The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-20

IttCsl FBMrfa ~ 1sAN elaN1 - -
can ne make 0ul - u! -Four soald be
= IibsEll numbeF. Boz. able ne are esrT-
ias asi thess slslrs. oald nnlhlng BE- dons
in gl.e nonhwe,r When The Tssl ecp1isy
norsh and sect ol Mssoeri. 20 The Iooa of
lhe Rocky Mssn,asns. eonss n The peo-
pied and formed INFO STAIRS. 20 cay aOth-
rag Of The Oregon ,trHiofy SEA- Of the
MasIiains. whal beromss 81 This equili-
briuRi TO manlsia 10 ~s shall have 10 sc-
quire. By wa' or oIherwite. Nrs Mexiea.
CsllIornia. &C.; and o. COR brethren ~ The
aofih would probably be ss sBrlovs fos tho
pressrt allon aisnsqnllibnum ssourselses.
10 what point Mould Furh q ~ild and
mos slraBs doc,rins le,du ,, To the pur-
chase or eonqsesl nl Msx'eo on The tns
SIDE. and Of lie Csnsda. On the other;
while such course Of natl nj policy, lo
say nothing az is iniquliy. were var ne
rssssry 70 iTecluste %, must bring abnpt
a continuation Of The ciy,lIzrd world
sg-in,i %. IL moi in'ernsl dissensions and
q dissolution of The Uaion. Sucha course
-ould not be dissimilar from that ! hsvs
som.li times known pursued BY planters in
The south. ~ho, insligaied by vanity OF
svsriee, have gone On purchasing plsnia-
iicn. sf.eF pla0islinn. in order. 80 they said.
TO remove . troublesome nsighbor or TO
ROUND OFF their landed estate, until thsy
hare involved themselves inextricsbly Ia
debt. and have ier,ninsled their smbliions
I, ffolis 70 acquire barOnial estsies in bank
rupt~y and uIier RUN.
BIT this 70 ne, all. We know that in
some OF ihe states. such a. kentucky and
Tennessee. the disposillon 10 get nd OF
their slaves, ard iDrn ihen attention 20
msnufacinres. 10 Increasing, and that in
others. such as Msa land and Virgins,
slave labor produces bu, small return up
on the capital invested. u 10 from these
sistes that ihe south has been principally
supplled with the slaves that she needed.
Let Texas be annexed. and such an OPEN
ing will be presented that. ip all proba-
bllny. some. il not I'll Of these States. will
be d,aibsd Of their slaves, IS The souih
does not possess more, il IS many as she
requires, aud would moi be, therefore. able
TO furnish ken. What, then. becomes
Of thn bugbesr OF the balance Of political
power, should sll or the most oi these
states join ihem.elves. rs in the cause Of
time they wevld probably do. 10 the non
slsveholdins states! Tie beam will be
kicked with q vengeance, and ee shalt
run The risk Of losing from our side aud
.uppori states already populuus and influ-
email. for the uncertain prospect Of secur.
ing the aid OF country yet unsettled. and
10 settle which will necessarily weaken
ourselves.
lie, me examine this question, Of po-
li,iral balance. in snniher aspect. South
EN- gestlemen have affirmed ,ha, unless
Texss 10 annexed. the North will have
The prepeni. rance in boih branches Of
Congress, and tina. then slavery will nut
be secure from The ruthless attacks Of the
sboIitionis,s. My ancestors emigra'ed
from Englsnd more than one bundled
years ago, and settled in Virginia, and
their descendants, without singls excep~
lion that know OF. have from sia. period
resided in the slasehnlding potion Of the
u. States. The destiny OF the South will
bs the destiny OF my children. / am,
moreover, one of those who believe that
the ply Al ard moral CONDITION of the
slaves Of the South is superior to that Of
many Of the manufacturing and lsbming
classes Of the old and Few world: and |
dn not believe tina, slavery is q pnlihesl or
moral evil. Whenever, therefore. the
institution Of slavery. guaranteed by the
compact Of our Union. shall be seriously
assalled, I shalt be found as ready to de-
fend Il. come from whs, quarter the at
Yask may. as any Of those Who claim to
be. par excellence, i.s peculiar guardians
and protectors; msny Of whom. however.
; I must sag, evincs more zeal than judy
m, nj, more bravsdo than true courage, in
the course they pursue. Possessing. tbs.
every motive, from birth. education. I'D
long cherished opinions and well maturea
convictions. TO cay nothing OF interest. 10
" atch over and pro,eci, % far az am able.
the institution Of slavery, am decidedly
Of opirion ,ha, the anne xs.ion oil Texas 10
The u. States will not give any additional
security TO me Snutt; and that. on the
contrary. our position will be weakened
by ,uch measure. Letus suppnse. for a
moment tha. there exist now, or may here
sitter exist. q fixed purpose on the part
Of our brethren Of the nom slavehold'ng
States Ia abolish slavery, would the an
nexs,ipp Of Texas arrest that purpose. or
would il not rather st,m.l.te NJ Say that
they are even ct this moment resolved on
the sholi,ion of .lavery in the U. States;
Of course, they must be in favor Of e''-
solution Of The Union, aud To dissolve that
at any time. for any cause. is to produce
civil war. Any snempl on the part oil The
f., North 10 interfere with slavery must end
| in . disruption OF tie Union; and none
know This fact better than our Northern
brethren, and none, I am sure, would de-
preca,e such q result, more than they. In
tere.t, to say no,h,ns Of patriotism, would
|, ! ..k a., ia. The love oil Union