The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-02

laird Hnssfthe E'ssaesi El.jfraians mhsrh
~as made u gradual emanc,Pa,lsu. shirh
Sas The raatlhasnrs n ne emsLrspsasd
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. ths AmsEi.aa f:sl.n 1snon Sorisly.
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disi nsl.. ~ eel 20 oae Ihsm. mel ~. an
- - he city u WsshEnglsa sad lsid he
iosadaiians a lhss s.c.rty. II has gore
IN. snldsG exHaosdlnsIy difirulliss end
iE'al.. suslsshlng itself sinosl snliGsly b.
sp"g i.Heovs and salunIsry eonribLi,ons
IT, m indis,dsl tersv0Isnre. 1IlhoUl
sr-Iefly sRy ssd fraa. Gosernmenl. The
rs.l.nHss planted under lis asspirss sse
nnw wsll established enmmuri.iss. = ilh
ehuIrhes, sehaals. aud other insuiulians
aPpsFIsiH'ng 70 The rlSiiixed sisis. They
have made suserssill war 10 repelIing d.
'aeks sd insasinns BY their bsrbsrovs
and savage nsiehbar.. They have made
1'e-ile.r stn-aed territories 10 lbsir do.
ninian. and are blessed lib free repre-
sentative GoyrfDRenl. | recently read
message from one Of their Governors
60 their legislature which. IN point Of
composition and in careful ssisnIion %
The rnblie siTaIGs0 u their Republic. would
compare sdEsnlseeoUsly with The messs.
gts Of the Governors Of our nan Slsles.
! am not very sUperstiIious. bot do So
lemniy bslieTe that these colonies are
ele.t aiih The smiles Of Providence: and.
q ~e nav dare suempI penetrating tie
veil by shich lie s0ncesls bis sls-wise
dIspens .tnns from mortal eyes, that he
drsiens thai Airie, shalt be The refuge and
tho hame of the descendants OF IL. sons
and daughters. t'rn snd dragged from
'heIr native land by lswless violence.
II 10 ph,l.n.hropic aud consollng re.
aer'i ~ ,hsI the moral and physical con.
d'llon of The African race 10 The United
States, even in . state Of slavery. 10 Car
better than Il would have been il their az.
cesIors had ne,eI been brought form their
naIise land; aud il il should be the decree
OF tie GIesI Ruler al the universe that
their descendants shall be made insmu-
men in hts hands 10 the establishment Of
cIsIliz .iiJn end the christian religion
throughout Aires. ou' regrets. on seeoUni
OF The original wrong. Will be greatly mt
ugsisd.
|. may be argued that. in admitting the
rnJus zee Of slavery. ! admit the nsces-
sny OF an in'tsnIaneous repsrstion Of thai
inju.t cr. Unfortunately, however. IL 10
tot always sale. srt'cable, or possible.
Ia the great movements oi States and pub
lic affairs OF n,tIoRs. TO remedy or repair
the lnn,cton Of previous injustice. In
the Incepuon Oi u we may oppose aud
deuounce a. by our most strenuous exer.
iIons; but. after ns consummsiion. there
10 often no other sllernslive left ia but 10
drp'ore is perpen alton aud 10 scquissce.
a. The only alternative. IN is existence,
as lees esII than The frightful eonsrquen
ces shIch might tnsue tom the vain ELL
dea'or 1" repair il. Slavery is ono Of
those unfortunate instances. The evil
OF IL was Inflicted upon Us by the parent
counny OF Great Britain. sgs,nsi all the
enireaues snd circumstances OF the CO.
lonies. And here IL Is amongst and
amidst W, and we must dispose OF il as
hes. We c4n. under all The circumstances
, which SURROUND Us. II continued. by
the importation Of slaves from Africa. ~
splle Of colonial resistance, for q period OF
more than cenIuty aud hall, aud Il may
require an equal OF longer lapse Of time
before our country 10 entirely rid OF the
evil. And. IN the mean time, moderation,
prudence, and discretion among ourselves,
and the blessings OF Providence. may
be all necessary 10 accomplish our ulu.
mate deliser,nce from il. Examples 81
SIN lar inaIc,ion .oI irreparatle national
evil aud injusuce might be multiplied 10
an ,ndc hniie extent. The case of tie an
, nexalion OF Texas TO the United States is
. recent and sn obvious one, where, " il
we're wrong, 1t cannot now be repaired.
Texas 10 now an integral part Of our Un'
ION, with its own voluntary consent. Ms.
ny OF US opposed the annexation With
honest zeal and mos, earnrsl exerlions.
Bn. who would now think Of perpetrstIng
the folly Of casting Texas ou, Of the C m
federscy and throwing her back upon heI
i, own independence, or into the arms oI
Mexico! Who would now seek TO divorce
her from this Union! The Creeks and
the Cherokee Indians were. by the mos
exeepIionsble mesns, driven from thelI
country, and transported beyond the Mis-
sissippr river. Their lands have beer
fairly purchased and occupied By inhabi
,sn,s oi Genrgis. Alabama, Mississippi
and Tennessee. Who would now con-
ceve oil the l,gr'n, ,njusuce Of expell'nl
those inhabitants and restoring the lndiar
country to The Cherokees and the Creeks
: under color Of repairing original injusnce
+ Daring The war Of our revolution millions
of paper money were issued by our an
ces ors as the only currency with which
. they could achieve our liberties and Inde
; pendeuce. Thousands and hundreds o
, thousands Of families were s,lpped o
, their homes and their all, and brought q
5 ruin By giving credit and confidence Il