The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-13

Ahihtt iii-l Tue roAt ~ 60 "a Eisl1iilEs fnElPah
81 being Ia euRETfss. Is IA lie inliabi sn,s
Of lie TeTHlories How can sou ins,ify
and sanction b your EOies Ihe seis IL ,l,s
Executive. Hllirh srs in direct deroeal;on
al What you then eoniended for, Ilu..
20 sppsOach slill nearer 10 The plesrntiime
h0w ean you. alter cendemning, Ind.
m.-rr Than year since. The grounds TAI.
en- BY The pany which YOU drffsied Y,
tbs last election. wheel r,und and supron
by your votes The grounds uhirh. as OF.
planned irrrnlly On this fionr By The can.
d'daie Of the psny in The lssi election. sre
identical with lhose ON Which the Exc.
rnlire has acted in reference 10 California
What are we 10 understand By an Ibis,
Must We conclude that there is no SINGER.
ily. no faith IN the scls and declarations Of
public men. and that all is mcre acting a.
hollow profrssionl Or are We 10 con.
elude that The exclusion of The S0nih from
The territory acquired from Mcxieo Is an
object Of so paramount character IN your
estimation Iliai right. jusiire. ronsliIulinn.
and consistency must all yield when ihey
stand in The way OF our exclusion!
But. il may be asked. what is 10 be done
with California should she mol be admit.
ted! answer, remand her back 10 he
territorial condition, as was done in The
case Of Tennessee. in The early stage ar
the Government. Congress. 10 her case,
had established a Territorial Government
in the usual form, with governor. Judges,
and other officers appointed by the United
States. She was entitled under the deed
OF cession 10 be admitted into The Union
as a stale as Soon as she had sixty thousand
Inhabitants. The Territorial Government.
believing ilhad that number, took a census.
BY which il appeared il exceeded il. She
then formed constitution. and applied for
admission. Congress refused % admit
her, on lhs ground that the census should
be taken BY the United States, and
that Congress had no; determined whether
the Tertiary should be formed into one
or two States, as il was authorized 10 do
under The cession. She returned quietly
10 her territorial condition. An acl was
passed 10 take census by the United
States, containing provision Thar the
Territory should form one Stale. All ar
forwards was regularly condur,ed, and the
Territory admitted as State in due form.
The irregularities in the case Of California
are UNNECESSARILY greater. and offer much
stronger reasons for. pursuing The same
course. But. i, may be said, California
may not submit. That is moi probable;
but IL she should moi. when she refuses il
will then be time for us TO decide whs,
is TO be done.
Having now shown what cannot save
the Uninu. | return 10 The question with
which ! commenced, How can the Union
be saved! There is but one way by
which il can with any certainty and lIia,
is, by foil and final settlement, on The
principle Of justice, OF all the questions
at issue between The two sections The
South asks FOR justice, simple justice. aud
less she ought not TO take. She has no
compromise TO offer but the constitution.
and no concession OF surrender 10 make.
She has already surrendered 90 much
that she has lillle left TO surrender. Such
settlement would 60 TO Tie rout Of The
evil, and remove all cause Of dscon,cni.
by satisfying The South she could remain
honorably and safely in the Union, and
thereby restore The harmony and frs,ernaI
feelings between The sections which exist
cd anterior 10 The Missouri agitation.
Nothing else can, with any certainty.
finally and forever settle the questions AZ
issue, terminate agitation, and save The
Union.
But can this be done. Yes, easily; not
by The weaker party, for il can OF itself
do noilEng-nol even project ilself-bu,
by The stronger. The North has only
TO will il to accomplish ito do Justice
BY conceding 10 the South an equal right
~ The acquired territory, and 10 do her
duty BY causing The slipula,ions relative
to fugitive slaves 10 be faithfully fulfilled
TO cease the agitation OF the slave ques.
tlon, and to provide for The insertion OF :
provision in The constitution, by an amend.
ment, which will restore To the South m
substance Tie power size possessed az pro-
tccilag herself. before the equilibrium be-
tween the sections was DESTROYED BY The
action Of this Government. There viii
be no difficulty in tevising such proyi-
slon-one thai will pioiect,I.c souih, and
which at the Same lime will Improve and
strengthen the government, instead of i'm.
pairing aud weakening ii.
Bul will the North sgree to do this,
II is Tor herio answer this question. But,
! VIII say. she cannot refuse, if she has
hall The love Of The Union which she pro.
leases 10 have. OF without Justly exposing
herselfto the charge tina, her love of mower
and aggrandizemcnl is far greater ,ban
her love Of the. Union. Al all events. tho
responsibility Of saving the Union rests
on The North, and mol the South. The
South cannot save il By any aci Of hers,