The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-09

M NIt 4N< NNMF~& Nt s*NS 1871 **~ffA~
ckent shzll be rhzrscirrized By Insfies.
wis1o1. and ealzss-e psirioli<ni t1t lh.i
de sssersf Stssfs Shah keep the ecEs-
PANTS of he Constitution e undertakes
BY them. not nerrly IN leiaeE. bul - spi-
ri and il good faiih. Certain paris q
that instrument rrquire duties % Be PER
formed. or omitted. by the STATE Govern
meni.. or some department. thereof, With
on. however. prOFiding penal sanctions
cor he failure. relying only upon the CO
miIy. Tie sense Of right. and The oeieiai
oaths Of public servants Cor their obseF-
vance. Yet Il i Obvious thar 4 non-eom-
pliance on the pan Of Stale IN ihese ar
tirles. i Is injurious 70 the rest o. ne con-
federsey. As can be any usurpailcn BY the
Federal Government. The Constitution
having stipulated tllat CONGRESS shall have
power - 20 establish Uniform rule OF na-
iuralizasion;" and Congress haying exert
ed The power. BY prescribing a previous
residence in our own country, olive years,
and 4 declaration Of an Intention 10 become
= citizen, in some Court Of Record, a lc4si
two years, before any foreigner shall be
na.nraIized. Il i manifest that any State
which undertakes 10 confer the night Of e.
iizenship on aliens with shorter resi-
dence, and upon other terms than those
declared in the Ac:s Of Congress, commits
an infraction on the Constitution. mum.
ous to the other States. And If they are
enumerated in the census Of her popula-
lion, so as 10 give her greater number IN
the apporiionmienl Of Representatives, and
admitted 10 the right Of suffrage n cleo
tons affecting the Union, she acquires i'm
porlanee and power beyond her due, and
BY means Unauthorized BY the Consliiu.
ZION. Yet. regulations for The ns.sraliza.
ton Of foreigners. after 4 rcs;dehce Of but
six months or other period less than ihai
required by the Acts Of Congress, have
been introduced in several Of the States,
and are believed to have already had al
important influence in great National &c
suits.
So also the Constitution in expires:
terms provides, that criminals fleeing from
Justice, in one State TO another, and thai
persons held 10 labor escaping into olhel
States, shall be delivered up on proper
demand 10 be carried 10 the places whence
they fled. Nevertheless, instances have
occur I'd &C refusal by State authorities 10
make such delivery, beea9st, the state Of
serviinde, alleged in the particular case,
did not exist in the State where the de-
mand was made; or because the crime
charged, was not regarded as an offence
there. No difference can be perceived
whether the crime be treason against =
State, larceny Of slave or other proper
ty, or whether the person demanded be a
slave, or apprentice, ward or infant child.
the obligation under the Constitution, 70
deliver up, in any and every Of the cases,
is alike imuerauye anu unasuTuauir.
have thus particularly pointed on
these breaches Of constitutional duiy -
other States, Because the Judiciary d: ihis
State have uniformly held, that the right
Of naturalization could only be acquired
under the laws Of the United States. Tie
Executive has never failed to deliver UP
on proper demand and due proof OF iden
tity, any fugitive criminal or person held
TO service: and your predecessors in the
General Assembly have aided the require
ments Of the Constitution, for the suren
der Of criminals, BY statutory enactment.
Anothersource Of disturbance to the har
i meny of the Union, from failure in duty
by the State Government, arises from thu
liberation within their limits, by particu
lar States, of organized societies or com
binationa of individuals, having for thei
object the su5version Of the Government
or particular institutions Of other States
If il be matter Of boast in the Federal Go
yernment, that il has made similar comb
nations against foreign powers punishabl
as crimes in Courts of Justice, it woul
seem TO be demanded by the duties Q
good neighborhood, to say nothing Of clos
er ties. that such interference in the al
fairs Of sister Safes should be prohibite'
by each member Of the confederacy. An,
if particular frames Of Government or OF
CARNATIONS Of society, existing in any q
the States at The formation Of the Consti
tuition, and recognized and guaranteed b,
it, are to be warred upon by the iuhabi
tants of other States, no matter from wha
motive of faction or fanaticism, or will
whatever hope of driving them TO great
er ideal perfection of liberty or humanity
the consequences cannot but be most dis
astrous to the general peace and happi
/ ness.
i 1t is now near seventy years since tn
organization OF the government of the stat
Of North Carolina. Never in her colon
al condition enjoying the sunshine Of roy
al favor, and participating in but Unite
degree Of the patronage and honors of th
General Government. which has succeed
ed to the principal powers from whicl
patronage flows, possessing soil upol
the average not above the medium grad
Of fertility, but yielding fruitful returns Il
patient Toll in our generally salubrious eli
mate--excluded by the nature of her sea
coast from any enlarged share in the com
uar,r, 1,f tho ,ynrlJ. bo. y1oo,Io ba,a hoo,