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

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much more. if I cannot disregard the
dictates Of reason aud conscience. which
God has planted in nv breast. 10 Be the
ruler and monitor Of al my actions.
! find myself constrained 10 say, that
! cannot obey the instruction Cor expung-
ing the resolution Of the Senate. in any
manner. literally or hgurslively.
This brings me 70 Inc consideration Of
the second resolution &c the General
Assembly. which declares that the
Assembly regards the right Of inslruc
ton - resting on the braad basis Of
the nature Of representation and nne
RI ihe vial principles 0f our free insiiIu-
iions: and that u Is the duty Of the repre-.
sentative In obey The instructions &c his
constituents. Orresignlhe trust with which
they have clothed him. in order that IL
NAV be transferred To the hands Of those
who will carry into effect the wishes and
instructions Of the constituent body. :
Aud here. in considering the alternative
proposed 10 me. cannot but advert 10
the very peculiar nature Of the act which
the instruction requires nf me. and IN
some remarkable circumstances in The
history Of the subject.
The resolution which the General
Assembly proposes To expunge is only
the expression Oi an opinion held b. the
majority Of the Senate Tor the time being,
and the entry Of IL an thu journal only
the record Of the fact that sucl: wac the
opinion of the body. II must be obvious
10 the minds % all men that the expunc-
ton Of the resolution from the journal al
the Senate can n0wIse affect the main
questiOns-wheiher the opinion therein
declared was Just or errnne"us--ant
whether or M IL was within the cnmpe'
tency OF the Senate IN determine an IN,
subject Of the resolution; nor can tn
defacement ri the record Of an hIsIorica
fact, ia whatever manner Il may be ehec,
ed. annul or alter the fact itself. or. u
the present case. impair. in the slighies
degree. the memory Of the transaction
Some hundreds Of copies Of the journs
containing THE resolution. have bee'
printed; some deposited in the public ar
chIVes; and some delivered TO member
of Congress for the time being, Nh,cI
have thus become private properly. an
heen dispersed throughout the Union
the resolution was published, too, ~ a
the public Journals Of the day: II stand
recorded on the journals OF all the Stat
Legislatures that have ihnnght pr"pr
IN take the subject into their considers
lion: the General Assembly of ymglHI
has itself recorded u. in tie very resolu
tons IN which it directs The Senator's /,
the state in Congress tn vote Tor expung
ins il from the manuscript Journal Of Il,
Sepaie. For any direct purpose, there
inre, which the sxpunclinn OF II can serve
viewing The act apart firm the Intention
nothing eau he more absolutely nugaInr,
The resolution itself, The evidence Of i
aud the opinion il declares, will all h
handed down 10 pnslerlly hy faithful HI:
tory; nay. even by the very record "f N
prescribing Ia expunge il. II Is vain
saw. as the General Assembly has said i
the preamble Ia It's resolutions, that III
resolution ri the Senate is = an assumE
lion Of power mi warranted nv the col
iilullOn. and calculated to subvert III
rights OF the House Of Representative
AMI the fundamental principles Of oil
free instiluuons:" for, If this we're reall
the case. the General Assembly shnu
have levelled some Of its censures again
, the House of Representatives for negleC
/ ing its high trust--inr ueglectng to vii
} dictate 1.-The Fundamental principles of ol
. tree institutions" and especially its ow
. rights and privileges, against the el
eroachment Of the Senate. | am n
aware that the House has made ar
a complaint perhaps il understood Il
. subject too well 70 do so. II is d
E Executive only that has protested again
e This proceeding Of the Senate; and d
: only conceivable purpose which the pr
{ posed expuncton Of il can answer, W
z be to sigualize the triumph Of Execute
f power over a department of the Legisl
4 ture that has had the irmness to oppo
i its measures-lu set a mark Of dlsgra
e and humiliation upon the Senate, aud
,f bind wreath ofinglorious victory aroul
!, the brow of the President. Aud ev,
/. for this purpose. no stroke Of the p
d was ever more vain. than tha, which sh,
e mark those black lines around the resol
J. ton of the Senate, and write that Sc
10 ,ence ot expancnon on its tace--it, !
n deed, il he not calculated to work the {
II rec, contrary effect to tina, intended. Il
u victory Of The President over the Sen;
81 may be as complete without it. And
E, uuhappilv. the fruits Of that victory sh
in ripen into their iull maturity Of bitterne
y in times To come, when the constil
Dr. ton Of the Senate shalt be subverted
Id when the check It was ordained TO NJ
he upon the power Of the Executive. and