The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-04-10

! never hsard ofbui &c man 50 VIA d
a u fhink ailhonl hGFrof 81 insafgeruon
n lie sauihefa Sisiess ana hs Vas a Van
Buren DemorIas from Ohio. (Benismin
Tsppan. lornrr Senalsx
Nv colleague spaks ~i,h eonlemps Of
those who uttered he .<la-zne and sense
less cry of Union. uaian." lie Was
:. disrssssdr AZ il This dssgusi Is bul
iwo years old.
In December. 1877. thus spoke ny col
league:
I'd rouI be vain, however. for rs On siihrr
si3e 70 hnp~ f1r snck prosperity - We have hith-
emo enjoyed Iflhs zire4m Il cur nziionas sx-
iSence should be divided. esch hranch must roll
diminished volume. and would he sbls only 10
bear lesser burden. such . sepsrsfion would
Ne The sAdJcsl a an paninss Mesh0uid irel that
our way was lonely. Ike thai 81 Hagar IN ihs
ldesrrt-1esol4ie a. she wsnasEings o. our frA
parents, when crime had jus begun" &c. &c.
Very handsomely IN The same strain:
Ave have community Of interest,". which il
would seem that no party madness could break
up. We have. TOO. Fscolisetions Of the past.
which, to American feelings. ara stronger even
thsn calculations Of Interest"
This was neither insane nor senseless;
bui rational. and sensible. and well beeom-
ing Representative Of The old North
State.
A single word as 10 California. This
win be . test question" The .Califnr-
MIA pInviso" one gentleman from Alabama
(Mr. Inge) Denounced. What j. il hui
declaring thai the people Of each State
shall have right IN decide for themselves!
We have high southern authority for this.
Mr.. Polk said. in his message. in 1913:
{" Whether Congress shall legislalc or not.
the eople Of the acquired Territories.
when assembled in convention 10 form
State constitutions, will possess the sole
and exclusive power 10 determine for Ihern-
selves whether slavery shall er shall not
exist within their limits. n Congiesss shall
sbslsin from interfering with The question.
The people ~ these Territories will be lsfi
free TO adjust il as they may think prnper
when they apply Cor admission as States
into the Union. No enactment &c Con-
gress could restrain tile people of any OF
The sovereign States Of The Union. old OF
new. North or South. slaveholding or non
slavrhnlding. from determining The chsrac-
ter nf their own domestic institutions rs
they may deem wise and proper. Any
and oil the States possess this right. AID
Congress cannu, deprive them ofii."
In tie sou,hern address il is said /:
" Slavery is domestic institution. IL be-
longs TO The States. each for itself, 10 de.
eide whether il shall he established or not:
and. if il be established. whether il should
be abolished or not"
The Southern address, also. in referring
10 the Missouri question in 1919. cen
sures those who advocate amendments
having for iheir ohjfc, To make il a con
diiion Of her admission That her consiilu-
ton should have provision 10 prohibit
slavery"
The address states: Those who OBJ
jecicd to The amendments rested their OPP
position on the high ground OF the right Of
self-governmeni. They claimed that Ter.
riiory, having reached The period wheu i
is proper for il 10 form a constitution and
government for itself. becomes fully yes.
ted with oil the rights Of self goyernmen,,"
&c. &c.
The address argues further, that to az
sumo that Congress had right To require
any thing but that the government must
be republican. " would be ianlamounl to
the assumption of lie right to make its
entire constitution aud government
Icommend this address OF those Demo
cratic members who are talking Of The
+" California proviso."
believe, Mr.. Chairman. il we reject
the application Of California for adinis-
sion as State, il will be productive OF the
most calamitnus consequences. II will
raise sectional feeling throughout this
broad land that may never be allaveG. |
cannot vote against her admission for any
reason | have yet heard. | donoi see hnw
any one can make her admission "irst
question: who tlors mt wish TO bring
about dissolution of The Union. As a
southern man | want her adlniuetl-lhe
sooner the better. | advocated tie
election Of our present Chief Magis
ttalr, :. mol merely as Wing. bu, as the
great representative and champion of the
principle of the right OF man 10 self.gov-
eminent" ] viii not consent TO remand
her: her people are, most Of Them. our
own citizens. There might be danger &c
our compelling her TO form government
wnhou, our aid. She will. trust, soon
be one Of us. If no other southern man
votes as ] DO, will vote Tor the admission
ol.Cali(ornia. Dead or alive, (as an Irish
man said.) if can gel here, | will vote for
her admission.
A single word upon The question Of
Territorial go. ernmenls. see no plan
betterihan that recommended by the presi-
dent. and shall cordially support il.
| have no time for much argument, but
will only present few questions and con-