The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-11-27

- ~s@tt %f1f AltIH VI nIItf
people ~ peril uf being dissevered and
brukcn up By gangs Of runaway negroes,
and their crazy allies How humiliat-
ing the contemplation l!l
l forbsar 70 enter into any particular
discussion Of The various measures adop,-
ed as the basis Of this adjustment by
. Congress. III its late session, 10 vindieaie
them from objections taken in different
sections o. the country 10 one or more Of
Them. This were BY no means diff
cub task; bur would seem scarcely sp-
propriate 10 the purposes and charac-
Ter Of an Executive State Message; and
wruld swell this communication 10 an
Inconsrnieni size. | refer to the sub
jecl Al all. only. because high sense Of
duty seems, in The existing state Of az
fairs. TO require il at my hands; and
having thus briefly done il. submit lhe
subject TO your calm. dispassionale and
palrntic consideration, with the express
sion Of my deliberate opinion, that our
highest in,eres, and true duty, require OF
US willing and hearty support OF the
adiusfmenf, as IL 10, in all its parts;
| yielding, for the sake ofihe Unicn and Of
the Constitution, such objections as We
may have TO particular measures, while
we insist upon The faithful execution of
such as may be most acceptable and nec-
essary 10 US, from those paris OF the
Union which may conceive them 10 be
objectionable. Thus will North Carroll
ma SET nob'e example worthy Of her
spirit Il patriotic moderation; and exam
pie of that true principle Of mutual de-
ference OF the various parts Of the Union,
towards the interests, wishes and views
Of the others. In which our National
Government originated, and By which il
must be maintained, IL maintained at all.
Let US then support, for the sake Of the
Union. the whole adjustment; and while
we demand this Of others, show that we
understand, and mean to fulfil, that duty
ourselves.
Since your last adjournment, too. our
country has passed through another
even'iul scene, witnessed no where else,
and justly awakening the asionishment
Of the nations oi the Old World.
OUR PRESIDENT HAS DIED!
Without tumult or public commoiion, a
successor takes his place; clothes himself
with the panoply Of Executive aulhori-
~; assumes the contyol Of The Army and
the Navy, and the still mightier engine
Of political power. Executive patronage;
while no voice, among. twenty millions
otfreeman, breathes even the whisper Of
dissent Although this successor had
been designated amidst fierce and ardent
opposition, yet majority at The ballot
box had so decreed il and the suprema-
cy Of that arbilramen, is acknowledged
and acquiesced IN by all sections and by
all parties.
Many subjects OF paramount impor-
lance to the State, will claim your atten-
lion during the present session.
The duties Of the Executive Of North
Carolina have, by cumulative acts ofthe
General Assembly, become so multiIari-
ous aud heterogeneous, tina; any refer.
encc to them, must, OF necessity, be sue
cinct and desultory. In giving, through
you. 10 the people ofthe State, an account
Of the manner IN which they have been
discharged, | shall, at the same time,
take a rapid review Of the general con-
dition Of our State affairs; and shall, with
utmost candor and becoming respect,
make such suggestions as in my judg>
rnent shall be worthy the calm consider
.tion Of the Legislative Department Of
our Government.
AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
II is moi TO be denied that large, re-
spectacle and intelligent portion ofthe
State are strongly inclined to alter the
Constitution.
When this topic was started short
while ago, the desire Of change IN the
Government went no further than sin.
gle alienation Of the Constitution, to
wit, to enlarge the personal right of suff-
rage. so asto allow all white freemen Of
The State to vote for Senators, with or
without freeholds.
need not inform you how much and
how rapidly this demand for reform has
enlarged. IlaIready'embraces change
in the basis Of representation in the Gem
eral Assembly; change in the mode Of
electlng the State officers; and an entire
revolution Of our Judiciary system. and
Of the principles upon which il has
stood from the beginning offree govern
ment in North Carolina.
Whethera majority of the people are
discontented with The Constitution as IL
Is, and therefore really desire TO alter It
in any or all If these important respects,
| cannot undertake to say; though that
is the question which, in my judgment,
ought to be settled and ascertained ante
cedent TO any Legislative enaciments for
altering the organic law of the State. A
certain mode Of determining the point
would be to pass law at once for taking
sense Of the voters upon The question Of
Change or no change. You will then
know what public opinion is; but until