The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-03

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u.hrrs. snd aol > IN / - I'D. aie isse
blsris. mrn. un0lH. tni rhsiSsep. slo
haze besa sIlsu,iy dsssissd aud impnsed
ul.on. 4 ysss large Pofiion, have essn
ieFee IL lnl0sned. are shr P.iiiiirai effs-
neat. u lie parry 70 ~hlca ! belDaa-
Ilsmorr.ls, a. hey nsuss ant.esrsssdiy
rsh laensslsss. uho have esgsriy srlzsd
ihas SIP .giepIty % wsInd. - they iaa-
glned. AZ ieslihgs. and % All the Cause
. shirh they ere ss,sche5. In other
quarters eiste UaIsn, demosrs's clara -
be lie s1rlssisv ehsanDns II Sa"thsTa
interests. s,e oaly safe dsfrsders II abe
rights N slave properly. nd y Justly &C.
cause ns Wigs With shelsIiaa designs,
belly incon pssiiis With is seeuri'y.
Whist ought ihsse distant dsmocraa %
think 81 Tie course u Ihrir friends here
mho bste united 10 this pssits0nl
And what is the fouadalinn Of this sp-
peal lon in indians loliteTatc The Slaves
under my care IN KsnuckJi Il 10 :
genaral declaration IN lhs aci announsing
u me world lhs IadePeaiencs Of The
ThiItren Amsri>sn Cnloaies. that al nen
are created equal. Now. a. an abstract
raineiple. there j. DO daubi u the ruth q
thai drela alton; aud il Is desiTsble 10 the
oGiginsl construction of society, and 10 Or
gaming ,cleiy. 70 keep il IN view - =
great Fundamental puheiple. Bui. then.
aPpTshead Ihal in "a society that ever
did ex -. or ever shall be formed, was or
can the equality asserted among the mem-
bers ol The humaa race, be piactIcslly en-
forced sad carried onL 1'hsre are por>
lions 81 il. large porli ms. women. minors
insane. calplil.. transient jouners, that
vii always probably remain subject 70
he government Of snolher portion ol The
community.
That declaration. wha ever may be the
ex,en, u lis import. was made by the de-.
isg ltioHs Of the thirteen States. la mos,
Of Ihem ,lg,ery existed. aud had Hone ex>
isied, AMI was established BY Lac. TWAS
inuodlced aud forced upon the colonies BY
The paramount. l.w u England. Do you
b-iieye. that in making that seclaraucn.
the states that cancurtd ia il intended il
should Le tortured min a virtual emaaci>
patton VI sll the slaves within their res.
pecuVe lImtsi Would Virginia aud The
o,her SJulhera Sites have ever united
IN dvelarsGoa which was 70 b. in,erpre.
led INTO 40 sboliilon of slavery among
lhemi Did any one OF the thirteen States
en,erisia such design or expedition!
To impute such ! secret and u1avowed
purpose. would be- t. charge . political
fraud upon lhe noL.,sl band Of patrol.
that ever assembled ia conncIl, fraud
upon the c0Rfederacy OF The Revolution,
fraud Lpon the Union Of these States,
whose Constitution not only recogniz
ed me lswluiness Of Slavery, but per-
united tie impnrlsuon oi Slaves FROM
Africa. until the year 1908. And am
bold TO say, thai u The doctrines Of mo-
dcrn uIt political abolI.i,nlsis had been
seriously promulgated ., The epoch "
re ISOLATION, our glorious Independence our
sould never have been achieved. Never!
Never!
CGres,applausei aud many voices echo
ing " Never"
know The predominant sentiment in
The free States is adverse % slavery. but
happy IN .hrir osn exemption IRON
wha,eser evils may suend Il. the great
mass 81 our fellow citizens ,here do not
seek 10 violate the Consultation OF 10
disturb the harmony Of these States. |
desire no eoncealmcnt Of my opinions Ia
regard 10 The institution Of slavery. |
Look upon It "a great evil. aud deeply
lament ,lai We have deti'ei il from tue
parental government and from our ances>
tors. wish every slave ia The Unhej
States was 10 The country u his ancestors.
But here they are. and the question u.
hoe can they be best dealt With! II a
state Of nature existed. and We were about
90 Law the fuundstions of society. no man
would be more strongly opposed than |
should be to incorporate the Institution
OF slavery anoeg IL elements. Butthefe
is al Inralculahie difference between the
or,giasl iormstion Of society. aud long
existing orgsnized society, with Us an
Client laws, institutions aud esiablIsh-
men,s. Now. grea, as ! acknowledge.
10 my opinion. Ike evils OF slavery are.
they are no,hing. absolutely nothing. in
compsnsnD with The lar greater evils
which would ineyitsbl, llos from sud.
dep. general anil iadlscrimiaare emanci>
pstion. La sene Of the States The number
Of slaves approximate UPWARDS an equality
with that OF the whites; IN one or two they
surpass them. What would be the cOndI-
ton of The two faces in those States upon
The suppositiDn Of an immedIats emsncl
patton! Does aay man suppose that they
would become blended inio one homo
geueous mass! Does any man recon.
mend smalg resolting ad
mixture, alike offensive TO God aud man!
For Hose whom lie. by iheir physical
properties. has made unlike and purasun-
der. We may. without pfesu@plunusaess
su?pnsc were nerer intendcd 10 be joined
together in one of Tie hottest ri es. Aud
LEI ne Tell you. sir. il yeu dp not already
know II, that such arc thu fesllngs--ars