The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-28

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-, .l;eh ga IN sf eTeiiensss. Which
m,,hs POSSE ns.mss hIIa pas-ssus shsi
-trs s.en Ihen only slsmbering. vlleh
hsd Irfare and on thar sery spas. msfsrd
ai. ,..lie.l pssspsessl he III Il. Il y
t,ideal. because Iaul spirit sss ABBOTT
am. which Il allowed % spread wauld
peFil 81 that sss noble IN The land. and
he forgot himself. and theash. only ef
his csnsiry. Ia The efasi 70 destroy shsI
spiriLs
Afterwards. in . speech II Vinrennss
IN 1885. he used The following lsngusgr
uPon This subject
81 hare nog. fellow citizens. feu
words more 10 say on another suhjeei.
and which 10. in nv opinion. Of more
Importance Than any other ihsi is now 10
The course Of discussion 10 any psrl Of
the Union. | slIude 10 The societies
which hare been turned. and the move
menls of CERTAIN individuals. in some OF
Tie states. in relation 10 portion of lhe
papulsiian in olhsrs. The conduct al
these persons Is The more dangerous. be
csuse their Office, 10 masked under the
gsrb Of the disInieresledness and beneso-
lrner; and their course sindicaleJ by ar
gnmens and propositions which in the
abstract no one can deny. But. hnw-
ever fascinating may be the dress with
a hichiheir schemes are presented 10 their
fellow.eilizens. w,lh whatever purify Of
intention they may have been formed and
sulained. they viii be laund 10 carry in
their train mischief 10 the whole Union.
and horrors TO large portion of il. which.
il is prDbsble. some oi the projectors. and
many 81 their supporters. have never
though, Of; The latter. the hrsl an the sc.
rirs 81 evils ~hich are 10 sprsng from
their source, are such as you have read
III. 10 have been perpetrsied on the fair
plains Of Italy and GIul by The Scy,hian
hordes Of AiiIla and Alarir; and such as
most Of you spprehended, upon that me.
morsbIe night when the iomshswks and
var clubs of The followers OF recnmseh
were rsslling in your suburbs. regard
no, lhe 6isavowsls Of any sneh intention
upon the part oi the authors Of these
schemes. since. upon the examination Of
the publications which have been made,
they will be found 10 contain the very
facts. and very argument. which would
have been used. if such would have been
their object. am certain that there is
mol. in this assembly. one Of these delud-
ed men. and that there are few within The
bounds Of The Stale. If there are any,I
would earnestly enlreat them 10 forbesr;
10 pause IN their career. and deliberately
the consequences OF their con-
iuci 10 The whole Union. and TO those for
= hose benefit they profess 10 act. That
Ne latter sriif be the Uiciims or fhe reak.
presump;uous, and uncon-
cforfs 10 serue fhein, tho
rough examination Of fke subject must
ronpines them The sirnseie f.aI ss-.r
lie there must bel may commence with
horrors such 80 have described. but il
sill end with more firmly riveling the
:hsins, or IN the utter ex,irpalion. Of
hose whose canse thew advocate.
. Am wrong. fellow-ciiizens. in APP
lying The terms weak. presumptuous,
ind unconstitutional, TO the measures OF
he emancipators! A slight examination
sill. | think, show thai am not. In
iindlcaiion Of Tue objects Of the COnven-
ion which was la,ely held in one OF The
owns Of Ohio. which saw in a news.
'aper, il was said .ha, nothing more was
Intended Than TO produce state Of pub.
&c feeling which v ould lead 10 an amend
nent Of The Constitution. authorizing The
bulilion OF slavery in The United States.
Vow. can an amendment of the Cons:-
n'ion be sferled without the consen, Of
he Southern Slaiest What, then, is the
'roposiiion 10 be submitted 10 them! Ii
; this: The present provisions of the
Constitution secure 10 you tie right a
Ugh, whirh you held before IL was made,
shich you have never gives up 10 man.
&c your domestic concerns in your own
say; but as We are convinced that you
o not manage ,he,n property, We want
gu 10 put in The hands OF the General
Government, in the councils Of which we
ave the majority, tie control over these
,aiieis, The effect OF which will be virtu-
lly to transfer The power from yours in
, our hands |,
Again: In some Of The states, and
! sec,ious Of others. tie black pupula
On Ear exceeds thai Of The white. Some
{ The emahcipa,ors propose sn inmedi
Ie abolition. What is The proposition,
zen. as regards these states aud par 8
sta,es, but the alternatives OF smalga-
ration with The blacks. or an exchange
situations with them! Is there any
~. Of common sense who does MT be.
eve that the eInancipated blacks. being
mjnrily. will insis. upon full par.ici-
slion Of political rights with the whites
-and when possessed Of these. they
i'll MT contend for a full share rf social
ghts also! What but The extremity az ,
oil nas. a,d f.ll, c,,.,i.l ;..t.,ca an nne