The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-05-23

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To us. sir, 20 us. his eonniEgmen. 70 ess
uho feel 50 much admiration Tor his c.
nius. and 50 much gratitude Tor his SER
vices. Fnlson would have lived almost in
vain. SAFE gratis and stale exclusions
would hare eoFeEed over Ill our waters.
Sir, il is in Ihe nature Of such things,
,hs.,he irsl EiolaiiOn. or The FIRST departure
from true principles, DAVIS more ImPor-
tsnl violations or departures after u; and
the first surrender Of just authority Will
he follow ed By others more 10 be dePlOEed-
n commerce be . unit, 10 break Il IN ore
p,r.. is 20 decree III ultimate dismemheF-
ncni in al. II there be made a first
ehasm, though IL be small. through that
The whole Wild ocean will pour IN. and
We may then throw Up entertainments IN
vain.
Sir. the spirit Of union Is particularly
liable 10 temptation aud seduction, IN
moments of peaee and prosperity. In
war, this spiriI Is strengthened By sense
Of common danger. and by thousand re-
collections Of sneien, efforts and ancient
glory in a common cause. In The calms
Of a long peace, and The absence 81 all
apparent causes Of alarm, things near gain
an ascendeney over things remote. Local
interests and feelings OFeTshadow national
sentiments. Our attention, our regard,
aud our attachment, are every moment
solicited 10 what touches Us closest, and
we feel less aud less the attraction OF
distant orb. Surh tcndencies, VIC ore
bound by true patriotism. and by our lote
Of union. 10 resist. This is our duty; and
The moment. in NY judgment, has arrived
when that duty Is summoned TO action.
We hear, every day. sentiments and argn-
menIs, which would become . meeting ol
ENJOYS. employed by separate Govern
meats, more Than they become the COM
mon Legislature Of united country.
Constant appeals are made 10 local
interests, To geographical distinctions, and
To the policy and the pride Of particular
States. II would sometimes appear that
il was. or as il il were, settled purpose
. to convince the People that our Union is
nothing but q tumble Of different and
discordsnl interests. which must. ere long.
be all returned to their original state Of
separate existence; as il. therefore. il
was Of no great value while il shosld last.
and was not likely to last long. The
process ofdisin,egrslion begins, By urging
the fact Of different interests.
Sir, is not tie end obvious, 10 which
all this leads Us. Who does not see that.
/ il ronyietions OF this Mind take possession
Of the public mini, our Union can here
after be nothing. while il remains, but a
eonnrxion without harmony; a bond with
out affection; a theatre Tor the angry
contests Of local feelings. local objects,
and local jealou.ies! Even while IL con-
tinues 10 exist, in name, il may. By these
means, become nothing but the mere form
Of united Government. My children.
and the children ri those who sil around
me, may meet. perhaps, IN this Chamber,
in the next generation; but II tendencies,
row but too obvious, be not checked. they
will meet as strangers and aliens. They
will feel 40 sense Ol common interest OF
common country: they will cherish no
common object Of patriotic love. II the
same Saxon language shall fall lrnm their
lips. il may be the chief proof that they
belong To the same nation. It's vital prin-
ciple exhausted and gone. its power oi
doing good terminated. now productive
only OF strife aud contention, and no
longer sustained by a sense Of common
interest. the Union itself must ultimately
fall, dlshonured and unlamenled.
The honorable member from Carolina
himself. habituaIly INDUCES in charges ii
usurpaiion and oppression against the
Government Of his country. lie daily
denounces its important measures. in the
language in which our Revolutionary IA
lhets spoke Of the expressions Of The mo-
Their country. Not merely against Execu-
live usurpatiun. either real or supposed,
does he utter these sentiments, but against
laws OF Congress, laws passed by large
maiorities. laws sanctioned. fnr course
of years, BY the People. These laws he
proclaims every hour, 10 be but series oI
acts Of oppression. lie speaks Of them as
il il were an admitted fact, tina, such is
their true character. This is the language
which he uIters, these the sentiments he
expresses. to the rising generation around
him. Are they sentiments and language
which are likely to inspire our children
with the love Of union, 10 enlarge their
patriotism, or to teach them, and TO make
them feel. that their destiny has made
them common citizens oG one great aud
glorious republ!e! A principal object. IN
his late political movements, the gentle.
man himself tells US, was TO ante ia
entire South; and against whom, or
against what. docs he wish TO unile the
entire South! Isnot this the very essence
of local feeling and local regard! i il
not the acknowledgment Of wish and
object, to create political strength, by
uniting political opinions geographically
| While the gentleman thus wishes to unite