The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-15

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are sszioss lhsl 1s shonld siss oP the
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on exposed gro1ad. shers shry ser "a
pidly falling by ne snsmy's She. sad
eosld wi'h 5iI .Blsy SUSAN lhsmsslvss.
TLey sPpesl 10 The general. and iell hsm
thai. if he regards u ssi@Pariaai o man
taia their pssiiioa. and considers fhs
ErsBnd valuable. hey viii silil endfasor
10 eecppy Il He tells Them 10 reply that
he froond 10 worth nothing. and that be
ought NOT 10 haze taken 4, bsl thai he
w,ll noi, once having tskrn y. fe'ws. but
that hey must remain there aud Be sui 10
pieces. Nov. | appeal 10 ny irisnds
from The Souih 10 say whether il 70 fsif
that We should a. p COR allies IN this al
tiude longer. even u someal them are
generous enough 70 be wiling 70 submit
90 i!
Bui suppose IN al ! have said am
wrong. Can we not, IS q matter OF
sound policy. receive these petiiionsi We
have repeaiedly received the pc .iliens Of TO-
reigners; surely we may Is an ACT ofcour-
iesy, receive those Of our own eilizens.
though we do not choose 10 grant the
prayer. I should be glad if gentlemen
frnm The South would resiew their
ground.
But il is said ihat IL We nos reseind
this rule The aboliiiunisi will boast Of u.
Without doubt they viii profess 10 he
greatly delighted; but sir, there will be
no real JOY among them. Deprived Of
The powerful lever with which thew have
operated on tho North. they viii find
themselves shorn Of their strength.
! regret the course pursued on another
account. We Of The South are in q po-
sition peculiarly delicate. Slavery en-
lists with us; il scs not exist al the North:
and England has abolished il in her West
India Possessions. | have, indeed. no,
much belief in the sincerity Of the British
Government. So long rs che realms
more than one hundred millions Of slaves
in the East Indies without even an effort
10 libera,e them, she deserves no great
credit Tor her humanity.
Mr.. Holmes here inlerposed TO state,
in justice 10 England. that she had re-
Gently taken steps towards the liberation
Of her East India subjects.
Mr.. Clingman resumed. I thank The
gentleman Cor the information. Bu. ! was
about 10 observe that We stand in delicate
position at the South. though we stand
on firm ground while we stand upon The
Constitution; but we should be careful
not 10 ask Cor more Than what il cla.slsr
.ss,r. wuTe We fx ourselves on the
constitution. we stand on solid ground.
and we should not irriiaie Others by
claiming too much. The North il irri.
taIed by the abolitionists, who tell them
that We are not satisfied with slavery at
the South. but want to take from them. the
RICH, Of petition. Now. our ground is
firm enough without our seeking TO stand
upon doubtful ground. aud thus giving
irrita'ion. Some persons, indeed. are
anxious 10 keep up the excitement. I do
not here refer 10 members in either House. !
While there are some al the South who
take the highest ground, as they say, on
this subject, in order to induce the people
of the South TO esteem them the most
jealous lovers Of their rights, and thus
obtain favor at home. there are men at The
North who take opposite ground from
the same principle. They seek 10 make
capital of il, and we are shortsighled
enough 10 enable them TO do il, Hence,
ill feeling grows out Of il both at the
South and in the North. The feeling il
now very different. from wha, il was some
years ago, and all arising from This foolish
struggle about petitions.
My constituents, most Of them, know
Of the feelings which prevail at the North
only what they see in this House, and
when they see half the House voting Ia
abolish this rule they consider them all
as siding with the aboliiioniss This
ought not TO be so, and will not il we can
come to right understanding. | regre,
exceedingly TO see the subject Of sla, cry
introduced OH all occasions, even in de.
bates on the navy and subjects the mos
disconnected with il. This Discussion
of abolition topics has generated all the
ill-feeling which unhappily exists between
the South and the North. Its worst fea.
turc is It's sectional character. Men may
differ widely on other subjects, such as
the Tariff and The Hank, and because the
discussion does not assume sectional
complexion they may differ with safety.
Standing as they do, side by side through
out the country. both parties correctly as
certain each others views, and The excite.
ment does not attain dangerous height
But in such sectional question as this