The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-29

Nav, sic, 10 one can iosk around
him IN this enuniFy With any degree Of
cOnlness Withaut seeing that politicians,
m ar Opt 81 'ohgress. can we'll enough
upderstand their duty 10 their cum
try, They can be very easily con-
sineed oi the Course which Il is proper
for them 20 pursue but they stand too
much in awe II that balance holding
pswer-that party Who are guided By
religious fanalicIsm and fury--gith
whom incorporate ceunsels are the
most pi0ns. aud who would spturn the
6svernm-nt-Hho would involve Us
in blood and carnsge-Mho would bring
upon Us any calamity which The de-
mon uf eyl has ever praciiced or man
epdgred-rather than lOrego the gra-
tIkcation IL their misguided passions,
their misdireeted bcnesoleDce, their
religious Juror.
z Nov, sir. bee 10 state that while
have the utmost respect even for a
fanatic when he Is sincere, vet ! wish
TO be understood As a southern man;
care pot where the MATURITY are. we
must plant ourselves upon the Con.
stitution, upon aur legal rights, or we
never shall be able TO make a success
ful resistance to men under the in.
fluepce Of ianaticism while they have
diabnlical end TO attain. and who, 50
far from regarding pligbted faith. SO
tar from adbering To contracts or CON-
pacts, openly proclaim the principle oil
a higher iai0--and defy all government
! and all authority whep they come in
conflict with the attainment of their
funhallowed purposes.
For one, sir, disdsin to hold any-
thing upon 50 irail tenure as the will
Of such men. But We are told that Il
< supersede the Missouri compro.
spise measure. the Wing party is brok.
en- down. We are also told, that IL we
pass this bill. we break down the only
barrier which the South has against the
aggression Of the Free Soilers aud Alb.
olitionists of the North; that we des-
troy thase men who have heretofore
stood up for southern institutions, in
defiance Of the current nf abolition in.
fiucnce. Let me do Justice 10 The ho-
norable men. WIN, in the North. have
stood frmly by the rights Of the South,
and who have defended us when we
were wYonged. honor these men.
] never shall speak otherwise than
kindly and respectfully of them. !
shall be very sorry to co-operate in
anything calculated to iniure their
usefulness. | certainly would not do
50, unless thoroughly persuaded that
Il was required Of me bv a sense Of
duty ! had no right 10 disregard.
But, after all. what our northern
friends tell US is, that our only secu.
rity is in their grace and 6apor. Will
they insist upon telling southern men
that their rights exist only by The grace
and fauor Of Northern gentlemen? IL
that is so, the sooner We part company
the better. Grace, sir, is of the ut
most Importance to mankind--the ba-
bis Of his highest hope. eternal happi-
ness. But if |, and the people who
sent me here, are TO retain our liberty,
il must be by the grace of God, aud
not by the grace of man. | will not,
Tor one, consent to have il said that
our rights are secured, not BY the
strong power Of the Constitution, not
by the force OF reason, not by the i'm.
pregnable fortress al truth, hut bv the
grace and fa,nr Of the northern people
No, sir, whether Suits or Hards,
whether Wings or Democrats, or bv
whatever term you designate parties,
when YOU stand up to the principles
upon which our Government is based,
|, for one, will recognize you as bro.
theirs of the same national family. But
whenever you established that, under
the Constitution, the South is not to
enjoy an equality Of privilege with the
Nnrth, and while YOU exercise il your
own section OF country The attributes
Of sovereignty, and deny the same to
the South, it is time to part company,
II we. continue in such a state of con-
test, il is time that we dissolved, and
that we should establish Government
for ourselves.
But, like the gentleman from Geor-
sia, Mr.. Stephens, L have no serious
apprehension as 10 the consequences
,f the passage Of this measure There
,an be no greater danger in the future
han there has been in the past. The
oatriotism If the country is equal to
very peril; and whenever the hour
comes which demands it. You will find
,ur people ready aud willing to make
personal sacrifices, forgetting every
,ther consideration for the sake of
maintaining the union Of the States.
! have no disturbing approximations,
therefore,, in regard to the future.
now i has been proclaimed to as,
rom certain quarters, that agitatian
will take place. The pulpit has been