The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-02-01

lie was sure that many senllemen
would remember that whgn Guillyet
went lnlo Iilipuiia We found that dis,
tineulshed people u . great slate u
tlTmsil, and, very naturally, iuqnifei
inlo is ganse. lie had ihe hnlory
before hiu.. and. sore il not 80 long.
Ne would rs1d an extract from Il 10
riueidxie the meaning of the word
"liand" and the word ssSafts" Nell.
Gplliver Was informed that ihe State
xas IN great turmoil ppaE .shis ques-
ton. 0sse party .eontended sha,. ae-
eording 10 an Old and ancient dirre-
ton IL he Gosernmsnf. the people
were bound 10 break their eggs upon
the small snd, While another party de-
clared that upon a nore ancient Law
than that. derived from custom, the
people had right 20 break their eggs
upon the big end. This controversy
nas called the "endium' controversy
-. big endium" and .iirle-endium"
controversy. Ii was said in that his-
tory that some eleven hundred thou.
sand persons fell because they would
not relinquish the right Of breaking
their eggs upon the small point. II
stuck han that the question between
the New York Democracy MAS simply
ibis: They desired TO stone the Prrsl-
dent to death. and the question MAS
whether they should do this with hard
eggs or With soft eggs. This was
about the whole Of il. Mr.. ). then
yielded 10
Mr.. crTrIso, who remarked that
there was a period, very recent in the
history Of this country. when gentle
men from the South did not stop TO in
quire who at the North stood BY them,
through good repute and through bad.
at time when a storm swept over the
whole North such as had never been
seen-who were true TO the constifu-
tional rights Of the States. aud true to
themselves as the South mas TO itself.
[Grcat and long-continued applause.
Mas there apy gentleman from any
Southern State who then rose in has
place for the purpose OF reading Gull
lver's travels as a lecture to the
North for the purpose Of disparaging
tbose men who, under circumstances
that we're enough to quail the stouiest
heart, stood by the equal rights of the
States, and insisted that the people of
each State, OF each Territory, should
do what they themselves were doing
at the North---go,ern themselves IN
riaeir own way, according To their own
best Judgment: And now, in this
short space OF time, gentlemen IRON
the South had already forgotten what
that party was, and its principles, who
stood bv them aud nailed their colors
to the mast al time when the ship Of
State appeared to be upon the point Of
sinking! II had already escaped their
recollection who aud what they were.
What they did was not for the purpose
Of curryipg favor with the South. They
advocated the principles lpon which
they stood. not for the purpose of gain
ing favor any where, but simply be.
capse thnsc principles were the priv,
ciples Of States rights upon which their
party had always stood, which they
advocated then as they sluod BY tbcm
now.
Mr.. e. then reviewed in detail and
at some length the hismry of the
''lIards" and "Solts," and narrated the
leading acts Of each brsnrb which
caused their separation.
Mr.. SMITH then resumed his remarks,
but before proceeding to any extent
gave way to motion that the Commit
lee rise.