The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-06-05

more potent. Hurh more elicsrinns ihsr
thai; you have goi he inlerdieiiOa 81 ia
very ini0 The e0nssilsiiaa Of Cslsfomis
you have gos ali yon wanled lof he pres
rns. and have refused ~ every shings you
have seizsd upon Czlifornis. snd heresi-
ter. from iirBe 10 lime. you mean 10 sppro'
priale the sh"ie OF oar acquisitions %
your exrlBsiss bsns6s. La thai stale Of
Feeling Of mulual transportation snd excite.
menl. with lhfaird press. with hezied
parties. with heated lecturers. Win heat
ed men. hos can yoa expect hereafter 10
come bark N this theatre OF sgriie snd co.,
fsniion calm and composed. 10 settle dii.
fisuliies which six months Of earnest and
anxious labor have NOT enabled you 10 id
jas,f
II 10 nid that nothing has been done
Tor The Soalh 10 he eslsblishmenlof these
Territorial Governments; nothing in this
measure Of compromise. What. srl 10
there nothing done for the South when
there 10 total shsence Of all Congression-
u action on the delicate subject Of STARE
y; whrn Congress remains passive.
neither adopting Inc Wilmol prosiso, on
the one hand. nor authorizing The intro.
duciion OF slavery ON the other; when eve
" hing 10 lef in sofu qtLo2 What
were the South complaining Of ell slongl
The Wilmot prosiso--a prosiso. which
Nit be fastened upon ihis measure. AZ ]
trust il may not be. will be the result. !
apprehend. of The difficulty Of pleasing
Southern gentlemen. Their great effort.
their sole aim has been for several years
10 escape from that odions previso. The
proviso is NOT In the bill. The bill 10 81
lent: il il noiIaciive upon the subject Of
slavery. The bill admits that IL slavery
is there. there il remains. The bill adj
miIs that if slavery 10 not there. there il is
NOT. The bill is neither Southern nor
Northern. It's equal, il 10 fair il 10 a
which any man. wheiher al
The North or the South. who 10 DESTROYS
Of healing the wounds Of his country, may
accept without dishonor or disgrace, and
90 home with The smiles which the learn
ed Senator regretted he could moi carry
with him 10 Louisiana. They may 90
home and say that these vast Territories
are left open. If slavery exists there.
here 10 10. lfii does not exist there. il is
Tot there. Neither the North nor the |
south has iriumphed; there 10 perfect re-
iprocily. The Union only has ri.
IMPLIED. The South has not triumph.
d by attempting 10 introduce slavery.
which shc woull no, do if che could,
BECAUSE she maintains although il 10
iel my own individual opinion) that
Congress- has no right TO legislais on the !
me hand for lis introduction, or on The
'lher Tor its exclusion. Nor has the
Norh been victorious. She may, indeed,
ind probably ill. find her wishes ulll. !
nalely consummaled by The exclusion Of
lavery from our territorial acquisitions
'ui IL she does. that ought no, TO be an oc.
'nrion Of complaint with The South. be. !,
'ause IL will be the result Of inevitable
auses. The bin has LEFT The field open
Or both. TO be occupied by slavery. If The
'eople. when they are forming States,
hall 50 decide or 10 be exclusively de-
'o,ed TO freedom. II. a. 10 probable, they |
hall 90 determine.
Now lie, me call The attention Of the Se- :
,aie 10 very painful duty. which am
constrained to perform. and which shall
perform lie. It subject me to wha. misiuler.
oretation il may. here or elsewhere. |
mean the duty Of con,rastiug the plan pro-
posed by The Executive Of the United
States with the plan proposed by the com.
niiiee Of thirteen. lf the Executive has
, friend--(i do mol mean exactly that. be.
cause believe and wish myself 10 be
friend Of the Executive. feeling most anx-
ious To cooperate with him)-but if there
be friend Of The Executive who supports
his measure TO the erciusion of that Of
the committee, will he stand up here. and
meet us face 10 face upon the question Of
of the one measure 10 the 9th
er! Let US here, and not In Tho columns
Of newspapers. have fair, full, and man
W interchange Of argument and opinion.
shall be ready 10 bear my humble part
in such mental contest. Allow me to
premise by assuming. in the FIRST place,
that every friend Of his country must be
anxious that all our difficulties be settled;
aud that we should once more restore
concord and harmony TO This country.
Now, what is tho plan of the Presi-
dent! will describe h by simile. in Il
manner which canno, be misunderstood.
Hele are FIVE wnunds-nne. two, three.
four. five-bleeding and threatening the
well being. ifnot the existence Of the boz
,ly polite. What is the plan OF tie Pre-
siden'i Il il 10 heal all these wounds
No snch thing. Il is only 10 heal one Of
the Ave. and 10 leave the other four 10
bleed more proiusely than ever. by the
sole admission Of California. even if il
should produce death itself. have said
that FIVE wounds are open and bleeding.
VIVA, a'e they! First. there is Califor-
MIA; there are the Territories second; there