The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-11-27
North Carolina Legislature.
2SNESN0A1S EE39gA33,
To the General As~mbiy
Of The SinLe of North Carolina.

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To The General Asssmbiy
Of the Stnte of North Carolina.
The constitutional assembiage Of the Rep
resen,atives Of Freemen, 10 enact Avs, To pro
vide for their equal aud just administration.
and to promote the general welfare Of p.o.
pie, ~ an a., uf high sovereignty; presen,s
an occasion Of the deepest interest to all class
es Of the People. aud soggesis TO every De-
partaeut of The Government the solemn duty
of returning our sincere thanks TO the Grea,
Governor OF the Universe for continuing TO
Us. ss a STATE, those bounIful gifts of HIS
Providence. health aud peace and plenty.
SiGc s~sso Test me s,irg Of ,he General As.
senb y, our country has passed through a he.
~ ordeal of c"' aicllng psssioDs aud sectional
interests, resulting from the acquisition OF
vast regions Of dtsfan, Territory, causry jus,
alarm TO the frends Of The Union and o. Tree
government throughout the Eatth During
this pe,ilous coptlict in our National Cuunchs,
and amidst the a. l,slIon Of the people 0! some
of The States around US, North Carolina has
rcms ned q silent, but not al unnoyed NOT
,.iess spec,stor.
Ardently devoted 10 the perpetWtv Of our
Union, TO the Constitution as il u.s." and a,
g the sane ti,se knowing aud daring 10 main
:, tain s0d delend her rights, granted or guar.
' sn'led by this National Compact, no Slate re-
!, ioiced with more unalloyed satisfaction a, the
. am,cabe s.,emen, Of this drslrac,,ng coniro
n vetsy. The late adjustment, by Congress, OF
Il these difficulties, was proud triumph Of pat.
>. rloiism and compromise over faua,icism nnd
8 the spirit ol dlsunon; and exhibited to the
l. world the possession, by our people, Of thai
a noble public virtue and devotion 10 our coun
e Try. the ,ire est of the inestlmabe value they
y place upon the Uuiop, and The sure h4rbingeI
u Of the stability OF our Government.
n THIS adj istnIent, ard the acts by which II
hs,been censumma'ed are nov, however met
g with violent denuncia,lon and opposition,
h. mong some OF our brethren North and South
a. While 81 the North dlsotsenzeIs and ia
o' natics are corfedetstlng together to nulhiy
o aud obsltuct the execution of the laws Of ,h'
C. laud, cerisln Southern politicians are jealous
ly engaged IN coucocilng plans and associa
's tons. which, however designed, mav lead ,
"a disHen berDent of the Uni n. Exuen,
~ iacionnis ard agitators, ererliDg for the
I" own selfish ends, sinister lIGnence Upou ia
u" pubic mBd, have always EXISTED IN our 90,
w ernmeut, aud vii so continue, While FopuI a
Ie form oi goyerDmt exists among Us. Ihei
ne machInanoLs have hitherto Welded To- III
'm force Of reasou aud frightened patriotism.
The sPllt OF dIsunlon, heretofore cou6ne
az TO some particular section of the country,
~, now, however, acquiring an expansion an
w s,rcnsh hat demand the cuunletuclion of th
nj sons Of free dom and friends of the Unlo
ias Throughout the land Ia his parricidal sir e
OF. let US take neither lot nor part. Let US hol
ng fast The union of the States. The last
per come lutothe holy alliance of the old hirte6,
lie, US be The last 10 leave ii. The footprint
10 of Washington and his matchess compeer
ny may be iolowed without doub(u ness or WI
po vering. 1t is union which gives Us all we al
NE or hope 10 De. It's The key.arch of our Ill
er,y aud national greatness; end CLAIM ii
as privilege Of my tflical station. soemnly to il
u woke the people oil North Carolina, ard the
oy. Representatives, to beware how they ho
OF communion stth cabal or Convention 10 SO
oe' and overthrow II.
'hs But let Us not be misunderstood. Lei
ana not be suTpos, d that our deep aud abiding d,
vo,lon to the Un,on, is such as to reader
insen.be TO the just appreciation oil our right
or caaus TO the STAN Of dshonor. As
,oh southern portion Of the Union, we have righ
eIv which ere ours by the Constitution ours b
er comprorse, and by the supreme laws Whc
oh. govern US. These uiH ncrer be SURRENDERED
oh. We take our Nund in The ranks Of sonfher
b;s destiny We have heen assured by patriot
or statesmen OF the North, that, 10 the frt
,b,. States, the masses oI the people are sound VI
no. OH the question OF negro slavery, ard are o.
a. posed todslu blng the institution as II exist.
$ IN That The splril OF aboiitiouism is confined to
, in body oi iaua,ics contemplate for numbers
,cu. respectabiuy. As they value the union
y. these States, let them see 10 1t. Let the
,d's patriotic masses now rise up in their slrens
Lfe and put down The treason and rebehon whic
em are expanding and riol,ng IN their midst.
,he offer no menace I: bu, lei the said and sob,
Ihe sense Of our people ard The calmr ess ~hiG
: of they have ever maintained amidst aborli'
p a. efforts at agitation, be to patriots every ~he
q of solemn warning, trumpet toDgued, Wht
the North Carohna does summon to the Iescu
ms, ,he, the Union is in danger What spe
ne iacle sacred alliance, nay, more TIN
too that a Constitutional Union of noble peop
for IN peril OF beng dlssevered and broken up
,,e gangs of runaway negroes, end their cts;
as allies! How Illuminating the contempt
,se. ton
,,ed ferbear TO enter into any particular d
: in cussion Of the various measures adopted as t
new basis Of this adjustment by Congress, a,
heir late session. to vindicate them from oblectlo
old taken in different sections of the country
one or more Of them. This were by
means d fficull task bu, would seem scare
y appropriate TO the purposes ard charact
,red Of an Executive State Message; and wou
be swell thrs cohmuuica'ien to an inconyeuie
ed size. | refer to tho subec, at all, only,
had cause high sense Of duty seems, in the e
un. stng state Of affairs to require 1t al my hand