The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-03-12

Wsbgeml 1 3 bsespaa hAss setR Ihfse
: speflmtn af Iile peFleetlan q uls moral
suiIihs IA human sifaiFs. I have uit-
nsssrd, uhen iron Ihs Toe, dsTk bench.
dssnis,s 81 Ihs insignia of power. from
lhs lips Of soms gave and srnersl'le mag
isirsar. n whom wears add grey hairs
cnald aid mo- n-w iisl~s IN resp~ci. n need
~nlr NO name under Thai pnirail.l The
voice Of Justice and equity has gone forth
N The mos, powerful States Of The UHion.
administering he lar between riizens Of
independent States. selling dangerous
controversies. adjusting disputed bounds
mes. annnlling Unconstitutional laws. re-
vrrsing srranrnns derisians. and. wilh
frw mid wards nj jnilirial wisdom. dispose
ing ~ questions hundred fold n-rr i'm
palani IN IN those whirh. within ihr past
year. from The Plains Of IIalrs'rin. have
shaken ihr pillars Of eaniiaruisl EnrnPr.
aud III hal brought million Of men into
deadly eanfiri with each other. Bai. az.
when Ihe Union 10 hn.ken. whrn The
Sls,rs are srparsled. what 10 N beremr Of
yoar Saprrme Count How Then are
yea N s~ifle great and difficult, ques-
iiaas And plenty nj Them. believe me-.
ven viii have. Think of lhrse mighty
rivers. rnnning M. aud dawn. and srross
the eoun,ry IN every y reriion. and The
controversies about ihrir nasieaiion--is
there In be any way Of settling ihsm
Again. hostile tariffs. desiguesilo un,lermins
The revenue and commerce 81 neighbaring
States. will infallihly spring no. And This
very question which na~ aeilaies the un-
ion. What. in the name nf Heaven. are
YOU 10 do with all these controversies.
when won have lost this great and august
iribunali Gentlemen. when this time
comes-if Pennsylvania. foi insisn-e.
should look round her and find Thai vir-
ginia has pushed up narrow strip forming
a couple af counties. behind her western
boundary. 10 keep her eniirrly aloof from
the lrfi bank Of The 0hia. anil If she shall
take il inio her head IN redress this ir-
regularity. rs she would he apt 30 think ..
what will ne The result do you think.
Chancellor. addressing Chancellor Wal
wnrlh.) The remembrance If ,he case 81
Olm.tead will indure her Ia remain qui. !
+ Laughter. IN whirh :hancellor Walworih
juined. u New York should lake j, in.
10 her head Ia revive her claim TO mo-
nopnly 81 the steam navigation az her wa
iefs. snl give effect 10 her grant To the
representatives Of Fulton. who presented
% New York and the world the great
mechanical miracle Of modern times. wonld
the ease of Gibbons and Ogden prevent her
from executing This purpose Laughter.
No. When We come 10 that. the day Of
chaneellors and judges is passed. We
shall shu, up the volumes Of Peters, and
Wheaton. and Dallas. and cranch; we
shall lepadia,e the Kenis and the Sinrys.
the Walwor his. and he Marshalls We
shall 60 To the arsenals Of The old despol-
isms for their accursrd losic--ihr Ultima
ratio regim-and settle all disputes al the
poin, Of the pike aud he mouth Of the
cannon.
There are some other topics on which
I intended to speak. !. Go on."" Go
on" thank you for your encourage
men,. gentlemen. but my strength. not
great when / started. is quite exhausted.
I}nl | must just allnde To the disastrous
effects of separation Of the States on all
the relations Of the country AT home and
abroad; 10 the complete decentralization
Of socie y. by substituting Insecurity and
conflict fm peace and quiet; 10 the bligh,
which will fall upon The new Stale. and
Territories, springinp mp like an exhalaIion
from the soil throughout the continent.
And then. sir. TO think Of our position he.
fore The world, how dcplor.bly viii that
be changed The Unie,l Sta es. Re-
public now so great and powerful. AID so
resppcied-rai-ed 10 an importance which
will enable us before long 10 hold the bal
ance nf public opinion between the con-
tending empires Of the world-what will
il be when broken up and FILTERED down
To twenty or thirty petty sovereign,ies,
and. in the lapse Of time. perhaps TO two
or three hundred miserable princIpaliues
But. sir. must take nv seat. lhank
son. Mr.. Mayor and gentlemen. for The
kind attention with which you have liz.
tened TO me, aud beg Ia jnin my vows
with yours, that the Constitution Of the
United States. with all its privileges and
blessings. may be perpetua;eJ To the lales,
pos.erily.