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

anau fsll Ihs Ani sAeIiags n Z grtn'
,g.h 81 ne UHioa, Dgyag nippose, W.
Chsifaan, IhaI ihifig-nne States. Nhen
d. roas,iiuslaszl lies Ehieh nos bind
ssrn are brokea. and SHEA lhm new
Aessnbls fsr separate poser shall begin.
srs salaz 10 pzy siriei regard 10 lhose On.
sea .nd mystical enirenrhmenss within
.Aieh sto1i hile Rhode lslsnd--~hirh,
n comparison silh some esiirr sssirs, 20
rssisrr carn6eld or fawef garden ihan
Q ss.x-iies xs salrls fortified a. yenr
s~a impersl Ne~ yosk. which holds the
Hudson IN shs haiisx Of her hand. and
.rsends her colossal iImhs fram the lakes
,sshe ocean, lGrs applause. whenlhs
uaion 10 Dissolved. do won think thal holy
constitutional sprll viii remain nnhreken.
which prevents yaur powerful nrighbor.
Pennsylvania. en,hIsned upan the AlIe>
shsaies. With the broad susqnrlisnnzh
Cor her sparkling cinetare. and the iwin
tributaries Of the Ohio for the silver filless
q her temples. from raising 50 much a.
anser against gallant llule Delaware.
vhsrh n~sllss securely within The fringrs
&c the gorgeous robe of her qaeenly sister.
Before The revolution there were con.
irnversies about the boundary between
many OF The eon'erminous States. They
verr adjndicsied by The Pnsy Council.
afirn arbitrarily enough. generally against
Inc large and in favor Of The weaker enlo-
MES. But the decision executed itself.
Pacis inlponers nsorens vas ,he motto 81
the home government. They derided a.
they pleased. If the clonies liked The de-
sisian . Was well; if they did M, they
nigh. do something els. for which there
!. honely word. which will not repeat.
ft.aushier.1 When The royal government
vas thrown of. some of these cnnirosrr-
s,es survised: some new ones sprung up.
There had been. or were. d,spu,es between
Pe.nsylvania and Virginia. Pennsylvania
and Connecticut. New Yo.k and Massa.
ehuse,i-. Massachusetts and all the other
New England colonies. But first. the
old confederation. with lis tribunals. (surh
% hey were.) and still more. The happy
constitution OF 1880. hreaihed lis own Vi.
,aliiy and power inio the anrieni nuni-
menls OF the land. Disputes were seiied,
controversies adjusted. The genius of the
Uninn. with the law Of The land in her
right hand and the Law oi love in the len.
rerambulaled ITO use The Surveyors er.
pres.ion) the lines between borier States.
and discom CEASED. But. gentlemen. i
ynn divide this Union-ii you take from
il,esa boundaries The character Of consil-
rational security which is attached 10 them
in the way have described, what then
is 70 happcni When the constitution
shall be swept away: when those States
.hzll start on new career OF selfish as
tendency. infamed by The passions inva.
risbly raging Al such times between border
States. would they be held hack By parch.
menl titles from dead kings and queens Of
England. whose bones for two hundred
wears have been hudlei up in The crynis Of
Westminster Abbey. CApplause. Why.
when was in London few years ago. J
was instructed 10 procure q copy Of a pa
tent granted ny The Duke Of York. afler-
wards James II. 10 be used in coniroyer.
Az, L believe. between New Jersey and
Delaware. about Pea Patch Island. Of
which. suppose, you have all heard; and
| also had 10 procure large folio volume
Of documents from The Royal State Paper
Office. 10 he used in controversy be.
tweed ms own State Of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island as 10 boundary, which ran
back 10 the charter of 1879, and which.
whether il is settled a, The present day, ]
am ashamed to say do not certainly
know. And now. sir. when this family
Of States-n,. not a family of States,
f,r We are going to reject that kindly
name and the blessed thing il expresses
but when this group Of hostile and rival
States shall rush forth with heated pas
rions and exaspera!ed hatred on new
political career. can their hands he kept
from each Others ihroals by dusty parch
mems. signed by hands which are Them
selves long since turned To dust! When
we have repudialed our Madison and Ha.
milinn-yes. sir. yonr Hamilton /; when
we have Iepudialed their work, don't
think we are going 10 pay snpersiiIious
Difference 10 the work Of Charles, aud
James. aid Elizabeth. When we have
turned deaf ear 10 The voiee Of Washing.
ton, and Adams, and Jefferson, and Frank.
lin-,he Moses and The Prophets Of our po
li,ical Jispensaiion. Cgrea. cheering; |
say, when we have turned deaf ear 10
them. do you think We are going TO permit
creature like the Duke Of York, whom
his own people-sye. his own daughters
drove with scorn from The throne. Ia
rise from the dead after two hundred years
and govern us by paper sceptre.
Then. gentlemen. as TO The Supreme
Court Of the United States. do moi
know what Others may think on The sub
sect. but for myself. sir. addressed 10
EhancelIor Walworlh. who sat by Mr..
Eyereli's side I will say. ,la, if all the
labors. the sacrifices. and The waste Of
treasure and blood. from The first landing
al jamestown or Plymouth. were 10 give
us nothing else but the Supreme Court Of
of The limited Slates-this rpverpd tribunal