The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-14

th0niy aser The Institution Of slavery.
against which The Sos,h rsisrs her soirs
in proi@slsl,an. II she cannot get slass
ierrilory in c.lifofnis. New Mexieo. and
Ulsh. whose fsull 10 III She esano, blsuie
Congress. bus must apbraid Ralsrs's lav
snd natures Godl 1T Is aaa~i
In hsmsn sfsin yet 10 be auined.
there are four conditions under which
they present ,hemselsrs-fhs certain. M
pc habie. the pnssIblr. and the impes.ibIe
or ihe inevitable. The ainarequire,
no ei5ari; the probable not liiie effon:
the posrible may be accomplished By m
indomiiabls will. end an energeilc per.
severancr in The pursuit of h. Bot that
lwhichis impossihle and inevitable. phi
lasophy. reason. religion. and sll the guides
which are given 10 Us ny the blessing Of
God. inculraie upon us The duty Of sub
mis~ion 10 His will. and resignation On
His paramount authority. Now. IL h
ineviSble. in NV opinion. thar southern
slavery u excluded from the possession
Of any Nporiion Of California. Utah. and
probably, Of New Mexico; and. so. why
contend fsriii Now. whaiiis il than dis.
iracis The public minds 4 nereabsiraciion.
We look bark with surprise and asionisls-
meni Al lheprosecuiions and pnnishmen,s
fnr wiichcrsh that some two hundred
| years since oturrrd in The States oi Mas
| saehnseiis and ccnneciicut. Two hun.
dred years hence. IL not much sooner. our
pnsieriIy will rspi the hislnry Of the pre-
sent lines. ssi,slinE and threatening the
country as they do. with as much s.to-
nishmenl rs we pare over the leaves Of
The historian in which he recounis the
wlichcrafi. and the petecuiion and pun.
ishmeni of wiirhes in frmrr times. Aud
why contend for cafyinr slaves to Utah
and New Mexico. ethere isnn,hinq
upon which their labor CO. be employed
--where nobody win ,aAs Them. Let
me remind gentlemen now while upon
this part ofihe suhjsct--l.mep those who
sre desirous for the greatest sxiensisn ol
the theatre Of slavery--of q dneer. and
great and On imminent danar. which
they are incurrirg. ! veninres . predic.
tion--noi likely 10 be fulfilled civeclded,
perhaps. in the course of the shau rem.
nsni If my life--ihst il Texas Includes
al the territory nav claimed by her->nay,
60 further. although the conlingen,y
am shout TO sisss- -is-lsss. .likely-so- -hsp>en
by the cnriailment of the boundary !
venture 10 say that. In sos'e thirty. forty
or fly years. there will be no slav,
State 10 The limits OF Texas q, all. Iyen
lure TO predict that The northern popula
tion the population upon the upper par
Of The Rio Grande--will in process Q
time greatly ontnumber the population
holding slaves upon The Gulf and The lowe
waters of Texas; and majority will b
found 10 be adverse 10 the continuance q
slavery, and il will either be abolished, o
ils limits effeciually circumscribed. Thi
is no new opinion with me. Think ,ha
gave the same in letter which wrol
some six years ago from Raleigh. in III
state or North Carolina. said that
two. three, OF four States were formed ou
, Of Texss. they would ultimately becon
free States. Aud sav that the probabil
~ 10 very great Of all Texas becomin
, free. If il all remains az she has claimed
including from the month ofthe Rio Grand
TO its source. or even limited by FL PasC
But. whether il he great or small. Il ar
: pears 10 me that il is the interest and du
. ", and il should be the inrlinaiian Of N
Son,h, TO look al facts and nature as the
!. exist, and to reconcile themselves to III;
winch is inevitable and impossihle-tor &,
:, concIle themselves to the fact that il
!, impossible. however desirable II may
in The opinion Of any Of them. to carr
slaves TO The countries which have d.
i scribed.
/ But, Mr.. President. in the suppositic
n which have made as to what is gaint
e BY either section Of the Union in cnns
), quence Of this arrangement Of the CONNIE
N difficulties between them. is there an
ii thing Of which The South can justly COT
J plant The fault Of Congress cannot
Is cited as depriving them Of the opportunl
0. Of carrying their slaves there. The pr
a. visions of the bill are that the penple a
Of lef, free TO do as they choose. There
,e indeed. one provision which did not me
m with my appreciation. and with which
% would have been better satisfied had
ID been left out; and this is, the prov,sl
in which does no, permit the government
se The Territories TO establish or prol,il
fy slavery. But i, was inlroduced at the
;, stance of some Saulhern gentlemen. A
no another amendment was also introdnc
of at their Instance, which expressly p
it. v,des ihal if any States ftom this Tern
es ~ shall come here. with CONSTITUTE
r. admitting slavery, such State is to be
W miiled; that The fact Of the provision
We or against slaveryiis 10 constitute no I
he jeclipn 10 her admission into the Uni
ir. Now, what complain, can The South IN;
10 il The whole scheme is carried sut!raI
IA. South gains a virtual abandonment oi
Ill Wllmot proviso, avoids the as-ump,