The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-12-04

the Gsnerai Assembly, tie approval
and vii command the hearty suppor,
Of the people Ct North Carolina.
>. Hssotred. That while the peopl,
Of this state approve, and will sustain
az a fchols. this series Of measures
yielding objections which thew ma,
have to any particular Of the series
they have righi to expect, and do en-.
'pect, and will insist upon, a like sun.
port Of the whole. and like yielding q
objections to any particular measure ID
nose portions Of the Union ia which
That - esteemed Objectionable. which
by the people Of North Carolina is re.
garded as important and valuable; and
while North Carolina thus discharges
from patriotic love of the Union and
the Constitution, and Z solemn conric-
ton OF the inestimable value, to the
whole country and to the world, OF our
Constitutional Union, her whole duty
in the premises. she confdes in the
same patriotic and. just sentiments in
huencing the great body of the Ameri-
can people for a like performance Of
their whole duty in every State and
portion Of the Union.
4. RESOLVED, That the act passed At
the last session Of Congress, common
ly called the fugitive slave law, is in
exact accordance with the Constitution.
just and fair in each and all its provi-
sions, and entirely consistent with the
usages Of law in other cases of a like
kind, and therefore is liable to no OBJ
lection which does not lie against the
Constitution itself. That to repeal it,
or materially alter its provisions, would
be an act Of injustice and bad faith,
well calculated to alarm the whole Of
the slave-holding States, to DESTROY
their confidence in the honesty and fair
purposes Of the people Of the States
concurring in such repeal or alteration,
and produce such alienation and dis
trust as would render the further main
tenance Of the Union very difficult, if
not utterly impossible.
$. ResolUed, That the faithful execu-
tion of the Fugitive Slave Law, in the
free States, is necessary to the preser-
yation Of the Union, is a plain duty
binding on the Government and the
people Of the United States, demanded
BY every consideration of justice and
fair dealing, and cannot be denied or
evaded without manifest violation of
. fundamental condition of our Consfi-
f,ffionai Union, unworthy the Ameri-
can character, and not to be patiently
borne by American freemen. But con-
fiding in the justice and patriotism of
the great body Of the people of the free
States, this General Assembly will not
anticipate so sad and yr~elcome an
event as the repeal. essential modiica-
ton or non-execution Of this law, and
therefore decline nop to declare what
measures should or would be taken in |
that event by the people of North Ca
rolina, such declaration being easily |
interpreted into premature menace
upon a contingency which may never
happen, and likely to aid in producing |
the very state Of things which all good
md patriotic men sincerely desire to
prevent.
6. Rssoiced, That in any event which
may happen, this General Assembly
Toes not doubt that the people of North
will be found prepared to
adopt with GOODNESS and wisdom, and
maintain with steady irmness and per-
severance such measures as the emer-
sency may require first to maintain
heir rights and honor in the Union by
Constitutional means; and secondly,
when such course shall be demanded
" stern necessity, and only then, to
ensure the preservation Of those rights
md that honor out of the Union by
uch means beyond the consultation, as
he necessity Of the case may require,
heir wisdom may devise, and their
strength enable to render effectual.
z. Resolred, That the Governor be
to transmit copies Of these
resolutions to Governors of the other
States of the Union, and our Senators J
md Representatives, with a request
hat they be laid before Congress, and !
he Legislatures of the several States.
Mr.. Woodfn introduced bill to incorporate
he Ashville and Greenve Plank Road Compa-
y. Referred to the committee on Internal I'm
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rovemcnts, and ordered to be printed
Mr.. CLARK introduced the following resolution:
Resolued, That the Judiciary commits
&c be instructed 10 report what facilities
hould be extended by the several Coun
y Courts of North Carolina, TO any OF
he free colored population who may wish
D emigrate to Liberia. And also 10 in
uire into and report the legality and ex-
edlency of said County Courts binding
III as apprentices for The term of ninety
inc years, all the children Of said popu- 7
llion born after the LIST January 1852. b
u the mutual bene6. and protection Of
9th races. :
Read and referred to the Judiciary committee. |
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