The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-20

the formation of some plan whereby. oure
more. peaer. eonrofd. and harmony could
he re-iofed 20 the eouniry. He had SUBJ
milied that plan 10 The Senar. He did
mol hope tiIai II rnnld he suceesffuI, bot
he trusted That Il Sensiors fmnd IN il any,
thing objectionable. ns ihsi could nr ape III
% he smen.lrd. ihey would endrasor
20 improve. alter. and amend il. and moi
pronounce against u or attempt 20 destroy
IL. Lei Them examine. II carefully. and
calmly. and ifihey Discovered any thing in
!. susceptible Of improvement. LEI them
improve u. and reslore peace. harmony.
and happiness 10 the county.
In forming tl.ls plan. he had ihnpght
il should embrace all fhe snhjrrs up
on which there was difficulty, thinking
that there could be on use III settling one
pzri. aud leaving others open. bnt that al
should be seilled ~ one time. Tie also
though, that he should prepare scheme
that both rlasses OF Slairs-fiee States
and slave Saales-couId adopt without
any sacrifice of principle. These series
lar rrssoiunons prafose plan whereby all
this Is done.
He saw one serii a OF the States of The
country pushing their measures 10 an
alarming and dangerous extreme he saw
The other section preparing TO extend their
measures 10 another and equally DANCE
rous extremity and he thought lhal he
should prepare plan that would stop this
peril. aud afford ground on which both
SECTIONS coull mite wilhoul The sacrifice
of any principle. bui Al the sacrifice Of .
little feeling only. lie believed that his
resolutions accomplished this end. He
believed that. ia all concessions by one
section. they should receive campensa-
lion; and rs careful aud calm considera.
iisn of iiie resolutions This won a spp~asl
10 br carried out.
In The firsl resolution II was said that
California shouia be sdmtted into The
Union without any provision either pro.
hibiiing orajmitiing slavery. uigenlle-
from the South say. thai in this The
Narlh get all they wani--illal slavery is
already prohibited there. and that the ends
aud purposes of the free States have been
accomplished. This is Tue. But by
whom hiss il been done' Has il been
done By Congress. or BY any acl &c The
Gnscrnmen,! No, bul By The people OF
California themselves and Is !, not the
dortrine of all parties thai ihs people
lof every State should be leli free eiiher 10
admit OF rrohibi, slavery. as they should
-aa....- s.-.>s~--a@~ssss- qucstion involved ~
the admission of Missouri was whether.
after State had formed constitution, and
was organised State Of The Union. con.
Il gress had power 10 control The action Of
that State on the subject Of slas cry,
Those oi The South who had favored her
admission into The Union held The doc
lrine tia, once Stale. she stood among
her peers equal in all respects 10 them.
and thai her rights and powers over that
subject were as clear and nnquestionable
as any one Of the thirteen original States,
and that Congress had no authority or
power 10 coniIol her action 10 The least res.
ipeci.
He though, that the friends Of the VIII
moi proviso should he well satisfied with
1.-THE declaration. and with wha, had taken
place in California. They should remem.
her that if the Wilmol proviso was enact.
ed. It's operation would cease when the
state was formed. There was now no
one who would contend for moment
that If The States formed out of the North.
west Territory, and 10 whom had been ap~
piled the ordinance 0f l787-Illinois.
Ohio, Indiana. and olhers-chose 10 alter
their conslilu ions, and permit slavery 10
exist within their limits. they had not as
much righ. and power 10 do SO as had Vir-
iginia within her limits.
No one would contend that The exclu.
sion Of slavery by the people Of Callfor-
MIA was the act OF Congress. OF Of the Co.
sernment Of the United States, but il was
decision Of the question by the people
Of California. by California herself, who
alone had the right 10 decide il.
The second resolution Of The series was
an importan, ono. and he begged genlle>
men 10 look a,ii calmly. lie was aware.
when he prepared il. Of the perseverance
with which The Wilmot proyiso was pres
sed B, tie North; he was. aware that eve
nv free State had expressed an opinion IN
lis favor, and had instructed its represent
taiives in Congress 10 secure It's adoption;
lhe was aware that the northern people
considered il as favorile measure, and
had sci their hearts on il: He was aware
thai, by asking them to vote for this reso-
luton. lie called upon them to abandon
the Wilmoi proviso, 10 give il up, 10 open
their eyes 10 The danger to the country N
pressing i, when there was no necessity
!; whatever for it.
In thus calling upon them 70 abandon
heir favoriie measure, he offered them the
assertion, in his resolution, Of two clear
and indispuiable truths. They were
First. That slavery does not exis. IN any
parl Of the Territories acquired from Mex
leo; and secondly. that. in our opinion,