The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-15

newspaper that came into my hands
this mvrning, just bsiore started %
come 10 The Capitol. II is very re-,
markable one. Ii VAS written by the
Hon. Charles PiHekney. then 4 distin-
guished member Of The House a Re-
representatives. from South csrolins. and
addressed 10 the editor o. newspaper
in the city Of Charleston;
--- Conress Hal. Nnsh :. 1880. 4
oisiosk Al right
Drln ssni hssrn 20 inform ysu that this
moment &c have earned she sussiisn 20 sdHif
Missouri and al lsouisszns % The soulhwsrd ~
So 80 Tree of The rs.srieiiaa Of slavery. and
gir< fks Sesfk, IN shsvf finr. On eddiiioa ef
six. end p<rksps agkf, ,srmbsrs 70 fLx Ssaasf Of
The United Ssafes. II 10 considered here BY ihs
siasshniding States a. great triumph. The votes
were riose--ninsiy 10 eighty -sr. llhs sOis Gas
80 kra acknowledgements BY ihs seceling snd
absence Of fes moderate mrn from the North.
To The north Of So 30 there l. 10 BE- b. the pre-
sent Law. restriction. whish you viii ser By The
sotes voled against. But II Is a pres<ni 81 no
moment; il 10 ssa tract, uninhsliied enIy "
nvsgrs and Wild beasts. IN which not fooi q the
Indian claim 10 the coil Is r.iinguished, and in
which. according 10 The IDEAS prevalent. no land
office will be open Cor . great length Of limr.
With iesp~ei, your s.l~dieni servant,
CHARLES PiNcKNEY.
So that il was thought at the time
TO be an arrangement highly adsanta-
geous TO the southern States. No land
Office was to be opened in the region
for long time; but that time has come. :.
IL you pass this bill. land Offices will
soon be opened (; and now YOU propose
to repeal the Missouri compromise.
A word more, sic. and I have done.
With reference TO the great question
of slavery-that terrible question which
forms, perhaps, the one on which the
North and the South Of this Republic
differ irreconcilable-I have not, on
this occasion. a word 10 say. Nv hum.
BILE career is drawing near its close
and shall end as began. with using
no other words on that subject than
those of moderation. Cancellation, aud
harmony. ! blame no one who differs
from me in this respect. allow to
others. what | claim for myself, The
credit OF honesty and purity Of mo.
tive. But for NV own part. the rule
Of my life, as far as circumstances
have enabled me to act up TO il, has
been, to say nothing that would tend
to kindle unkind feeling ON this sub.
ject. have never known men. on this
or any other subject, TO be convinced
by harsh epithets or denunciatlon.
believe the union Of these States
is the greatest possible blessing; that il
comprises within itself all other bless.
ings. political, national, and social
and trust that my eyes may close long
before the day shall come--if il ever
shall come-when that Union shall be
at an end. Sir. ] share the opinions
and the sentiments Of the part &c the
country where was born and educat-
ed. where nv ashes will be laid, and
where nv children will succeed me.
But in relation to my fcllow.citizens
IN other parts of the country. will
treat their constitutional and their le-
gal rights with respect, and their cha.
racters and their feelings with tender
ness. believe them to be az good
patriots, as good men as we are; and
claim that We. in our turn, arc as goad
as they.
rejoiced tohear my friend frm Ken
lucky. Mr.. Dixon, If he will allow
me to call him SOL concur most hearth.
ly in the sentiment--utter the opinion
that wise and gracious Providence,
IN his own good time, will find the
ways and the channels to remove from
the land what consider great evil
but ! DO not expect that what has been
done III three centuries and half is to
be undone in day, or year, or a few
years; aud believe that, in the mean
time, the desired end will be retarded
rather than promoted by passionate
sectional agitation. believe. further,
that the fate OF that great and interest
ing continent in the elder world, Africa,
Is closely intertwined aud wrapped up
with the fortunes Of her children in ali
the parts OF the earth 10 which they
have been dispersed. and that at some
future time, which is already in fact
beginning, they will go back to the
land Of their fathers the voluntary mis-.
sonaries Of civilization and Christian.
ny. And. finally. sir, ! doubt not that
N His own good tiH,e the Rnler of all 4
will vindicate the most glorious Of His
preroeati,es--
"From seeming evil still elucins good"