The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-10-29


H,p. Hsnrg Gig. AskiIas. KsRiackys
RESPECTED AND DEss SIR: lhrre are
periods in Iie history &c natinns WHEN The
bald anil manly ronns I. lhr sagsriens fnre-
sight. and timely and persrrriIRg rnors of
the lirm and palrinlic statesman ran sur
reed in arerling fearful crisis; Al The same
time the warning saice of The wise and
The good my require 10 he rrpralrd and
uplifr d. until II slisll Tea-onnd throughout
ilie land.
Y.aI introduction Of llis comproaasr
measurrs inio The Senate of The United
States. and their passage By Congress.
marked an epnrh in our history; lhry ar-
resIrd The nearer approach of national ca
lsmily. aud. as was louily hoped. laid The
fnnIaiinn for returning harmony.
Il has sinrs. hassesrr. heroine bui ioo
apparent that cnnlin. ed and unremilir,l
Efforts IN favor of uninn sentiments are
nerrssary % resist lhe current nl error.
and rure The maintenance Of sound prin
c,plcs of attachment 10 The Constitution.
blessed fIniis that were expected from The
compromise af peace.
Several al your noble coatlniors in The
cause Of The Union have already addressed
The people. aud are now addressing them.
in lie words of truth and patriuiisn,. oi
eloqnence and pnwer; and We have thought
II right 10 appeal 10 The Senaior from
Kentucky, and enlreal that one whnsc
voice has been so ofirn raised in defence
Of the peoples rights may not be silsn.
now.
\ We have ucil-lnunded conviction
that the great hody Of The American people
are in Ia,or &c mninialnng aud enforcing
The compromises Of the CONSTITUTIONS
nereiihtless. in the resolutions aud adj
dresses adopted al conventions lately as
senabled abound Us, We have seen wlll
regret. as well as alarm. that the question
of adherence TO the compromise measures
is avoided or ets,led, that modification ana
amendment are declared 10 be requisite
and repeal itself admissible; as If the re.
quitcmcnls ofihe Constitution, in carrying
nul an integral part Of our national com
pact, was of no higher obligation than any
ordinary &C. OF legislation.
Ii is evident, therefore. that there re-.
qures To be more generally diffnsed .
spirit that will not iampcr with poiiicianl
whose course must inevitably lead To the
destruction Of The Constitution; a spiri
that will not hold communion with those
who advance and support doctrines, in re-
lalinn 10 lie great national adjustment. "a.
ial 10 the future pe.co and harmony Of The
Union; who merely acqniesce because they
have no alternative, while on all important
occasions they TOO plainly disclose. under
fimsy veil of apparent conicnlmeni, .
determination 10 resist aud oppose the el
fnrls of tie friends of The Compromise
and The Union.
We feel confident that You will moi e.
yor the abellors OF such doctrines, bur raih-
er reprnve and ,ienouncc them. We
therefore respectfully but earnestly ask of
YOU To leave for a time your retreat in
Kentucky 10 appear among US al New
York.
Tho people are profoundly grateful for
your past efforts, and are proud aud will.
ing ID acknowledge your timely and eff
cieni services. They know and honor
your Union principles and yonr national
sentiments; and none are more deeply pc.
ne,ra,rd BY these feelings, nor more de-
siruus 10 acknowledge those obligations.
than Your lellow-ri,izens generally Of this
commercial emporium; and did we not
think that The presen, Crisis required your
warning voice, your presence, and your
name TO arouse your eountrymen 10 a
sense Of their duty aud their danger, we
would moi attempt to disturb The repose Of
the sage &C Ashland.
[Sigaed by flee hundred eitizens Of N. York
Ashland, october 8, 1851.
GENTLEMEN have the honor TO ac-
knowledge The receipt yesterday Of the
address, which you transmitted 10 me from
number Of gentlemen in the city Of New
York. Emanaiing from source so highly
respectable and imposing, from friends and
fellow -cilizens so numerous and intelli
gent, and TO whom am under such great
obligations. have pernsed il with pro-
found attention and Difference. Alter adj.
rerling 10 The present stale Of public af-
fairs. TO the spirit adverse 10 The measures oil
compromise adopted during the las. Con
gress whIca prevails in certain quarters; 10
the necessity Of .nnremiled exeriions lo
preserve ogr glorious Union; and 10 whal
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