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

fiuresn mon'hs. you have heard Of nv
attending Union meetings. and ol ms
ferseni demonstrations al Union meet
ings. Well, wha, was the ohieri af
thai! What was the purpose af that! The
object and purposes we're designedly ar
li'nughllessiy mIsrepresenied. had an
insilaIinn 10 "a % n uninn meeting in iilr
enuniy nI weslrhesirr; I ronld moi g.. bat
wroie 4 letter. Well. sone wise pan Of
The Est said he ,.id nDi lhink il neerssa-
~ ID hnlh Uninn meeiings. lie did nnI
think there were many disunionisis ah0ai
Tmryiown. Aud 50 here. in every pari
Of New Ynik. there is total misspple-
henson nf The purpose ard object nl these
Uninn meetings. Every one knows there
is moi a county. nr civ. or hamlet in
the State oi New York. that is ready To go
out of The Union. There is mo- man so
insane in The whole States. outside nf a
lunalic asylum. ~ 10 wish il. But that
is moi il. We all knaw that every man
and every neighbarhnn,l. anh all corpora.
iinns. 10 the State Of New York. ale at.
iached 10 The Uninn. and have no idea &C
Withdrawing from il. Bul that Is moi The
pnini-llai is not The paint. The ques-
lion, lellow.rIiizens and pni IL TO sou
now as The real qnesiion--ihe question is.
whether yan AMI The resi- of HE people &C
the great Stale of New York. and of all
The States. will So adhere 10 the consliiu-
iion. will so enact and maintain laws 10
preserve that instrument. as that YOU will
moi only remain in The Union yourselves.
hn permit your brethren 10 remain IN H..
and raryy il on! That is the question.
Will YOU concur in measures necessary To
maintain The Union! or will you orpnse
such measures! That il the whole p0ini
oflhe case. You have thirty or forly men,
hers Of Congress from New York-you
have your proportion IN The United States
Senate. We have many members Of Con
gress from New England. Well. viii they
maintain The laws that are passed for the
administration "f The constitution. and re.
j spcci the rights Of The South. so lhal the
Union may be held together; and mol only
that ave may mol 90 nni Of il ourselves
which we are moi inclined to do. hut that
BY ascerlaining and maintaining The rights
Of others, they may also remain IN ih'
Uaionl
j Now. gentlemen, permit me 10 say iha
;. speak VI no coacessions. ifthe Souil
wish any concession from me. they won
gel it-nol a hairs breadth of il. 1.-THE,
come 10 ms house for il. they will moi fn,
il il they do. concede nothing. Bul
say that will maintain for them as vii
,1main,ain for you. 10 The utmost Of IN,
power. aud in the face of all danger. ihei
rights under the ron.,i,uiion, and YOU
rights under The constitution. Cries Q
Good !! gnodr &c. Aud God farsak'
me and my children. II Fever be fopni
TO faller in one or the other. Tremen
duus applause. lfhis obvious 10 every
one. and we all know il. that the Origin
of the great disturbance which agilales The
country is the existence e slavery in some
nf the States; bni we must meet u; we
must consider IL; we mnsl deal with IL
earnestly, honcsily. and justly. From ih'
mouth of ST. Johns To the confines q
Florida. ,heIe existed in The wear Of grace
! seventeen hundred and serenty.tive, illr
teen colonies. Of English origin. planted \
different times, and coming from differ
ent parts Of England. bringing will
them various hablis. and establishing. eacl
for itself. institutions entirely variant iron
the institutions which they left. Bul The,
were of English origin. The English Ian
gusge was theirs; Shakespeare aud Milio
were theirs. and the Chrlsilan rel,gion wa
theirs, and these things constituted then
tngrlher. The aggression< of The paren
State compelled ;hpm 10 sci up for indie
pendence. The: declared independence
, and that Immortal act. pronounced on III
Fourth Of July. seventeen hundred an
!. sevcnlv-siy, made them in'lependen
That was an aclof uninn by the Unite
, States in Congress assembled. But lhl
, acl of itself did nothing to establish ove
) them a general government. They had a
/ ,icles ofeonlederaIion before to carry o
3 the war. They had Congress. They ha
articles nf confederation aflerward 10 prc
sccu,e the war. But thus far they wer
inIepcndeni. each of The other. They el
, tered into a simple confetleraey. and noll
!. ing more. No State was bound by VIII
!. il did mol itself agree 10. That was u
I state Of things, gentlemen. at tha, iim'
> The war went on-victory perchei q
!. the American eagle--our independents
was acknowledged. The States were the
united together under contederacy I
!, very limited powers. II could levy n
taxes. II could noi enforce IFS own dt
!. crees. II was a confederscv insteatl
being united government. Experlenc
/ showed that this was inefficient. An
!. therefore, beginning as far back almost
: the close Of the war, measures were take
!. for the formation of The united governme'
!, "a government in the strict sense ol "
: term-a government that could pass Ia"
3 binding on The citizens of all the Stale
and which could enforce those laws .
:. its executive powers. having them in'e
!, prcied BY Judicial power belonging
I The government.