The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-10-09
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-, d,t<s ysu With detail o the struggles which
eS in the establishment Of present Federal conssi
s hc inanrtioa cf secrecy uaJer which the Consen-
-" which fra ned il acted, removed. OF late
- notes o us proceedngs taken By Of its members
: ~ tine have light; but they are exceedingly inn
49,, From them we can learn that its action was far
% unanimous and II is known that some OF the delegates
fused to sign the draft to the very last Among them we're
she'd Of George Mason, Edmund Randolph.
rbrdse Gerry and Luther Martin. Alexander Hamilton
NJ h,s adhesion with the remarkable protest." that
.a's ideas were from the plan than his
b, Is i possible sddedhe ~o deliberate between anarchy
=, confession side and the chance of dong good on
e o,er 0 Dse who their signatures TO II We are
l tat there was probably not to whom all the pro-
oss were satisfactory When the Constitution laid
before e separate States Cor ratification the heats of debate
set violent Massachusetts, adopted By the close
vote Of 81 iGS Virginia, which Patrick Henry lent
N his influence It's defeat. accepted BY bare majority
Il. numbers bens3l for IL; against it, 30 North Caro
aa having at first rejected il in Contention held IN Hills
raayh August 17Ss BY the overwhelming majority oi
lSi 70 "a did not rafy IL unl November 1882 by vote
Il 1874 to more two years having elapsed since ithad
is proposed sand Rhode Islandhed out anti the sSh
It May, l9o.
has become fashionable in these days represent the
acton Of our Revolutionary Fathers all points connected
with our independence and Union, as unanimous We
imagine that the path which they called upon to tread
although high and difficult, was At least plain we bring
dsy produces are new in principle and That had so great
contradiction Of interests appeared then between the various
members of the coniedeacy as has sprung IN these latter
days. the Union would never have come INTO BENG Such
sufficiently convenient theory for those who may wish to
shrink from the difficult duties of the day. Ii one IN act
eounenanced by the earlier histories Of the republic but
which has Of late by perfect been render
ed wholly untenable There was perpexity an ntreacy
cf dispute and division for Washington aud his compeer
unrave have seen None hearts
could ever have looked upon the path which lay before them
without despair and may add that nome but the giants
which country in that hour OF distress could nave
odden that ps with success and with glory There were,
unquestonaby real opposons OF interest between the d
t sections Of the country; were nere
honest divisions Of opinion upon great o govern
nent: add to these the disputes about details which always
spring up in Legislative bodies, and the voice oil faction,
which was hused not even derng Revolution; and we
gather some faint idea Of the dark before the friends
Of the Constitution Let us listen to sach parts Of tae ds
cussons as have come down to Edmund Randoph 81
Virginia. denounced the plan Of single Executive as the
rtus of Monarchy" and for time supported by the
votes Of New York. Delaware and Maryland A'exander
Hamilton expressed duabts about republican government
at all and his admiration Of limited Monarchy he closed
BY proposing to elect the Senate and President Of the United
States during good bearior or IN other words, yorWe
His plan, at least far regarded the President, was
at one stage Of the proceedings ayored BY vote OF New
Jersey Delaware Pe,nsylvana and Virginia The smaller
States insisted upo their rights, sovereign communes
equal representation with the larger ones IN one branch
least, Of the National Legislature ms was
only carried after long debate by vote OF hse states
four South Carolina and Georgia absolutely refused 70
into the union If the Slave Trade with AFRICA was aDo
shed and determination reduced the compro
msc by which this traffic secured up TO inc year fouo'
South Carolina insisted that her slaves should be ensd 70
equal representation in Congress with free white czens
The North replied that all descriptions o her were
equally entitled After much violence upon both sldes r.
williamson of this State proposed, as compromise tha
three hs Of the slave population should be enusea 70
resenation This carried New Jersey and Delaware
voting sgans it, South Carolina and Massachusetts, being d.
sded the former desiring them to be fully represented ana
the latter not at an 1t will be seen from tins vote una, tne
Compromise upon this question Of slavery was e'eccd ex
cu5ivey b neither North Soah one State from eaeh On
these sections voting against it, and one from each osns It's
vote b. tsion of representatives Ihe decision OF
this question affords good insight into the history OF the
Convention We find that the advocates OF extreme views
however ametrcav opposed their policy to each oher
uniformly united against the propositions Of the moderate
Some Of the opponents of the Constitution cantended nat "
too far in the powers which confered upon the Gene
raj Governments the opposition Of these gentlemen was
strengthened by that of those who contended that dd not
20 far enough Some declamed upon the amount to winch
particular subjects compromised others insisted with
warmth that little of that spirit had been exhibited In
opposition 10 the views just mentioned those Of Edmund
Randolph Charles Pinckney Of South Carolina, sgmatsed
the weakness of the proposed President contemplate.
O several occasions the Convention was upon the point OF
adoarning without having effected its pepose Especially
was this the in the debates as to the constitution OF the
Senate between the large and small States Luther Marn
and the delegates from New York. excepting Hamlton re-
tired fo disgust and have before observed tnat some
OF the members never did give their signatures to he arat
Bymoderaon and compromise upon the part OF most ue m
mortal victory length obtained and TINS NePuDnc 81
ven to the world After years OF glad experience
privl gd to declare calmly and with all confidence
the country which so enuey Deieu
the forehodinss Of its encfes that there never yet was e
country that completely deserved the hearty allegiance q