The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-21

N0one can OF will advance sueh prapasi,
IInn. The GBEernmrnI has remained
here near forty years wIlhnul ille slightest
ineansenlFnee lran Ihe presence nf da-
nestle SLAVERY. Il 10 nerrssary u the
wsll being IL the people IL The Dislrici
that slavery sh"uld be sbaIished from
amongst lhem! I'hry not only neither
ssk nor desire. bat are almnsi uaanlH,nus-
" ap;'ssrd 10 ~. Il s1isls heEe IN the
mlldrsI and G,"sI aIliaalsd form. Ia =
population al 39.s54 lhrIe SIRE, a tie
l@si enumeration 81 'hr p"PulaIian OF tie
United SIsirs, bu, O lI9 slaves. The
number has not prahahiy much increased
sihes. They are dispersed osrr The Ten
miles square. engaged IN The quiet pnr-
suits uf husbandry. ar in nenlal offires
in d.mesuc lIr. lfit acre nscrsssry Ia
The efficiency .f this place as seal nf the
General Government 10 abolish slavery.
which Is utterly denied. The abolition
should be ennlined ~ the necessity which
prompts il, that 10, 10 the limits 0l the city
Of Washington itself. Beyond ih"se It,
mils. persons Concerned IN the Govern
msnI Ol the u. States have no more 10 do
with The inhabitants Of lie District. than
they have with the inhabitants 81 tie
adjacent counties ol MARY land aud Virginia
which lie bei ond the District.
To abolish slavery within the Iiislrirl
of Columbia, whilst Il remains in Virginia
and Maryland, situated. as that District
il. within the very heart uf those states.
would expuse them To great practical
Inconvenience and annoyance. The IBIS.
lriei would become place Of refuge aud
escape Tor fugitive slaves from tie lwu
states. and place frnm which spirit Vi
discomfort, INSTRUMENTATION. and insurree.
lion might be foslered aud encouraged
10 the iva states. Suppose, as was al
que line under consideration, Pennsyl-
vnia had granted ten miles square within
It's limits Tor tie purpose Of seat Of the
General Governments; could Congress,
w.IhuuI a violation Of good faith. have
introduced and established slavery will
the busom ol that Commonwealth. in The
ctded territory, alIer she had abolished il
SD lung ago as the year 1880! YET the
Inconvenience Ia Pennsylvania in the case
supposed would have been much less than
that to Virginia and Maryland in the case
we are arguing.
II was upon this view Of the suffice
that The Senate, atiis last session, solemn
IL declared that il would be avIula,inn oil
implied faith, resolving from The iranssc.
iion nf the cessinn. To, abolish slavery
within The District Of Colombia. And
~euld il nol bel BY implied fsllh is meant
that when a grant ls made fnr "ne ar0s ei
and declared purpose. knnwa !" III" par
ties. the grant should n"l b. per'erird u
another purpose. uHavowrh and oUdecl ,r
ed, and iIjuruous Ia the grani"r. The
I grant. in the case We are considering. 81
the lrrriinIy Uf i'olumbIs. Sss far sea-
Of Government. Whatever power is
necessary ID accomplish that object is
carried along by the grant. Blu. The abo
li,on Of slaverySis nut necessary TO the
l enjoy ment Of this site as a seat Of the
| General Government The grant in the
Constitution, nfexclusive power al legs.
la,iou over the Dlsrrlc,, was made ~ IN.
sure the EXERCISE al an exclusive author.
ilv Of the General Government IN rendel
this place safe aud secure seat of CIV.
ernmeni. aud 10 promote the we'll heing
Of the inhabitants of The District. The
power granted ough, To be interpreted and
exercised solely IL The enl Tor which il
! was granted. The language Of The gram
was necessarily broad. comprehensive
and exclusive. because all the ex,gencies
which might arise l., render this secure
seat Of the General Government could
not have been foreseen and provided Tor.
The language NAV pnsstbly be sufficient
tly comprehensive ID mclude a p0ser al
abolition, but Il wnald not at ali thence inl-
/ low that the power could be- rigiiua|'y ex.
ercised. The case NAV he resema.ed To
that 81 pIeu,palen,iary invested with a
plenary paNer, but who. a, the same tune,
| has pusitive INSTRUCTIONS ir,m hls Gov
eminent a. T., the kind of treaty WHICH he
is Ia negotiate aud conclude. II he slo-
laies those Instructions. aud concludes .
different treaty, his Governmen, is not
bound BY il. And if the foreign Govera-
m.nt is aware af The sinlstIou. IL scis in
bad faith. Or IL may be illustrated by an
example drawn from private life. an
an endorser Tor my friend an note dis
counted in bank. lie applies IN me To en-
,lurse another TO renew il. which do in
blank. Nav. this gives him power To
make any other use Of nv note which he
pleases. Hut ,f. instead Of applying il to
The intended purpose he goes to a broker
aud sells it, thereby doubling my resPan-
sibiity Cor him. he commiIs breach
of trust. and violation Of The good faith
implied in the whole transaction. ..- -@s
But, Mr.. President, if this reasoning
were as erroneous a. | believed il to be
, correct and conclusive, is the affair Of The