The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-01-08
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o. Iaioa rali Ners.ai,Il.


Nc. IILHER SAID lie desne,l 10 dis
,,s, ,l.o.e qaesIinus. not as Wing or j
u,g,.rfai. bal i Nnrih Carnlinian--As
,,ne wi.ose ireIirgs were with lie Soulh
III! y .,o,e interests we've there. but who.
t,sss..s.lg f,r ibc nomcni All party con
sisler.,lnn AMI all sectional piclndlre.
ws..'l anxion>ly consider hnw ile honor
ssI li.e s.iety u llic South might he Sc
rur,yl. and il il could hc done consistent
Is w..h lhesc. the Union be preserved.
lie WISHED 10 s'e erected platform an
walrh all ire snns of North Carolina
ranl siaad-io have embodied in resoln.
ton. or otherwise a sentiment which
wall strike responsive chord IN llie
hgeast Of every patriot and enable the
Stale Ia present an even and steady
front. in a cri,is sn,lrl,raie and so rying
Il canli nni be doubted that North Caro-
Ina intended 10 be Irue Ia herself; she
nn!y drslreI 10 he cuFrerlly informed of
the pnsiare If alrnrs. 10 know The extent
Of gueyanrrs aud The dangers which be-
-! her. and the snresi, safest and most
ban rahlc mode oi escape.
Ia determining this momeninus qnes-
iion. al prriod so critical and exciting.
heated passions and. parry preju,liccs
should he bani,hcd lrnm the Cnunril
Boma; and opinions. purpnses anh deter.
mnr'inns expressed In lang,tage hrcomIng
the gravity Of The occasion anl character
Isle OF the people for whom The represen-
iIiIves assume % speak.
lie thought unanimi,y Of sentiment al
important, anl Ia secDre this he would
wtlIngiy vote far The resolutions nf ans
other genlleman which might meet viii
general appreciation and best express III,
popular vnire, although those ;u,ro luce,
hy himself defined his own views and tht
pn.iuon viii h he preferred 10 occupy.
lie respected the views and The motive,
ri other geullemen, wished To hear lht
opinions Of all. and would even make
sacrifices and yield his own predilcc,inn,
in iavoruf harmony and concert of action
We should not, continued Mr.. G.. a.
sumo a position With we cannot main
tain: we should not, nor will | consent
10 % farther by resolutions than we cal
eXPgc, ar ask the people 10 60 III action
3It heinre he advanced farther in the dis
cuSSlm he wished % make one persona
aiusIon; aud lo request Senators not II
iaige Of his feelings towards those from
Walrh he differed. by the manner II
which he might express himself in de
bate, aud Ia he assured that whaieee
might be his warmth and zeal in nrgin
his own opinions. he entertained for thos
IL whom lie might alludc, and esperiall
for the learned Senator from Posquolan
md Perquimons. Mr.. Shepard.) the mos
klnly feelings and respect commensu
r,,e with his many excellent qualities a
i man and prblir spirited rilizen.
lie believed ilal Senator would respec
hi, monres when he expressed I,imsel
freely, frankly aud i,oldIv; and the Senate
has himself lleclare, that he has no res
rcct for him "who wilhhol,ls his rea
oIinions from fear.
The picture which that Senator ha
drawn Of the condition Of the Son,lierl
Safes. al some fuiare day, was well cal
culated 10 excite in southern men. the mos
serious reflections. The past proves iha
the raio Of increase Of the Blacks in III
Slave States is greater Than that OF tn
Whites, aud if we are 10 judge the i,liur
by The past il is TO be expected thai IN IN
course Of wears, the Slaves in npmher vii
he much larger Than owners. The dlSpro
portion between the two races, yea. aile
year, become greater.
Mr.. G.. said he could look Into the ia
lure. AMI see probable tlitlic,Ates sllcl
as had been indicated by the Senator
He believed from ihe signs of The Times
thai whilst the Sonihern SIales Rename,
in Tie Union, they had lille 10 eneonrag
them 70 look for Slave territory beyon'
the Stare nf 'rexas. He assen'ed to III
probability, that The lines by which slave
~ is 10 be circumscribed, are alread,
fixed.
But suppose The Sonlh had obtained al
extension Of The Missouri compromls
line 10 The Pacific. (and lie regretted lha
such was mol the case) and the whole 3
California, New Mexico. and Utah, ha
by agreencn, been assigned 10 the SIay
States. would moi the same difficulties
which have been 50 graphically depicted
occur, IN The end. if,he institution Of slave
~ is maintained! The horrors aud dar
gers anticipated would only be deferred
lie feared there was something in III
prospect Of the future, connected with III
delicate subject. which Southern me
c nld not contemplate with emotions !
uumixed pleasure.
lie feared thai in process oi time,
slave labor should he applied 10 agricu
tlal pursuits aud found nseinl only.
cuillvaling ile soil, as heretofore prac'lcc
~ lie San Ii, lie value of that specie
"i pr'f"riya The greater portion ol Sonll
crn weai Ii, would inevitably tepreciae