The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-13


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laag s. insertiaa slaaiHe Il Pssssu,, -, ~ ask
he finsEiRg sHlrsei, - sHEaansaosy q his sis~s
i he esatse - pursued On : EaFHrr eorasiaa.
and or whirh some a hia nonsaiansnls SsEs j.
posrd 10 crnssR hin. We tiak be has wrll
sasiainrd hin-rlE
II 10 known. sir. lhsl on = former OF
rssion differed 9Th . msjOriIy OF he
Southern neahsrs AZ this house. nron .
question indirectly hssing some relation
10 The subject q slavery. ! Folrd sgsinsI
lhs rule excluding sb..lilion psliliOns. not
only btcsUse | regarded that rule ss an
infringement % the right Of petition. eni
because | sss .sll ssass that most Of
the cilizsns Of The Narlhsrn Mates view
ed IN in Ih.l light; aud wss mol Willing
10 do riolsnes IN the feelings Of . large
paraInn Of The Union. ZOE the mere pos.
pose oi preserving . rule ihsi as Of 20
practical sdsanlsge in iiseif. ! ss.sd
against The rule. because I ssv that BY
ils ensI'nosncs. we obliged the IIien1s of
the consntgiion and sf The South. 10
Eight the abolilionisls sI home. upon The
weakest Of oil The tissues that could be
presented. 90 that We were losing ground.
and The sboliIienisIs gaining thereby. ]
ssw clearly. that by lhs means. these
disorganizsrs had acquired . great show
Of strength. BY blending wilh themselves
the friends Of The right Of psIIsion. They
we're thus, too. promoting the object they
had in view, Of getting up eIrilsmsui.
and producing Ill.lssIing between The
North and South. ssw. too, that our
seeking this new defence implied that
the Constitution and Laws Of our fora
iatheIs were insufficient barriers for our
Protection. and that this seeming comics
sion Of weakness and fear on our psrI.
had encouraged our adysrss'ies. and
siimulsisd them 70 fresh attacks. For
these. and other reasons whieh have here
'ofors been stated. opposed that rule.
and now nruf 10 q merely 10 say. THAI
subsequen, experience has gwen me sd-
dinonsl reason 10 be satisfied 9th my
course.
Thsl obstacle hss bssn removed. end
ne are now lhrnwn back 10 OUT old po-
sllicn.fihe original ground Of defence oe.
enpisd by Us in The morning OF our Coz
eminent, when the Sun OF ihe Consii,u.
ton. just risen, shed It's freshest snd puresl
Ugh, over the Union. Thirteen States,
'ill then independent, sosersign, end sqOsl.
had united 10 form Q government for
their common benefit. Il vas their avow-
ed purpose TO create such . System 40
would confer equal advantages on each
Ssie and rs citizens. II, in the lorna
lion of that government, any insqusliiy
wac produced. (which 10 net admitted.
sHa' inJssuss was nop ine ONCE, of "a.
makers, aad not intended by ,hsm. II
VAS their plain purpose. not only 10 give
each Of the Slslss and i've eiiizens eaual
advantages throughout the Union add It's
territories. but, out OF abundant caution,
they provided that every citizen Of The
United States should in each State be en-.
'i'led TO all the privileges OF a eniren Of
tina. State; each Stale and i,s ci,izsns
might claim fair share, DOT only OF oil
that the Government had 10 possession.
bu' Of oil II had prospect Of acquiring.
Not only was each Stale entitled To The
equal protection Of such armies and fleet.
I" The Government then held. but should
new armies be raised, or orhsr ships be
built 10 afIe'umes they were 70 Stand on
the sane foo ing. Wh.tevsr the Govsra.
melt might acquire, simply because il
was the Government OF The u. S,a,es, il
would bold 10 uusI for tho use Of al The
States. For example, when aflerwsrd,
the lossr Mississippi river was acquired
from France. all the St,,es we're EQUALLY
entitled TO the benefits Of lie navigation.
Had Congress excluded The ci.izen, of
sny State from iIs use, and had u SAID 10
them: d" You have no right TO complain
Of This: oil 'he rivers within tho l,m,ls Of
the United STATES 10 which you became
parry are still open TO you. There ere
the Hudson, The Potomac, the OHIO. and
others; We do not exclude you from them;
as To this lover Mississippi, you never
hao any tight To tie use, and have no
grounds to complain Of the exclusion"
Such an acI and such reasoning would
have been al war with the spIrit and
again" the plain intent nl the Consti,u-
uon. This view, that al The S,a,es and
their c'''zsns were equally emitted TO the
Advantages Of the Government, both in
possession and in prospect. is so obvious,
that need not dwell on H.,
From the New Orleans Mercury, Dec. -.
LATE FROM MEXICO.
The steam ship New 0tle,ns, C.pt.
Aud. has jns. arrived from Vera Csuz,
which por, che left on the 24,h inst. We
have only limo to make the following
ert'cn from the papers which have
reached US.
The Free American of the 20lh, snnoun.
ses The srn'sl q, Vera Cuz on the 18Th,
nj SS wspOns (rom I.lsn. e,co,,od h..