The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-20

measures calcnisicd % enifehle he South
and dspiitsJhtm 81 heir iusi participation
IN ne bsnsfis and privileges 81 lhis
Government. He says very properly that
Il vas dnas under she old confederation
and before Tina constitution went INTO
eferts but. my present purpose 10 only
10 say. Mr.. President. that Il was done
with she entire and unanimous concurrence
of The whole South. Why there IL stands !!
The vote Of every Stale in the Union
vas unanimous IN favor Of The ordinances.
with the exception Of single individual
vote. and that individual vas Northern
man. But. sir. the ordinance sholishing
or rather prohibiting slavery northwest Of
The Ohio. has the hand and seal Of every
Southern member in Congress.
This was ihr state Of opinion under
which those Two very important matters
we're arranged. and those Two important
things done; that is. The establishment Of
The ronsIiintinn with = recognition Of
slavery as il existed in the States. and the
esiablishmenlofihe ordinance prohibiting.
10 The full extent Of all lerriiory owned by
The United States. The introduce ion Of
slavery into those ierriiories. Aud here.
sir. we may pause. We may reflect for
a moment upon lie en;ire coincidenre
and ronrsrcnee of sentiment belwren ihe
North and The South upon ihis question
al the period Of The adoption Of The consii-
tuition. Bot opinions. sir. have rkanged
greatly ehangrd-ehsnged Norlh and
changed South. Slavery 10 moi regarded
in the South now rs il Was then. see
an honorable mrmber of this body paving
me the honor Of listening 10 my remarks I;
he brings 10 me. sir. freshly and wildly
the sentiments &C his great ancestor. SO
murh distinguished in his day and genera.
lion. So worthy To be succeeded by so
worthy grandson. with all the sentiments
he expressed in The Convention in Phila-
delphia npon this snhject.
Here we may pause. There was IN.
animiiy Of sentiment. if not a general
concurrence ofsenii,nenl. running through
the whole community. and especially en-
terisined by The eminent men of MI por.
tons of the country. in regard TO Tins sub
jec,. Bnt soon a change began a. the
north and the south. and severance Of
opinioa som showed ilself-lhe north
growing much more warm and strong
against slavery. and the South growing
more VAIN and strong in IFS support. Sir.
there is no generation Of mankind whose
opinions are not suhjecl 10 be influenced
by what appears 10 them 10 be their p,r-
sent and emtrgeni and rxigent interest.
inpuie 10 the south no particularly inle-
rested view in the change which has come
over her. impule to her certainly no
dishonest view. All that has happened
has been natural. II has followed those
causes which always influence The human
mind and operate upon il. What. then.
have been the causes which have created
so new a feeling in favor Of slavery in the
sou.h--which have changed the whole
nomenclature Of The south on The subierl
land from being thoughto fand described
in the terms | have mentioned and will
moi repeat. il has now become an insiiiu-
lion, cherished institution there; on evil.
no scourge. but great religious, social
and moral blessing, as think have heard
!, la,lerly described! | suppose this. sir.
is owing TO the sudden usurping and rapid
growth Of the cotton plantations OF the
south. So far as any motive Of honor.
justice, and general judgment could aci, i,
was the COTTON interest that gave new
desire to promote slavery, 10 spread itand
To use its labor. again say lhatthis is pro
duccd By The causes which we must always
expect 10 produce like eITecls--tl,eir
whole interests became connected with il.
II we look back 10 the history Of The COM
meIce Of this country al the early com.
mencement ofillis Government. what were
our exports! Cotton was hardly, or TO a
very limited extent, known. The tables
will show ihal the exports Of cotton for
the years 1890 and 81 were hardly more
than forty or fifty thousand dollars a year.
II has gone on increasing rapidly until il
may now be. perhaps, in season ofgreai
product and high prices. hundred mil.
lions of dollars. Then there was more
Of wax. more ofindigo. more Of rice, more
of almost everything exported from the
south than Of cotton. think Ihave heard
it said. when Mr.. Jefferson negotiated
the treaty of 1901 viii, England, he did
not know that cotton was exported al all
from The United States; and have heard
it said that, after the treaty which gave
10 the United States the right 10 carry
their own commodities 10 England in their
own ships, the cusiom-Iouse in |. ndnn
refused to admit GOTTEN. upon an allegation
tina, il could not be an American pro-
there being. as they supposed.
no cotton raised in America. They would
hardly think SO now
Well. sir, we know what follows. The
age &C COTTON became golden age Of our
southern brethren. Il gralified their desire
for improvement and ACCUMULATION at the
same time thai itexciled il. The desire