The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-09-08

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which wss net dzlz,esis la. a. son< al lAen
had eons in szpeeziag % Be paes-ed. and The se~
who Fers ia while Mr. Ns-h wss speaking, bad
been very uneasy un5ss his sIsss 81 iscis. AID
nov kh relief 10 End fha lbey hsd sss who
would undertake 5<dsnce % ihsir cause.
Mr.. Hin took Up poslians q Mr. Nssh's speech.
without any particular esasr. and We uss there
fore ncsioe his reznsfks il ths same nay. And
frs: Mr.. ii. esdeasosea 70 defend Gen. Pisfes
for his vote against he BIZ 70 permit Mr.. Brosks
10 isks two servants 81 his into The District 81
Columbia. His 6rss posisioa wss. that Mr. Mash.
40 compromise man. ought mot TO object 70 his
VOTE, because enc q shs bills In that series q
measures provided for suPPressing The slave sraf-
&c in the District |. o.. In other words. one 81
the features In the eompiomise. which Mr. hias
party In The South have constantly denounced,
is brought forward 10 justify Gen. Pierce IN an
Abolition pofs given some sixfeea yssrs bsfors
the compounds was made But secondly, M.
/ II. con,ended that Gen. Pierce did right in Civ
ing that vote, Cor the reason that be holds 70 the
sentiment that Congress has no power 70 lesis-
als on the subject Of slavery in The Dissriesi and
be saw that IL be admitted The right to legisisie
slaves IN The District be could not deny the right
10 egislsis them cut /. This argument, In The
language Of Senator Brown, 10 plausible, but
! no, slrsngihy." Let Nc examine il . lius. In
the irsi place. Mr.. Hin did NOT shoe that Gen.
Pierce entertained The opinion he attributed TO
him, and unless this was established, the whole
Of his argument would fail But admitting that
he did entertain this opinion, the conclusion Of
Mr.. Hill docs not follow. Mr.. Hill will hardly
contend seriously that The admission Of the right
in Congress to passs law Of the kind applied for
3 by Mr.. Brooke, Is an admission Of the right 10
, abolish slavery In the District! Acts similar 20
, this, have frequently been passed by Congress
: and none but ultra aholtionists have been found
voting against them. In the second place, the
ground upon which, height Of Congress TO ..
bolish slavery in the District is Denied 10 that 4
would be an act Of bad faith towards Maryland
and Virginia, slaveholdins states hal csted the
: territory to the General Government; but thi'
4 ground will not prevent Congress from allowing
J, TO citizen Of Virginia, who chooses 70 remove
into the District, the right to enjoy his property
Q there. No, no; Mr.. Hills ingenious argumen
n win not extricaie Gen. Pierce from the eonss
y qIences Of this abolition vote in 1884.
u Mr.. Hin next took up the New Boston speech
y and he seemed TO think h sufficient answer q
d the fifteen or twenty witnesses, who swear TO tn
Il correctness Of the report Of Foss, 10 denounc
I Foss asa "black-heated aboliiionist." He how
o ever read from the National Intelligence . n
Al port Of speech made by General Pierce at Mar
chester, N. H., on the Goth Of November, 1850, /
4. favor Of the compromise and the Union and b
g selecting such portions as suited his purpose. an
P by his manner Of reading il, with theatrical &c,
N lures accompanying il, he evidently made the in
ne preston upon some minds which he desired. BIZ
W such persons viii be surprised TO learn that hi
y speech at Manchester has many sentiments sim
a. lar to those reported in the New Boston speech
m which Mr.. H. was endcavorins 10 prove falls
- And we presume they would hardly suppose
lg after Mr.. Hills remarks, that the speech Of Ger
e. Pierce at Manchester. from which Hr. Hill quo
ted, contains the following explicit, declaration.
II "Who did not depl6re slavery! But whs
- sound thinking mind regarded that as the onI
ed evil that could rest upon the land The mel
n, that would dissolve the Union, did not hate o
4. deplore slavery more than he did,"
i Mr.. Hill also attempted to defend his part
I'd against the charge Of Inconsistency and doubl
e. dealing declaring for one thing at Baltimor,
fst and voting, under oath. for another directly OF
ne posiie at Washington; bu, he clearly Shove
Il. that he either Inexperienced Mr.. Nashs argr
lie ment, or was unable to meet il. His only repl
be was, that by declaring in their platform again.
ID distribution Of the Public Lands, and again.
6. internal improvements by the General Govern
no ment, it was evident that the Democratic part
CO would drive of from them the friends Of ,hes
be measures. And so ii should but to proven
n this, the leaders go to Washington and vote fc
I'd bills IN direct opposition to their platform; an
p. BY this means they hope 10 retain those whor
their declarations might otherwise drive of-thu
p showing that their declarations are Of little valu
lis even in their own estimation. To this Mr.. Hi
lis made no answer.
lat The portion Of Mr.. Hills speech which app;
TO- rentiy best pleased his Democratic friends, wa
n. his attack on Gen. Scott He represented hir
lie as unsound on the slavery question; said he ha
10 been standing candidate for the Presidency f.
ey many years, and was In too much haste 10 4,
cept the nomination.; that the Wings had hui
,er their platform SO high that they could not q,
lot Gen. Scott GA ito use his own elegant ex pre-
es, sion, he said, the Wings had got the tail I,
lot their ticket, Gov. Grahaml on the platform. b,