The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-01-14

Mr. rr<Easns. saink il i out of
place s>s@v thst i i waste el lime
d xshfc<t t:.:s sesalatisn 10 discussion.
ii i . aa<sssnn which ought 20 be dis
eussad Ii intrinsic merits slemand Il.
Tie eirrnmstanees which surround e
ID flsis Chamber and beyond these walls
enfsrte sise necessity andthe prnpr.ety
af ID; pnd if we. NAV drop from the
Aishxmd solemn topics which have been
gaihrrrd around the reception Of Laa:s
kassnsh and his associates In captisit.y.
uiseh hare been 81 brilliantly spread
before u.s. avcll;ag the heavens. srangs
lsag the iirmamens. and | kno~ uatl
ashat other magnificent and startling
sigufex-xnd luak st some Of the mum
dane operations which are immediate.
III before as IN the course ofear politi-
eai Iatase soon 10 Be history when ~e
consider certain dispnsals of certain
eminent political Offices vhich in
short lime are to Be made BY the A.
mericaa people, We find sdditioasl
reason. WHY, IL wefan allow ourselves
To subside ir.zd tI.t tarfrnt Of excited
feelina.ioso i hieh vel. .e been plung-
ea,xe Shou1 i Yresets befnre the A.
<ss<rs<xx peef1Ix etsss ue think i the
cal4p<Ad d'srxssionaie and deliberate
soensraa sense view Of the subject be-
fsr* The Senate.
| agree with what was said by the
honorable Senator from Massachusetts,
Mr. sumner. who addressed the SEN
ate few dsys ago on this subject. that
ss,is is cave which requires statement
rather than argument; and | would add
10 his proposition, that il requires ar
gument rather than defamation, and
proof of the propriety of adopting this
course rather than, will not say un-
meaning, tfpr nothing that i spoken on
this Gloor i ever unmeaning) defiance oil
forciga Powers, and the large expansive
declarations af American power and
prewess, which We have heard. and ol
our capacity 10 contend with world
in arms. Let Us look at this question
as il is presented to Us upon its intrin
sic merits. What is it, As hays
| said, gentlemen have admitted las !
plain, whether admitted or not tha
they are to assign some reasons VIII,
! this resolution shoald be adopted. Ih'
, resolution proposes to bid, il the nam,
/ OF tie American people. Louis kossus'
J welcome to our shares. Several rca
! sans have been assigned why We shonl'
aiopt this course. | proceed to ofc
: some remarks apon them. i
/ n4It il said, the first place, that by tn
: Joint resolution adopted at the last ses
). sioa of Congress, We have taken the in
{ itiatory step which requires Us, y
: point IL consistency and honor, to fol
I low il up with what is now proposed
I That deny. | know no method b
!. which ne can ascertain what We did a
. .l,e last session Of Congress, and I
J whas, therefore, We may consider our
' selves Is property obliged as conse
1 onencc OF it, than by looking at tn
! language of the resolution. My honor
/ able friend from Michigan Mr. Cass
! said that he secuted the idea Of apply
i ing philology to this investigation
II scout the idea Of Supplying philoloslca
/ criticism, the rule by which We ascei
, tain the meaning Of language, to tn
!. question Of the Interpretation OF Ian
i guage: WIZ, my honorable frien
i must have very singular idea oi the o.
fee and purpose Of phllo.osy. lie seem
! Is have made similar. mistake IN re
: ference to that science which was mad
If by 4 ,ery respectable but rather test
II old gentleman Of my acquaintance vii
j regard to the science Of arithmetic, =
!, numbers, who became extremely offend
! ed when wagsishly told BY a youn
+ man sitting II tie breakfast table wit
!. him, pointing to plate containing 'nr'
biscuits, Mr.. II, YOU sannot tel ha'
j many biscuits there are IN that plat
J without counting them" !. What s'r,
/. saws hs, . 10 YOU take me for 10
,aat canuot tell that there are tire
!. biscuits ii that plate without countin
- them::" lie rejected the idea that con
I'll mutation and arithmetic were necessat
ii io ascertain numbers, il the number
. narticalars we're small. know that "
I honorable friend did rot mean that; y
ii why did he use thathigh terns Why q
Il he 30 into this Anglicized Greek wor
r. If which many Of our constituents
- nome know nothing, and who won
~ naturally imagine, without an expian
T. lion, that those Of uswho are oppos'
il ii the resolution had brought some ne
~ and strange and barbarous machine
II. Of Interpretation to bear-broasht, Pe
.ss haps. from some of those European &c
i. j, tisns, and totally unknown to .
u, country Why, we cannot ascerta
,of the meaning Of anything which depen
j, upon words, without the application
e the rules of philology to i.
il il But did my friend mean to lmI
! ! that there was any disposition to WI
ho Is called hypefcriticism that IS
H. ring to Il 9 construction oi this reso
Il IN