The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-13

consent 20 be shus degrsdsd and enslased.
insirad of the plsy. they would meet The
scon and roniempl oflhe universe. The
msn Of his generation. who would be
responsible. ought 10 be whipped through
Iheir fields By fheir own negroes. !
thank God that there is no one IN my
district lhsi ] think so meanly Of. - 70
believe that lie would not readily come
into whatever movement might be neces-
sary Tor The proIeciion Of our rights and
liberty. J tell northern gentlemen. who
are in hopes that The Soulh viii be d.
vided. that we shall mol have half as ma
NJ traitors 10 hang as we did Tories in
the Revelation.
II gentlemen mean that the Union. up
on the principle of ihe Constitution. Is
desirable. ! will not coniTovert that opin-
ion. But The Union never could have been
formed without The written constitution.
So h you now. by your action. practically
destroy the constitution, those injured. il
able 10 resist. will not submit. That in
strnmeni was ordained. in lis own lam
guage. 10 establish Justice. insure do
nestle tranquility, and secure the bless
ings Of liberty" 10 all parties ioii--naIne-
" the freemen oflhe Union. II, therefore,
under lis firm. gross injustice is done, in
suneciions excited. and the citizens OF
part of the States politically enslased.
then the Union ought not 10 stand. as an
instrument Of wrong and oppression.
There is throughout the South strong
attachment 10 The Union Of The States.
This sentiment rests moi so much upon
any calculations Of interest as on historic
associations AMI the recolleeiions Of COM
mon central struggles and lriumphs. Our
people take pride in The name Of the
United States. and in being members OF
the great republic that furnishes cheer
ing example TO the friends Of liberty
throughout the world. But The events Of
the past few years are rapidly weakening
this feeling. Seeing that there appeared
TO be settled purpose in the North TO
put them TO the wall, many OF our people,
regarding q di-soiution OF the Union as
the inevitable result Of this aggression.
have looked forward TO The consequences
OF such state OF things.
What would be our condition IL separa-
ted from the Norlhl II is difficult 10 de.
,lcrmine the precise amount Of the exports
of the slave-holding States, because il is
moi practicable 10 arrive at the exact value
Of that portion which Is sold to the free
States. But the amount Of our leading
staples being pretty well known--l mean
cotton. rice. tobacco, sugar, &c.-we can
arrive al The whole value Of our exports
pretty nearly. They cannot fall shorl Of
one hundred and thirty millions Of dollars.
and this year, perhaps. considerably ex-
coed that sum. This is nearly as much
as the whole Of The exports Of the United
States to foreign countries. II must be re-
membereJ. however, that though The free
States furnish part ofour exports. yet that
which they do affords scarcely so much as
the portion of ourown products which goes
TO them for consumption. II, therefore. we
were separated. our whole exports to the
North and TO foreign countries generally,
would be equal 10 that sum. OF course
we will import as much, and in fact do at
this time consume as much. A duty OF
thirty per cent. on these imports land
most Of the rales Of the present tariff law
are higher) would yield revenue ofrearly
forty millions Of dollars. As the prices Of
all manufactured articles are regulated by
the production Of the great work shops Of
Europe, where The accumulation oil capital
and labor keeps down productions the low
esl possible rates, have no doubt but that
sum would be raised without any material
increase of The prices which our citizens
now pay. We might therefore eypend as
much as the government OF The United
States ever did IN time Of peace, up TO the
beginning of General Jackson's Adminis-
tration. and still have on hand twenty five
millions of dollars TO devote to The making
railroads, opening our harbors and rivers,
and foor ther domestic purposes. Or. by
leyying only twenty per cent. duty, which
the northern manufactures foundruinous to
them, as they said, under Mr.. Clay COM
/. promise bill. we should be able to raise
some twenty-five millions oil dollars. Hall
of this sum would be sufficient for the sup
port ofour army. navy andclvilgovernment.
The residue might be devoted to the max
ing of all such Improvements as we are
now in want of, and especially checkerlng
our country over with railroads. Sub.
jecting The goods Of the North to duty,
with those from other foreign countries,
would at once give powerful stimulus TO
our own manufactures. We have already
sufficient capital for the purpose. But i
needed, i. would come in from abroad.
English capitalists have filled Belgium
with factories. Why did this occur!
Simply because provisions were cheaper
there and taxes lower than in England.
The same motive would bring them into
the southern country, since both the rea-
sons assigned are much stronger in our
case. II has already been proved that we
can manufacture some kinds ofgoods more
cheaply than the North. In New Eng
land. too. owing 10 her deficient agrIcul>