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

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ruy IN &c Tunfriss.
DsIisenrd in he Hoa.e e Representative,
July =. lsas.
Ma. SPEaKER: I an aware Ihal in lie,
ellrtng relaeIiner 10 ask The attention d
the House 10 my views nf The im9nFian
constitutional qae,iiaRs. growing eul 81
lbr aerr-sion II territory under the lals
Mraly viii Mesie,,. | am adopting die Gus
lnnary. and elirn unmeaning. iuirodur
nan b. speerhes IL this Hall. In ny case
al least. trust you viR believe il Is Fin
rrFelF islt.
Nv colleague from The fifth cangres.
sionll tlislrici. mr.. yEssBLK.l has in,lul.
eed the H.usr. q different times daring
she sessinn. with opinions whirh 10 nj
think eliher meet or merit The approbalion
of = majority 81 tie people IL the Stale
whirh he and !. in paH, represent.
have waited until this late period of the
session. in iir hope that some nlher Rep.
resen,aiive from the Stale on lhis side Il
,hs IIou~s wonId reply ~ him. I do MOI
feel Al liberty 10 remain silent any longer.
The extraordinary manner 10 which he
has reflected upun those VIM differ from
hin. rrquires an answer from some one ol
Us helare we 60 bark 10 our constituents.
he made speech here on The first day
uf June last which ! did no, have the plea.
sure of hearing. but II which | have In
my hands printed copy. In this he
represents him-elf Is speaking /" Im his
own carolina;" and I remember. alsa.
that in spe Oh on The lth Of January.
upon the subject uf Internal impro' emenl.
he ,lsO represents his opinions as the
opin,ons of the State. How came she
hi' Cardinal When did she accommodate
him with her nlme for the endorsement
Of such opinions rs he then aT"wed! l
beg him In remember that he represents
hut one Congressional district. Let lin
speak Tor that aid | shall not object. BIZ,
he speaks of the State IS hnld'ng HE opia.
ions of Mr.. Polk on The subject If inter.
nal Improvements al the very time that
we had upon oar desks the resolutions al
her Last legislature requesting rs 10 use
our exertions tn obtain an appropriation
from Congress for the purpose Ut re.open-
ing one OF the lnleis on her coast. No,
content To disregard her expressed wish;
nav, molc, openly, had almos, said, re-
prnachiulIy To lhwari. IL as far as his
speeches against the whole system would
have a tendency 10 do il. he must misrep-
resent her views npon the subject, and un-
wauanlably invoke her spatless name 10
support doctrines which, by her actions.
she had just repudiaied. Those cons,i-
menis OF mine who have been tempted
10 read his remarks. have been. no doubt.
startled To find their own State declaring.
that almost all the lighthouses and light
boats an her sounds and her rivers are
there. and have been there since the be-
ginning of the Government. IN direct vio-
la,inn of the Constitution. Let me in
form my colleague that on lhose waters a
ship Of war ran never ride unless Con.
gress will improve the inleis on the coast.
The lights there ran never serve our ma
w. and are, therefore. according TO his ar
gument, Unconstitutional. Ills Democrat.
ic friends, who have the offices there be-
cause they haze been 10 their party like
D"gherry's watch. "good men and true"
have been alarmed To learn from my hn.
sorable colleague that they are sleeping
IN unconstitutional herIhs and trimming
unconstitutional lamps. We may erect
hrarons for our navy. and If The same
light should happen 10 save trader from
shipvreck. why, its all well enough. lie
will not complain. The Government
must turn away from the cry of the sink
ing mariner. unless he sails under the
stripes aud stars. and wears the uniform
"f her navy. All tliose bcarons upon the
waters of his own Carolina" thai fret
with golden light The dark recesses Of her
hays. and throw welcome radiance over
the maddened waves to guide the sailor
on his painless way, are 10 he ext,nguish-
cd. and there is no constitutional power
which can such lights relume." But l
desire 10 direct my remarks TO the speech
which have in my hand, and which pur-
ports 10 have been made on the first day of
June last. a.
There is in this speech another matter
much more objectionable than the one Ia
which have alluded. II is the unchari-
tahleness Of accusing those colleagues who
differ from him on constitutional ques.
ton of deserving their constituents. In
order tina, he may do this. that he may
have some excuse for the Introduction oI
such matpr. he refers on tina, first tlav ol
June to speech that was made by his
colleague in the Senate. Mr.. BADGER,
on the second day Of The same month.
tie resorts IN the proceedings of the Sc,
nate To find the excuse for Introducing in
to his printed speech u sweeping dennn
citation Of all Sonthern genllemen who