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

'lnfeale1 10 rfr0ariie and resiufe cnnf oEu
aaa irsieFnal Ieelings arnong aaF disised
cOsAlrYmen. TheTe 4zs n0 necessity Ia
reserve right - discnss. 20 medi.y. and
IN Tesesl Ire obnoxious law. such =
TishI existed wiihani tss express rrserss-
non. NOT anlv As 10 thai lsw. bat as 10 All
laws. and IS 10 lhe constitution itself.
WHICH has incorporated IN q me Fighf Of
anendmenl. and consequently thai u dis
eussion. Bai there are orcasions when
spirit ofmnIrraiioB should promp. Tor
bearanre 10 exercise thai right. II more
were iaiea.isd ihln neels the eve; more
than 20 proclaim tlie iiieoreiic right ofdis-
rnssion; Il IL were designed 10 announce
The right Of nnremil,ed agilaiinn. 10 ean-
time the distractions Of Inc rnuniry. and
finally. IL possible. 10 repeal lhe lnsilse
slave law. patriotism and harmanv mus
condemn The unwise course, as franghl
with The most rnischieVous and pefilous
consequences.
Bat we must make same allowance EDr
human fraily aud inor.lln-le pride niopin-
ion. Mny persons Al the North had
avowel an invincibls hostility 10 The fn-
giiive law; AMI even drclarct-her inIrn-
lion forcihiy 10 uhslnici is execution; and
had appealed 10 higher law. which. as
they commended. was paramount 10 all I'm.
man legislation. These unIenable posi-
lions were wholly irreconriIable with pa
iriolism. or even with the existence Of re-
gular governments ITSELF Ubeying The die
iaies, il is 10 be hoped. CT wiser and purer
and more social counsels, the parties who.
Under Tie impulses 81 passion and fana-
iicism, had assumed. have now abandon
ed them. and acknowledged their unques-
iionable duty 10 snbmn Ia the law until
il modified or repealed by competent
authority. In descending from The high
and perilons ground, whirh they could mo-
safely ocrnpy. IL ihn al conreding The
obligation OF submission 10 the law. we dis
cPm. | hope. just honage TO the dictates
nf civilization. and 10 The duties OF esta-
blished government.
IL they have coupled with This proper
Concession the useless reservation of a
right Of discussion. and 6f insisting an a
repeal or the amendment of a law &, which
they h,d taken exception. may we mol
hope that their purpose was only TO Sc.
ciire ,lereni retreat. with secret and
patriotic determination to fIrbear from dis
turning that return 10 harIAonv and iran.
guilty 50 necessary 10 the slfely aud pros.
perily OF The Union! Should il inin onl
otherwise; should The reckless spirit Of ag.
ilalion continue To disturb aud distract our
country. Ia array section against section.
AMI 10 threaten The stability Of the CIV
eminent. my confidence j. unsllaken in
the great body Of nv Northern fellow.
cilizens that they will. ia due time, AMI
u right manner. apply IN appropriate
und eneciual CORRECTIVE.
In turning oar attention 10 the South.
aud To The slaseholdmg States. we behold
enough Ia encourage The friends 81 the
Union. aud but li,ile 10 excite snlici,nde
aud alarm. IN all these States, except
three, there Is acqalescence Ia The terms
81 the compromise. AMI firm attachment
10 The Union. lii two of these three
Georgia and Mississippi We have mnrh
rtason 10 hape. from ilirir known palfini.
ism and intelligence. lhai The same attach
ment exists ON The Pal, Of large majnrilies
Of the people. IL ali events. those among
ID ~ uI whose devotion and Gil iiy 10 the
Unirn seriois appHhensions were enter.
final a
y public opinion. materially 10 rhange
lheIr principles. and go % il.epo.s uson
new isspr. fhpy have renounced and
Denounced lie practical right Of seres~ian
at present. aid taken shelter under the
rnnrcnieni mlss ofihemsre sh.iraci right.
Whether lhi> shifting of position will sa-
,sfy the people oil lhnse two States re.
nuns 10 be seen. Thcy VIII doubtless
seriously consider lhal ihare is but short
step bpiwa y The laeuleiic assertion and
the practical exercise of that rlgl,'; and m
a contingency. neither remote nor impro.
liable, If they affirm ille right. they may
be soon called Upon Ia involve Them selves
IN all iils calamtous evils of civil war.
Solth Carolina alone furnishes at
present occasion for profound regret
ana serious apprehension, not SO much
for the security Of the Union as for her
own peace and prosperity. We are
compelled. painfully aud reluctantly,
TO yield to the force of concurring evil
d nee, establishing that there exists in
that State general dissatisfaction with,
and general desire to withdraw from,
the Union: and that bath parties
that which is fnr separate State action,
and that which insists upon the neces-
sity Of the cooperation Of other States
equally agree as to the expcdiencv
Of secession, and differ only in the de-
gree Of rashness or prudence which
characterizes them respectively.
Nullification and secession have
sprung from the same metaphysical
school; and The latter is the ally, if
not the offspring, Of the former. They
both agree that single State is invest
ed with power to nallify the laws of
all the other States passed by Congress |
bat notification claims right to ac-