The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-27

.iF. Il lie great Constitutes under Wlici I
&e i've here-corsing lhis Wh0ls COUSIN
Is Il % be ihsWcd and melied sway NJ
secession. q The SHOWS on ihe moualsil.
melt under he inhuenrs of strnsl sun
disappear almost unob-erved. and die Of
No. SRI No. err, 1 will NOT state whai
might predaee The disruption Of The States:
bar. sif. | see il as plainly Is see lhr ~,
in hrssra-i zee that disruption mus
procure surh wsr as I will not describ,
ia ils iwoEold consequences.
peaeeai,le serrssion peare4hle seees
81 NJ The concurrent agreement OF al
The members Of This great republic IN Sc
pArase A voluntary separate n. with
nlimany on one side snd an The oihrr
Why. what wnnld be the RESULT wherr
is he line 10 be drawn, What Slsies arr
20 seredrf What is 90 remain American,
70 What am | TO bef Where is the Gag OF
the rrpnhlie 10 remain, Where 10 the
Eagle still 20 iowefi Why. cir. enr an
eessors--enr fathers and our grandfalhars;
those af ihrm that are yea living amongst
ns with prolonged lives. rrbake and re-
proaeh ~; and our children and our grand
children would cry oni shame npon as. il
we 81 this generation should ,llshnnor these
ensigns Of the power &c The Governments
and lllr harmony OF the Union which IL
every day irli among us with so much
Joy and gratitude. What is 10 become Of
the armyl " hal v in become 81 The nasyl
What is TO become of the public lar,ls,
How Is each OF The thirty States To defend
ITSELF ] know. although The idea has not
been stated distinctly. There is 10 be a
Southern coniederary. perhaps. | do NOT
mean. whom ] allude 10 this statement. that
any one seriously roniemplates such a
state Of things. do no, mean 10 say that
il is true. but ! have heard il suggested
elsewhere that The idea has originated from
a design to separate. am sorry. sir. that
il has e. er been thought Of. talked az. or
dreamed Of. in The widest flights of human
imagination. But The idea must be Of a
separation including The slave States upon
one side and the Tree Siates on The other.
Sir. there isnoi--l my express myself
too strongly perliaps--hnl some things.
some moral things, are almost rs impos-
sible as other natural or physical things;
and hold The idea Of a separation of these
States. those that are free 10 lorm one
government and those Thai are slaveholi.
ing TO form pnoiher. AS a moral impessi-
biliiy. We would noi separate the States
by any snrh lire. il we we've 10 draw il.
We could not sii down here 10 day and
draw line of separation that would 'aiis-
~ any Eve men in the country. There
are natural causes that would keep and
tic us iogether-soeial and domestic re-
laiions which VIC could not break il we
would, and which VIC should moi If we
conld. Sir. nohody can look over the
fare OF This country at the present moment
nobody can see where its population
is The mot dense and growing, without
being ready 10 admit. and compelled 10
admit, that ere long America will be il The
valley Of The Mississippi.
Well. nov, sir. beg 10 inquire what
the widest enthusiast has 20 say on the
possibility Of emitting or that river and
leaving free STATES nj lis snnrre and It's
branches. and slave Siqies down near iis
mouth! Pray. sir. pray. sir. let me say
10 the people Of this country that these
things are worthy of their ponicring and
of their consideration. Here. sir. are five
millions Of (reemen in The free States north
OF The river Ohio; can any holy suppose
that this population can be severed by a
line thai divides them from The territory
of o foreign and alien Government down
somewhere, The Lord knows where. uron
the lower banks Of the Mississippi What
would become of Missouri! Will she
Join the reimbursement of the slave Siatesl
Shall The man from the Yellow Sinne and
the Mad River be connected in the new
Republic with The man who lives on the
southern extremity Of Cape Florida! Sir.
| am ashamed 10 pursue this line Of re.
mark. dislike i'll have an utter dis
gust for il. would rather hear &c natural
blasts. Of mildrws, war. peslilence. and
famine, than TO hear gentlemen talk OF Sc
cession. 10 break mp! 10 break up this
great Government TO dismembcr this
conn,rv--in as,onish Europe with an aci
Of folly such as Europe for two centuries
has never beheld in any Government
No. sir; no sir The will he no seces-
sion. Gentlemen are NOT serious when
they talk of secession.
Sir, hear there IS TO he a Convention
held at Nashville. am bound to believe
that il worthy gentlemen meet al Nash.
vile in Convention. their object will he
to adopt counsels conciliaiory-to advise
the South to f.lrbearance AMI moderaiion,
and TO advise The North to lorbearance and
moderalion--and TO inculcaic principles
of brotherly love aud affection, and al
lachmenl to the constitution Of the coun.
try as il now is. | believe if The Con-
ventien meet at NIL. il will be for This pur-
pose; for certainly. If they meet for any
purpose hostile TO the Union, they have
4 been sinUularly inappr0Driate in their Sc.