The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-22


sancd ehalies 0f party maligniiy and
NitBperatiah ~ere poured upoh his head.
Vet. We find the very men who thus
ssssilsd him. and Who dsnied him esen
1t.s merit 81 sincerity. spolagizing in
Aensssd and syeophanfiC tpnes. for the
principles and eoadsc: sf Van Buren,
snd his fsllsners.-Slaiming fof and
extending ID them all the knieRey and
ron,:defstion due to sineere and hum
bic prniients. and assigning 10 them
The highest places in their political
synsgaguei In ihr face Of the open
ssswaI on their part. that they have re-
gzfded and still regard the colnpFo-
nsise measures but as q four years
frsee, We are insnltingly told that they
have furnished and asr still furnishing
works meet for repentance. Aye. sir.
-Ths al ~ss ,iek, he ID saiai wouli h..
Tbs ~ se' sssRs ihs dfrif . SAINT ipas he :"
II n the longing after The speils Of
Office thee has induced them 10 put on
tho sombre hsbiliments of repentance !;
bat when the scrptrr shall have passed
from the hands Of those Who are viii
ling to confer apon them such fayors.
their devotion 10 the Compromise aud
the rights Of the South will become
sorse than Punic faithl
All remember lthe traih Of history
viii attest III with what zeal and una
pimity the Wings Of the South sup
p1rtsf Inc Compromise measures of
1850. They were the crowning glory
81 Nc. Fillmore's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
tanned by 1T with inflexible frmness
during the darkest hours Of their fate.
until their adoption spread joy and
confidence throughout the land. Nor
can !; have been forgotten, with what
bitterness and malignity the friends OF
those measures Of peace we're assailed
by many Of the democr ratio leaders and
papers Of the South. No epiiipt was
too strong and slanderous for their
use. "Traiturs 10 the land Of their
BIRTH" and "base submissionists, 4;
were freely applied 10 the besr and
mo,t patriotic OF those wlo sustained
that Compromise. II was pronounced
as surrender Of every thing TO the
Nnrth--as security IT nothing TO the
South What now is the tone Of the Sc
assailants of the friends al thosc mea.
suresi We find them amsngst the
mast Jealous in support Of the position,
that the Compromise OF 1850 repealc,f
the Missouri Compromise. and remos-
cal the slavery restriction from all the
territory North Of 36o so. whereby a
vast region out Of which eight or ten
States. as large as the largest in the
Union, can be carved. has been re-.
opened to the institution of slavery
By their own admission, then, the doc
triue OF .'nen.inter,cntion" was, in
1850, by those very acts Of Coinpro.
mise. wish .kcy Denounced with so
much violence, applied 10 and cstab-
lishrd in, not only the territories OF
New Mexico and Utah. but the whole
pc Nebraska. What, now, do these
men think uf the SANDERS which they
80 lavishly hcsred upon the friends Of
me Ecmpromise of fs50i Will thew
exhibit tie magnanimity---aill tliey
display even the justice, to retraet
them? II not, then LET the position
which they themselves now occupy
the construction thew now place ON that
compromise. pass that judgment Of con-
domination upon those ISLANDERS, which
they so justly deserve!
But, SIT, it is not my purpoSe nor my
desire TO indulge in recriminatiom.
We canRet conceal the fact that ano>
fher fearful struggle on that subject,
which is OF the must vital importance
tothe South. isapproaching---that i'thas
already begun! frejoice to see there
sa prospect that the South will pre-.
sent an undivided and unbroken from,
on this subject Wings and Democrats
arc standing together. with rcsolute
purpose 10 defend our rights and repel
oil attacks, come fsom what quarter
they may. ! am for sustaining our
Senators and Representatives, III Con.
Kress. This is no party issue. Ii is
too lar above party to enter for one
moment into its deliberations, as such.
IN my humble Judgment. this Union
cannot be preserved without the recoC-
milton and enforcement, by Congress,
81 this doctrine of" non-interyention'
on the subject If slavery. | stand,
therefore. BY the resolution you nave
adopted, aud by those who support
II, be they Wings or Democrats. On
tins question, | recognize no Judge
but Justice and right-no law but the
f'"nrsitation, and no party but the
land that gave me birth!
There is one other subject. Mr.. Pre-
sldent, Of deep and absorbing interest
90 our whole people. no matter what
may be their political opinions and pre-
objections, to which would brief ask
YOUR attention. refer 10 our rights
10 the public lands. From this vast
patrimons, for the acquisition of which