The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-08-13
HssU uM1D DIT1DN
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
VOLUME XXI.
Letter from the Hon. w. R. Hing.
PINE Hill, Dallas County, ALA. ,
June l6, 1851,

absence from bone deprived me Of The pleas
ure OF receiving your friendly letter al an ear
her day. hasten TO return an answer. You
doubtless attach TO nv cp,s;ons much great.
er Importance than they deserve, bot, as one
OF your Senators in the councils OF the Naiicn,
you have a right to demaud them on all po,.
zeal questions, and especially on those affect.
ing your personal security aud r,gh,s of prop
suy. shall proceed to lay them before you
with he frsnkuess that becomes a man. Con
cssmenis Of oplaions. deliberately formed,
never has, and | trust never will, constitute
Sny part OF my character, public or private.
shat. never be deferred from giving utter.
suce, lrom The apprehension tha, they may nc,
be 10 accordance With those Which others en-
reHsin, or that, by making them known, |
my afec, II. urousy my standing as pubic
msa. This rs well understood by those Who
have known me longesl, and known ue best.
II | fall into error-to which every man 10 liza.
be--Nhen convinced Of II, promptly admit
sni fetract II. 10. much as desife TO obtain
the appreciation OF the people have ihs honor
10 represent, should feel that was un sor.
thy Of lie position 10 Which II has pleased The NJ
to place me, #, to gem II. | we're to trim my
salts TO every popular breeze and violate the
0tligAuons owe 10 our Common country.
condemn no man for honestly differing with
ne IN opinion, but | have too much self.re.
speci, and, trust, Independence, to surrender
miae o@n to please any man or any set Of men
het suppossd tina, my action on the so cal.
led compromise bill Of the last Congress, to-.
eeher silh the reasons - hlch governed IT, had
been SO plainly marked by my public ceclara.
lions aud votes as TO preclude The possibility OF
msarpfehension. From The tenor Of your e,.
ter this seems not TO be The case. A brief
statement will, rus, pu, 90 end TO oil doubi
OF cavil for the su'ure. | was. as you know,
ene Of lie committee Of thirteen which repor.
ted tho compromise bill. Wlhou, going INTO
de,sil, | Will only say, II did no, receive my
stnchoa TO committee, nor tcould |, under any
c'reumsidnces, hare giren Il my support as re-.
ported The parts TO shIch puneipalty ob.
J-cttd were, lbe admission Of California as g
State sih territory more extensive than any
three Sa es 10 the Union, and The clause which
emancipaIes slaves brough, into the District
for sale. | could no, foil to see that NOS, cf
those no advocated he admission OF Cahfor
Ma with her extravsesnt hmrs, would, but for
The prohibition OF slavery contained in her
constitution, have been the most violent IN op.
position TO her reception into The Union. she
owed her sdnlssion then, 10 the fact that the
people Of The s'ayehodIug States were depri
'ed Of en- fqusi participation IN territory
Nblch, Of right, equally belonged to the cit.
zsns Of all the S ates. Finding that there
Wss fixed m j,r'y determined 10 perpsnate
this act OF Iujuslice, il brought TO the direct
vote made an efsTt 10 cuftaIl the limits o!
tho State, so ,ha, a territorial government
might be established South Of The Sierra Ne
Fada. Al enc tine The prospect vas fair thei
ny proposition. so proper 10 Itself, would sue.
ee6e ;u hosever, iaiied aod California became
STATE with Thousand miles OF aeacoasi.
No man could have felt more indignant than |
Gid a. this partial and u just legislation, but |
an lfee 70 declare that have not been able TO
see 10 the measure violation OF the couslliu.
ton a. coa,ended for by many DID so con
sldef i, neither could nor would have expfes.
sec the opinion tba, the people OF the south
could wrh honor, aud under the eircUmsia1.
ces should, scqu'escc 10 what had beer done
Iae Constitution SIMPLY gives TO Congress
the po4ef 10 aduit new States, and the only
les uc,ion upon the exercise Of this power is,
that the Slate Constitution shall be republican.
NO territorial training 10 required, no assent
o. Congress to the formation Of the Cons,'n
ilon, previously gwen, Is 10 be found. The
whole ma'iar fess with Congress TO exercise
sound discretion.
As respects the BIZ for abolshlng he slave
ttade ~ The District Of Columbia, to which
y91 particularly call my s,ient,,n | wish TO
bs distinctly understood. At an early period
o. he first session Of the last Congress, de
cafed IN my place 10 the Senate, lka, stood
ready al any time 10 authorize tho breaking
UP Of those slave mans in The mds, Of the
eily-ofensve ss they were TO decency, pre-.
ll1lcIal 10 health and IN many respects shock
ing to humsni,y. !, was ~, desire TO clo'he
NE corporate authorities OF the city nuh the
power 10 ab1te them as nussnces whenever
ihey conceived il proper TO do SO ; and for such
abdI | would uahesiis,ingly have given my
'ds-hsving no fears that BY such measure
sayefy 10 the District would be affected inIu
h'o''y The people morej directly interested
.h'etlsined no apprehension ol The knd-and
mink can say with certainty that nns
Nh'hs Of the CIT zeos desired those slave mart'
. be suppressed. however, voted aga'ns
'ae oil as II passed, because the penalty To-
'oaIing the law was the emancipation OF 'h'
saVe and would not, under any circumstdn
"' hare giren my sdncfion 10 emancipation
he District Of Coiumbia whaher as a pen
"yfor The pioiation Of iar or in any othe'
N1aaer--and / should feel il a bounden dutl
% Tets for Ms repeal Of the emaneipciirl
a4b'e rheatper proposed.
Permit the to advert for moment to tn
"asf provision OF the bill Us reported by lb
'0nnliiee, and for which, after undergoing
s'traI modification, | gave my voe-an
a'' es 10 the boundary of Texas. ] am full