The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-12-11

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rrcof5G The GsFsfnnsul sboai1. ihsls-
fore, bar a lbarsi Prypori0n q ne
bsnleas fan nrcrssaFy snd ussls. m
prosems1a. And. a. noshing could
coufribur< more 10 ihe health. eomf5ri,
and ssfrly oflhe city, and The s<cansy q
she p1b.ir b1ildings and rec0n1s. than
abundant supply o. pure waier, l re-
specially recommended thar y0a make
sneh provisions for claiming the same
as IN yoar wisdom yoa nay deem prop
60.
The ses passed al Jour last session,
mssiag crflsin proportions 10 Texas for
sesGi:ne shr dapuled boundary bslwrsd
that State and The Territory Of New
Mexico. was. Immediately cnfss passage.
Innsmisied b. express u The G5sern5r
IL Trxas. TO be laid by him before The
Gen~nl Assembly foF ils agreement
thereto. IIs r~eeips was duly scknow-
lodged. butno Official Information has yet
been received II the stllon u The Gene
raj Assembly iherson: h mar. however.
be very son expected. ~. BY the terms
oflhe propositions submitted. they were
to have been acted upon. on or before The
hrst day of the present month.
Il was hardly TO have been expected
that The series Of measures passed n,
your lasl session. with the REV Of heal
ing The sectional differences which had
sprung from the slavery and territorial
questions. should at once have realized
their bene6csnt purpose. All mutual
confession in the nature of . compromise
must necessarily be unwrleome to men
OF extreme opinions And lhoagh with
oui such concessions our Conslituti on
could mol have been formed. and cannot
be permanently sustained. yet We hare
seen them made the subject Of bitter con-
troversy in both actions Of the Repub-
lie. ltrequired'many months Of discus
sion and deliberation TO secure the con-
currence Of a majority Of Congress 10
their favor. It'wouId be strange il they
had been received with immediate sp-
probation BY the people and States. pre-
judged and heated b.. the exciting con-
trOyersies ofiheir representatives. I'be-
lieve those measures TO have been re-
CURED bythe circumstances and conji>
lion of the country r believe they
were necessary 10 allay asperities and
aninosities that they were rapidly ain.
chaling one section Of the country from
another, and destroying those fra,ernal
ssnrimcntsvhich are the strongest sup
ports Of the Constitution. They we're
adopted in the spirit Of cancellations: and
for the purpose Of Cancellation: b-lieve
that great majority Of our fellow-ci,izens
syinpathizt in'ihat' splrii,.and that pur-
pose, and the main appro, e, and are
prepared. mall respects. to sustain these
cnactments. i cannot doubt that the
Amencan' people, bound together by
kindred' blood and common traditions
still cherish a paramount regard for the
Onion Of their fathers ;'and that they are
ready to rebuke any attempt to violat.
its integrity. 10 disturb the compromises
on whlch'it is based. or 10 resist the law,
which have been enacted under its au'
thority.
The series Of measures to which
have alluded are regarded by me asa
settlement, in principle and substance
Ia final settlement, Of. the dangetou.
and exciting subjects which they EN-.
braced. Most Of these subjects, indeed
are beyond your reach, as the Legislation
wlflchdisposed Of them was, iii its char
ac,er, final and irrevocuble. II may b,
presumed from the opposition which
|, they all encountered thai none Of thos,
measures was free from imperfectiOns
but in their mutual dependence and
connection they formeda system 81 com
promise, the most c,ncilialory,. and bes
for the entire country, tina. could be ob
tained from conflicting sectional interest
and opinions.
For this reason recommend your ad
herence to the adjustment es,ablishc,
by those measures, until'time and cxpe
rirnce shall demonstrate the necessity o
further legislation TO guard against era
sion or abuse.
/ Bythh adjustment we have been res
cued from the wide and boundless- arita
ton that surrounded US, and have a firm
distinct. and legal ground to rest upon
4 And the occasion, trust, will Justify m,
in' exhorting my countrymen to rally up
on and maintain tina, ground as the best
1t not the only means of resroring peac,
and qaierto the country. and maintain
| ing inviolate the integrity Of The Union.
And now, fellow.cilzens, canno
bring this communication to close with
out invoking you TO Jnin me 10 humbl,
and devout thanks to the Great Ruler q
nations, for the multiplied blessings which
he has graciousIy bestowed upon u.s.
His hand. 50 often visible in our preser
j vatfon; has stayed the pcsllence, saved
US from foreign wars and domestic dis,
turbahces, and scattered plenty through,
out the land.
Our liberties, religious and civil, have
been maintained the fountains Of knowI.
edge have all been kept open, and mean,