The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-01-04

'No.'ton "h tue power 10 prevent the
importation Of slaves prior to sos;
provision binding on each State and up-
on the Union TO surrender fugityes from
service;
representation in Congress, founded in
part on three .fiths Of the slave population;
And guarantee 10 protect each State a.
( galnst domestic nsurrection;
| Thus providing, under the Constitution.
Tor the Introduction OF slaves for limited
period, aud for the protection of the system.
Therefore. II is the duty Of every citizen
and State sharing in the great blessings of
that instrument faithfully to fulfil these OBJ
legations.
That We protest against and denounce. as
contrary 70 the plighted faith on which the
Constitution was established, all acts or in
iiammatory appeals which intend or tend TO
make this Union less perfect, or to leopard
or disturb its domestic tranquility, or to mar
the spirit OF harmony, compromise, and con.
cession upon which the Union was formed
by our fathers, whose records we have cited.
aud whose legacies we have in these CON-
pacts, laws, and ,adiutirations.
That We regard the recent outrage at Har-
per's Ferry a crime, not only against the
State Of Virginia, but against the Union
Itself, and we approve of the firmness by
which the treason has been duly punished.
i That, IN our opinion. the subject Of slave
ry has been too long mingled with party
politics, and as the result has been the crea-
ton OF sectional parties, contrary to the ad-
wee, letter, and spirit Of the Farewell Ad-
dress OF the Father OF our common country,
that, therefore, IT is the duty VI planters,
farmers, manufacturers, merchants, mechan-
les, and Of every citizen, North aud South,
East and West, ,diseountenance all parties
and organizations that thus violate the spirit
Of the Consultation and the advice of Wash
iTgton.
Mr.. Brooks having submitted the above
resolutions, said that the duty deYniged upon
hm BY the Committee was executed, but
that he had some lew words to add upon his
own responsibility.
:" The are Che sad) those who tell us. and
they are many, "All this is we'll, very we'll 4;
bat there Is law higher than the Constitu-
ton, aud in conflict with that Constitution.
which conscience lorbids them 10 obey"
Such men have broken up our missionary
stations. thrnwn discord into tract societies,
aud rent the church Of Goi in twain Ii they
are RIGHT, constitutions, conpaets, laws, all
are wrong.
This is not the place, this is not the hour
for theology, but word or two are necessa-
~, in my judgment, to make our argument
complete.
When our Saviour vas on earth lie was
subject Of the vast slayeholdng Roman EN-
pire which stretched frnm the Enphrales in
the east, beyond the pillars Of Hercules in
the west, and sixty millions of slaves, it is
estimated, were IN the Empire. Hence,
when Ills eyes first opened on pleasant Beth.
lehem, lls feet trod on the shores of Galilee,
or on the plain Of Jericho. to be baptized in
the jordan. slaves must have ministered, if
not unto Him or His disciples, unto al abnut
| Him. And when o. the Mount of Olives His
, loot was last printed upon that rock, which
tradition or superstition no. shows, while
I ascendiag into Heaven. His eyes. as they
overlooked Jerusalem, and glanced from the
mountains0f Moab tuthe vale OF Sharon, must
nave rested upon thousands and tens Of thou
sands uf slaves. Judea. where He was born,
Gaiilee, whore He lived, Egypt, that He
visited. all were slayehoding States. And
/ Abraham, aud Isaac, and Jacob. the fathers
and patriarchs, were holders 81 bondmen aud
j. bondwomen. Aud now, il there be IN the
! Holy Bible any such demonstrations &c slave.
~ OF Of shareholders as We now daily hear
lrum men calling themselves the servants Of
, God, il is not in King James's or the Douay
version ul tile Bible.
Far be il from me, Mr. Mayor, 10 speak
irreycrcnily Of the Ministers Of God. re.
, sprct their high aud hOly calling. bow
down in humble reverence before their au.
gust mission. When first we open our in
iant ewes III our mothers arms the man &c
, Tod takes Us to the baptismal iont aud there
consecrates Us % Heaven; when III the full
Hush Of youth. enr hearts beating with love.
lie ties tie nGpia knot anil blesses with Us
e the partner Ol our busOm on our voyage Of
life aud when that voyage is over, aud on
, the death bed vile, children, all have given
/, us Up. and tiIe spirit i parting from its irail
!, tenement OF ciat. 0ar eyes last rest upon
/. hin, tntrrcediDg 90, u before lie Throne Of
j, God hut oh, yc Scribes and Pharisees who
riil against Us pubIicans aud sinners. that
i, rail not a. ,lo We Ye men Of Sharpe's ri-
/, lies aud lioNie.kniie pixies lie Reechers
aud We Cheeyers, wiser aud better than our
saviour oI earth. 90, with your new version
/, Of the Bible, in;n all the world, and shoot
your gospel into every living creature
The lIible. then, is no, in conflict with the
Constitution. move tie adoption Of the
resolutions.
The resolutions we're then adopted ~ &c.
! clamation. The speaking. however. was
continued il eloquent terms w Charles
I Ot'onor. Esq. tx Governor Hunt. James ).
i thayer. Esp. TX Senator DIX, aud Protes.
!, sor Mitchell. until late hour. Alter the
!, speech u the latter gentleman tie following
4 fe.olaiiuns were adopted by aeelamation:
Z Reso'peg. That il tie present crisis
the true wav to meet Il : j. for the friends
{ of Tie Constitution aud Tie Union through.
q cut ali the land TO convene Union meetings
Z and Il lorla Uni,n organizations ID the spirit
IS aud tune tha; called this meeting and have
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