The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-09-25

The whole slaseho'ding inlrress II This
eounHy-sueh ) proposition. be says.
strikes him almasi an an absnr1iiy. And
whyi Because there are bni six hundred
slaves 10 he emanripaied here. living upon
what he rails .poekei hsndkefchief'
Of land. Why. sir. how we have degsne-
rsled Did The ancestors Of The honara-
bid Senator. in tines dear 10 the reeollec-
lion oi every American hear. think Of the
quantity az iea brought into he harbsr Of
Bosloni Did they stop 10 estimate the
pecunizry value andimparianre Of The duty
which was songhi 10 be enfnrredf Did
they say 90 themselves -ii is bu a little
thing. a small cargo. Few hundred. or a
few thousand pounds. or chests. and il
q moi worth dispnling about bot if in
deed. there had been sent 10 o. nv The
authority 10 Great Britain. half a d,zen
vast ships. loaded with immense csrgoes
Of tea. enough IN last us and our paslerily
for years to come. we would resist. but
Tor s. handkerchief full Of tea we will
not plunge ourselves into a conflict with
The mother county"
SIR. such notions were not then enter
tanned. | believe ih.i such nolinns are
mol now entertained in the constituency
which the honorable Senator represents.
u 10 moi the American notion. that when
question arises threatening The liberties
and rights Of The community. We are 10
determine the loree and value OF The threat.
and The occasion Tor alarm. BY The inqui.
ny whether the first blow falls upon a
large or a small surface. No. sir; no I.
The very fact 10 add. II any thing could
he calculated 10 add. alarm To sur h a meas.
ure, would be that il was brought forward
Tor tie purpose Of emsncipaiing cir hum
dred slaves. II there was what our North
ern friends would consider large smousi
Of good 10 be accomplished by setting free
many Of our fellow creatures, lingering.
as they would say. in the chains of BON
dage. lhrIe might be something in The
thing itself 10 call for. and apparently sus-
tain the measure. But, where there are
but six hundred slaves, where there is no
reason to believe there is any peculiar
cruelty or hardship is their condition
which marks them oui as signsf objects
If suffering among their fellow slaves.
We may well suppose thai such measure.
If adopted. lras nlIrriur Objects ! we may
well fear that il is The first blow struck
upon the institutions of the South.
'fhal is the ground upon which my
friend from Mississippi stated. thai is the
ground upon which We all state, that the
adoption of such measure as is now
proposed by the Senator from New York,
whether il would lead 10 a dissolution of
The Union or not. mus, be looked upon
with alarm. wrh dread. ltmusi casl sus-
picion upon the movements and purposes
ofour Northern friends; and permit me To
tell the Senator from Massachusetts, that.
small as he may think this exercise OF
power, the very moment il is exercised u
FEELING of deep anxiety. FEELING Of pro-
found suspicion. feeling Of hostility anu
alienation must be produced in the minds
of the people of The South.
Mr.. President. when the honorable Sc
naior takes pains 10 produce evidence thal
Congress has the constitutional pcwer to
pass this law. permit me very respectful
~ TO say that he wastes his energies up.
on question not material TO the inquiry
before the Senate. Does moi the honora.
bic Senator know that the unjust exercise
Of unquesiioned constitutional power fur
r1ishes sufficient ami adequate, and may
furnish the highest ground for complain.
alarm, and even for resistance If our
constitution, instead Of framing delbera.
live and representative republic, had sim
ply constituted all the powers of Govern
menl in the hands of single ruler, so
that no power used by him could be said
TO he an usurped one, would il folL,w that
there ronhl be no abuse Of this power that
would produce ALARM, provoke resent
mcni. and even justly be met by rcsis-
lance I! ] do not root the question Of
constitutional power. Permit me TO say
that that question is in ms view compare.
lively matter Of M import in The ineri.
~ We are now making.
Again. sir. the honorable Senator refers
10 events in our past history where the
exercise of that power over this District
was not thought 10 he The subject Of alarm.
Permit me 10 say again that he eonlnunsls
two very different things. The exercise
Of power under certain circumstances may
be Praiseworihy, nr may be innocent, or
may be liable 10 b,H small objection
while the exercise of thai same power
under other circumstances may be Of a
character scr objectionable. though il be
The very same identical power exercised
upon The same subject, as 10 furnish lust
ground Of alarm, and agitation. resent.
menl, and even Of preparations for resis.
lance.
Sir. the period to which the gentleman
,elers was one when thai lanalicism which
now inlecis the Northern country, and
more or less the Western country, was
unknown amongus. The period to which
tho mn