The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-24
Mr. ADAMS.
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hare here qassrd. raae 81 aflLis llanse
srSrsss ai gri<sanries. | undefiske %
prove that lhe sohseQueners in he ire
Stslss tran The -rSrsr." justify ihem
ID sueh coarse. Ard n they d. mis-
lske thsm rea.edv. This Govrfnment
shanld not turn thrm awsy. and charge
them si'h high iFessnn and snharna'len
~ penury: bsl ought . rake q up--in
weigh lhe considerations ehirh can ben
ged la4lseir Isvor, and if there he rene hul
those whirh are 81 elnqaenily SCI forth
in The Panphirt ! have quoted. these
should be considered. Ifshey have mis-
iskea their reaedy. ,he House shoald do
NJ Ire eenilemsa l'am kenlurky Mr..
Aarshalll lald "a he ass ready todn. ad.
mis the Facts. aud lellthese men'ihai their
griesancrs are not "a be Tem.diel BY .
dissolution Of the Union; mai there are
other remedies zilhin sneir power. siller
by nbsainiRg IN a.ntndmeni ~ The Con
sliaulinn, or n some a,her constitutional
m dc: and nat. shhaugh Congress ran
moi grant HE prayrr 81 their petition. they
will take upon ilsensrlses 10 rruore 90
fac - they can. lhrT iasi causes u COM
plsias.
These ff-timriis in The. pamphlet
from which | read. are sentiments 81 the
great raiiiols and falheIs &c ihe Re, aln-
t'rn-of Washington. az jefferson. Of
Madison. of Monroe. They were lhr
ssniimeRU of Mr.. Jrfr.rsan lhroughnui
his whole life. lie proclaimed them in
abe Declaration Of Independence; he had
proclaimed ihem belnre IN the l.rgisla-
lure nf his own State; ne had even pro
posed in Thai Legislalure:lhs abolition nf
slavery. And these continued 10 be HE
senlipaen's dawn 20 The last day II hIs
life. viii not readihe eloquent passage
80 ofien qunied from his No'es 40 Vir
einia--a passage in which be declared
that he wembied Al The lhaueLl Il The
consequences of an insurrecn0n IL The
slaves. and sdm,i.ed that in such ron.
test .ihe Almighty had M, me aaribu'e
which cauld take sldss with Ihe mas,er."
\ refer those sim chHge me wnh crime
10 the letter itself. Ia ore short passage |
Of the memoirs af his Dan life. written
toward lis eIase. in The -sevehiy,fourlh
year of his age. and shortly before his
death. in!giving ansarcount Of hi. nose
ments in issor sf q revision 81 the laws
ii Virginia. he speaks Of bill proposed
by him 70 be introduced for The abolition
of4asrry; and he there says-at The close
Of his life-wiIh eternity perhaps before
his eyes:
The bill on The subject n .lares was
o mere digest Of the existing laws respec.
ing them. without any ihtim.lion Of .
plan Tor future aud general emanciaa
iian. II was thought better tbs, This
should be kept back, and attempted only |
by way Of amendment. whenever The bill
should be brought On. The principl Of /
The amendment, however, we're agreed
on; that is 10 say. the freedom Of all born
after certain dsy. and deportation al
proper age. Rui il was found that the
public mind wonld not vet bear the pro-
position. nor will il even at this day.
Yet the day il not distant when il must
hear and adopt IL. or worse will i"ll"w.
Nothing il more certainly written in the
hook OF fa,e than tina, these people are To
be free; nor is il less certain that the two
races. equally free. caanus live in the
same Government" .~--
Yes, sir, and he adds. "ihe day is not
far dlstant when this must be done. or
,worse viii follow" These we're among
last words AZ Jefferson; and ! ask what
worse Than this Vas there in the memo
rial presented. and which so deeply az
Iec,ed The sensihIlny If the gentleman
from Ken,urky. ihst b" charged me wllh
high teason aud subnrnaunn of perjury
for Introducing aDy thing that even squint-
ed towards such a thing! ] say II was
no crime 10 present such a petition here.
And hops ny colleague. (Mr. Cushing.
from whose immediate constituents this
pe,iIi0n came. will yindicaie himself and I
lIem from The charge here pnl forth a. :
gsinsi. both. Isay twas no crime. |, was I
only the exercise Of right, although rhey {
who exefcnei IL NAV have mistaken their
remedy. believe their complaints 10 be- =
ias; and held lha, this House, instead 4
If luniDs then uu, Of doors. and charging
lie m with crimes. is bound 10 consider
their Tielrinn. and IN return them an an Z
.wer which will conribu.e to the removal
VI their grievances. and reconcile them 10
he roniinuasce Of The Union. which. un-
Ier state II Irrilsted feeling. they may !
have. for uanea,. been ready 10 depart
r m.
SIR. the dissolution ii the Union! high q
suborna'ion nf perjury; Why. u
ir. what is the whole volume Of ,ae prn- q
'eediags of Snuth Carolina for the Issi ten Il
ears! What are The two resolutions 10 .
he pamphlet from which The grnilemsu .
ran that Safe Mr.. Rhe,I) read to us on |.