The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-27

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SOC zszignsl ~ ne h0noIahie Seusiof.
There asfs' e6iisrsed loEsihsr ft1aF tribes
Creeks. IN Chociaws. he
Chirknssws. and The Chsrokees. ahoas
lhiny thousand warrisss-wh0 held con-
nerlon. slmoss she whole Of lien. with
he spanish sulhoriiies in Florida. and
carried on lIade psrpslually silh them-
Il was vel known thai most pernieloas
influence w>s thns exercised aver then;
and il wss he desire af preventing eoa-
iic, between the indisns AID ourselves in
Inc soush. =. I'hrliere. whirh induced The
acquisition Of Florida. ! come nov 10
Louisiana. We well know il,ai The in
nedisle eause Of The acquisition Of i.nui-l-
ana was The suspension Of anr right ol de-
dosi,e al New Orleans. UnAer a treaty
with Sn.in NE bad right 10 The navigation
&C the riser IS fsr as New Orleans. and .
right 10 make deposiies in the porn Of New
Orrans. The Spanish anlhnrii-s inlrf-
rurled that right. and thai interruption
produced great sgiiaiion al The West.
and | may say throughout The Whole
United States. The gentlemen then in
Opposition. highly respectable Parly--she
old Federal parry. which | have never
said word of disre.peei 10 regard ts-if
mistake not. took The lead in desire 10
resort 10 arms 10 arqnire that ierrilofy.
Mr.. Jefferson. more prudent. desired 10
procure il by purchase. A purchase was
made. in order TO remove the difficulty
AMI 10 give an outlet 10 The West TO the
OCEAN. That was The immediate cause Of
the srqnisilian Of Louisiana. Now. sir.
we come 70 Texas. Perhaps no gentleman
hal more to do with the acquisition Of
Texas than myself; anil aver. Mr. Pre-
sideni. that ould have been among The
very last individuals in the United States
20 have made any movement NJ that tine
for The acquisition of Texas; and go
further. if I know myself. was incapable
Of acquiring any territory simply ON the
ground that il was 10 be an enlargement
OF slave territory. Iwould just As freely
have acquired il if il had been on ihr
Northern as on The Southern side. No. Sir,
very different motives arinated me. knew
NJ very early period-I will moi 90 into
The history Of 1.-THE British Gosernmeni
had given announcement 10 The abolition.
isis of the United States, who were re.
presented al The Worlds Convention. fht
queciion OF The abolition Of slavery was
agiiaied in that Convention. One gentle
man stated thai Mr.. Adams Informed him
that IL the British Government wished TO
abolish slavery in tte United States they
must begin with Texas. A commission
was sent from this Worlds Convention 10
The British Secretary 81 State. Lord Ahcr-
deem; and il 50 happened that gentleman
was present when The interview took plare
between Lord Aberdeen and The commit.
tee, who gave me full account Of il short
ly after il occurred. Lord Aberdeen Cell
into the project. and gave full encourage
meni 10 The ahoIiiionisis. Well. sir, il is
well know that Lord Aberdeen was very
direct, and. in my opinion, very honest
and worthy man; and when Mr.. Paken.
ham was sent here TO negotiate with re-
gard 10 Oregon. and incidentally with re-
speci To Texas. he was ordered 10 read a
declaration TO this Government. stating
that the British Government was anxious
10 put an end to slavery I'll over The world.
commencing a, Texas. tits well known.
further, at that very lime negotiation
was going on between France and Eng
land 10 accomplish that object, and our
Government was thrown by siratagcm oui
Of the negotiation; and that object was,
first, TO induce Mexico 10 acknowledge
The independence Of Texas upon the
ground that she would abolish il. All
these arc matters Of history; and where is
the man so blind am sure The Senator
from Massachusetts is not so biind--as mi
Ia see if the project Of Great Britain had
been successful, the whole frontier Of The
States Of Louisiana and Arkansas and The
adjacent STATES would have been exposed
10 the inroads Of British emissaries. SIR
50 far as was concerned. PM i, excl,l.
sivery upon that ground. never would
run into lhr folly Of eannexanon, which
! always held TO be absurd. Nor, sir,
wonld put il upon the grnund--whirh
might well have put it-of commarcla
and manufacturing consideration: because
those were not nv motive principles. and
! chose to assign what were. SD Ear a.
commerccand manufactures were concern
ed. | would not have moved in tic matter
at that early perind.
The Senator OBJECTS that many North
ern gentlemen voted remuneration. Whv
sir. IL was natural that they should he de.
sirous offulfiing the obligations of the con
iitntinn; and. besides. villa, man at ,ha
time doubted that The Missouri cpnpro
mise line would be adopted. and lhq, I'll.
territory would fall entirely 10 The South
All that Northern men asked for at tha
time was the extension oflhat line. rhe
course, in my opinion, was emnenly
correct and patriotic.
Now. Mr.. President. having made lhes,
corrections, must % hack 4 l,t,le further