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

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I sill shink shaG lie suesiiaa e ssarh
emanripaiian il ne farming sia'fs y "iaf
@hnse solulsan depends npoa ahs rTlaaase
nEmbers II he ITO races IN any given
stare. III nd hesn ; eilizsn II lha ssaae
# Pennsylvania. whea ffanklin's plan
vas a.iorles. 4 shnnid have xosed FIR n.
hersase By m possibility could The black
rare srrr srqnaFe The aseendanry ii ihss
state. RuE IL Lid beea ihrn. o. wsFe
nov. > ellizen # any 0l he planting
saases-ihe snnshera ard snush mes'rEn
sisles-I should have nPpnssd. and would
continue In oppose. any srheme = haleseE
If esnsnrirasis,a. gradual or imsnsdaass.
hersuse of The danger nj IN ultimate as
rend.ney nj The black Esee. nr Of civil
ennaesi which might Iermlna'e IN sl,e sx-
linrIinn NJ me race or The other.
The proposition IN Kentucky t"r =
gradual emancipation did mi prevail. but
IN MAS sustained hy large and TespTst-
able minority. That miaoriiy had IN
creased. and was increasing. until tie
ahnlilionisIs commenced their operations.
The effect has been 10 dlssiPaie ali
prospects whaleTer. fur lie present. ii sny
scheme nj gradual ar other emancipation.
The people ri Thai ssa'e hare hrcome
shnrked and alarmed by these abnl'.lan
movements. and lie numher who would
now favor = sysirm esen Of gradual sman.
eipatiun is probably less lhan II was IN
The years 1882. Al The session Of the
Legislature held IN 1897 IS. The question
nf calling = ennyeunun Was sEhmiiled sn
the consideration IT tie people by law
passed IN conformity with the COaslilu.
ton Of the stale. MANY motives existed
iar the passage Of the law. and aiming
Ihem that Of emancipation had lis ,nilu.
enee. When the question was passed
upnn by the people Al thrir last annual
election, only about nne-fuuFIh al the
" hnle voters II the state supported call
OF a convention. The apprehension al
The danger nf ahnliIlnn wss The leading
consideration amongst the peaple fur
nprasing The call. Bui fnr that. but lar
The sgi,a,ian Of the question II abolition
in states 1hnse population hal mn right,
in the "pininn uf the people ri Kentucky.
to interfere in the matter. the satr lar =
convention would have heen much largrr.
II il had nnt been carried. felt myself
constrained tn take immediate. bnld. and
decided ground against II.
Prior ID the agitation Of this suhjscl oI
abolition. there was progressive mrlIo-
ration in the condition III slaves through
nut all the slave states. In sumo of them.
schnols nf in-iraciinn we're opt ned by I'm.
name and religious persons. These are
all NOW checked: aud spIrii of insubur.
having shown i.seil in s"me lo-
caliurs. trdreaOle. tits brlleVsd. TO aboII-
Ilon inducements and exeriinns. the legls-
la,iSe authority has found il expsdirnt tn
inluse fresh yig"F IniD the police and laws
which regulate the conduct vi the SLAVES.
Aud nav. Mr.. President, II II were pus.
sihle To osercnme the iasurinnuntshle oh
siacirs which lie in the way ri ImmcdI.
ate abnluian, let US briefly cnntrmplat.
some nl the consequences which would
InesiIably ensne. tue ofihrse las been
occasionally alluded tn in the progress nl
these remarks. II is the struggle WHICH
wnuli instsntanennsiy arise between the
Two fares in mnsi Of he southern and
southwestern states. Aud VIA, dread.
full struggle would il not hr. Embiuered
by all the recalleciiuHs al The past, by ihe
uncouquersble prelnilces which uonld
prevail between The Two races. and sti-
mula'ed by Ill The Iopes and fears "f The
future. il would be cnn,esI in " hich the
exterIninatioa of the blacks, or their as.
cendabcy over The whites. would he the
snle alternative. Priur To the conclusion.
ar during the progress NJ such contest.
vast numbers. prob IDLY. "f lie black race
would migrate luia the free states: and
what effect would such a migralInn have
npan The Iaboring classes in lhnse states,
Nav The dislrIbullnn ~ labur in The
U"iteI Safes is geographical; the free
laaarers occupying me side 0f the 1ne.
and The slave laburers the oiher; each class
pursuing lis nwn aFnca1inns almost u.
ge,her. unmixed with the other. Bni, on
the suppasItIun Of immediate abolition.
The black riass, migrating inin the fref
sla,rs. would enIcr INTO cumpciilion with
the while class. diminishing the wages
"i their lab"r. and augmeniing the hard.
ships OF their contIiiiou.
This is not all The alulitionists sire
nuaasly oppose all separation If the two
races. confsss tn you. sir, that | have
seen with regret, grief, AMI establishment
their resolute oaposi'lnn to the project Of
COLONIZATION. No scheme was ever pre-
scented +. tie acceptance Of nan, which,
whether il he entirely icibIc or not.
il characterized by more unlnixcd huma.
mtg anil benegalence than that of trans-
porting. with their avn consent. the. free
people If color in the United States 10
the lanl Of their ancestors. 1t has the
powerful recommendation thai whatever