The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-04-07

anu nore slGce ferrif0ryF Dtd Ut
Webster make false representation. or Is |
my colleague eerism that he understood
Ar. f,llmnrr's position
Mr. MARSHALL | saw sll ri this IN
the speech % Inc genIlemsn from Florida.
on The inserrogaioIy u my colleague.
Why i Il repeated!
Nc. BEcKESmDoK. Be~snse did moi
ges satisfactory answer then. l want
one now.
Mr.. MARSHALL. ID nsi kaow hos
Ear Mr.. Fillmore can be held responsible
nv this rouHiEy far Mr.. Webslrrs speech
IS. certainly do moi know under what
circumstances Mr.. websisr's speerhes
were made. uadersisnd The President
10 he responsible Tor she acts of The See-
relsry of Stale; bot not Cor Mr.. websier's
dinner speeehes. or his rsilroad speeches,
or any other mailer not transacted IN hls
Official capacity.
Mr.. BEcEGSRIDoE. Mr.. Webster said
The Administration was unil upon thai
subject.
Mr.. MARSHAL. have heard fiom the
gentleman upon this subject helore. but !
supposed esery gentleman in The thirty
FIRST Congress viii understand distinctly
-because e they do moi understand Il.
+ they do no, understand The impa'l Il the
English language-lhai The STATES which
are TO be carved oal OF Territories viii
come inln Ibis Onion as States, with 90
without slavery, as the people forming
The Stale NAV choose.
The gentleman asks me il Mr.. Fill.
more is in favor Of hiatt Why, sir. that
is " nominated in the bnnd." II is The
point. distinctly ani empIlaiically. as my
other colleague (Mr. Boyd. who sal Just
bcfare Mr.. Mar-haII.) well knows. upon
which we Of the SodIh counted. That
was the consideration we received. That
killed "ihe wilmn, prasiso." That
power Of The people belonged 10 them. il
is true. before; but il was distinctly as
serted in Boyd's amendment. and il was
/, the Ringing point Of all. We would mol
lave passed The Texas Boundary bill
wilhouii,. Ny rollrague will sustain me.
!, Mr. BoYD, o.. Krnlacky. lis IN HE
bill.
Mr.. MARSHALL. Does not every one
recollecl thai il Is in the bill Therefore,
! am aslonished when my younger roll
league asks me if VIZ. FILLMORE. who sign,
ed The bill. j. in favor Of il. and says lha
is what we. the Kentucky Delnecracy.'
understand by il. OF course they 60
and so do ace all. II Mr.. Webster assert,
/, ed tina. he understood il in any other way
r can only say, that . linmer sometimes
. mods"
| have heard II said. and repeated il
this HALL have seen II published IL
partisan newspapers. hat those Compfo
mise measures were Democratic mea'
. sures--ihai the Democratic party was Ell.
titled 10 The credit Of them. My colleague
joining in 10 the general chorus. com
menus silence aud mpdesly Ia The South
efn Wings an the whole question Of sla
. very. Ii il needless. Mr.. Chairman. Il
ransa~k The pat for proof 10 rebul ihi.
4 direct accusation made against The South
!. ern Wings by he honorable member
: Look al the vote cf The Southern Wing
!. npnn The iesl questionable passage -
) the Texas Boundary bill, with the antn
menl embracing The institution Of civi
. government in The Triri,orips---conirzs
/ IL win The vore of the Southern Demo
cracy upon The same ies,, The. cnun.
! Try will then easily Judge what valldn,
/, there is in The ciam asserted for Nh,
! "Dcmorraiir parIy," and whirh Of ih,
. parties ni the South should must lncllA,
: To preserve silence AMI 10 practice modes
; " upon the subject. There were TWEEN
1 " eigh, Wings from The slave iioldinl
!. States IL The thirty first Congress. q
# those. Two were absent when that vol
4 was i,ken. Both would have voted fo
!. the proposition. OF the twenty sax VIII
!. were present. twenty five voted Ia Iavo
!. 10 one against The test proposition. Vi
!. the other hand The Democratic rcprcsen
. ialives from Louisiana. Arkansas. Missis
# sippi, North CaruEna. South Carolina
: aud all, except one from The Saie q
: Alabama. EAST a vote against The PROPOSE
! lion. This count will satisfy the coun
! Try Of the relation each af The parties iron
d The South held To the Compromise b:i.s
!. Democratic measure! Where wer
q the Democrats from Arkansas Wher,
j. the Democrats from Mississippi! iron
. Louisiana ! from Sou Ii Carolina! iron
d North Carolina from Alabamal Wher
# were the majnrily Of the Democratic Req
resenlafives from the. State 4 Virginia
|. Mr. BAyLy, of Vlrglsla. | beg You
J. pardon.
\ Mr. MARSHALL. ! do not require iii
i gentleman TO ask my pardon about il
Suppose we try you Democrats by nh
/ which we all acknowledge To be The les
\ volcs-'he vote upon Bayd's lmendnen
j and npnn the Texas Boundary bill, e.
! tahlishng civil government ii The Terri
! tories. say these will be recognised b,
/. every fair man as the test vules upon III
q Compromise measures.
! Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE. Including III
!. Fugilipe Slave law
! Mr.. MARSHALL. There was no lrhat
n about The Fugitive Slave bill, aud men al