The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-16

e. as e0nhl r. say eElPEa sssr frlsm0fs
eanseious Il gssllng h's cessEts. o. more
es@g lsse ssnse Il "a iHsbiiiy - . htiPl
h,asslE." Never tss lasie bssn any
llisg Ike u 10 congIess. and for ahs sake
II iBslire. maEaliay, and dsesssy. ss lrusl
lbsa laserssll's fals will prose sSarning
- al Who acI On The in'QniiOuE msXlG
that - al 10 fair N pplilirs."
Fron Ihe iolio~Ins exarsei. q s'll b.
seen hos Ms. Webster dealt siIh Mr. In
ssrsOll:
MR.. WEBSTER. And 80 il would
appear thsl Il DOL INSERTED BY Ihe msR-
hsT from Nsw York. there - one l4l't-
hood 10 The case sh'eh The original su-
Thor wss not 90 gIaseles. ss 10 Ie.sIn.
Bot ! 20 on with This speech:
aOu: q this controversy arOse. The aEress Of
Alexander Mcleod. What be intended 10 slate
now, consisted q facts not vet generally knoNn.
but which wOah son be made known, foE nlsy
were in progress Of pnblicalion. and he bad re-
ceiyed then in'nO confdence. from The hesi sU-
thoriiy. When Mcleod Was arrested. General
HaHison hal juSt died. and Mr.. Tyler vas not
vet Al home ~ his slrrccSsor. Mr.. MesS.eF--who
Was De faeiO he administrators Ma. Webster
wrote 10 the governor Of New Yofk. with has Own
hand, letter, and sent il BY express. marked
s. private" in which the governor wasto.i that he
must Eeleass Mcleod, CT sec the magnificent cora
meTrial emporium laid in ashes. The brilliant
a~scFiIaion given hy the gentleman from Firginla
Of the prospective destruction Of the city IN the
case Of q wAr. was, in . MEASURE, anticipated on
this occasion. McLeOd must he released. said the
Secretary Of State, or New York must be laid IN
ashes. The Governor asked when this would 10
donei The reply was forthwith. DO you not
see coming on the waves Of the "a PaiIhan guns,
And if Mcleod be not released. New foGk will
be destroyed. But. said the Governor. the power
Of pardon Is vested in me. and even il he be con-
vicied he may be panlOned. Oh, no, said the
Secretary, il you even iry him, you viii bring de-
struction on yourself"
Well, now. I say l'iAt series OF note
distinct. unalloysd f.lselroods-absolu.e,
unqualified. en,ire-neyer sppesred in
any pubicsiion 10 Chrislehdom. Every
allegation here made-every one would
entirely Justify the use Of that expressive
nonosyllsble which some people are base
enough AID low enough 10 deserve u hsSe
ihro sn IN their teeth, but which a gem
,lemsn doss not often Ike To utter. Eve
~ one OF them. from beginning to end. is
false. There is not particle Of ruth IN
,hem-,here is not the slightest fhundst on
fnr any one Of these assertions. "Mr.
Webster wrote a private letter. Dc"
False, sir---sll false. fuever SAID 81 ar te
such thing in ny life 10 the governor oi
The State 81 New York. "McLsod must
be released" II j. fal.e. | never said
any such IhIrg. New York must Be
laid IN sshts. The Governor ssked sh, n
hi. wss to be done!" What does this
mean! Why, u implies tina, the cover
nor Of New York wtnte TO ne another
letter in answer TO NINE, inquuing when
New York was to be" laid IN sshes," and
the reply wa. .slouhwhh." Aud here
We have this-Mr. IngsrsolF himself p e.
Pa.ng 'hl. spsssfsA lYs .A II ei ais ta Ml;
ten anoth kusr 10 the Governor OF Ne W
York. "telIing him" ,ha, New York az
10 b. laid in ashes forthwith" What
follows! Sean forcet | never mentinn.
ed steam force nor any other force. .sBuG,
said the Governor, the power Of pardon
IS vested iD me, and u he be convicted he
may be pardoned." Here is smother let.
Ca third letter from ne "Oh. M.
sail The Secrstsry"-~hv, here / ain
writing a fourth letter .-"lf you even
uy hun you will bring desirucuon npnn
yourselves" Fbis IS stated bv man OF
Thing tha, hss srstIn one oc the houses
OF Congress. | promised to keep my
temper, and will. The whole coi,cern
IS infinitely contemplate, and cannot dr..
turb The temper Of reasonable man.. Blu,
| wall expose it. Such, thee, is the con.
tents oil the letters which thu person de-
scrlbes as facts mt generally known.
Tor they were 10 p ogrsss Of putllcsuofI
and he TIA received them in no conf
dence from The best authority" Wei,
do rot know where he got his " authori.
~" unless. as suggested by friend near
me. u was from some chapter. Of his IN
recent work! But let me stale wha, dad
actually occur. and 60 prepare the minds
OF The Senate for some degree Of s.t,nl.h-
nent. that any man in The world couI.i
| tell such story rs thai. When MrI."od
was srrested, there was a goud deal 0t
conversation iii Washington and el.e.
where about whs. would happen. Twas
suhjec. Of very considerable conserss.
,Ion, and cert,iuiy of embarrassment, to
the government. II was hoped and ex-
pec'ed By me. and behave by o,hef ger.
tlf men. that The gover, or OF New Yurk
would see that u as case in which. #
he w,rs Invested with authority, by Tie
constitution ami The authority # the s Ste,
he would recommend the entering OF A
note pros. by Tie prosecuting officer Of
The 5 ale Of New York. II was expec,.
Ell Ina, he would do ,ha', and General
HARRISON one day SAID tosrne that he had
received letter from a friend, 10 whch
he wa. informed that the Governor OF
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