The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-09-20

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dom. the snii may determine the gfne.
raj question:, hut Each slave must stand
npaa lhs particular circumstances 0f his
case. What = pisiar for a southern man
90 10. upon. Can slavery ever IN i'es
be carried ihers nnler snrh circumstances.
even II tie Constitution "eXIenis" II. -
IL is esnisndrd il daes, over the iefs.inFy
IN not agIee With INV colleague that
I'll the SnuGh ought 10 ak IN relation IN
lhls ierriI0Ty Is non-in,eryenil"n. ! main
laln that il we have any right. whether
thai right he under the Constitution. ar
founded npon equity aud justice. III carry
slave pTapeEty there, We have also. rs a
necessary consequence, 4 right 10 some
legislation Ia protect and secure IL. IN a
nes and spsrsrly popuia,ed country the
laws are. al hest. impeEiecily executed,
aud chi. peculiar kind Of property requires
something more Than the rules 0l IlIe cnm-
mon Law. rs applied To other properly. to
project and secure II. Look AT the statute
hnnks of The slave States. See the long
list Of pnlice and criminal laws we have
found il necessary Ia enact. Some en-
forced by severe penaliies. snIne declaring
certain ihierferences with The enjoyment
Of his kind of properly To he frlony with
out the benefit Of clergy. Are ma. these
or some Of these absolutely necessary |!
n not. then they are hlnot:y and a,rDciuns,
and nv colleagues ''own Carolina stands
convicted bef re the world Of unneressa.
rlv taking The life Of man, by enf,rcing
the execution of such laws. tIo no, be-
lleve il. I maintain that such laws are
proper and absolutely necessary. ! IN ,ir.
tain that slare-propeity canIoi he secure
IA The Territories, airy moro than in the
States. without some such legislative en-
actin. mig. And holding these opinions.
turn 10 The bill, and ind THAT the ..lis~r"hy
Of Judges, governors. and secretaries. in
whom is vested all the legislative power,
are expressly forbidden 10 pass any law
respecfing slavery"
Mr.. Speaker. look upon the struggle
nov going on in the country as one pure
Is for political power in The Senate of The
Unned States. cannot see how II can
I've one Of honor. Of morals. nr "f sectional
ar State interest in any other way than as
the question Of political power makes i
So. II is alleged on the part OF the Norli
that they have CONSCIENTIOUS scruples a
bout extending The institution. Sir. I'M
number of slaves is not increased; nom
are made slaves who were not before.
know il has been said by an honorable
Senator from New York. Mr.. Dix tina
hy well established laws. il is asceriained
that The population Of a country increase
more rapidly, and in proportion. as |, u
extended within certain limits. No dnuh
If il. But il is berause their comforts arr
increased. aad their moral and social ron
diiion improved. In its application 1
slaves this rule does not hold good. Th
reason ceasing, the rule ceases als". Til
CONDITION Of the slave. moral or social.
the saline. II is The will and heart Of ih
master that makes his condition more o
less tolerable. and the obligations whicl
public opinion imposes upon him, are Ger
talnIy rs great and as strongly enforced i
county which has advanced in inteili
genre and refinement. as in one that i
new and thiniy settled. In cnnncSin
with This subject there is fact whic
speaks loudly for The humanity and kim
ness Of the master, and the comiortahl
condition OF the slave. There has bee
40 importation of slaves since 1903. BC
sides the natural increase Of the white pt
puation, there have been. during the WIN
existence Of the Government. very larg
accessions 10 il from emigration, aud y,
the aggregate increase Of slaves has bee
a. great ~ thai Of The white population
the country. Y" go back Ia The suhjrc
il il were true ihaF tile condition oil III
slave would he improved. il would serI
To me to be an argument whirh appeaIe
to the moral sense Of The North FOR, raih'
than against, lis extension.
cannot see. sir. how the interest of Oh
slave States is to be advanced, or the Il
suiution strengthened at home. by takir
away their citizens and their slave prnpa