The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-02-09

a compromise made by Shareholders with
statesmen from the North, who insisted upon
the representation of the whole Of that pop
ulation. The explanation of this effort on
/ their part is found in the fact that represent
alton and direct taxation We're established as
cor-relatiYes by our constitution and the
northern statesmen Of that day were sollcit-
GUS to expose as large surface of their neigh
bors as possible to the burden of maintaining
the Government. The practice of support
ing Government by tariff Of duties on i'm
ports shut of the slave population from a
direct taxation upon their value, and left in
operation only their political representation |;
result which, examined alone, seems to
leave no corresponding equivalent to the
North, but which has IN fact secured fortune
aud power to that section. through the en-
couragement given 10 mechanical and manu-
featuring industry which has found its per.
manent home in the midst OF the North,
under the well-directed energy Of that peo-
pie.
When gentlemen from the free States at
this day crticise the institutions of the slave
States as oligarchic or aristocratic, will they
answer if they are more so now than they
were when the Confederation existed, or
when the Constitution was adopted And f,
finding fault with these features, they would
make them cause for crusade against slave
holders, will they not admit that their posi-,
ton invokes censure upon those men who
in the ancient time entered into those con,
stitutional obligations with these olligarches
that established the very relations which ex
ist to-dayi How can those relations be
changed without disunlnn, or usurpation Of
power within the Union? If these men will
ayow dlsunion as their purpose, the patriot
ism of the people of Maine even, will soon
dispose OF their theory aud Of them. If they
will ayow usurpation Of puwer contrary to
constitutional obligation. will not the people
whom they address spurn their counsels and
maintain their own pighted faith TO brethren
and cOuntrymenl There is no concession in
the constitution BY which these gentlemen or
their constituents can legitimately interfere
with the institutions Of State which are res
publican in form, or in any manner control
q State in the adoption or rejection Of given
system Of domestic labor. They declare
that they do not seek TO interfere with slave.
ry in States where it exists-that there they
would extend TO il all the protection secured
by the constitution. They aver that they
only seek to prevent its extension TO Terri.
tories, The argument already adyefted to
proves that this proposition is itself sug-
gested usurpation Of power not conferred on
Congress. have already cited to this point
the results Of several contests--contest in
which these very leaders were actually and
actively engaged, and in ,phich they nere de.
fedted. Their theory has been rejected mt
only because II recommends usurpation, but
il has been condemned by men who refuse il
on grounds Of general political expediency.
There is another consideration bearing on
this view ofmy subject which OF itself should
secure the rejection Of this theory. and
which exposes II as mere abstraction seized
on by politicians totally bent upon mischief.
Our country has extended from east 10 west
until its boundaries in that direction rest
upon the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The
The State Of California and Oregon
have determined against the introduction Of
slavery into their borders. Minnesota has
rejected it. Kansas has also Substantially
settled tbs question for herself Texas has
already determined its future By the voice
OF her people, and the resolutions Of annexa-
ton. The Indians own and occupy the re-
gion between Kansas and Texas. Utah and
New Mexico we're created by the act Of $50
In the case of Utah, | well remember the
WilmOt provisO was offered to the bill as
an amendment, and received ony sone
forty eight votes cite this fact TO show
that. after the passage Of the New Mexico
bill in 1850, with the guarantees il contains,
there was but an ineonsiderable number Of
nfaf Haf
States, who continued to urge the power Of
Congress which the gentlemen claim, and
the expediency Of its application to Utah
In the free States, who that ever protested
that ardent love Of the Union which should
distinguish genuine American, will TODAY
Or hereafter JOIN crusade, whose prOfessed
object IS 10 pull down and 10 tear away the
principles which constitute the chief glory Of
that conservative Administration which, on.
der the auspices 81 Fillmore and CLAY and
Webster, assisted by the patriotism Gf Dick.
inson aud other Democrats, gave peace to
a distracted aud divided country.
have adyerted to the political status of
the Pacific slope, TO thatot Texas, Minnesota,
Kansas the Indian Territory, aud to the
guarantees 10 New Mexico aud TO Utah con.
tanned in the act Of 1850, bring before the
popular mind the fact that they cover every
inch Of territory within the present boundary
Of the Union, except that inconsidcrable see.
ton embraced by the Gadsdeu purchase,
known, Il tie MesilIa valley. Having no
further power Of continental expansion in an
eastern or western direction. let a. lOuk 70
the north and south. Passing the present
GORDON IL free States, We find the whole north
in the hands Of Powers quite able 10 bold their
possessions, and climate. too, entirely IN.
inviting 10 tie establishment Of slavery.
ANY prolessed expectation Of its spread
thiiher will be condemned BY ordinary in.
telligenee as entirely apoeryphal. Looking
70 the south, We find people 81 a different
race from our own, involved 10 anarchy and
evils wars, and unable TO respond 10 any
national ALLEGATION. We find climate and
productions where slavery might be adyan.
iageously employed in Tie development of
the resources of the land. Should IL be the
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