The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-04-03
SENATOR DIcuSsoSs GREAT LET.

III We ullttsAs nut - - tiiC attAetsNfid
csze,,e. the following letter irom Sena-
n, Dickinsnn, ii New York. IA replying
"a An inaiss,son 10 attend the late mass
meeting Il 1'smmahy Hall. in that cry,
nlscss Lits as pssglos along side Of John
iIspc.ek and Samuel Adams. OF the re,o-
m,ion. and sssociaiss bin with HenIy
t.isy aud Daniel Webster OF the present
asy, III noble and praisswonhy efforts 10
prrseSse die Constitution as II ID. and "
sonsTibair 10 the psIpeinsslon Of our bles-
sid snu glorious Unlon, :. uusIl une shall
Le megged il the ocean Of slerniiy."
The meeting alluded 10 hss taken place.
hal lhs nams Of Dickinson, and the palri-
o.lc srsHmrn.s be pforlalms. render lhe
publication OF his enlire legler highly ~
Isresling 70 the whole Americas people.
Washington. Feb. IA. 1850.
GESTLEMES am honored with yours
Of the ll,h instant. inviting me 10 attend
anI sddrtssa meeting Of the Democratic
Repsbgscan electors &c this city of New
York. "a be held al Tammany Hall, on
Saturday evening lexl. FOR the purpose
of talking counsel upoa the present crisis.
and adopting suck measures as may lend
10 preser.e 10 Them and their posleFiiy The
blessings Of our great and glorious Union.
will nvl withhold from you The grali6-
cation have experienced since learning
thai the sterling democracy OF lhst great
city were about 10 take measures so cm-
inenlly worthy Of the prondesl state in the
conledrracy, and so imperaiively demand
ell hysihe temper of The times, and shonld
most gladly unite with them in this. their
high aud holy effort, 10 restore ffa!ernal
relations between an eslrangrd brother
hood; bui imperative public duties will
deny me that pleasure
have long contemplated With gloomy
sOlicilude the lerocIous demon of section
slism. which. like lhe unclesn spirit Of old,
has been walking up and down our land
But aver. IN the fear OF God, ihasl have
never known moment when the patient
iorbearance Of the wise. The charity Of the
christian, and tie 6rmness Of the pavioi
were more urgently demanded than now,
by every consideration thai should elevate
End influence civilized men.
The states Of this Union were declared,
ay the inslrumen, which signslized their
emancipation from the British crown, is
be I" free and independents" and without
abaling or merging their complete soyer-
eighty, laey agreed. by solemnly execu-
led aud well-,leiined compact, 10 unite
together, lor certain great and common
purposes. upon terms of perfect equality.
All had inherited from a common ancestry
the institution Of slavery; portion have
since abolished Il OF their own voliiion, in
their own time and manner, without Of
hcious external promptngs: and others
retain II still, and, even were they so dis
posed, could mol suddenly cast il of, with
out violating the best instincts Of humani-
q, and doing irreparable injustice both to
themselves and US. While, in regard to
the subject Of domestic slavery, we may
with proprieiy indulge as sentiment the
feeling common, oall free states, we should
remember thai the southern states con-
iinue an institution which they did not
cresie---an Institution which we knew
they held and proposed 10 continue, when
we joined hands under common COM
psci---an institution that we, comparsiiye-
N speaking have bul recently abolished,
aud ,hs, too, more tbs operation of our
soil, climate, aud productions. than by
reason Of our superior morality and bens-
violence.
Its nov theirs and no, ours. lf its
inflncncesare pernieious and demoralizins
il degIsdes them, and moi us, in the scale
Of social and political being. II it is sin.
fol, we may console ourselves with the re
fection that il will be laid a, their land
not our door in the great day Of accounts
In the mysterious dispensations Of Di
vine Providence, We all see and know
nola iihstanding the metaphysical subtle
Ties 81 the specializing ethnologisi, thatht
negro race was constituted so dissimiIa
10 our own, in IFS moral and physical or
ganizslion, that both the senses woulc
revolt at an attempt to associate them 10
geiher upon terms ofsocislequaiiv. They
cannot. in our midst, be elevated to on
condition; and any a,temp, 10 achieve ihil
triumph over the laws Of Heaven, mus
terminate in degrading us below theirs
We have heard much and often of the dig
niiy of free labor, and doubles. most from
those who care least about the subject
Bui, be il remembered, that il is not mere
slave labor that is degrading TO the sen.
Of The white man, but negro labor, wheih
er in freedom or bcundage; for no white
lahofer will consent 10 Toll side by side
with the blacks. either norih or south, up
on terms Of equality. Let him, therefore
who does mol intend to invite amongst us
the emancipated and fugitive negroes o
The south. so that tho vicions may ill on
PRISONS, and the decrepid overrun on
alus-houses, and the residue compete will
and degrade our worthy while laborer ant
lber families. permit the slave states Il
consnei their domestic affairs in their owl