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

rherkrd he progress. il Il had NOT alto.
geihsr arrested the Efforts, Of abolition.
! am sensible. cir. that this work would
have been accomplished with much great
~ ability and with much happier effect.
Under tie auspicrs IL q committee, Ihan
a can be BY me. But. anxious as al.
ways an 10 contribute whatever is in nv
power 10 The harmony. concord. aud hap
pinrss II this great people. I feel myself
ifTesislibly impelled Ia do uhalever is in
ny power. incompetent a. feel myself
ID BE-. IL dissnasle the public from e0nlin-
ning To agIIa'e . suhjscI IrauslH with The
mast direlu: rouss quenres.
There are three classes Of persons Op-
posed. or apparently opposed. Ia The en-
linned rAis'rnes of ,layrry. in the UnlI-
ri States. The iirsl are iinsr wha. from
srnrmr"ls al philanthropy aud humanity.
srr r"a.rlenti"u.ly opposed To ihe exist
'.re Of slavery. bat who are no less up
passd. Al tie same time. Ia sny disturbance
81 1he peace aud Tranquility af the uninn.
-: the infringement 81 I!Ie 20 Sers Of the
states composing the cnnlederary. ln
this class may b. ennprehsnded that
peaceful aud exemplary society oi Friends
ohr 81 whn.e established maxims 10. an
shhuueace ol war ~ al It's forms. and
the cuilIvatlna of peace and guud-will
AIN 'ngss mankind. The neat class con-
.i,ls nf apparent shnlim0nsIs- that il,
Ihose - h". having been persuadrd that The
right ii prsiii"n has heen rInlaIed by
Congress. c''."pfraie wIsl the abolition
ISIS lar ihe s"le purpose Of asserting and
indicating that light. And the third
rlass are the real u'ira-aboluinnials. who
are resolved 10 per.eEere IN The pursuit
"f their object at all hazards. aud wIlhou.
rrgud To- any consequences, however
caIamiloas ihey may be. VIA them the
rights OF property are nnIhIng; The def
eiency Of the powets of Ihe general goV-
rrnmrnI is nn1hIug: the acknowledged
aud Uncomfortable power. "f the states are
nnthlng; civil var. a dissnluiinn of The
unrrn. aud the overthrow 81 a govern.
mem IN which are cunrrniraled the fund.
IS. hopes nf The civilized world. are
nothing. A singie idea la. taken pos
session uf their minds. and onward they
pursue IL. overlooking all barriers. rerk.
lees aud regardless Of ali consequences.
Wuh this class. the immediate aboliIlun
Of slavery in the Dstrlc, of Columbia,
aud IN the Territory Of Flnrida, ile pro-
hih,tinn of the removal of slaves from
state To state. and the refusal To admit
any new state. comprising within its linn
its the institution Of domestic slavery, are
but 50 many means conducting 10 the &C.
complishmen. Of The ultimate but peril
nus end al which they svowedly and
boldly aim: are but 50 many short stages
in The long and bluody road 10 the dis.
Iant goal a. which they would finally ar
rive. Their purpose Is aboliuon. uni.
ser.al abolition. peaceably Il il can. for
clbly II 1. must. Their ohjee, is no long.
er concealed BY The Ihlnnest veil; u Is
sv"srd aud proclaimed. Utterly desti.
tute of constitutional or other rightluI
power. living in totally distinct commu'
mites, as alien 10 the communities IN
which the subject on which they would
operate resides, so FAR as concerns poli,i.
cal power over ina, subject, as if they
lived in Africs or Asia. they nevertheless
promulssIe To the world their purpose "a
be To mauumiI forthwith, aud without
compensation. and without moral prepa
raIion. three millions "f negro slaves,
under Jurisdictions altogether separat.
ed from those under which they live.
| have said tina. immediate abolition ol
slavery IN the district of Columbia and in
the territory Of Florida. and the exclusion
oI new states. we're only means towards
the attainment Of much more impurtan'
eud. Unfortunately. they are not the on
ly means. Another, aud much more Ia.
meutahle one is that which this class 10
endeasoting 10 employ. Of araying one
p"riinn against another portion of the
Uniau. Wuh that view, in all their lead.
ing prints aud publications, The alleged
horrors "f slavery are depicted in The
most glowing and exaggerated col"rs, 10
exciie the lmaginaiions aud stimulate the
rage "f the people in the free states a.
ealusI the people IN the slave states. The
slave holder is held Up aud represented
n the most atlrociuus Of human beings.
Advertisements OF fugitive slaves aud ol
slaves la be sold are carefully collected
aud bIaznned furlh. to Infuse a spirit ol
deIesIati"n aud haued against one entire
aud the large, section nf the Union. Aud
like a na,nrinus agItalnr upoa anulher
theatre. they would hunt down aud pro.
scribe from the pale Of civilized society
the inhabitants of tina. en,lre section. Al.
low me. Mr.. President, to say, that whilst
| recognise in the justly wounded feel
iugs ot the Minister nf the Unlted States
al the Court Of ST. James much To ex'
cuse The nntice which he was provoked
10 lake of that agltItnr, IN my humble
opinion, he would better have consulted