The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-07-25

and lhenrlOre he launched toElh Aadly upon
Them in his own slender bark and be did
need lahor 8ilh ms iangs. his hands and
his whole body. IS Il sofely struggling 20
bury himself sInishl he wares y error
and llle blasts Of foily inlO uhirh he had
dusen. Finally. he seemed 70 think thai
lie lisdslraggledlhrough. md Holid doabi-
less have bern cSnsdied with thai sweet
dslasion. bul i.iai Mr. Nash, Nth calm
eafnesinsss. ; PatIiOiie leTyor. : clear
logic. and winning el"Guenee. raised
such storm abont his saS, = 10 wreck
his hopes on that ocessiOa, and Ike The
oresa swell. 10 give earnest Il The :. com
ihg Storm" which awaits him throughout
The district On ne Isl Thursday Of August
iexi.
Sir. Nash's Effort was strong AMI ina
pressiEe. lie Was thoroughly with the
South on The subject 81 slavery, aud d
elected. would use his hes. efforts 10 quart
her honor and psoisci Der rights but he
considered The MID Eanslicsl sPiril Of his
competitor, and the sectional. uno0nslllu-
lional and unchTislian course alsoca;ed hy
HIM. IS infinitely more blighiing IN is
:erilensy upon Tie Snulh Than aughl thai
had ever entered lie brains Of sbolilionisis
OF free soilers. lie proposed % close our
porls Il 0nre agaias. our Northern breIii-
ren. in tie face Of tie Constitution Of The
Gnl,ch States, which expressly gives q
Congress the power so regulate COM
meree with foreign nations. and among
he sererd states" &c. lie wishes 70
close our Courts against i.ieir claims. FOR
the collection &c honest debts or other
wise. notwithstanding Tie Constitution EN-
phaiically declares. llial i" No Stale shall
pass - any law ir4pairing Tie obliga-
Iic IN Of contracts !" Mhrre. asked Mr..
Nash. Is Tie honorable genllemar's ron.
scicare-where lie solemn oath which
as member 81 Congress lie had taken 10
support The Constellation of The United
States. AL. all thrown aside as mere
mnckery. under The sanctions Of that false
morality which he has detailed 10 Us to-
day. tie acknowledges thai these steps
would be unconstitutional, but jusliies and
enIorces them, because others have done
wrongfully! They have cheated us out
Of our negroes. aud therefore We may steal
their sheep! They are free soileIs, and
therefore We will be rcpudiatols--Iaey arc
aboliiionisis, and therefore We may be
rugues and robbers
Aud why. asked he, should We. an en-
lishlened, happy and c!lrislian people, re
surl 10 these dishonest harbariiics , wk,
are we called upon 10 dissolve this glorious
riaion! Ii order, said he, ibsi John Z
! Calhoun may Be made President Of a south
lllern conIederacy, and have an opporlu
riiy 10 deal oui . few, posts Of honor, I,
some Of his peculiar friends and elnissa
lies.
Mr.. Nash then gave a sketch Of the
character and political course Of John q
Calhoun. on this suhjec, Of slavery. III,
showed his tcrgiyersaiions. and his pre-
sent Gllraism upon i, but proved that MIR
penable lad distsnced Mr.. Calhoun al,
every other man OF character and respec
liability in his proposed quixolic resisianc,
and his revolutionary and dishonest retail
ialion. Mr.. Nash was prepared to stan,
or fall with The South, but he hoped ant
believed, that we were not so disatlecle,
towards this happy union, as under ih'
lead Of demagogues and fanatics, 10 seel
It's dissolution. through an open breach 0
honesty, Of common morality, and OF lila
Constitution whirh we are all bound I,
support. And can il come 10 pass, iha
the sth Congressional District Of Mort
Carolina. will be the first and perhaps ,h
only one. in this whole Union, 10 proclaim
under The lead Of Virginia abslractionis
and fanatic, the widest, yllcs,, most lrca
sonlbe and designating doctrines. Tia
have ever found ronl III our land Forbl
it-ye irccmen Of tile dislrict-furbid
whigs-!orbd il democrats.