpose Of the insiruc
tiaas Was 20 campel me IN resign 20
inssTIei ne out nf nv seat" Indeed. it
sern,s 10 me thar this design Is almost
asnwed in the preamble and resolutions
yaa have transmitted 20 me-. For the
preamble recites ss q motive for the pro-
eeedIGg, that - the Assembly dern il
their slieHaa duty again TO reasseu the
du'y Of the representative 10 obey or re.
syn: and then. after giving the an in.
siruruIn winch the General Assembly,
kneS thai ] could not obey ilhoui crime
AMI fnui disgrace, IL resolves that il
il thu ia,y 81 the representative TO obey
the ins'rucnons of his constituents. or 90
resign he trust Nth which Ihey have
clothed MIN. IN order mat il NAV be trans
ferred into the hands Of those who will
Carry InI0 execution the wishes and in,
struchons Of the Constituent body"
II vas impOssIble thai | should have
rele md ignorant If. snd il is equally
NJ aslhle f,r me tn forget the political
Operations IN Virginia during the past
yrsr. | knnw that The design Of in.
sIuc, y me Oh, ofmy seat'--or I'm court.
~ phrssS) givUg me walking ticket
was eat,y and openly ayowed and recon-
neairg: that II vas an advantage not
liItl, ,sun;ed. which the slcIors promis
Ell themselves from the success they
achieved Al the last annual elections: that
the schrIBr It the instruction was pIOpu,
seI aud .iIsrassed. and the very method
OF I, peal eA..unciinn which the General
Assr no has adopted slrenuously recon.
mr".iet - the proper aud sure means of
drI'InE me to resignation. IN the pub
lie Prn's, which are sometimes the Or-
gaus s.lJ soRriIm-s the dIcIat0rs Of par
~ vans ] kI"w, moreover. that the
Pr"c rd'ng was AIMED al ms-parlieular.
~ a. ne: aud That, to insure us success.
o" Ell n mas bera spared to exaggerale
nv faults such a. they are: to falslfy the
his'nry Of nv life. simple aud obscure ss
hltherGn II had been aud barren oi lnte-
Test; TO misf~pr-seni all my mott rs. sen.
umens ard sr'IoHs: anu To raise such a
st":h If pnbiIc Indignation against mt a.
sh'uld make me bend Ike the siIlos IN
the fab. aud preserve a worthless exist.
enc H. S'eid,hg rather than be- torn up
bv III r'"', ilke the sIurdg oak and laid
fog pF ','raie an ;he earth | shall
FUN IA, ies inS Siih firmness aud com
po*urr. lea ne thaak nv enemies fur
ha''2g glgen me = Consequence winch
n. - In-Tils aOuid never have acnIrv.
Ell lna' "aah.rs M To act conspicuous
sn! nsrto. patI !" the defence of the free
insn,uu ns e ny country. ought to
be s"4"IUl Ia The Genera. Assembly for
plar".g me ss u @rre al the mead of
fnrl0ru nope m the contest now waging
for me reservation of the Constitution
aud he lass: aud though | am a. sensi.
bic i .he danger a. ain If the honor Of
the puss as-gped me. | hnpe. with The
blessing n u ii, Ia approve myself NOT
aiiaS~ neT u,AOIlIv oi II
IL the General Assembly had any oh.
lect al hearl pnr,ucd CifrctlI Tor its own
value, aid I1t IS d means uf accomplish
Ing. by n1irecnUn, other objects plainly
unjust and unconstitutional and should
gIfe me an instruction TO Use nv endea.
Vors in my Official station Ia promote its
VIews--sn instruction which II believed
codid cOnscIentlously Obey-an iasIruc.
uVa framed with no design to force me
to r~s,gpation; and if in such a case
shpU,i lh,nk the Pad aimed at unconsti-
t9-ioIal, aud should be, therefore, uDwil.
iIng 10 br an srtI.e agent IN accomplish
ins It: the case SnnId Dr. very strong
one indeed, AID attend vitli very peculi
ar CIRCUMSTANCES. IN which | would re.
tain mi >eat aud stand as an obsuucuon
TO the accomplishment nj the measure de.
sired. But regarding tn presentInstruc.
iion as mainly directed To he purpose Of
forcIpg ne - 10 resign tie trust with
which" ,ire General Assembly :" has
ci tn-,i ne, IN order mat It may BE- trans>
fer;r.I Ia,n he hands Of those vino will
carr into exerHilca the wishes and IN.
strar'fsi',. OF the Constituent bndy"-
" WISHES sn1 instTDrtIons | think
p.s.1r c1"trsrv la the letter and spirit of
d. Co"-ti!I'Inr; and deeply convinced
a. ! an rat nv resignation would more
FIta,y affrr. The integrity Ut The Constr
tutIa N n cen an explIcI, Obedience to
til Instruction. | lave. therefore, come
u 1 resolution. that cannot. ought not.
and viii not resign,
pray the General Assembly to &C.
compspy ge for br,ei space. and 70