The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-13

has made of = slight Inconvenience I'M
posed on her By illsl regulation Of South
Carolina which prevented ship-capiains
from carrying frre negroe servants 70
I Charleston.
This whole action on The part Of the
North is not only in violation Of The Con-
slilalion. bur seems 10 be purely wanion.
or originating in malice towards ihe South.
Ii is obvious that lhey do not want our
slaves among lllew because they nni on.
ly make no adequate provision for their
comfort. but. in fact. in many Of The States.
have forbidden Tree negroes 10 come a.
mong them on pain Of Imprisonment. &c
Ii cannot be . desire 10 liberale slaves.
because they have neser. To my know
ledge. attempted 10 steal negroes from
Cuba or Brazil. II is true. however. that
having Tie right now 10 come among Us
boih by land and water. they have greater
advantages and immunities. For If they
went into foreign Country. they would
inrur The risk Of being shot OF hanged. as
robbers and pirahs usually are.
Should we give way. what is 10 be the
result California. Oregon, New Mexi-
co. Deserei. and Minnesota. will come
into the Union in less Than five years,
giving The North clear majority Of ten
or fifteen votes in the Senate. The cen.
sUs Of the coming year viii. under The
new apporiionmeni, give them nearly two
10 one m this House. With immense
controlling maiorilies in both branches.
will they moi at once, by ACT Of Congress.
abolish slavery in the SIaiesl Mr.. Adams.
who, in his day, controlled northern opin-
ion on this question. said that there were
twenty provisions Of the Constitution
which. under certain circumstances. would
give Congress The power. Would not
This majority find the power, as easily as
they have done in their State Legislatures,
where they have complete sway. 10 nul
lily the provision Of the Constitution for
/. the protection OF fugitive slaves! Have
not prominent northern politicians, Of the
highest positions and the greatest lnflu.
ence. whose names are well know TO all
gentlemen on this floor. already deelased
that there is nothing in ihe Constitution
of The United States WHICH obsirucis or
ough, 10 obstrucl the abolition of slavery,
-sy Congress, in the States !! Supposing,
however, this should not occur, in twenty
| years or less, without new acquisitions Of
territory. they would get the power, by
the coming IN Of new free States. 10 amend
the Constitution for that purpose. Blu. !
have no doubt. sir, that other acquisitions
Of territory will be made. Probably, az
!, ter The next Presidential election we shall
get that part Of Mexico which lies along
the Gulf as far as Vera Cruz; and from
] which, though well suited TO the profila
bic employment Of slave labor, we should
be excluded. nevertheless. by the adoption
Of the principle that slavery should not
be extended in area. Conceding, how.
ever, that l am wrong in both these
supposiiions, and that Congress would
neither violate the Constitution nor annul
il thus: what are we 10 expecil Slavery
is TO be kept. they say. where il now is
and we are To be surrounded with free
States. These States mol only prohibit
the introduction of slaves, but also Of free
negroes into their borders. OF course the
whole negro population is 10 be hereafter
confined 10 The territory Of the present
fifteen slave States. That population in
twenty-five years will amount TO seven
or eight millions, and in fifteen years TO
fifteen millions. However dense The po-
pulation might become, the negroes will
nor be gotien away, but the wealihier
/ portion of The white population mean
such as were able 10 emigrate) would
leave the territory. The condition oflh
South would, for time, be that Of Ire.
land, anil soon, BY the destruction Of The
remnants Of the white population, become
that Of 81. Domingo. There are those
now living who would probably see this
state Of things; but it would be certain 10
overtake our children or grandchildren.
These facts are staring us in the face as
distinctly as the sun in The heavens at
noon-day. Northern men not only adj
nit it, but constantly in their public
speeches avow il 10 be their purpose TO
/ produce this very state of things. II we
express alarm al the prospect, they seek
10 amnse Us with eulogies on the blessings
Of the Federal Union, and ask us TO be
still for time. They do we'll, for il is
true that communities have usually been
destroyed by movements which, in the be-
ginning, inflicted no immediate injury,
and'whlch were therefore acquiesced IN ,ill
they had progressed 100 far to be resisted.
They have, too, constant examples IN The
conduct Of brute ANIMALS. that do not strug-
gle against evils until they begin TO feel
pain. They are doubtless, too, encouraged
10 hope for oursubmission on account -four
acquiescence under their former wrongs.
They know that the evils already inflicted
on US, TO which have referred, greatly ex-
ceed in amount any injury that Great
Britain attempted when she drove the
colonies into resistance. Besides, sir,
their aggressions have infinitely less show
r Of constitutional right or color Of natural
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