The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-04

and this law was only more stringent man.
ner Of enforcing The &C, which had been in
existence since 1898, to carry out the pro.
vision Of the Constitution.
He then referred TO the course Of South
Carolina and said sometimes II was the case
that a man was right on all subjects but
one and hs was perfectly crazy on that
Such is the case with South Carolina He
stated that he had as liltle sympathy with
the abolilienisls as any man, and they de.
served the halter, and that when the lesisla.
tive and judicial authorities Of the free States
exhibited a determination 10 sssaii US with
further aggressions, then forbearance ceases
to BE- a virtue, he was for resistance then.
He though, the North nigh, ys. do we'll
all the leading men, Webster, Douglass,
Buch and Csss we're defending the Uni.
on. and goiag for the South. He stated that
he was for going to the arbi.rr Of the Conslitu
ton, The Supreme Court in extreme cases.
He admitted tina, State had a right to re.
sis, great oppression but that would 40, bese'
cession it would be revolution.
He said he was branded a. an ahjcct sub
missionist, an aboli,ionis,, &c., yet the most
Of the property he owned was in shat species
of property which caused all the elamor. He
did not mind tina, however-sbuse was what
he expected.
Gen. Dockery said the question might be
asked him, "Are you wiling TO aid the
President in coercing S;s,e!" He said if
he was 10 Congress, having taken an oath to
supper, the Constitution, he would be bound by
his oath to vote the means TO aid the Presiaent
IN exscu,irs the laws, bu. ii would be after eve.
ry other remedy had failed He would deprs.
cate such resort as much as any man, but
the President Gas bound TO see the laws ex.
eculed. Congress had tho power and could
pass any act and it would be he supreme law
of the land. tie said he would do as he had
done before, that he had voted Mr.. Polk the
means 10 prosecute the Mexican war, he would
give the President the means to enforce the
laws.
He said he was in Congress a, the time Of
the settlement, of the Oregon questionable,
he voted against having a territorial govern
meni. where only one par, Of the people could
go. lie said our present Governor, David
Reid, Esq, had voted for excluding South.
era men from the Oregon Territory, but he
(Gen. d. voted with he S"uth Carolina mem.
bers, Mr.. Calhoun and others. to permi, the IN
to 60 there. He requested Mr.. Caldwell TO
please inform him how he would have voted
had he been there.
He said he had lately returned from Mis-
sissipPi. and although she WAS considered
nearly az much IN favor Of secession as South
Carolina i, was becoming unpopular. 1t
would no, take among her people. lie be.
lleved South Carolina would no, secedc. He
hoped she would not. Georgia and Virginia
are opposed to it and he asked who are
the Secessionisis a! Ne, the President nor
his cabinet, not many leading men, but such
men as Mr.. Rhei,, who boasied ths, he had
been engaged % years il this cause, and 9th.
er disappointed politicians.
Gen. Dockery then referred to Mr.. CaId.
wells course relative 10 secession. He sta.
ted that he had understood he had about a
year ago stated tina, he was for resistance
now" lie referred TO his course in The Leg.
isls'ure aad especially 10 his speech, :" the
great speech of the session." so called BY
his friends, and he wished to know why 1t
was it had no, been published. He desired
TO see il as we'll as Others. He noticed also
resolutions which he advocated by the minor
iiy Of The committee OF Negro Slavery which
asserted The right Of secession by a State
That when majority Of The people declar't
for secession although i, might be BY but one
the resi- must submit. Such doctrine wa
abhorrent. He next referred TO his going in
to the Union meeting a, alORroe and although
The resolutions we're taken from the Farewell
Address Of Washington. the writings Of Mad
ison and Jackson and even the Constitution
itself, ye, he opposed them as advocating
the rabkest submission doctrine.
He said South Carolira was encourage,
by some here and she was told that If she SO
. seeded she would touch cord in the breas
/ of the yourg men of North Carolina, whcl
: would bring them from the mountains TO tn