The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-14

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} instance the poser In rsry slate. ini
the Territories is fusranlied 10 you ,,
THE rons,iiutson, 20 is an inridsui nfrr'
ssry 70 The carrying oni nf sny oil.e
lpowef ihst 10 delegaisd in ihr eonsiIiu
itinr. I have heeu nnsbie % perrsisr u
Amidsi all The siris.iIudrs Of public .,ft
and smidst oil The rhanses and inrns Q
parry. | never have in my life drsisf,,
from thess rrrsf. fundamental. and ! ihinI
indispuiahIy rue principles of interpreting
the rnnsIilulin Of the unitrd States
Take ihrrs principles TO he frue. arr
where Is The power-rzn any body pom
II ant On mei-whieh gives yru r,shI
ioeary yourslaves To- California Where
is The delesslrd power. or The power %
which % attaches - necessary impli-
rsi,anf Its nowhere 10 be found. YOU
must resort 10 some such general prinri.
pie - ihe Fedrr.Ii.ls 70 did in the arly his
tory of This country. when they contend
ed Cor the doctrine e the .erneral vel.
fare" Bot you cannot put your finger
On the part Of The constitution wiirh ron.
vtys We right or The power 10 rsrry slaves
from one Of the States Of the Uninn "a
any Territory of tie United States.
Mr.. President. you will remark that ]
am expressing an opininn upon The power.
The constitutional right. du moi 20 into
the question of how the powers ol Govern
men, TO be exercised or applied IN the
course of administrators. That is dis
linct question. ! am arguing he qncs.
tIon OF constitutional power. Nor. cir.
ran admit for a moment that there is
any separate ar several rights upon the
part of The States. or individual members
81 State. OF any partition Of the people
Of ihr Uniled states. 10 carry slaves into
.hr Territories. under The idea that these
terriiorirs are held in rommon between
the several States. u iss joint property,
held by common trusire far the general
j good. and 10 be administered by The Genr.
raj Government. according ioils deIberass
j judgment of whai will hest promote ihs
common happiness and prosperity. ant
d. justice 10 all. @
Z IL, therefore, am right in these opin
ions which ! have expressed, to run ,
line at IS deg. so min. through Califor
MIA. without declaring what the effec
of that line shall be, either south o.
north oft, would. Irepeat, be running
. line in the sand-a line without mo
tive, without purpose, without accom-
plishing any end whatever. Therefor,
l must say that those Senator'S upon the
other side, who have contended for an
express recognition of the right to car.
ry slaves south Of that line, have con.
tended for something much more per.
feet and efficient than to run a naked
line without any such declaration. But
then, there are two considerationswhicl
oppose insuperable objections to any
such recognition or declaration to car.
ry slaves south Of that line. The frs,
is, that you cannot do il without an as.
sumption Of power upon the part Of
Congress to act upon the institution ol
slavery and if they have the power in
one way. they have the power to act
upon il in the other way and the pow
er to act upon it either way is what vol
have denied, and opposed, and endea
yered to prevent being accomplished
for the last two or three years. Ii would
be an assumption, usurpation accord
ing to the Southern doctrine, for Con.
gress to exercise any power either t.
interdict or establish slavery upon eth,
er side Of given line. The other OBJ
lection to accomplishing this end is
that il is impractical and unattainable
A majority neither Of this House nor o
the other House-not one third proba
bly, of this House, and perhaps still ,
smaller portion Of the other House
:. could be got to affirm any right Of trans
porting slaves south Of s6 deg. so min
J It is then wrong in principle, and i'm
practicable and inexpedient. Why
then, contend, let me ask, for lin,
which, if attainable at all, is attainabl,
without value, without necessity, with
out advantage to the Southf Or VIII
. attempt that which is utterly unattain
. able--a line which shall secure any ex
press provision for the power or righ
. on the part of the slavehslder to carr
his slaves south of its
Having endeavored to show that tn
measure which we have under conside
! ration is better for the South than tn
Missouri line, let me compare the mea
sure in few brief words with the eth
er one which has been under conside
ration by US heretofore. The othe
measure proposes to admit Californi
forthwith, and New Mexico as soon q
she presents constitution. and Uta
to follow on some time after New Mey
leo is admitted-all to be permitted |
decide the question for themselve.
+ without any Intervention of the powe
: or authority Of Congress.
Well. what advantage is that to til
+ South? You kaow-for believe il ha
3 been already done by the constitution {