The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-04-30

thers sete questions II which Be sacrhe-
Cd Ihs iasefssl q Desc smangFt hrsa he
lived, % Ihe Interests a th0se q . cts-
gsnee--and thss ssek 20 gsin con6denee
abroad. By being false and rssehereDs %
those Who trusted him a koHe. No.
He vas then. as nov. IN .7merlnan pat
riat. wilh CoxsTTTUTfozAL principles.
The proposed rssEieiioa. he believed %
be founded IN wrong, snd isndiag 20 IN
iusiiee-snd re fslt that. lhaegh The in-
Jury 10 that ease would fail diEreily upen
the south. yei il Was . wrong 10 The whole
eounry-beesDse The precedent ihfn SCI
could Be directed against The rights Of any
other section. shsn temptation ta il should
arise; aud il Is fundamental maxim with
him. in public and 10 private transactions.
:. fkGf no k9nssf man e0H enjoy a pros-
periiy founded Epon The ssferings 81 a
friend and brother"
Equally expliril on this subject have
been The public desiarsIions af Harrison
since The settlement Of the Missouri ques-
non. and since he anti slavery fanslirism
has assumed the form Of Abolition. In
. speech made % an assembly OF citizens
81 chsvio,, in the stale Of Ohm. on The
Alb ofJuly. lss3. Gen. Harrison declares
in The most unqualified manner. lhs. |. The
slave population are under The exclusire
control of The states which possess them"
shat .nei,hsr the general government
nor The non slaseholding states can inler-
lere in any ,rsy. with The right ofproper-
~ in slsses''-and. speaking of HE plans
of the Aboliiionisls. he holds them up 10
adherence. 40 full Of . horrors upon
which an incarnais derii only could look
with appreciation" Are these The SEMI
menis Of an .abolilionisf?
Again. in q speech al yincennes, in
Indiana. delivered in 1895. and after be
was in nominslion Tor The Office Of Presi.
dent. he expressly dennunces The projects
Of The Aboli,ionisls as illegal. prosecuting
and dangerous. as . weak, presumpiu0us
and unconstitutional and not only re-
asserts what be had said in bis Cheyiot
speech. that neither The general govern
meni nor the non slaSeholding states had
any right 10 interfere with slavery. but
he moreover declares that discussions on
The subject in those states are an abuse
Of The freedom Of The press and Of The
freedom Of speech. and ia violation 0f The
spirif and design Of he constitution.
These sentiments were boldly proclaimed
in The midst 81 assemblies of people.
whose pfejudices were against The posi-
lions he assumed. aud where no favor
Was TO be expected for them except what
truth and reason should win from reluctant
hearers. Again. | ask. do these things
lopk like abnlilinn! lfso. then must the
whole South stand convicted Of tendency
10 abolitionism, Tor he mainisins every
position On The subject which the south
msintains. lie insists. that neither Con-
gress nor the nee states have q right 10
ACT on the subject Of slavery-iist dis
cussions about IL, either verbal or written
10 ihose states, are violations Of the con-
slilulion. and lhs, TIE whole authority on
The entire subject Of slavery. belongs to
The states having The slaves. What south
ern man expects OF ASKS Tor more! How
indeed 10 il possible that We can have
more Of any thing (wheiher properly or
jssisdiciion) Than The whole Of il! And
the whole Of il, Harrison comedies 10 US
insists is ours. Away then. v in this
vile and baseless impu,siion. which was
well known to be false and groundless
by those that. for party purposes. got il
up.
But how stands Mr.. Van Buren, Affect.
ed towards this subject Of slsveryl Whs,
was his conduct al the memsrable epoch
Of The Missouri question: Then his good
opininn. embodied in acts, would have
helped US; then was The nccasmn ofnsed,
in which sincerity shows itself il acts Of
service. lie Was then a member 81 the
New York Legislature. and resolutions
were introduced. preceded by long pre-.
amble-,he resolutions instructins the
senators from New York TO vote in
favour 81 the restriction upon Missouri,
and the preamble setting out the reasons
81 the instruction. IN an abusive TRADE |
agains, The people and institutions Of The !
south. VIVA, did Mr. Van buren, dol |
this +" northern man with southern prirci- |
ples!" lie voted Tor the whole. prran. |
BILE and resolutions ipu! Yes, this man |
who is now recommended 10 our conf |
dence and support, recorded his vote in
favour of this hagrani act Of wrong 10
southern rights-sys. he show cd himself
lhorongh-going opponent of The south
"a relentless Missouri Tesirictionis,.
Has be ever recsnted or qualified this
expression Of his opinion! no. Ills
friends say he was instructed BY his
constituents To vote for the resolutions.
vi this. there is not the slightest Evidence
and Il may be confidently denied. Blu.
suppose he was. DID he not do wiling
ly what was required Of him! Or did he
declare in his place that he thought with
the south on The question, but was re-
qnire'i BY his instructions 10 act with the
norIh! Did he cay lba, his judgment,
and hIs conscience we're Tifh Us, but his
compelled him 10 take part