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

49, 49, 1871 NAAaN &seE*AM ~ - y - =
Foss q rs isgs psesi5snst
bes NLy Issssn. - ~ sole against The
bill wo4ld nea hare eeanlkd il The resulls
Il SO Eoa - b sKpscssd that | shouli
Fals sgasn-l ny party iflsads sishepi de.
leading NJ Eals. 4 speech i lie Sc
nsIe = tlssl Inns would hare created great
|sxciseasnl. sad % d0abl he same pre-
sons who nor eomplsin or ny resignirg
aOslI hare denosnsd ne lor holding o.
70 NJ oiiiee. neseiy far he saks oI max i.
lng war upon ny party. ny lrisuis in
he Senaae. who had resolved not 10
speak, might have bal Iesson 10 accuse
ne ol seihsLasss, and probably sone oi
ny reasons. uttered in The warmth N d
public speech. niehs have sppsarsd -
much Ike arrssgnihg Others - defending
myself. In short. | deprecated The posi-.
bihiy Of IN open rupture with those loF-
Cd. but with whom | dared nei scl. and
wzssxsE ready 10 sacrifice much more Than
. place in the Senate 10 avoid il. unless
ny duly 10 Tie country had demanded lhsl
risk u my hands" Country before par.
~. but party belarr sell, !" has alwsyr been
my principle Of acliss. II my self sac.
rifee did not secuEe The peace il was
intended 10 propisis,s oul oil The Senate.
| am sbundsn,ly rewarded BY is effects in
the Senate. My firm intention was quiet
ly 10 resign, and mol 10 attack . measure
of the !sdmiaishalion alIer IL had passed
BY my party friends, even for my own
giDdieaiion. Aud that determination would
have been kept. IL The folly or the wicked
ness Of Others had not forced this expla-
nation from me in self-delenee.
BuI kept ny intention secret! You
have seen. thai. 10 the extent that this
vas true, II was an sci Of party obedience
on my part. which partisan has 40 right
10 condemn; and that il was neither more
no iesss than an unselfsh act Of dnly upon
the facts already stated. II any one has
been inclined 10 question the policy Of The
coneealment beforehand, The result prorsd
his mistake. since il did no harm To the
party or The bill; and. il il had turned out
otherwise the fault would mol have been
mine. II was q secret Of the party al my
hazard. and instead Of being blamed for
il, might reasonably put in aaslsim for
credit. Having once consented moi 10
disclose my hostility 10 the bill, it be.
came q point Of personal honor with me,
and prudent msn. who h,s that 10 keep,
cannot be TOD cautious in selecting The
politicians who arc 10 assist HIN.
But resigned withonta right 10 do sn.
and without the lease Of my Sta,el l.
that true! Let us ser. Suppose every
voter in the Democratic party had com
handed me TO sole for the bill, and yet my
own judgment had prevailed, as il did.
against the joint influence Of my feelings,
my individual friendships, and my per-
sonsl ambition: is there man who will
deny tia, ! still had perfect right to re-
" had the tight 10 claim dominion over
the man who served them, as well as the
Office they had s.uwed-over the soul
as well as the station OF their sgent!
Never, never. I
But IN my case there 10 no room ror
new theories. The Legislature that elect
ed me passed resolutions, declaratory OF
their doctrine. They were passed BIZ
the party thai elected me. Whilst The
voice Of God in the soul Of man" de-
manded my opposition TO The experiment
tai tariff. Democratic S,ate Legislature,
at the ntmos. only demanded OF me 10 do |
otherwise "or resign and for obeying |
both God and man, as have. are Won
called upon 10 denounce me az uesche-
rous. No man with due sense Of ho-
nor and accountability could put himself
IN position where obedience 10 the. mar
dates OF Others was both imperative ard
unavoidable; and nobody would be ft 10
serve the Republic who could. Upou such
terms. il would be infamous 10 serve any
party. ~~' -~". l.
Boz the Nor,h Carolina resolutions oil
themselves, constitute al once nv defence.
and refutatlon Of the absurd notion, that
Senators who cannot obey have 20 RICH,
TO resign without being criminal.
They are here:
@~soss~*s''so " Ht6 1tfttgUt Assembly, OF AOffH
= Carolina.
Resolved, That The Legislature oil
This State have RICH. to Instruct The Sc
majors oil this State 10 Congress, when
ever. IN the opinion Of the Legisls,ure,
hey misrepresent The wishes OF the State,
Or The magnitude OF The occasion shall
require such instructions; and tina. il is the
duty Of The Sens,ors 70. obey the .instruc-
hons gwen, or TO resign their seats; Pro-
'ldsd, The instructions TO be given and
'bpyed require not The Senator 10 com.
nit violation of the Constitution, or an
let OF moral lurpiIude. /,
Resoiocd, That While North Carroll. ,
"a, IN The opinion Of ibis Legislature, will ,
lever object to any amount OF taxes, equal
y apportioned. and imposed for the pur- :
,ose OF raising revenue TO support the !
government, economically administered,
eel this 8 ate will never consent to the
IMPOSITION Of tsxes. ihe tiesign and opera. /
ion Of which arc % promote the inter :
SIS Of particular occupaiions.a, the gene /
al pYnenRp 80 @&s* @s4s *&ss@ ~ !.