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

Trl. INSTEAD IL exposing them In ths hnE-
rib.e strilss and r.saaesss whirh Would in
ssitahly AHEAD a. immrdiase ahsiiiions
This i our trae grouaa Il defence fnr
lhe continued sxtsaenee If slavery m our
country. Il i that = hieh nHr EeEasailan-
ary ancestors assumed. II j. slaaa which.
IN nv apinian. farms anr jasssGcA,lsn in
ahe eyes ni al ChsisIsndam.
A third impsaimrnI IN immediate ah0-
lili.,n i 10 hr found in iile immense am
aunt NJ capital Which i inEes'rd in slave
property. The safal number 81 SLAVES in
ihr uniled States. arcsnsiing IN The lasl
enumeration II The porui.t"n. vas lit
lle npwa ards ol twa nissinms. Assuming
lheiI increase Al = ratio. ~ hieh II probably
il. nj i've peE cent. per annmm, their pres
rnt numhfr wnnsd he iiErrimilliuns. The
average tslne II slaves ~ thts tlme j. sI@-
lei b. PERSONS veil inlnFmed. IN be as
high . i've hundred dallss each. To
he certainty within The mark, les rs sup
pase Thai il il nniy lanr hundred dollars.
The tnial vslue. then. by that estimate. oi
the slave property. In the United STATES, j.
twelve hundred milllhns n dollars. This
property i disFusei throughout all rlassrs
and cnn,lisinus IT soeisty. liis ownei By
wislnWs aud orphans. hy the aged and in.
firm. - well as the snmna and vigorous.
Ii j. lie subject If mortgages. deeds If
trust. anil fAmily settlements. II has
been male the basis Of numerous debts
contracted upan i,s faith, and il tie snle
reliance. in may instances. of creditors
within and without the slave siaies. fur
lie payment nf The debts due To them.
AMI nav il is rashly proposed, hy'a sin
gle tisl of Irgi.latian, 10 annihlla'e this
immense amount of property! 7" ar
nihllaie il without Indemnity and wIlh.
out compensation in lis awuers! Dnes
any confederate man believe il In be pos
sihIe in effect sneh III olJeci without cnn-
sulsian. resnImloa aud blondsheh!
kunw that there j. a visionary dnsma
which h"lIs that nrgIo slaves cannot BE-
the subject III property. | shall naI dwell
Gag s:.a tins speculative ahs,rariinn.
That Is property whirh the law terlares
10 be property. Two hundred yesrs
of legislation have sanctioned and sancti
fed negro slaves as fr"p"Iiy. Under Ill
The FIRMS Of government which have ex-
listed upon this continent during that lnng
spare nf ,ime-undrr The Brush Govern
mem-mn,ler the C'lpnisl iosernmrnt
Under all the state Consultations aid
Gnsernmenis--and under the FeiegaIGo-
rfrnmen, l.self-tliey have been drhbe.
rsiely ani soiemnly recognised as the le-
CLIMATE subjects Of property. tn The wild
sppcuis;ioas oI theorists aud innasainrs
stands oppnsed the fact. that in an unin.
lerruptrd perind of two hundred years
duration, under every form II human lc-
gislatinn. by all The departments nf human
government. African negro slaves have
ben held and respected. have descended
aud been transferred. - lawful anil inis-
puiabIe properly. They were treated as
properly in The very British example
which is 81 irim1han,ly appealed IN ~
worthy 1T our imtition. Although the
West India planters had no Enice in The
united Parliament ni the British Isles. an
irresistible sense of justice egI"r,ed from
ina. legislature the grant 1T twenty NIL.
lions nf pounds sterling tn compensate tie
cnInnlsts far their loss of property. 3:
Ii. therefore. these mitrl-abpIltnaisrs
are srr"u>ly determined to pursue their
scheme nj Immediate ahnInron. they
should al once sci abnut raising fund Of
twelve hundred millinns al dnIIars. u in
drmnify the owners Of slave property.
And The taxes IN raise that enormous
amount can nnly be justly assessed upnn
themselves or upnn the Itee states. n they
can persuade them 10 assent tn such an
assessment; f,r il would be a moekery II
all justice and an outrage against all equity
In levy any PARTON of tax up IN the slave
states III pay fur their own unques,ioae,I
property.
Ii the considerations tn whirh have
already aaveried are not sufficient To-
dissnade The ab"ilt:nni-ls from further
perseverance, in their designs, the interest
III The very canse which they profess II
espnuse onght 10 check their career.
Instead Of advancing, by their efinrs. ths,
cause, they have Ihrawn back FIR half
century the prospect of any species "f
emancipation Of the African race. grsdu-
Al or Immediate. in any m TIE states.
They have done more: they have increas.
ed the rtgors Of legisIau"n against slaves
in INST. n not al. III the slave states.
Forty years ago the question was asi,ated
in tile state sf Kentucky uf a gradual
emancipation Of the slaves within its
limit. BY gradual emancipation. mean
that slnw but SAFE anil csul,nus liberation
nf -Iases which VAS first adopted IN Penn
sylvania y, the instance of DIR. Fraakhn.
in the year 1880. and according 10 which.
The generation III being we're ~ remain ia
slavery. but all their o:T*pfing horn afsrr
aspecitiei day were To he free al the age
III twenty eight. anil in The mean time.