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

me sriusl condition asd nensring danger
81 our rouniry.
frrl. gentlemen, wiih The greatest In.
irTesl and The deepest sullciIudr. Ihe foil
furee 81 al ii,ai yaH have expressed; aud
! would gladly comply Hiah yonT wishes,
and eEen dedlraie the remnant nf . life,
Ihe largest and heel parI af which has been
spent IN the public service. io the rause Of
the Cninn. if lhe stale Of my heallh would
allow me. and Il believed that aIy fresh
rAenhns Of mine would be useful. But
ever since The long sessinn nf the lat
cotgrrss. during which my sr.luous du-
ilrs serr gnralrr Than ! was well able 10
enrannirr. my health has been deliraie. and
u has remained 80 throughout the PAST SUM.
mer ! hope that il is impnsIne. but IL
-iiil reqnir,s the mnsi assidpnus care and
! enieHain serious aPprehrnsions Il.ai IL |
wrre In accept yaur invitation. snd throw
myself lnio the srrnes OF excitement incl
dent Ia IL. my strength might fail me. aud
my present debility might be much in
rrrssed. There is M place. ] am fully
swsTe. ahere ! should find more ardent
antFenihusiaslc friends in one parry. and
more roar,esy AMI respect in The other.
Than 10 the commercial metropolis Of tho
Uninn. Whilst ! am constrained. with
l'iuch rrgrei, respectfully a. decline the
meeting yo.i propose. avail myselfof Le
occasion 10 pfesrni so'ne views which I
have lake 81 public atT,irs. and which 4
unsl may be received as . substitute Cor
any oral exhibition Of them which could
make before large cnncourse of my fel-
lpw-cIilzens in New York.
u was not supposed hy The anlho:s and
,npporicrs Of the compromise. in the last
Congress. that The adoption of The series
of measures which composed il would Sc
cure the unanimous concurrence oi all.
Their reasonable hopes were confined 10
The great majority Of The people Of The
United States. and their hopes have not
been disappointed. Every where, North,
South. East, and West, an immense ma
jnriiy Of The people are satisfied with or
acquirsce in lIs compromise. This may
he confidently asserted in regard 10 lhir-
teen Of the slaveholding States. and to
lhirieen. IL mol foureon. ofihe free States.
In a Few of both classes Of The States, and
~ some pariiehl1r lncaliiies, dissaiis action
exisis. exhibiting ilsei occasionally IN
words Of g,esi viplerce and inlemperanre;
but this feeling is. trust, where il has
most prevailed. gradually yielding TO Nh
enlightened sense Of public duy. will
present rapid survey Of the actual state
Of things. as il appears to me bo;h AT the
North and The South, beginning a. the
former.
ln all that region there is but one oil
the various compromise measures that is
seriously assailed, and that is the law,
male in strict conformity with the consii.
luiion. for the surrender of fugiiives from
lawful service or labor. But The Law
itself, wilhlwo exceptions, has been every
where enforced; opposition 10 il is con-
sianIly abaling. and the patriotic obliga.
iians Of obeying the constitution and The
laws. made directly or indirectly by The
people themselves, is now almost nniver.
sally recognised aud admitted. If, in the
execution Of The law, by the public au-
ihorily, popular disconleni is sometimes
manifested, il has, with the exceptions
mentioned. been invariably represscd. or
prevented from obstturiing The officers of
justice in the performance of their duties.
" am correctly informed, a great and
salulary change has been made, and i. yet
in progress, al the North, which authollzes
the confident anticipation that reason and
law will finally achieve noble triumph.
The necessity Of enforcing aud main.
tanning that law, unrepealed, aud without
any modification that would seriously i'm.
pair its efficiency. must be admitted by
the impartial Judgmen, Of all candid men.
Many of the slsveholding States, and
many public meetings Of the people in
them. have deliberately declared that their
adherence TO the Union depended upon
the preservation Of that law. and that
its abandonment would be the signal Of
the dissolution Of the Union. know That
the AbolIlionisis (some OF whom openly
avow desire to produce that calamilons
event and their par,issns deny and delide
the existence Of any such danger; bui men
who will not perceive and own i, must be
blind TO the signs Of the times, 10 the sec-
tional strife which has nnhsppily arisen,
10 the embi,sied feelings which have
been excited. as well as the solemn reso.
lulions OF .lelihers,ive assemblies. unani>
mously adopied. Their disregard Of The
danger, ! am apprchensive, proceeds moro
from their desire 10 continue agitation,
which augmenis il, than from their love
Of The Union itself.
!! You refer. gentlemen, to resolutions
and addresses adopted al conventions
lately assembled around US. in which we
have seen with regre. a. well as alarm
that the question Of adherence to the com.
promise is avoided or evaded," and you
justly deprecate The tendency Of these re.
solutions. have no, been an inaueniiv,
! or indifferent observe OF them. aud will
. you ! deeply regret their adoption.
wish that these respectable botlies coul