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


pose 10 srrsign them upon This occaaUD /:
hus sellexaminslien is al al simes prohla-
BE ior individuals or communities. and
We shall see nore clearly lie mote IN
their eye sfier we have taken The beam
from ong own. II we hare in any degree
contributed 10 provoke existing sectional
irritation. il is the highest dictate Of paiIi-
oiism 10 make ample and manly repsra-
lisn. For no alleged abuse by them. and
without contributing 10 The dignity or sd-
sancemenl OF single human being. We
hsysIsiihdrawh, BY force oltaw, a courtesy
which had been extended them from the
foundation Of The governmeni: permitting
them while visiting rs upon. business or
pleasure. 10 bring with them, and retain,
for brief period. the household servants
which the habits of lheir lives have made
necessary 10 The comfort ol their tsnilies.
Relying upon their honor and domestic
lnsiics. as they did upon ours, we sIipu-
laie. By tie plain terms of the constitution,
10 deliver up 10 them fuglllses from SER
vice. who should fee WITHIN our borders /:
aud YET s.rne northern states hare inter-
posed embarrassing enacimenls, 10 thwari
the lullilmensof this constitutional pledge.
Psesses have bren established 10 onr midst,
IL hul FIRE and dssolsiion among them,
and incendisrles have pTowled around
their borders. unwhipi OF justice, 10 incile
their slaves 10 lnsurree,ion, rebellion, and
murder.
The southern people have been goad-
ed 10 stale Of excitement and alarm.
They have seen, not only demagogues
and fanatics, bul large bodies Of men in
the free states. uniting on one grand s.ee-
lple c ase for abolition honors. and award
ing Tie mark OF merit 10 him who could
lcry longest and loudest against the curse
Of slavery and The aggressive south. The
contest is unequal. rnmanly, and unchrIs-
tian. The institutions Of the south are
extremely sensitive, and our blows tell
upon them with fearful effect, while theirs,
should they direct them against us, fall
harmless at our feet.
i The individual who should introduce
within the socsl circle, political or reli.
gious opinions, offensive 10 portion el
lhose assembled. would be gailly Of sio-
Ela,iag the piainest rules Of proprieiy, and
be righllslly excluded from social com
munion; and yet. when this great family
of sis,es meet together, portion are con-
sian,ly reminded BY The sovereign voices
OF olhers, that they uphold an institution
which is hateful among men, and sinful in
The sight Of God.
! How long could the ordinary business
relations Of life continue between indi-
vidusls, however profitable or desirable,
where one party should constantly load
The other with reproaches for delihquen.
cies in his domestic relations, real or i'm
laginaryl How long could that holy
umon, which was ordained of Heaven,
and lies a, the very foundation Of our So
Ecial structure, continue, in spirit or in form,
with such csnker knawing al the roo'
of lis felicity
Ii is al all tines easy 10 furnish lip-scr.
vice 10 tbs cause Of patriotism; and these
now among the NEST dangerous enemies
OF The Union. are the 6rsi to proclaim tha!
they of all Others, will stand by il, and
prevent lis dissolution. But the Union is
no, 10 be maintained by force or by pom
pious gasconade; il must be upheld BY
! The same great and good spiri! Of lofty
and self sacrificing patriotism in which il
wss founded, or il must 90 down before
ali admiring and envious rorld-and GO
down TOO, forever, in night and anarchy,
) and blood, signnlized by the dealh.strug
I, gle OF the last free government on earth.
. The sovereign states Of thls confedera
CIV are now appropriately contributing
blocks OF their native marble and granite
! 10 strengthen aud adorn monument sa'
. cred to the memcry Of The greatest and
: best of men. Would 10 Heaven they
!, would each send hilher their gifts of peace
: and good will, to strengthen and perpetu-
e ate a fabric YET more glorious, that u may
+ be rendered moresbeaslilul and endurng'
). Let seclionalism cry that this gives ur
q 10 ule HOTtils ailO THAI W ulC suGhs ~
!. question of slavery in the territories IS ons
! of temporary duration, and is mere con
r sequence, not the cause Of the general IT
$ ritaiion. all good men. north and south
i who believe man capable Of self govern
!. menl, are willing to leave tito the people
I who are to create institutions there, K
n say what shall be their character, undel
!. The provisions of the constitution; ihei
e determination will be acquiesced in BY
e all who would not enslaye one race les
! they should enslase another. 10 wha
e end, and for whose benefit is this con
e ,rovcrsy prosecuted; which, instead o
: mitigating single feature in the dark his
!, tory Of slavery, or loosing the bonds Of |
]. single. slave. has practically increased ih'
# rigor OF the laws in the slave siaies--ha,
r arrayed man against man. and state agains
II slsle, and brought our happy Union /,
4 the verge OF dissolution
4 Ths occasion, in my judgment, de
0 mands the best efforts which patriotism
n can pul forth, and shall look anxiousl,