The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-09-06

friend from MARYLAND; bar how Nas il
when my fnfnd from K.ninrky. lNr
Underwood. VITO ras supposed 20 b
epposed 70 Iks LiR. drsiFrd an adjourn
meni for his accommodation u MIS- q
Ihis ease HAT I Irlrnrd. AlloW me, sir
10 add what ] Was about 10 say y hen In
ierrupied hy lie honOlsble grnllemsn
thai regard his cRuEse - peculiarly an,
fortunate with regard 10 such > bill 81
This. The great end and ohieel Of he
bin. ss avnwed By lie gentleman and
ihe committee. is 10 paclly the public
mind. 10 selile this agilaling subject. and
10 restore harmony 10 llle country. H0N
Only By IL moral power. Ynu cannot
change the opinion. or settle the discnn.
tents 0f free Amerira. by The mere farce
OF law. On occasions 0f This kind. il is
all important that The moral influence
which accompanies measure, should be
as extensive as possible IN its operation ;
and therefore. think. there should have
been shown no disposition 10 cut of any
gentleman from a discussion Of the ques-
iinn, BY pressing a vote here until the
physical sneIgies Of the Senate should
be broken down. and the members be
compelled by exhaustion 10 submit. This
is tie long session. and the Senate have
refused 10 fix any day for III termination;
and, therefore. there j. no excuse. in my
judgment, fnr the course which has been
pursued. The session. il is true. has been
very long one; and the weather is very
hot and exhausling. am as anxinus as
any gentleman 10 return To- my home and
nv children. but see no reason why Ibis
great and important measure should he
hurried through the Senate. IT, indeed.
The Senate had passed the resolution from
The House. and the House had adopted its
amendment fixing the final day Of adjourn
ment for the 3lst, we shonld have slnod
in very different condition. In that
case, should myself have given silent
vote, or should al most have made very
brief statement Of the grounds upon which
! have formed an opinion adverse TO the
passage Of the bill. But under present
circumstances, with an unlimited session
before Us, feel justified in presenting my
views fully and al large. | shall under
take 10 show that this compromise mea.
sure, which my honorable friend has re-
ported and recommends, involves ioIaf
and absolute surrender on the part Of the
South Of whatever rights, feelings or in.
terest we may have in the subject, wirh-
out any advantage being gained thereby
TO us or TO The country.
Mr.. President, on the first day Of June.
in this present year Of salvation, one lhnu-
sand eight hundred and forly.eighi,a speech
was delivered by an honorable member
Of the other House. representing district
in my own state. which find in pam.
phlet published in this city and entitled.
+" Speech of Hon. A. w. Venable, Of
North Carolina, in the House Of Repre-.
senta,ives, June I. 1885," and headed.
+" Slavery in the Territories. In This
speech are some remarks in reference TO
myself, and Iiead them because. as the
Senate will see, they have an immediate
connexion with the subject under consid-
Grafton. The passage will be found on
important subjects I like to be precise
on the 9TH page, near the foo, OF the left
hand column, and is in these words: q
A distinguished Senator of my own state,
(Mr. Badger) gentleman of high attainments
aud extended reputation, in recent speech on the
Oregon bill, admitted the right of Congress to lie.
gislate for the exclusion Of sayeysin the terrific
ries, but placed the South upon the principle Of
expedency and the sense Of justice Of the Federal
Legislature" se -
Now, to those who are curious in such
matters, il may be somewhat interesting
I" learn that in this speech. distributed IN
North Carolina about the middle Of this
months and delivered as stated on its
face, on the first day Of June, reference
is made in the passage which have read,
to some remarks submitted by ma~in the
Senate upon The second day OF the same
month of June. My rstimpression was,
that the gentleman was incorrect IN his
chronology but before committing my
self on this point, ! thought ! would fol
low the example commended to us by the
Senator from Mississippi. Mr.. Foote,)
several times this session. and have a
peep al the dictionary TO ascertain what
This word chronology means. found
that was mistaken in my first notion,
for The definition of" chronology" is sal,
isfed by arranging events according to the
proper gear: and. therefore, the gentle
man was guilty of no violation of chrono'
logy when he represented himself as re-
ferring on the first of June to what was
said on the second, both days being in the
same gear. Some persons, on reading
this reference in the speech 10 my re
marks. and finding, from the proceedings
and debates. of The Senate, that had no
said word on the subject until after tn
speech was made, might suppose that
slight inaccuracy had crept in, and tina
those remarks were not made at all in tn
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