The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-19

enieIlain mnch respert. NJ. rp-hef. han
something like passion fnr Ihe srcam-
pli,hmenl 0f Ihis purpose. And J am
afraid fhsl The Presideni nf he Inlird
SIalrs q that zine suffered hls stssens
feelings not liitle 20 eonlrnl his more
prudent Judgment. Al any TsIe. saw IN
1919. than annrxalion had became PaE'
p0se. ! MAS MT IN Congress. nor n pub
lie life. bat seeing This state nf lhiEgs ]
thought II NY duly 10 admonislI. - far 40
I rould. Ilie county 81 The existence u this
purpose. There are genllemeh-naEy
Of them Al he NoiIh-nlilsEs now in Ibis
capital. WIN kRow thai in the suEa:s~E Oh
!. 1913. beiRs fully persuaded thai Illis pnr- /
: pose of anHexi.g Texas hss heen taken
|, up NiIh real NJ d determination by the TX !
frsuliye Government Of Ihr En'Ied STATE.
I thought IL my duly. and asked their con-
euTFnes in an silcInPg ." let this purpose
be known 70 the country. ! conferred
with grnilemrn af distinction and emit
-neHre; proposed snme means oi eKeiilns
public attention 10 the question of an"ex-
alton helare il sh0Sih bcrnme > PlTEy
question; for ! had learned that when
matte. becomes 4 party matter, Il y 10
vain TO argue against il or argue upon q.
But Ilse aplimisIs. the quicIIsts then. who
said III things are we'll and let all things
alone. discouraged. disrnunlenanced, tr'
pressed. any such elInn. They said ilie
Snnh world take care Of iIsrli, The eoun-
try would take care Of itself; that u would
not sustain TyleT's prnject Of annexation:
when The Iime came the power ot the
North, which was felt in the House oil
Representatives, would he sufficient to
resist the measure. And could now re-
fer TO paragraphs and articles in the mast
respectable journals al The Norlh. in which
the attempt was made To produce an iin'
pression that lhsre was no danger that We
should have an addition Of new States;
tina, we need moi alarm ourselves about H.
Twas not in Congress when the restitution
proyiding for the annexation oil Texas, was
passed. | only know that up To very
, short period before the passage oil thai re-
!. solution. the general impresson was. IN the
r country where | belonged, that no such
!, resolution could pass. Bu, have found
sir. in the course Of Thirty yearsexPer'enee
that whatever measure the Executive
Government embraces and pushes, is quite
likely 10 succeed. There is giving wa!
spmew here. lf the Executive Govern
menl acts with uniformity, slea,sinrss
enrIre unity Of purpose, sooner or later
is guile apt pnDlgh, according ID ia,
/. construction Of history, TOO apt 90 eHec
= its purpose.
;. Just before the commencement ai iht
i present administration the resolutions lo
j. The annexation oI Texas passed Congress
d Texas complied with the p o'isi"ns u
;. these resolutions. and she was here. ~
IF HE case was here IN The 22d Of pecem
Il Der, 1915, for her final admission mo tho
Union as one of these States. took &C
!. cassion then to state that | hoped hat
n shown all proper regard fnr Texas; that
r, had been certainly opposed 10 annexation
|. that il should 90 over the whole maitr
\ again I should have nothing new tn add
- that l had acted all along under the unani
/. lnnus declaration Of all parties, and of thu
:. Legislature Of Massachusetts; that
y thought there must be some limit To III,
!. extent af our territories; and that ! wishes
10 that this country should exhibit To th'
Y world the example Of powerful repuh
!, lie without the greedipess and hunge
II of empire. And | added that while
10 held with as much failhtulness as any citi
~ zen Of the country To all the original ar
), engagements aud compromises Of the con
., s,iiution under which we live, | neve
n could, and | never should, bring mysel
!, to be in favor Of The admission OF an,
% States in the Union as slave-holtlinl
|. States. and might have added. any State
d at all. Now, as I have said. in all this
~ acted under the resn uii''ns nf The State "
# Massachusetts. certainly concurrent will
y, my own judgment. so often repeated
A, and reafiirmrd by the unanimous consen
,r of ali men of all parties; that | could no
"a we'll 60 through the series of pointing ou
N no, only the impoliry. but the unc"nstlnI
4, tionality of such annexation. A cas-
N presented is this: II State proposes It
:, come into the Union, and Ia come in as
n slave State, then there is an augmentation
5. Of the inequality in the representation
e the people which already rxisls-an in
N equality already existing. with which do
no, quarrel, and which | never will at
To tempt TO alter, but shall preserve as Ion.
70 as | have vote 10 give or any voice ii
m this Government, because i, is par. Of tn
is original compact. Let it stand.
lie But, then, there is smother consideration
Of vastly more general Importance ever
he than that; more general. because II affects
It. all the States. free and slaveholding: AM
in il is that, il States turned out Of TerrIlo
er ries thus ,hinly populated. come into M
an Union. they necessarily. inevitably oreas
nd up the relation existing between the wv
w branches Of the Government, and desire.