The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-21


not N ensise letarr. bul 0aiy TOO shaIi
paragraphs 81 Ioag lsller. he shois re
snander al ~ssleh ssras-ssIly sspFfesssd:
AID, thHdIy. thss Il ~ss wrisaen Tor he
purpose II defending hinstlf against ihr
Taaes have qsased. gisfR on ihs Mls-
sosri eaessiaa. and that he PssI suppress.
I'd. enHtsias roapleac sRd fall ssessl
-af he principles &C ihass vaies. he berg
shea fle22l candidate again Iar caa
gress. and Mr.. Gsxrly. @ho. - Es fhaii
see. vas elected 90 an sbullIioniss bring
ne opponent. Here fallo.s he keller
entire a ID was then p1blishe6
.ro rHE PuALIe.
.FsHop Cifixeaa-Being called sud-
denly home 70 attend my sick family. ]
have bul 4 moment 10 answer iew of
shs ezismnies Which arc in circulation
conserving ne.
u an accused Of being frieaiiy 10 sls-
very. From my earliest youth 10 the
present moment. have been the ardent
friend Of human liberty. Az the age Of
IS. Ibeeame a member Of aR .7b0lifion
Society established a. Rlehmoad. Yirgi-
MIC shs ss5ees Of which was 20 amrlio-
rsis The condition Of slaves. and procure
their freedom Ly erery legal means. My
~saerable friend Judge Catch. Of Cier-
-nant county, was also member Of that
society. and has lately given ne cerli-
.ficaie that | sas one. The obligations
srkich Then came under I hare faithful
" perforated. have bsen The means af
asbersling many slaves. but ntrer placed
one IN bondage. deny that my votes
IN Congress. IN relation 10 Missouri and
Arkansas. are in he least Incompatible
willl these principles. Congress bad no
saars legal 90 constitutional right o. eman-
eigsss INA RegTues in those SECTIONS Of
Louisiana. without the consent Of their
owners. Than ihey have 10 free lhase of
kentueky. These people were secured
in their properly hy-a solemn cntensnt
wiIh France. whsn The eoUpiFs was pnr-
chased Gosn that poser. To prohibit
she emigrallon of citizens 81 the southern
states 10 The part o. the Country. the sllu-
Anon and climate Of which was peculiar.
" sa.ied in them. would have been high
u unjust. as il had been purchased OUT
nf The common fond: particularly. Ton,
Rhsn ais recollecied thai III The immense
teuiinry 70 the northwest of The Ohio had
been eeded b. FRginis, and that, with an
gnexampled lb<eliiy. she had herself
proposed. by sfuding slavery from %.
% secure il for Hhe emiges,isn Of those
sisies sLich had noslsses. Was il pro-
Ger. then. ahen her reserved territory
vas in great measurc filed up. 10 ex
Glade her eItizens from esere pan Of the
tsrTiIary purchased Qua OF the common
fuadi 1 iCas fhs first person 10 intro.
ducs info Coagress the propositions that
aji fke eonairy Moore Missouri (which.
having no inhabslanis. was free from the
ohiecnon made 50 Missouri and Arksnsas)
should nerer hare siaUery admitted INFO
u. lreprak What have before saId. that .
10 oar Union wss only effected by mute .
81 concession, 50 only can il be preserved
Wv vote sgsinst the restriction Of
Missouri informing her conssituiion was
n.t conclusive oae. There would have
been iimeensngh, had l continued 10 be
! member, before The question was decid-
I'd. Tor nv constituents 90 have instructed
ne; and | should have rrj,iced in an op
rortuniiy ri sacrificing my seat 10 my
PRINCIPLES, IL they had instructed me in ,
10 my construction Of the con-
stIlu,iop. Like many other members
from the ssn-slsveholdIne states. Of whom ,
] mention Shaw, Holmes. Mason Of
Lsumsn Of Connecticut.
and Baldwin Of Pennsylvania, | could see
nothing in the constitution. which | had
ssorn 10 support. to warrant such an in
reference with she rights of the states.
and which had never before been attempt
81. And where is the crime in one set
nf men not being able To interpret The
as other men interpret IL! As ,
we had al str0r,i 10 support IL. The crime =,
would have been 10 giving IL a-eonsiruc-
lion wsach our consciencrs would not :.
'ancIi0n. And. LEI me ask, for what good !,
. this question again brought up, Il has .
been srtled. as all oar family differences
have been settled. On The firm basis Of mu- 1
uA compromise. And patriotism. as well
10 prudence, devoted the effects Of thai,
Ipfu discussion TO eternal oblivion. l.
i MT known that. from that cause. the
sreat fabric of our Union was shaken To =,
ts foundation! |. il not known that Mis- :
suri sould not have submitted to the
esiric,ion. and that the other slasehold- !
ns +ta;es had determined to support her, !.
But f,r rkis compromise, the probability
9 Iha, a. this mnmen, we nigh, look up !;
IN the oppnsile shore Of Ohio. not for an \
'frelinns,e sster state. but an armed and :
mplacakie rival. What patriotic man i
you'd no, JOIN the gallant Eaton in rxe- !,
.rs.'ns ahe head and The hand that could !
ievise and execute scheme productive !
d calamity 80 awful.
"Upan the whole. fellow citizens, our !,
'sih is plain one: il is that marked nut :.
's well by humanity as duiy. We can :
10, eIRaneipaIe the slaves Of tie other
,a,es. sa,hou, their consent. bal BY pro.
acing essTnlsion which would nndo :,
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