The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-15

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Ire rily mf Washington, Fisher Richie
preceding. whi-h HePalred "a pTocession b.
he Hesiieane a. Mr.. serEslay Rnrhsnnn.
g. nhe purpose Il giEing him 81 op-
poIsaniiy - make = speerh whirh night
lssFmaniEe lle dlssrsrsed slemsnls q he
rsFty in he krEsaone Slair. ItHaF IN
tersln0d thAi me disisians or he Drma-
sFzlls Pauy an The slavery question in the
Trriinrrs. maissially arrHasrd towards
iheir fefr4t. Mr.. nnrhanan delivered :
AsaliRg speeeh. whieh was parsdrd IN The
. Ininn." ihe RsleiEh :. Sazndsnl." &r..
asa ine sdort t.. penn-ylssnia's iarorile
sea-
We rxirset The following passages frnm
M. Rnrhsnsn's sprrth. which erseFfe
rnasiA-raIiaa a. smhodyiag the opininns
af the eaalrsssdly great minds of the
rnaniry: Grrsnst0-esgL Pefrisf.
- haze said that this qae.iirn is m rs
nslare Transient. In California Il must he
finally drr'trti within b,ief period nv The
sushnrily frnm whic.. under our ranslilu-
Iian. there ean he m appeal. AT will al.
mis thai The people &C that Territory.
when assembled IN conyrnilnn In larm a
Sale constitution. possess The snle, the ex.
cinsixr power N determine wheIh er slave.
~ shaiur shall not exi,l within lis limits:
sud tie tile 81 population nav lla~ing
into il irlly jnsliiies the belief that tallsnr.
MA will b. admitted as State INTO the
uni"n during ihe neii Congress.
Bur what vii he The condition 81
California during the bril- inlervrning ne.
ri"dl WI,rn we arqnired IL from Mexi-
ca. IL was free territory baih in law and
IL fact; and free IL must remain unless its
present condition shall be changed by the
positive enactment. 81 = competent legisla-
i've authority.
Surh beng the clear law II the Ease.
what il the state af the laris Tin,r and
m"re carrsri Information frum { alilornia
have fully demonstrated. that Ibis is nh
l0ngera practical qu, sIion. SiGrsrg nse.r
'riN ,ri.i ia toiifraia. Bnh The will of
is people AMI the laws Of nature have de-
creed the exclusion Of slavery from the
territory. The people already there are
nearly unanimous upon the subject: and
the emieEants wha are ernwtling inlo this
fine and fertile territory are chiefly from
the middle and northern States. Besides.
he soil, the climate. the productions nf
California are all oppressed 10 slavery.
Nature is thus opposed to il. and the ar,
Of man cannot carry il there. The pow
err Of Congress cannot legislale il inln Than
territory. They may a,iupt the Wllmol
Proriso, the Missouri compromise, the
Senare's compromi.e, or resolve 10 do
morning. aud the practical result will be
The same.
"Besidcs. Dies any man doubt. from
The character and known opinions Of the
people. that y hen they rome Ia frame
their constitution. they will forever pro-
hihil slavery in the new Slale! This
question j.. therefore. transient in its ma
lure. and no, of the least practical impor.
lance II will settle itself within brief
period both in California and New Mexi.
70; and this is most proPilious for the |
peace and .perpetuiry Of The Uni"n-or
our blessed union-which we should
never name without heartfelt, gratitude tn
Almighty God, aud whirh can never be
endangered by any other question than
that Of slavery. This will. fortunately,
be final settlement; because we possess
no mhre territory Ia whom the question
can he at all applicable. As practical
question. all the excitement which has
been raised upon the subjec, has been
worse than useless"