The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-06-11


4 ihoaghi % hen. and ihink 20 hov.
'fhsrelars. EsudsmeH. Whsn d Nls pro,
pEosed 10 congrss a apply ihe MIlmal
Psssiso 10 Nex Msxico and Utah. i ap
peafsd 10 me lest as absurd - 70 apply
il here ia western sew York. saw
that ihs snswy hills. ihe eternal moan
iaias. and The climate Of iL0ss countries.
would nevsr support slavery. No man
ronld carry slave there with say ea-
pertasion Of profit. II could not Be done:
and as the South thought il was irritating
aud dlsrespeelf1l. l was not willing 20
do IL, and therefore | saw no occasion
Tor applying tie Wllmel Psoyiso 10 New
Mexieo or uiah. voted accordingly :
aud Who doubts il nowf The law adj
hitting lhase Territories passed without
any prosiss. Il ihere slave. or i u
likely there will be one lheIef Why.
ihese j. moi man ip the United States
50 stupid = mol 10 see n ibis moment
that such illiag was wholly unnetessa-
~. and that ]. was only calculated 10 IT,
lriiale and offend. And | am not one
who is Disposed 10 rreale irritation. ~
give or nee 10 our brothers. or 10 break
up lgaisrnal friendship without cause.
The question was open whether slavery
should or should not 60 10 New Mexico
or Utah. There is no slarerv-lhere i
mol The shining face Of an African there.
n Is utterly lmpraciieable. and utterly
ridiculous 10 suppose IL. and no one who
does nni mean 10 agiiale vii urge il.
Well. genllemen. We have race OF
sgilslors all over The cunnly-somes con-
necled with the pfess--sone. | am sor-
ry % Ny, connected with lie learned pro-
LESSONS. They agpalr--lhelr livelihood
consists in agilsling-iheir freehold. iier
copy hold. their capital. their all and I'll,
depend on The excitement ol The public
mind. Gentlemen, these things went on
al the commencement Ct The year 1850.
There were Two great questions before the
public. There was The question Of The
Texan boundary. and 81 government
for Utah and Ncw Mexico. which | con-
sidered as one question; and there was
The question Of making provision FOR
The restoration Of fugitive slaves. Gen.
tenen. on these subjects | have something
10 say. Texas. as you know. establish.
ed her Independence Of Mexico by hcr
revolution aud the battle of San Jacinlo,
which made her sovereign power. |
have already stated 10 you what | have
anticipated from the moRemeni-tlial she
would ask 10 come into The Union as a
slave State. We adniillcd her in 1915,
and we aimi,ied her as slave Stale.
We admitted her in is45. and we admit.
ledih with her own boundaries. Re.
member that. She claimed by conquest
all that territory which was commonly
called New Mexico. east Of The Rio
tirande. She claimed also ny these Ii
inits what her constitution had declared
and established as The proper Limits q
Texas. This was her claim and when
she was admitted into The United States
The United States did mol define her ter.
ritory. They admitted her as she was
We look her as she defined her own
limits. and with The power Of making
three additional slave States. ] say "we.'
but / did moi always remember thai. Now,
in this stale Of things. lei us 90 back 10
1850. What was The stale Of things in
1850! There was Texas claiming all
that, or great part oil That which The
United States had acquired from Mexico
as New Mexico. She Stated that il be,
longed TO her By conquest and By her aJ.
mission into The Uniled States. and she
was ready 10 enlorce her claims hy The
force oil arms. .Rec0lleci that is M, al.
A man must be ignorant OF The history IL
the country who does not know that a. the
commencement Of 1850 there was great
agitation throughout the whole South.
Who does not know that six or seven DI
The largest Silles Of the South had alrea-
dy taken measures for eparaiion-wcre
preparing for disunion il some way
They concnrred with Texas. for Texas
was prepared or preparing 10 enforce ei
rights by force Of arms. Troops were
enlisted; and do you not remember, gen.
lleman. that al this stale Of things how
many thousand persons in thc South were
disaflecied towards The Union, or were
DESTROYS for breaking il np,.or were ready
10 join Fcxas--lo join her ranks, and see
what they could make in war 10 eslab-
lish tile rights Of Texas 10 New Mexico
The public mind was disturbed. There
were thousands and thousands ready to
join Texas. Now. all The exlscme SOFT,
at this time was tlisaf1ected towards the
Union. These very men were in con-
iilion 10 fall into any course Of things
which should be riolenl and destructive.
Well, then, gentlemen. what was 10 lie
done again. as far as Texas vas con-
cerned. Allow me 10 say, gentlemen,
there are two sorts Of fore sight. There
is military foresight, which sees wha.
will be The result Of due appeal ia<asms:
and there is also siaiesmaulIke foresight,
which looks not al the resni, Of battles
and carnage. but through The results oil
political disturbances. the violence Of fac
lion carried into military operations, and
the horrors attendant on civil war. /
never had doubt. gentlemen. tia, il The