The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-12-04

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: fairly and h0n0Tzbly. these great quel
> tons which had 90 lOng divided on
4 People. be is entitled 20 the gratitnd
\ not only q the South. but Of the Who'll
4 unionl To the attack which the cen
. tlemaa has thought proper to make d
: HenIy Clay for the part be bore n
3 this struggle, i have bat word Of re
ply As bitter and unjust ss II was
: he will survive il. Such shafts canno
!. reach him. Arrows have been shot fron
> bows stronger than his. but they Eel
harmless al his feet. His fame and char
} seter belong TO the age in which h
. iives. and his name win adorn the page
of history, As true patriot and grea
J Statesman, when those who assail ant
trzduce him shall have gone down int
oblivion and have been forgotten forey
. ieri
The question comes back upon US
shall we stand by the Compromise
Distinguished men Of both great poll
teal parties. united to project and pas,
10. Webster, Dickinson, Cass, Man.
gum, Clay, Houston, Foote and others
worthy the confidence Of the nation,
contended side by side, and devoted
their abilities to the restoration Of har.
mony to their country. Ii is question
above party, higher. vastly higher than
any party success; upon the issue of il
may depend everything that is worth
preserving under our Constitution and
Government. Ii is a platform upon
which all can stand. Let us say then,
TO the NORTH" This is our position. -
We will stand by the Compromise. II
you execute the fugitive slave law in
good faith and cease to assail our rights
and disturb our domestic tranquility,
we are with you. but if you repeal, null
ify, destroy. or alter against the con-
stitution, that law-if you renew your
unjust and mad attacks upon our do
nestle institutions, upon your heads
must rest the consequences, for, before
God, we should not. every impulse of
justice, honor and self-preservation de-
mands, that we should not, and we will
not submit TO it,"
Then shall we stand BY the Compro-
miseF That is the question-that the
issue. not for the South alone, but for
the North,-for the West,-for the
whole Country. Upon it, l honestly
believe, depends the preservation off
this Union. What do we beholds |
Whilst the fanatics of the North are
proclaiming their determination to set
1t defiance one branch Of those laws,
we find at the South, those who would
move heaven and earth, to excite resis-
lance to other parts, who advocate Sc
cesslon, who proclaim that disunion is
lar preferable to submission to them.
Have such men, North or South, cal
'ulated the terrible consequences Of
'uch rashnesss Have they reflected
we'll upon the enects--the humiliating
1.-The melancholy, aye the awful effects
which must necessarily be produced by
dissolution Of this Unionf It would
'e ruinous not to one State alone, not
0 any particular section, but to each
nd every State and to all sections.
,oes any man believe that but one
.onfederacy would be formed of the
lave States! Who supposes that the
Worth West would ever surrender the
mouth Of the Mississippi The free
'ayigation Of that father of waters is as
necessary to the prosperity of the vast
population who live upon its tributaries.
$ the trunk Of the tree is to the life of
Is branches, or the body of the man to
he healthiness Of his limbs. five can
ot now, whilst living under the same
arental government, reconcile our diff
erences, and secure our mutual rights
nd peace, what will be the condition
things when the bonds that unite us
ogether shall be broken asunders Will \:
eart-burnings, jealousies and bicker-
ngs, be done awayf Will they not ra-
heir increase more and more in Bit
.rness, until broils, borderviolence, RAJ
me and war.-a war of determination. !,
war OF horrors never yet known to !.
he bloodiest pages of history. must
,llowf Would the South be able to
rotect her property without Gordon !,
military posts along the whole line J
Inch would divide us? With the
'ldrons Of fanaticism on the subject of :
avery, boiling on all sides Of us, emit =
ng their poisonous exhalations through
IL ports, across our line of frontier.
every means which the ingenuity of ST
e dlsaffected and lawless might in y
mt, could we look for safety and pro- c,
ctlon, without military encampments, p
and.ng armies, a sleepless police and hi
inding taxesl e
J hat there are men, north, and south. NJ
10 desire, crave disunion, even without u
st cause.-disunion for its own sake ih
rthelr own personal advancement and ID
neht, there is, alas ample proof. Nor "
es the evil end here. A "local ha- 10
fation and a name," are given to some m
their designs. A Southern Confede. dc
cy has become the darling project III