The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-03-03

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4 land distribution. He had done nothing Of
the kind. lie cited them as sustaining, by
word and act, the right to distribute, to give
away, to 9 dispose Of" the lands. Mr.. Cal
houn's plan was to give them to the States
in which they lie: Mr.. Kings TO Alabama:
his, (Mr. McRae's) to all, TO North Carolina.
They agreed in the right, not in the policy.
His references to acts Of Congress, sustaining
that right, were legionary; for each, he
quoted book, volume and page, referred any
doubling hearer to the Libraries where the
books were to be found, and offered these
references to any who desired, that they
might be sent to Raleigh or to Washington
| for yerifcation.
But, perhaps the greatest donation in pros
pect was the Pacific Railroad Scheme. si2,
500 per mile in money, and probably 600,
900 900 acres in land. would be required for
that. 1t was part of the Democratic creed.
The Convention which nominated Mr.. Blu
chanan made it part of the platform. Mr..
Buchanan had written letter to California
placing his election on that issue. lie was
elected +; and now he was for building the
road. He, MIR. McRae, was with the Prcsi-
dent. He could not go before the people on
an issue, and after success rcpudiate IT,
Il though every democratic member OF Con-
gress from the State and all the democratic
press repudiated it, He was with the Presi-
dent. They against him. He on the plat.
form: they off. In the name Of Jas. Bucha-
nan he read them out Of the party. But he
was with the President, on condition. Every
road of the North aud South West is TO be
connected with the ronte of this great road
lby donations of land. He was for the road,
provided North Carolina received land to
place her roads in connection with The road,
and her ports in connection with those OF the
Pacific.
From the right he passed to the erpediency.
II had been standing objection that distr-
button OF the lands or their proceeds wonld
make it necessary to raise the tariff TO the
protection standard. All history tdlsiied the
assertion. Year after year the lands had been
given away in immense quantities year after
year the tariff had been lowered. When the
ldeposite bill was passed, Mr.. Henry A. Wise
declared that the Thrift Compromise had been
destroyed, and that protection, not revenue,
was to be the tariff policy Of the Govern.
ment. Mr.. Wise was neither a prophet nor the
son Of prophet. Every step from that day
~ this had been in the revenue direction.
Only last wear every Democratic member of
Congress iron North Carolina voted To re-
duce the tariff, and il was reduced. Yet
every Democratic member Of Congress from
this State also VOTED 10 dep0.itr the surplus
revenle---disiribution by another name-a
name adopted in 1886 merely TO satisfy the
scruples Of Mr.. Calhoun, who wanted the
money, but who desired il To be called a
loan, deposite. without interest. news 10 be
called for hy the dep0stor. The twenty
millions in the treasury last wear should have
been deposited. The specie would have gone
into general circulation among the people,
instead Of living useless, worse than Useless
in the Treasury: would in all probability
have prevented the pane which had carried
dismay all over the land would have kept it
in the country, would have saved the Trea-
sury from the open Modification of the specie
system upon winch il l. based by tie issue Of
a piper currency
Ii had been objected that BE was irving 10
raise the ghost Of dead issue. Not -. All
issues were dead, unless the people chose to
breathe life into them. Tie sab. treasury
had been dead issue il wds nOW engrated
upon the government; free uiliagc va. killed
over and over again. mil il had been Killed
10 death; but frer-suiirage Wa now part Of
the Constitution 81 the St4te. The Demo-
cratic party was said 20 be dead IN ssG. lie
had suffered in thar most disastrous defeat.
from which il was thought the party could
never recover. II had recovered: aud the
present great ruler OF Democracy ID North
Carolina the Editor Of the STANDARD might
be excused for knowing nothing % the un-
daunled, enduring, preserving SPIRIT u the
Democrats Who lad then been dead, Tor Ne
had not visited salt RIVER in their company
he tcas on iht Cthec sdie.
n was no dead issue. lie had been as
sa,led for declaring il a more iIHpIfiant issue
than tile slavery question: aHl il WAS baselY
int.mdted that ~ Ms uusyunl on the NATAL
question Of Southern rights. lie had taken
this position Because lie was, Is be had ever
been, opposed 70 al eonpronisS. Tie
Salth always practical, lsst ~ them. \
uatted south was our only strong defence,
and united south We have. Sn;hsng va,
To be gained by It's discussion. Much was 10
be gained by land. Tie whole Southern
country was in flame about kanses matters.
A. be- spoke, Congress was scene ol The
mnst intense excitement. And Nhy Nht
should the south busy itself to have Kansas
admitted iHtn the Unioni IL was well know %
thar Il was adding another fee state 10 the
Union. No man dreamed that Kansas Wuud
be Save state. There was but Go slaves
10 the whole territory, and il tle present had
been Severe winter, thuy would have died
%. OF tie White popalation, very large
majority we're Cor free state. And yci, to
gain d fancied triumph. tha, man If the
North nbo lad fought orr battles with m.
daunted spirit and almost intariable succrss.
Douglas NJ Illinois, was 70 be sacrificed. The
same high priest who accommodated him,
with great complaceney read stephen A.
Douglas out of tie ranks, ior maintainingthe
doctrine IL tie Democratic party, for uphold.
ing the interests of the South, in cea.eless
endeavors 10 prevent, Is every southern man
should, tie isolation ii the slavery issue.
That was the point upon which the south