The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-09-03

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proisrllae i - rhaaastss. End snE Ga u
- operslion. bns Lat il Eiolales ihs rsm-
promise u lisa. uri1ssiy aeprlsing he
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deEs: and. siasIel0re. ~ lie name or
nor, justice. md gnoe fsish. he I.sgsls-
laIs IL NORTH Carolina 90 protest. sgsusl
Ibis lsw, and insist that IN should be 20
d'6sd, soss 10 plase IL on The bssis olEs-
venue tslsss.
. Reselred. Thai osr Ssns.Ors 10 Ton
gress Be. and ihsy arc hsIsby INSTRUCTED,
ndOur ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. loclHy
into elect The principles eel forth In llle
foregoing resolutions.
- Hts0lreI. That The Governor oflhis
SAFE t. Isqulred 10 i0rwsrd . copl 81
these resolutions 10 each I'll our Senslors
in Congress. with The request thai hey
~ Them hersss the Senate Of The UiilEd
States. +
i" Ratified The 26sh day Of January. A.
ID. lsia.
CALVIN GRAVES. S. II. G.
Louis n. WILSON, s. s."
Are You insluclionisis Behold here
Is complete exculpaiion Of my conduct.
The legislature says that TO "resign" il
not only The right, but the "duly" Of a
senator, who does moi prefer 10 "obey"
their instructions. II Is not 10 "obey"
without any other alternative, but II Is 10
obey "or 10 rcsign''-eiiher ons or lie
Understanding 10 his own choice. So
he does one "or" the other, he is faith.
fnl. Will the honest democracy Of North
Carolina, who have been lorgelIul u these
instructions, persersely adhere 10 an er.
ror. BY which they may have allowed
themselves to PREJUDICE one who has spent
the best part OF his life, and worn out his
constitution, as have. in upholding The
democratic party in North Carolina, n.
galnst political foes without and selfish
demagogues within its foldl Will that
he honorable, or just, or democratic |
leave your own hearts 10 answer.
Are You non.instruciiOnisis Then re-
member, that had /, not in my power to
sacriii o myself 10 the county, for nv
vote could not have prevented, no more
than il could have secured. the passage Of
the tariff ACT. With or without my. vote,
the deed would have been done. Re.
member, too. That these resolutions were
passed by my own party. in the legisla-
ture who elected me, and my acceptance
of the office, in the view of some honor
able friends, might have been held TO ere
ate an implied pledge that | would "re-
sign," provided | did not obey their in
struclons, and therefore. that. indepen-
dent Of any political " duty TO obey OF re-
hdiuing on 10 my seat and res siEsfRai l ai
might have been some room Tor censure.
but | desired 10 have no such con,rover-
sy, and as my resistance would have done
no good TO the republic, surely all will
agree that It was my perfect RICH. 10 re-
sign. 49, ''"ss... ~....- 81
1t must be confessed that these resolu-
lions did not positively instruct the sena-
tors from North Carolina To vote for The
experimental tariff by that name, nor by
any other precise description OF il. II is
more than probable the Legislature had no.
anticipated the invention OF such tariff:
and am sure had not. But they did in.
slruct the senators to carry into efTec, the
principles declared in the foregoing resoIu.
tom" and plausible argument, if no,
sound one, might be made in favor OIL
The construction. that their principles''
Or al least some Of them, would be car
red into effect by the experimental tar
II, aud heretofore. if had remained in
he Senate 10 vote against The tariff bill.
I might have been alleged, and j, would
ave been charged, that had disobeye,Il
he instructions of the North Carolina le-
yislature merely for the sake of nv OF.
ice. And what could have answered 4
lad told you that the resolutions were
obscure, and that therefore had moi been
IDLE to obey. my excuse would have been
false one. for | have already shown You
hat dared no, vote for The Thing, had The
Instructions been given in the very words
# the act, when the alternative of resign
ng was expressly conceded to be both nv II
,ght and my duty. Had | told you that
higher duty imposed upon me the obliga-
ion Of defeating this new, unwise, and
ectional tariff Of 1916, in order to save the
epublic and the people from those iniuri. ,
us results which, according 10 my iudg- 1
ient were almost unavoidable, il would
ave been untrue in nv case. for, a. / 4
ave already stated. knew The bill would
lass with or without my vote. | was in I
aPable Of resorling to any such false pre- 3
sx's for my defence. As aChristian and | i
gentleman, it was my duty to assume. {
the party press al home would seem 10 | s
ave admitted already, that Tho "princi- "
les" OF these resolutions were "carried a
VI BY the experimental tariff; and moi h
eng able TO obey, il was therefore nv n
ght 70, resign. If there bad been any Il
oubt about The other "principles set forth v