The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-28

been 20 long accustomed and were % de-
soled. II Is Dol loo much . say. lliai L
was seen By him 70 be impossible. uilh-
OF mir1ealoas inleIposilion. inconsis-
irnl with his designs Ior The government
81 free and moral agents. suddenly 10
change The habits and character Of that
people. lie eould not. therefore. do il
xisloui sacrificing ihe ends FOR which hal
government was established.
Nov. Mr.. President. il Is said fhaf
slavery is in itself an rrll. De II 30. Does
Il follow that IL Is 10 be rrsnoseds Are
NE sboni 10 sci up our rash judgments.
aud maintain that we cannot endure Zoe
an hour what Heaven itself endured I'M
der Ih.. Jewish ileocracy far hundreds Of
years. When twas said By our Saviour
10 him WIN had wilhered hand. "a Sreirl
forth Thy hana.' ami he stretched il forth
Whole, miraculous poser produced
health. strength. and restoration. But
what should we say Il q miserable empire,
seeing that same wiIhered hand. and pro-
nounelng that a wiihered hand was an
evil. and ought io be removed. had. by
violent msnipula'inns. forced il 10 ils for
mer lengihl The result would be seen
oi This insane folly. in The ruplured yes
sells. and in The agony Of The unhappy
sufferer.
Sir. hold myself 10 be as decided
irieni 10 the African rare as any man in
America. ami | undertake To lay dawn
two propositions with regard 10 them as
they exist in this country: The first is,
thai there are no three millions az Africans
upon the face Of the globe who are, either
physlralIy. morally, OF intellectually, in
as good condition as ihe three millions
Of slaves 10 the United States. The Sc
cond is. that there is ma man of sense in
America, who knows any thing about their
condition. anil the rondiiiun OF The coun-
iry. who believes thai their circumstances
would be better. or rather would not be
infinitely worse. were they now emanch
paled. Then. what are we 10 do! Here
10 The problem 10 be worked out. My
own judgment i, that The true policy Of
government and people, the true course
TO be pursued ay Christian men. acting
in accordance with what we have seen
developed in the Divine procedure in the
past history Of the world. is TO allow This
! institution, which God has permitted, for
some great amt good purpose To be trans
United Ia our shnres, to ,lltTuse itself where
climate aud soil invite tito behave with
humanity and confederation 10 those de-
pendent upon our power. and trust 10 that
wisdum whirh overrules all things 10 dis
cover To US or our poslerily how il is 10
be made productive Of higher il not Of the
highest goud In the mean Time unwise
lampering with il is, in my judgment. a
proof either Of presump,uons ignorance
or Of g,ea, disregard Of the well-being Of
!, the community.
Lei me here repeat what was said, and
so well said, by the honorable Senator
from Louisiana, (Mr. Saule.) that, when
we speak Of property in slaves. We do moi
speak in The same sense as we do when
we speak of pmperiy in horses and IN
cattle. We do mol mean property in The
absolute sense Of the term, as excluding
/ all consideration for the subject Of that
prnperly. exccp, as thing. Property,
in that sense. is not applicable To the ma
tire of the case. We acknowledge our
relative du,ies. We recognise the slave
as lcllow-beng. Inferior in social condi-
linn, but yet our fellow-creaiure.
I do not doubt at all that there Is an
+, Obligation ON every community where this
Institution exists, when the period shall
come in whirh these restraints can be he's
sened, more or less. with advantage 70
/, the parties who are under them, and wiil,'
out injury To- those who have The centred
--whcn It can be done So as 10 produce
real AMI true gool-lo make that relaxa-
!. tiou; Just as I believe IL ID be The duty
Of the Emperor Of Russia. so FAR and 81
soen as his people are sufficiently ad-
yanrcd 10 be capable al taking part IN 90.
vcrnHls themselves, 10 modify u surren.
der that supreme aud tlesPnlic authority
} which he now exercises over them; bo'
il is sufficient Cor ms Ia say that that time
J has mol vet come. and cannot yet be FIRE.
seen. Pine time has mt come when even
ini.ia,ory and prospective measures can
be locked ia. We must. therefore, leave
the present generation 10 struggle on with
the difficulties, whatever they may be,
that are incident to their position, trusting
for every thing depends. in This respect,
! up'n a CHER aud wiser foresight Than
ours trusting that ia the future, perhaps,
probably in the Gar distant future, good
may be worked out of this insliiution. more
Than commensurase with all It's present
evil.
INV, Mr. President. although have
these views-allm,gll | entertain them
sirongly-alihough feel deeply wha,
think is an unauihnrised disposition to
iamper, with or without improper designs,
with our domestic institution of slavery
j Iii ismy deliberate opinion ihalne meas
ures now accomplished. or INV threaten
ed. can furnish jusiiliahle. reasonable, or