The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-20

N ius Ior he SoBlh q Spsak e dislolsliaa
whsn ghe korlh claims ihsl he ohly
portion Of the acquisitions 70 he lerniory
&C The nation 10 whirh she could put forth
. claim shoald bs ffeei
WIN disuniun be any remedy Cor esils
OF whirh the South eonplsinsf The
exclusion Of slavery from he Territories.
The abolition Of slavery in shis District.
and the refusal 10 surrender fugitive slaves.
are the grounds ppon which The dissolH-
tim OF the Union 10 10 depend. If The
Union be Dissolved. ran slavery be rzried
into ne Territories, a cannot. hsbolish-
led m lhis District. wiii The dissolution or
Inc Union reslarr slavery 10 the District!
II viii not. Would there be any better
chsnce Of recspmrng your fugitive slases
after dissolution oflhe Unionl cerlsinly
not.
/ kfisr dissalmion. an rrdress Is al an
end. Will The South he more srcure in
their slaves within their own Slzief after
dissolution than they are nowy Then the
slaves will find that their escape viii be
far easier.
| He denied the right Of any one or more
States 10 secede. fhe Union was 10 be
forever and for all poslenly. Dissolution
of the Union and war were indispensable.
To dissolve the Uninn. there must be a
consent given or actual war. Thst con
cent would mol be given, and war was ihr
only mode left. Even II the consent
could be Obtained. in less than sixty days
there must be war between the empera.
cirs. Slaves will Grape from kemurky
across the river mo free States. they
win be pursued. ,ha pursuers will be 70
pulsed. and then comes war: and in less
Than sixty days the whole country viii be
in the blaze Of war.
In case Of dissolution Of The Union
there must be three emperscies-lhe north
erf free States. the southern Atlantic
States. and the confedersry Of the Great
Mississippi valley. Those who reside al
the head. waters and tributaries Of that riv.
er will never consent ihm the mouth ol
that river shall ever be he'll By foreign
. power.
There win lie o,hcr divisions; but the
dark veil which overhangs The fuinre il
too thick 10 be penetrated BY morialryes
tie was for staying in the Union. liz
wouM not allow himself 10 he driven on
of il. lie was for remaining where hs
, was, and for fighting Cor his rights there
lin the Union he now was, and there hi
. tmeang To die. There was better oppor
lnniiy nf mainlsining his rights in III,
Union. than there was of getting them on
Of the Union.
, The union Of these States was for al
h posieriiy. II was like the marriage rela
4 iion, there Was no power TO dissolve III,
i lie. And he would conjure the northern
: lSlates and tlle southern States 10 say 4
o each other A. husband and wife: We hot'
!. have faults; there is nothing human wrsh
: out errors; LET US, for The Future, forge
= each others faults, and 1.-Two peaceful.
o and happily together.
!. Disunion would he succeeded hy wa
!. Iunexsmpled in The history Of the world
q Not war Of two or three years. hu, Al
!. endless contest. unless both parties woui'
a become 80 exhausted that some Philip o.
a Alexander, some Cpssr Of Napoleon
ri would arise and solve The problem OF man
capacity FOR self-governmeni. and esiabl's
!, a despoiism, and forever blot out This las
! glorious light in the history OF man.
: L,ook al all hislory--consull her pages
ancien, os moiern--loos at human nature
j, look at The characterof the contest in whic
4 you would he engaged in the supposii'o
. Of war following upon the dissolution {
Irl the Union. such as have suggested; an
! ask you il i, is possible for you TO dout
!. that the 6nal disposition Of the Who'll
q would he some de-pot lrea,ling down III
,rI liberties of the peaple-,he hnal rcs'I
. would be the extinction Of this last an
!. glorious light which is leading all man
kind. who are g,zing uPon tin the hop
4 and anxious expectation that the liheri
!, which prevails here will sooner or late
n be difiused throughout, the while Of ilI
!, civilized world. Sir, can YOU lightly con-
/. template tlese consequences! Can 20
. yield yourself 10 the tyranny OF passion
amidst dangers which have depicted j
i colors far toe tame. of what the resn
. would be If llrat tlireful event To which
!. have referred should ever occur. Sir,
q implore gentlemen, adjurs them. wl,ethe
!. from the South or The North, by all tia
i they hold dear IN this worldly all ihei
: lore Of libery--by all their veneration 70
. their ancestors Thy all their regard fn
gosierity-by all their gratitude 10 liir
: who has bestowed ON them such unmim
; bered and countless biessings-h2 all III
duties which they owe tn mankind--as
by all the duties which they owe TO them
, selves. to pause. solemnfy to pause at III
, edge Of the precipice, before thesieari,
/ and dangerous leap is taken into The yawn
; ing abyss below. from which none VII,
ever take il shall return in safety.
Finally Mr. presitIsnf and in roncl,