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


refined from n = ! would from ! poliii-
81 peslilence. | III not - i sooner lor
lie reasons alFesdg given; snd Or he
ajIiiionaI reason thai tbe gossInor n he
Slals being : whig. is Was imposslbie .
surrender nv of6ce 10 tie dcinoersslr
party that elected ne. III il Vas mol ny
duly, IN was certainly my right 10 post
pone iinnlil the August elections. and that
right | exercised Tor he benefit u the de-
nocralie party. whose minions hive been
the first 70 denounre me for II. Tie
people Of North Carolina will not, they
cannot. in honor and justice. give their
sanction 10 such ab0minahle iniquigy.-
They are loo iusl. loo honorable. 10 ap-
prove Of llie exeerable maxiE lha. "all's
lsir in politics"
Ilmay be regarded as no slight Evidence
of tho faiihfrlness with which ! adhered
10 my party obligations, that, aiter con-
sen,ing, under The pressure Of strong feel
ings, 70 vote for he experimental tariff,
provided II conld be amended 50 rs 10
postpone is taking elect until 9Th March
next, | had very considerable doubts
whether had not gone too far. YET. in
NY endeavors 10 avoid complaint. adj e.
red 10 my pledge; and nobody was sut-
fered 10 know IL my Repentance. The
minute before | resigned. il was made
known that would abide by that otter,
and 4 FINAL answer was given by ih0se
eompeien. 10 reply, that the bill would
certainly pass without my vote and any
alteration Of il would endanger its passage
in the other House, aud therefore No u
mendment would bc voted for. This
was communicated to mo. and thereupnn
my resignation was handed in 10 the Sc
nate.
Now. my friends and codnirymen, be-
licyc have told YOU all, and submit 10
Your Justice and common sense, whether
ingenuity and malice combined can make
oul more against my conduct with this Ad-
minisiralion, upon The subject Of the tariff.
than IN honest difference Of opinion! he
cause the President recommends 4 tax law,
must your Senators therefore approve vi
ii, without crossing tordotiins an /! BE-
cause the Administration wishest 10 carry
bill for revenues, must Your Senator,
against hisown judgment, therefore yoiefor
IL! Because the Treasury Dcparimenimay
have become committed TO u new expert.
meut on the tariff. did II therefore become
part Of the creed Of Democracy, and bind
Senators who were chosen long before this
Administration was elected. When, and
where, and how. didthesc become part Of
the political faith of North Carolina! Who
indoctrinatcd her and her people! What
book teaches ii! What prcccdents en-
force il! What age illustrates il! The
Constitution provides that bills for raising
revenue shall originate in The House Of
Representatives; but here is new doctrine
- So - - - .-.., -..--@ -. ..S-,..s....
ing duties! And will You prescribe me
simply because resigned sooner than rive
my vote thus to revolutionize NJ once anil
without time for delibera,ion, or opportu-
nifty 10 amend the act, all the past expc-
renee oil The Government, and 10 sci aside
The counsels of Washington, Jefferson.
Madison, Monroe, and Jackson!
! do not undertake to account. for lin
present at least, for tho extraordinary out
rage That was perpetated upon my rights
az man and Senator, as soon a. had
resigned, and before | had been either
asked siS Tor my reasons or allowed time 10
speak TO You for myself; nor 10 remark I'M
on The serVllc spirit of some in our own
state, who were quite eager 10 follow the
ignoblc lead. There is a tilnc for an
things. But to those in North Carolina. |
Of every party, who aim 10 direct public
opinion, | beg leave to say a word. in |
which they are interested as much as can |
be. How happened il that another De- |
mocratlc Senator openly denounced tLis
very bill as absurd, disgusting, and unfit
10 be touched, and he was moi noticed bv
party censures! How did it come about
That another Democratic Senator, in debate.
lverred emphatically, that the omission of
tax upon tea and coffee, when Inc conn
- ~ was W excuse |
md not word Of complaint was made
lgaInst hIm! Whence was ii that Demo-
rats OF Virginia voted against the Admin
stratlon upon the resolution OF notice 10
crminatc The Oregon convention, and no
me was heard to proclaim their want of
eaity to the party or the Administration.
nd BY what influence was it that South
carolina Democrats did tho ike and they |
vent unreprcyed. When happened it
hat Democratic Senator refused to vote ,
Or lhe Mexican war, and still! he was a
GOD party man aud Administration man. I
md that other Democratic Senators 70.
go against amendments TO The Indcpeu.
enl Treasury, reported upon the recon-.
lendatlon Of the Administration, and de- I
Jared by the Secretary to be indspen- i
able TO his getting along, and yet they | |
ere treated as true and loyal, without
ny open reproaches! And, more than all, =
ow will You account for it, that other Sc i,
ators have denounced the President for n
ne Oregon treaty, and openIy charmed him