The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-02

sh0sld hare errmsd . EymPnihiEing
spssrh Of moas momFnl 10 me pahlir. in
> skplah nf Re lile e ; rsndidals CT he
PIssiseary. thsn his EieEs ppoa . gEszs
and abssghiRg guessisa. shsi soIne. i he
sKsess ~ her alarms, inagine mny shake
lhs pillars &C lie LniOn. II eannul b -.
Tie pnTpnse must hare been sinisieE-
: fraud wzs nsediiaied.
TNurK sY Ma. MsSSVn.-li i run-
aus thsl circumstances purely arridrnsai
led 10 > eomplese deirriion snd lhnrnngh
exposure % dis sndaeians fraud. Nc. n.
presented two pamphlets lives of 6rneFal
Case. nIrniiral. wnId iar word alikr. e.
repl on Las eighth and last Page. 0nr Of
these. &c lhe Marea edlllnn. represented
General Cas- on the lzsi page a. thorough
N opposed 70 the :. Wilmol proviso:'' The
Other. IL Inc lane edition. lad MI one
word an The last page IN The subject al
ihe .Yilmol pTosisa." Al This point
Sir. Hsnnegan inieIposed lor explanation.
q The inSianre Of IwO members al the De-
macralic committee. lMsssrs. Bsyly. Of
Virginia. aud Cobb. Of Georgia who had
charge az. and lherefare knew. or were
surpassed 90 know. al the matter printed
by the Democratic party Tor public eiEen-
lslinn. His explanation Was. that il was
deemed proper 10 present ten. Csss's
views On Ihe late Frenrh revolution. As
well a. other matter. in The June edition |;
that the pamphlet could not be extended
beyond eight pages without an increase 81
cost; that something had In be excluded,
and in that way this ..wilrnol prnviso"
maiIer.was excluded from The June edi.
lion 10 make loom for the new matter.
When this explanation. lame and unsalIs.
factory as many deemed IL, was ahon, Ia
have It's proper effect. another pamphlet
was produced af the June edition, cum
tanning an the last page the whole Of the
matter IN the :. wilmnt prosiso.s The
exposure was complete. Ii was now APP
parent that the explanation eniiTrly failed.
and that the June edition had Two faces
one looking lovingly 10 Tie South. and the
other with stern countenance 10 the North.
AIR. flanagan abandoned the case. and IN
high scorn and delesiaiion denounced the
fraud and lis authors as unprincipled and
viIlannus. but expressing his entire COLI
yigiinu thai none Of his Congressional
friends either knew OF had any agency IN
it,
To shake the pillars Of the Union! The
"Wilmoi proviso" to shake The pillars Of
the unioL I feel no such apprehension.
These fears are Idle; they are ridiculous.
This Union, thank God. is not in the
keeping &c ambitious political aspiran,s or
Disappointed politicians. This great work
of Washington and his comprehensive
ark Of our safety, sprinkled with the best
blood &c the Reyolulion, consecrated in
the affections of our counlrymen-ihis
Union. in lis strength aud its grandeur,
will repose upon the hearts Of twenty mil
lions Of freemen; and when lac,ionlsis
agitaiors. aud cnnspirators shall assail IL
/ VA remain as firmly and quietly seated
on.ils foundation as do the eternal Alle-
ghnies in hhs midst of transient sum,
mer tempest. ~
Sir, l am Southern man. identifies
with Southern institutions; take com
mon destiny with my counlrymen. whe
Their Cor veal or for wo; would live or
would die. as | trust, BY the side Of IN,
countrymen upon proper occasion; bu
as to this "Wilmot proyiso," az a praeli
cal question. regard j, as Of exeeedingl,
slight importance. stand by the right
of The South; | repel this "proviso." a
implying an offensive disparagemenl: i
resist il. as having no warrant in The con
sliInticD. in good faith. az in equal justice
But what is IL, after all OF what prac
tical importance is il! Where ran IL ap
ply 90 the. real delrimeni Of Southern IN
. ieres,s! Can New MeAico becohe
slaveholjing country 4 succession o
| bleak and sterile hills and volcanic noun
, ,ains-fit only Cor pastoral life or mlDIn!
, operations no land for cultivation
save only the narrow valley OF tho III
, Grande, which winds its way as riban
; amongst FORKS, barren hills. and rngge
: and bare volcanic mountains; and tina
! valley packed with population fur tw
/, hundred years beyond The capacity Of III
soil to support bu, for the Hooks and herd
. that wander and browze among the hIIl
> and mountains. Sir, talk not Of perllil
this Uaion for New Mexico, or The Who'll
s of Mexiro. or the whole wide wurlt
{ This. the hame Of our fathers, great, ire'
: and lappy-oqr own happy h"ne-ih
4 hume we would transmit To our childre
$ TO peril this; aud for what, For land
il that M wise man desired. Ma. sir; | ha
i rather see New Mexire aud California Ell
e quilted hy an earthquake, reeeted to San
Ia Anna, or held in independence by i
u own'degenerate population; had raih'
. see any OF all nf these than To disIuI
/. deeply The harmony "f This Union. d.
l. FIRST duty il al home; our mission is ~
n promote the general welfare, TO form
5, mnre perfect Union, and to secure d
blessings of liberty 10 ourselves and OF
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