The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-22

stA some triend connected Win The press,
70 circulate in Virginia wlsal | said on
Ibis subject In The Senate of the u. States
on the 3Olh Of January lasts have
!. Ne.E.-rhe following Is the passage 10
which Mr.. Webster rsfeneds
Extract Iisn Mr.. Wsbasr,s syssek Il rnsv %
.nr. Hayas. JaAuay aisi, 1850
Az the very 6si Congress petitions on
The subject of slavery were presented. if
| mistake not. from diEsrenI States. The
Pennsylvsnis Society for promoting The
abolition OF slavery look lead. sud lsid
before Congress . memorial. prsyiar
Congress 20 promote The sbnliiion by
such powers a. il possessed. This me-
mortal was referred, in Tie House uf
Representatives. IN . select committee,
consisting Of Mr.. Foster uf New Hamp-
shire. Dir. Gerry d Massachusetts. Mr..
Huntington OF Conneciicui. Mr.. Law
renee Of New York. Me-. I.innickson Of
New Jersey, Mr.. Hartley Of Pennsylva.
mia, and Mr.. Parker Of Yirginis--sll Of
them. sir. as you will observe. Northern
men but the lest. This committee made
4 report, which was committed 10 CON.
miilee OF The whole house. and there con-
sidered and discussed on several days;
aud being amended. although wiinou.
material sliersiion, il vas made 70 ex-
press three dislinci propositions on The
subject Of slavery and The slaye trade
First. in the words Of The constitution.
that Congress cannot, prior TO the wear
1908. prohibit The migration or impora.
iion OF such persnns ss any Of The STATES
then existing. should think proper 10 adj
nit second. that Congress had authority
10 restrain The citizens of the United
States from carrying on the African slave
trade for The purpose Of supplying foreign
countries. On This proposition our early
laws against those who engage in that
traffic are founded. The third PROPOSE
ton. aud that which bears IN the present
question, VAS expressed in the following
nrsoIcru, that congress nave no
authority 10 interfere in the emancipation
Of slaves. or in the treatment Of them in
any OF tie staies--il remaining with the
several states alone 10 provide rules aud
TeguIsIiUns siIerriB >. hies 5.sas anify add
iruo policy may require"
This resolution received the sanction
Of The House Of Representatives so early
as March, 1900. And now. sir. The ho-
norable gentleman will allow me ID. re.
mind him, tina, not only were Ihe select
committee who reported The resolution,
with single exception. all Northern
men, but also that uf The members then
composing The House Of Representatives,
a large majority. | believe nearly two
thirds, were Northern men also.
The House agreed To insert these re.
solutions in its journal. and from that day
TO this, ii has never been maintained or
cohiended that Congress had any sutho-
rity TO regulate or interfere with the con-
diiion Of slaves in the several states. No
Northern gentleman. 10 my knowledge.
has moved any such question 10 either
house Of Congress.
The fears Of the south, whatever fears
they mishI have entertained, we're sll,y.
ell and qnieted BY This early decision, and
so remained until they were excited
afresh without cause. but for collateral
and indirect purposes. When il became
necessary, or was though, so By some
political persons, 10 find an unvsrying
ground for the exclusion Of Northern men
from confidence and from lead in The af-
fairs Of the Republic, then, and not ill
then. the cry was raised. and the feelings
industriously excited. that The influence
Of northern men in The public councils
would endanger the relation Of master and
slave.
For myself, | claim no other merit,
Than that this gross aud enormous inius.
lice toward the whole north, has not
wrought upon me to change my opinions
or my political conduct. hope | am
above violating my principles even under
the smart Of injury and false imputaiions.
Unjust suspicion and undeserved re-
prosch. whatever pain | may experience
from them. will not induce me, trust,
TO oversiep Inc limits Of con-
duty, or 10 encroach on the
rights of others. The domestic slavery
Of the south, | leave where find i,--in
the hands Of their own governments. IL
is their affair. not mine.
GO for Che constitution as il 10, aud
for The Union as it is; but sm resolved
not TO submit in silence 10 accusations.
either against myself individually. or
sgainst ihe north, wholly unfoundej and
unjust: accusations which impu,e 10 US
q disposition 10 evsde The constitutional
compac. and 10 extend the power Of The
government over The internal laws and
domestic condition Of The states. all
such accusations wherever and whenever
made, ell insinuslion Of The existence VI