The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-03-31

him, 80 Car as lhis journal %
concerned, IL he 10 opposed 10 the Ton
promise, VIC shall feel il our imperative
dusy 70 oppose hrs election. 10 The s'mos'
ol our humble abilities!
Town Hesting.-'rhe meeting OF inc
citizens Of This town 10 derise proper
means Coz bringing 20 the attention Of Cen
srrss The situation Of The Cape Fear River,
Bars and Sea Marks. came of according
10 prerions notice on Wednesday even.
ing last. a committee was appointed. ana
various resolutions were Introduced and
considered. A memorial 10 in course oil
preparation 10 bring the matter isirly DC.
lore Congress, and a. the improvement
designed TO be made Is foI the general
prosperity. il rommends itself 10 The ia-
sorabIe consideration Of every eiiizen.
We shall mol waste words on 80 plain q
matter.
One OF the incidents OF The meeting
alluded TO, was The delivery OF speech
BY ID. X. McRae, ESQ.,. which IN point
Of mslllcr and manner was 10 Us oil much
interest. The genuine North Carollns
spirit which pervsded il was worthy DIAL
praise. The speaker renounced party,
and DECLARED that his future exeriions
should be directed Tor The advancement
of his native State. lie said. and We
would not intentionally misrepresent him,
thai upon the subjrct Of the public do
main ihe Democratic Party occupied :
false position. That he was opposed
in the main 10 compromises, YET that he
desired this. that an amour. oui Of The
Public Treasury equal 10 The portion
which North Carolina should receive 10
the donations Of the public lands should
be passed TO her credit for The improve
ment Of her harbors aud the e,IuesiIon oil
her young. In fact. his remarks had
strong squirting towards an endorse
menl Of the old measure Of Mr.. Clay,
The distribution Of the public lands a
mong The States. aud was pretty TAI
Wing doctrine as far as !, went. For oul
own part we think Mr.. McRae Was righl
and admire his independence. The
wholesale plumber now going on in Ton.
gTess, by which The common property Of
the States is being squanderrd away, ],
in defiance Of ever principle of right or
equity. The people ought To pu, 'loT
To il. We cannot recognize the superior
claims Of The new States in The dislribu'
button. or why they should be bull, up
while the old are lef. Ia lansuish. liner
Of all parties had united in passing Mr.
ciay's resolution loag ago, We shoul,
not a, this time witness The shameful spo
lia,ions Of the public lands, hut on ,h,
contrary would have beheld harbors i'm
proved. rivers cleared. schools flourish.
ing. and oil the necessary attendants 81
wealth and prosperity. Wiimiagton Her.
lsincc the above was in type, we have seen il
tho Wilmington Journal, a communication iron
Mr.. M'Rae, in which he states that he has bccI
misrePIesented by the Herald II seems that Mr.
M'Rae. on the occasion referred to, threw out ii
ill-diges,sd plan for a compromise ON the Ian,
question, which the Herald thought had. s,ron,
squirting towards an endorsement If the old mea
sure Of MI. Clay" and which. judging from hi
remarks at the time, was unpaIalable to The Dc
mocraiic editor Of the Journal. Mr.. M.Rae oil
jects to the Herald's inference, but he does no
impu,e to the editor any intention TO misrepre
sent him. and he certainly has right to inter
pref bis own language. We therefore copy fror
his communication the plan Of compromis,
which. he says, he I. had not deliberatcd upon
nor even adopted himself" II is as follows:
40 give the lands to the States An whic
they lic-tof course not touching tho ,errilori.
possessionss)-having guarantee in the gran
against future tariff for protection, against an
future slavery agitation, (and union with Il,
West would guarantee ,his,) and as furth,
equivalent, ample appropriations by Congress
the other States Of sufficient sums for works
improvement STRICTLY CoxsrIrurIoSAL."
, Of course il is not proper to make any r.
marks upon this plan, as !, is not even adop
ed" by Mr.. McR,c himself But we will saw IN,
the proceedings in Congress Of lite clearly shoy
that the policy heretofore pursued by the Dem
cratic party has forever shut GU, the Old stat,
from any just participation in the benefits resul
ing from the proceeds Of the Public Doma
when plan for this Object was proposed by NJ
Clay, and supported by the Wings, il might ha,
been carried BY the cooperation Of the Delnocru
&c representatives in Congress from the old State
But that time has now forever passed away, an
az was then foretold, the new States now ha,
the Power 10 appropriate the lands TO their ow
! use, and they are fast o'ng i'll
ROMAN CATHOLICS. a prner,
summary. complied mustly from nllici,
sources. u appears thai there are, in N
whole United States Churrh.s. lalI
. Arrhhisll"ps. 6; Bishops. 20 !; pr,es,,
1885. Catholic population. 4 .gso nan