The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-23
M sENATE.
spec.l s~~-iaa.--- ws.ane.lls. Aarrh 3, 1858
PERSONAL EXPLANATION

PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Ma. BADasR rose and said: desire
10 ass fen minutes of the Senate this
for the purpose Of making
what Is commonly called personal
explanation. Ii is the first time in
the course of nv service in the Sem
ste-which has now extended into the
seventh sessioa-that | have ever trou-
bled myself with any matters which
happen outside &c the chamber, and
have ever thou ht any personal concern
of mine important enough to excite the
attention Of this body. | am in the
habit Of looklng on every assault made
against me in the public press with in
difference. bordering very strongly On
contempt. and perhaps have carried the
matter rather further than a just con-
sideration nfsxhat is due to my posi-
.tion and to my constituents exactly
warranted. But case has now arisen
which feel myself bound to make an
exception to the general rule OF silence,
Indifference. and contept which have
observed, because IL is necessary to do
81, both in justice to myself and to Mr..
Mangum. my late colleague in this
body. A friend has transmitted to me
a slip | hold in my hand, taken from a
political newspaper printed in the
town Of Wilmington. North Carolina,
which ask may be read as the basis
of the observations which | have TO
submit to the Senate.
The Secretary read il as follows:
Tas wKrk-The close Of business ON Thurs
DAY night virtually concludes the present admins
iralion OF national affairs. Ail2o'rlack "a Friday
Franklin Pierce viii take the oath OF Office as
President of the United States.
.Ths present Congress viii also end Of the
same time, aad there is great reason to fear that
Il will 60 out without having done any thing for
on, river or bars. The only chancr now is with
the Senate and both the Senators from this Stale
turn their backs upon the affair and upon Nus.
Wing or Dem lcfsi. federast o. Republican. We
must have Gaps Fear senator il we hope to
have any thing done for the interests Of this por
ton Of ths Stale. Msssrs. Badger and Mangum
care fsr US about the value Of a chew Of tobacco.
Perhaps. however. Mr.. Ashe may yet be able "a
effect something through others, hui il Is an up
hin business when even the urgent resolutions
Of the Legislature Of their own Stale eannaI
induce our North Carolina Senators TO cooperate
with him. That They have refused TO do SO we
k,lep."
MR. BADGER. The second session
which I served in.this body | was called
upon by the Inhabitants Of Wilmington,
and others who were Immediately in
terested in the navigation Of Cape Fear
river at and below that town, to en-
deavor secure some appropriation, fur
nishing lights and buoys for that river.
I-set myself to work. as Of course |
was bound To do, and cndeavored to
haye that measure Of just relief extend
ed to the people Of that portion Of the
State and Was successful in procur-
ing the first and, 50 far as ! know, the
only efiectual measure for giving secu.
rity to the navigation Of that stream.
On that and ON every occasion it has
been my scustom rather to endeavor to
do what the interests Of my condiments
required than to make a public exhbi,
ton Of myself on this floor as their
friend, always proserring to have mea
sures adopted for their relief rather
than to make speeches BY which ! might
hold myself forth as theisspecial cham
pion. This winter my attention was
early called to the necessity for an APP
preparation in respect to the entrance
Of Cape Fear riycr,i 1.-THE case made being
this: The Government Of the United
States had established certain jeities to
protect the site Of Fort Casswell, the
effect of which had been to make that
side of the entrance firm, but TO turn
the current to Bald Head, on the OPP
posite point; and by washing loose
sands to precipitate them into the chan.
nels, and 80 to promote rapid filling
up. the consequence Of which was that
the channel was Swallowed from twenty
to twelve feet, and was losing its present
depth at the rate of nine inchesa year.
The Legislature of the State adopted a
resolution on the subject, which | had
the honor topresent here. and had re-
ferred to the Committee on Commerce.
felt the absolute necessity for some.
thing being done, and done promptly
that it was condition Of things not on
" that required relief, but which did
not admit Of delay in aiiording that re.
lief.
learned afterwards, from my friend
who is at the head Of the Committee
(Mr. MamIin.) that the committee had
declined to report any separate mea-
sure. and would allow these things to
be considered only .spon general bill.
! thought that<a3s Unjust 20 the pas
ticuIar le<6 = s]ieh | have spoken.
anfl li p<1E idrll = elf with / cosn-
~ M PpQ(< Bache. show
l. 70 firp6lEkabIe that it
laval Affairs to report
6ient proposing an appropsla,
(l 81 $50, 600 for the object. AZ the