The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-14


mnhnfsFIuItn. bui Wiih Dupohk and othll
kiends a he Nolih, AZ. Binnens. q
Rhode Island. and seas oshsu noi her
|ns~rsssry 20 be nsnsd ] ssid 10 hes.
. Boz pill sh's pespss opspss fpe yess
issssssisf~ . Adminhiy =. vs. iAs1fplys
~fa srrsn yssn. pniil ron approach NJ
Gan Of he mszsurs az ds,iss down. 20
twenty per rsni. ] issd ihsn vhsi -
lxved, that befas ihsi period arrived Cor
'eress vosh axe up ihs subjses snd ]
nrxsd ms Van Bursp sS.sssssssien 20
take Up The spbjeri. and rsnodily ihs
isri6-nni 10 70 bsek 10 ihs former high
duliss. but 10 inisIpass sems drgrss II
protection in behalf Of The 10 sFsss os.ihs
country. beyond The fvsniy per cent.
] hey old moi do i.. Thy spffeTed ihs
hing 10 run opi; and when ihxy cams
down Ia 1919. the twenty PR rsni. vert
into fnll opersiion. and ihs yesr befor.
believe, il operslsd very dissdvsnisgsnusly
10 The manufacturers. The isrif OF le42
would have pslosed Thai inlsrssl 10 lhs
North. The kanh. and MOI the soslh.
chose in the contest Of 1914 10 bssisv
their suffrsees in wsy whirh led 10 the
passage Of The tariff Of 1876. eir. Z knpe
you win nni understand me % making
sny complaint on . personsl ground.
Meme; none whsirver. ] feltrelieved from
ihe responsibility Of the siius,ion whieh
my friends. more Than myself. wanted me
to be placed in. Boz ID wss tho North.
il vas New York. u wss Pennsylvania.
vninieniionslly. aided by other free Sisies.
that lrd To the adoption OF The tariff Of
Is4e. BY The results Of The contest Of
lels.
Mr. President. ] wish I had The rhy.
siesl power 10 give uiiersnes To ,he many.
many idess which I s,ili haze; but I hare
IL not. must hssisn iowMds . eoHelu-
sion.
The responsibility Of THE sve,, measure
passes from the hands cf the committee.
and from my hands. They know. and
] know. that u 10 IN awful and tremendous
responsibility. lhope that you will NEE,
IL with just conception snd true ap-
probation Of i,s magnitude. and the mag
niinde Of consequences whieh may snsue
frnln your decision one way or me other.
The alternatives. ! fear. which the mea.
'nre presents. are concord and increased
lisrord; a seryile civil war. originating
IN iis causes. on The lower Rio Grande.
md terminating. possibly. in no conse-
luenees. with the upper Rio Grande in
he Santa Fee coun,ry--or the restoration
Df harmony and pa,ernsl kindness.
] believe. from the bottom af my soul,
that the measure is the reunion of this
Uaion. ] believe il IL ,he dove of peace,
which. taking its erial figh, from The
dome Of the Capitol. carries the glad lid
ines If assured peace and restored haImo-
ny 10 all the remoies, ex,remi,ies Of this
land. ! believe tina, il will be
attended with all these benefcent effects.
And now lei " discard al recruitment. all
passions. sli petty jsaIousies. all personsl
desirer. alllove of plare. all hoauing after
the gilJed crumbs which fall from The table
Of power. Let us Jorge, popular fears.
from whatever quarter they may spring.
lie, us 60 10 the limpid ioun,ain az un.
adul'eraied patriotism, and. performing q
solemn ius,ra,ion. return Invested of AZ
selfish. sinister, and sor,lid impurities. aIfl
think alone u our God. our country, Or
conscienees. and our glorious Union; nat
without hich we shall be torn into Jos.
,,le fragments, and sooner or later be- me
the victims Of military despolisn., q for
eign domination.
Mr.. President, what Is an inkvidnal
mani An atom, almost invisible without
manifying glass--a mere speckhpon the
surface OF the immense nniyefe- not =
second in time compared 10 imge asurable.
never falling. never beginningyhnd never.
ending eternity; drop Of fster IN the
great deep, hich e,apnrateiand is horne
off by the winds; grain yfsand. which
is soon gathered TO the dft from which
i, sprung. Shall a being small. so petty,
so heeiing. SO evanescef. oppose itself To
the onward march off great nation. TO
subsisi for ages and ees TO come--op.
pose itself 10 thai loE line OF posieriiy
which. issuing from r loins, will endure
during the exis,rncesf the world! Forbid
il God! Let Us lok at our country and
our cause; elevate ourselves to The dignity
Of pure and .lisiny tested patriots. wise and
enlightened si,esmen. and szve our
country from alFnpending dangers. VIVA,
il, in the mardof this nation 10 greatness
and power. should be hurled beneath
the wheels IA propeI il onward. What
are we-wht Is any man worth who is
no, ready nd willing to sacrifice himself
for The b edt Of his country when j, IS
nccessI
NoyMr. President. allow me TO make
| .hoyappeal 10 some Sena,ors-m The
whoyof The Senate. Here Is nv friend
| fioVVirginia. mir. Mason.) Of whom I
hay never been wi,hou, hopes. / have
hight Of the revolutionary blood or
gorge Mason which flows in his vein.
| Jof the hlaod of his own (a,bo, or IL,