The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-05-28

Slavery Question. .
. There is class Of politicians ii The '
South. who affect 10 entertain disirnsl 81 4
Presiden, Fillmore, in regard 10 The Slave i
~ question. No amount Testimony can ,
lemose this opinion. The President may J,
surround himself ilh Cabinet known 10
be sound upon this snhjeei-he may in
his messages use the strongest and plainesl
language-he may use the whole powers
Of his ofIire In The execution OF the laws
demanded by The slave interest. and Cor
SO doing. he may bring down upon him.
self the malrdiciion Of The whole. Abuli-
lion party, and still those Southern Pa
friots cannot trust him."
These reflections were made BY the editor Of
the Petersburg lntelligences. on reading speech
delivered by Secretary Graham, at a dinner given
70 The President and bis Cabinet at the Irving
House in New York. in presence Of Presiden,
Fillmore, and surrounded by Northern audi.
ence. Tho following Is an extract from the
Speech Of Governor Graham:
When The Constitution was framed,
every State surrendered portion Of lis
sovereignty and in order 10 form that
Constitution, the South had made some
sacrifices rs well AS The North. They
were for the benefit. however, Of all The
paris. Among those obligations was one to
surrender fugiiives from slavery. The
South would never have agreed 10 live un-
der The same government with the North
il the North was 10 become The refuge
ground Of their runaway slaves. In se-
paraIion, either by commercial restrictions
OF BY arms, il would have maintained its
riehl., that no neighboring powers should
disturb lis peace and its property. The
Constitution happily guaranteed 10 The
Soul, what by the comfy of nations, il
had right TO demand, that neighboIing
State should not be tempting of its peo,
pie from their homes, or throwing in fire
brands among that people by tempting
their servants with impunity To run away.
To that Constitution the Wings of The
South expected The Wings Of the North
TO live and abide by il IN good faith and
TO execute its provisions. II was a matter
Of conscience, therefore, for every North
ern man who took an 9th TO support The
Constitution, and such an oath was TAX
en- by every man who held an Office, from
The highest officer down to The Constable |;
and he knew no conscience party tina, could
so we'll enforce the duties of conscience
as in enforcing an obedience 10 an oath,
and TO The Supreme Constitution of The
State.
One Of the Compromise measures
which il had become The duty Of The adj
minisiralion TO act upon was this surren-
der Of fugiiives. All the rest were Of but
comparatively little importance 10 The
South, and this was only made Of the
gravest importance by enabling the coun-
try to see whether the Constitution could
be put down or not. II This article Of the
Constitution could be nulified, directly OF
indirectly, there was no telling where null.
i LITIGATION was to stop. Ii the Constitution
was good for anything. j. was good as a
whole, and il could moi I've broken in paris,
Nobody expectedihe whole series OF Com.
promise measures TO be approved by any
body, item by item. Same Of the Bills
were very. very objectionable 10 large par
ties Of his Southern counirymen. as OBJ.
jeclionable as this Fugitive Bill Is in The
North but as whole, as final system o
adjustment. The Wings Of The South acqui
esced in them all. and meant to maintain
them. and they expected like acquies
cence on the part Of their Northern Wits
brethren, in good faith. II there was L
be no such acquiescence, If Noriherr
Wings were TO wage war against Sontherr
Whigs-there could be no Wing party
The Democratic party had their Difficult
ties, perhaps more serious than ours. and
, it was doubtful whether they could eve
, again assemble as whole. in Nationa
Convention !; but The Wings could act 10
gelher as efficiently as ever, il they only
planted themselves upon the platform lai'
down in the Presidents Message. Grea
cheering
Mr.. Graham concluded by remarkinl
{ that he had spoken with freedom and can
) dor, as among friends, and he hear,l,
, thanked the people for the reception the.
} had given the Presiden. and The member
Of his administration.