The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-09-04

er1 I sm pvoducmg testimony. u y
sarssdingly Felefaus. lnalead r. entril'
s0fiug . cal il question o. ueakrn lie
testimony bFuaghI forward sgsinsi bin. hf
eosnes forward v0lsniaHiy faE de purpose
of bolslrnng up leFsssaony which e strong
enough 10 sceomplish n purpose siiho1s
he aid. ieeftsialy DO BOT dash an ths
lesss hal Colonel Gregg Is IN rsniseni
man. IN accomplished gentleman. and pos
fessed Of al The high qualities Of bed
and hesn shirh his Liends may siifIbuic
70 him. ooly say ih~i his views. seied
oul. however ronscieniiously entertained.
would. 10 my Judgment. amount 10 ues-
son. II is not my inlenlion IN use lam
gusge of persoaal dccrisI or insult. BY
no means. NV respect pr the honorable
sensiar from seuih Carolina. il no other
motives. would preclude me from The use
Of language which would convey a per-
soaal sfironl. am speaking Of personal
acts. though. and must be allowed 70 speak
with becoming Iresdem. A. lssy further.
Ina, such high testimony rs is furnished by
Col. Grrsg appcsrsio be 10 well en-
titled 10 regard, when we ars inquiring
into The actual condition OF public senli-
msnl in the Stale OF South Carolina. Can
lhe honorable gentleman from Virginia de-
fend ihe language which the gentleman
uses. Would any man Ia .he Old DO.
minion use or Justify such reasonable
language But Colonel Gsegg then veal
on TO say
We had no need 10 fear a war spring
ing oui Of The formation of nav Govern.
meni; thai we had The right 10 secedc; and
| IL il were necessary and advisable. u did
noi become men 10 be deferred from ex'
ereising il. ~
Col. Gregg goes on 10 say:
/. Besides. IL war should come. IL mus
terminate fayorably 10 the South. II mus
do 50. berause We were more walikt
people than our opponents. and would
have that derided advantage attendant
upon superior spirit and vslos. Cd More
orer. we were an agricultural people,
while our opponents we're engaged in
manufactures aud commerce; and lise Cor.
mer always hare the advantage over The
latter in proiraried struggle. This he H.
lusirsledby reference to The CarIhageniar
war. Very classical. Besides This, we
have the mouth OF tho Mississippi river
CThey have got ibs mouth Of The Mis-
sissppi in South Carolina! II.aughicr-
] did M, suppose tina, two hundred mer
in South Carolina had ever seem Che
mouth Of that noble river al all. aIses
To repeat. he says: AS ~
. Besides This. we have the mouth 81
The Mississippi river, 81 and by ,hi'
means can blockade the whule north vest
em States %, s 81
Yes. gentlemen of The Northwest. you
are in imminent danger Of an armed
blockade, TO be sci on foot by SoniI
Carolina major or colonel, do not know
exactly which, aud you ought a, once "a
perpare yourselves for the process Of hav.
ing your means Of egress Theoretically
obsirucied by the cl,iyslry Of South Caro-.
lima /! { Great Laughter.
This is really. Mr.. President, about Tho
most laughablc speerh ! ever read; and il,
powers Of awakening ludicrons emotion j,
greatly enhanced by The fact tina. the ora
tsr is one Of The remaining great men O
South Carolina. rt.o ~,
Well. sir. though I have always vote,
for the line Of 360 80 when I have LA,
an opportunity, ! confess that | never ye
in my life thought for single instant o
making il an uifimafiun; nor eau easiI,
perceive how any person, being possesses
Of the ordinary quanlum Of reasoning pow
er, would think Of such thing as a prsc
,iral proposition. The truth is, il is chief,
insisted on will view 10 tisunion. an,
that the whole country with shortly -un
derstand, and when the disunion plot
which have known 10 be ON foot for Sc
yeral months past, shall be once plainl,
laid open 10 the people Of the South, boil
plot and plo.lers will be consigned 4
undying iniamy, Or ] have read lnc page
Of republican history in vain, and the en-
Iighiened freemen Of America will prov,
themselves wholly incapable Of that sell
governmentnpon which they have hereto
fore so much prided themselves. Ma,
God, in his mercy. save our believe,
county from the ruin and degradation i
which ambitious and'unprincipled dems
gogues hare siriven TO involve US !a79ai'
Ar. Butler. The senator from Missis
suppl has endorsed the doctrines containe
in the Jackson proclamation. 'an 81 eel
Mr.. Foote. Not the whole. -iles (.
Me-. Bu.ler. He saws he approves ther
with very slight Qualifications do no
know when he changed his opinions
He says he has belonged TO both parties
Tie may at that time have been fedora
list. 8f 3t8 s.g
Mr.. Foote. Will the honorable senato
bear with me! do not know what hi
objectis. Does he mean to insult me!
Mr.. Butler. No. oh, no!
/ Mr.. Foote. never belonged to but on