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

their instructions have been disse.ardsd.
have. al ihslr lssf sessions. d.ess I'd 20
repeat and enIoIee ihrm- But | choose d
10 place myself. 81 once. upon diff rent
and higher ground. and 10 se, up 10 the
principles. reasons. and motives Eaioh,
in reality. dictate The conduc; an going
10 pursue.
heannoI escape observation. that while
the General Assembly iBslrucis ne To- En-
pttnge the resolution Of tie Senait. uhich
voted for IN Conformity With a.. iustruc.
lions at the Assembly nf 1884 he
present Assembly has not eyp,mgtd The
resolutions Of the former Assembi,. And
though 4 am rightly infOrmedl pro.
position has been made tn rsseind the
former resolutions. even that prop. srion
has not Vet been acted on. So that am
10 understand that the General Assem-.
bly, 10 insirucling me TO do. ~ respect 10
q former resolution Of The Senate. that
which IL Will moi do itself. in respect TO
resolutions passed al former session of
its own body. | must bespesk pardon
! for rrmstking. further. that. though pro.
/ ceedlngs have been had in Congress. and
. some laws have been passed. violating,
in the opinion "f the General Asss mbIy,
the dearest rights o The ptopls-.4ke. Tor
example. the sediIion law. aud ,h"ugh,
too. many lave have been psssec b, the
Federal Legislature. which. ln lhr npi.
mon Of the General Assembly, ira, srend.
ed It's constitutional powers. sud errruach.
ed upon the rights Of the Stafea; YET il
has never, heretofore. occurred To- the Ge-
neral Assembly. in any ease or a, any
time. 10 assert and sindlcair ne rigtfs
oftke people. or the rights Of re h.q.ss.
against such assumptions uf p"~rr nv the
Congress. BY an expuncuon literal or
typicall If the obnoxious tr,reedlags
IRON the journals OF the tw" Houses.
Aud nov, for the first time. " hen IN.
} pie resolution of the Senate is supposed
10y some unaccounlable miscnuceptlon
. Of It's import and iutension) Ia .ncroach
, upon the rights Of the nali0naI branch Of
. the Federal Legislature. which probably
has no. perceived. and certainly has not
. complained Of. the encroachment--or ITO
, speak plainly when the Senate has pres
4 sumed TO question the rights and powers
c claimed for the executive department by
!, the President. who alone has complain,
ed and protested against It's proceedings.
e ] see the General Assembly Of Virginia
= coming forward to vlndIcale me rights
e ana porers ciaimed6 by The President. by
e this profess Of expubctiou, which II has
y never thought of resnrnng to for the wins
J. | dlcaiIou el'her Of the righ,s Of me people
l.. "T nc riga.s IF tie States me.lion
n these strange contrasts. because tney
n have raised the gloomiest apprehensluns
; in my mind. Of approaching danger to
! our republican institutions, and because
!. those spprehensions have had an impor-
n tant influence in determining my iudg,
9 ment and nv conduct under the exIraor,
: binary instructions which the General
G Assembly has thought proper to give me.
Q The General Assembly can have nd
+. reason to doubt, and | am quite sure does
:, not doubt. that voted for the resolution
y of the Senate which it condemns as IN.
}. constitutional and mischievous. under Z
d sincere conviction that it was constiiu,
-e tionsl, wise, and even necessary to asser
| and vindica,e the authority Of the laws
J. neither can il doubt that this is still N,
is opinion. yet, without designing to sug
le gest any reasons to enlighten and con
70 vince my understanding, the General As
y sembly gives me preremptory lnssruc
K ton to propose and vote for the expunc
+ ton OF this resolution from the journal 0
II the Senate; and II insists that mus
i, obey its will and commander resigi
u my Office. II instructs me to vote tn ex
Of punge from the journal, that which j
e. knows as well as | do. is there truly re
S. corded; il insirucis me TO deface, sHs
to in a manner to falsify public record
U. which il knows the constitution explicn
er ly requires the Senate to keep; and ID
n remove my scruples) It prescribes the ex
/. junction Of The resolution from the Jour
o. nal, figuratively and typically, in such |
n manner as can only serve to elude I'd,
n positive injunction OF the constitution
e, and to signalize the humiliation and dis
he grace of the Senate, without al all aiFrc,
D. ing the historical evidence Of the fact: i
| instructs Of me to do this--or resign. I
Is instruc.s me so TO expunge, as not TO ex'
IN punge. the resolution: il requires Of mi
d, in word, a jesuiticsl equivocation viii
Of my oath and conscience; and (considerin,
the knowledge it must have Of the opi
,g MONS entertain) it commands me to in
ms eur dishonor, shame and guilt--or resign
ne II requires me. in effect, to give my re
ms corded sanclinn to the Preroga,ives claim
al ed by the President in his memorabl
n protest against the proceedings Of the Se
IS nate, and to the limitations he thinks pro
a, per to set upon the rights, powers an,
ne privileges Of this body: well knowin
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