The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-12-21

a Campaef WDl1h every sNufh umlsI "
the Union OF the States is bound by his oath
to support! Among them. sir, is lair pro.
portion If men and women Of education and
culture - of mora! and religious lives and
manifestations fathers, mothers, sons
i and daughters, persons who would adorn any
station If society in any ceuntry-men who
read the same Bible that We do, and in the
name of the same Master kneel at the throne
tof the same God-tnrmiug class Of men
from which have gone forth some Of the
greatest and pnrest characters which adorn
| our Observation-Disclosures Jefferson, Madl.
son, Monroe, Marshall. These are the men.
the women, for whose bnsoms pixies and RI.
fles are manufactured in New kngland, to
| be placed in the hands Of an ignorant subject
race, supposed, most wrongtullv, as recent
events have shown. to BE- waiting only Tor
an opportunity to use them.
Sir, have on three or four different occa-
sions in early life and mnre recently, visited
all the Southern and Southwestern States.
/ with the exception Of Arkansas and Ala
bama. ! have enjaycd the hospitality Of the
city and the country; have had the prlvl-
/ lege before crowded and favoring audiences,
to hold up the character Of the father OF MS
country, and to ncnlcate the blessings OF
the Union in the same precise terms IN which
| have done it here ali home, and in the other
portions Of the land. have been admitted
i to the confidence of the domestic circle, and
/ | have seen there touching manifestations OF
1.-The kindest feelings by which that circle,
in all its members, high and low, master and
servant, can be bound together; and when
1 contemplate the horrors that would have en-
sued had the tragedy on which the curtaln
rose at Harper's Ferry, been acted out,
through all its scenes of fire and sword, Of
lust and murder. of rapinc and desolation,
70 the final catastrophe, lam Tiled with enc
tions to which no words can do justice.
There cnuid OF course be but one result,
and that weIl deserving the thoughtful medl.
tation of those, il any sach there be, who
think that the welfare Of the colored race
could by any possibility be promoted BY the
success of such movement, and who are
willing to purchase that result BY so costly
a sacrifice. The colored population Of 81.
Domingo Amounted to but little short OF nall
: a million, while the whites amounted 10 only
$4,000. The white population Of the South
ern States alone, in the aggregate, oatnum.
Der the colnred in the ratio OF two to one ;
| in the Union at large in the ratio Of seven 70
: one, and il which Heaven AVERT they should
/. be br0gght into conflict, it could end only
inE6<SI t<vmipation Of the latter after scenes
E of woe Which language is too faint, and
i for winch NJ likeiiest fancy has no adequate
hinges 6LbsAar.
such beang the case, some one may ash
why does not The South fprtify herself agains
j. the possible occurrence nf such catastrophe
e By doing away with the enc great source
d from which alone il can spring. This Is /
2 question easily asked, and am not aware
!, that il is our duty at the North to answer il
! but it NAV be observed that great and rall,
i cal changes In the frame work Of society
+ involving the relations Of twenty million. D
e men. will not wait On the bidding Of an i'm
e patient philanthropy. They can only b.
Y brought about in the lapse Of time, BY tn
j. steady operation 81 physical, economical ami
e moral causes. Have thpse who rebgke III
q South for The continuance Of slavery consld
u cred that neither the present generation no
% the preceding one is responsible for its ex
y i.ience; The African slave trade was pro
IS hibted by act of Congress fits one year
Z agu, and many years earlier BY the separatt
Southern Sates. The entire culorel popu
u latinn, with the exception, perhaps, Of lev
y hundred slrreptiti0uslY introduced, j. natit
Il to the soil. Their ancestors we're eOnteyr,
4. from Area III the ships IL Old England an
X New England. They now number bet,vee
!. three and four millions. Has any person
D 81 aus party or opinsen, proposed, 10 sabe
|. earnest. practical method Ut nholesdi
|. emanei patton!
j. believe most persons, il al parts Of IL
N country, are 81 opinion that Tree labor
% steadily gaining ground. |! would. IN o.
al Judgment, have already prevailed ~ the tM
i Nefthern tiers 81 the -Ia,eholdlng States la
4 its advances net been uhliappily retarded y
Il the irritating agItatluns Of the day. But ha
d, sny person, ahDse gpiniun Is entitled 10 III
=, slightest respect, ever undertaken 10 skete
1, out the details II a plan for affecting ID
al change II once, b. any legislative mea,ur
N that cnuld BIZ adopted Consider only.
u pray sou, that II would be 70 ask tie Saut
IL II use ~ one thousand millions Ut prDperts
II wAtch sae holds bt d title satisfactory |
~ herself a. tile first step. Then estimate III
III cost at IN adequate outfit Tor the seli.sut
III uUff aI tie rmanelpafe4 millions then ii
!, lac On tie arrangement u tue entire u
:. dg.tffal system III tie South. and al I'll
- branches 8i commerce aud manufactures TIL
aF depend nu it, great staples: then tie neee'
20 stty ~ snnictflng equal political privilege
10 tie smaneipaied race, WIN, being fire.
~ would BIZ content viii nothing less, ii an,
He thing les. were consistent with our polite
70 sY.tpm then The consequent organization
u. twugrvat political partlesnn tie basis IT colo
aHd The eternal teud which would rage bi
ct tween them. and hHaIly, the overflow III
rs. ths free States 81 h vat multitude 81 need
aD and helpless rHigrants. who, being exclude
st lfum many 81 Them and among others lrn
~ Kansas would prove dpp5ly burdensgu
nd where tbey are admitted.
es Should pe. sir, with all our sympathy Il
he the ealorsl race. give i very cordial rreel
70 tim 10 iva or three hundred thousand dest
.re tute emaucipated .!avesf Does mt etei
lre candid man ser that every one 81 these stsl
IN stpxputs difficulties nj Tic tnnss TYfmiddb