The North-Carolinian., 1861-04-20


people uu grer ac rof 4le
condition L#"
inquire -" -lH
she SnOu
/ We oWe, ourselves, 10 our postcrlty,
aud especially TO our weak bretnren at home,
! that in our position as servants of the peO-
pie sent to look after their interest, that every
effort should be made to secure peaceus'c
/ and equitable adjustment of our difficulties.
/ 4 Committee of thirty-three was appointed
I by Congress to recommend some mode OF re-
dress Your Governor had called the I.e@e-
/ laturc to take some action in the premises,
but that body refused to advise or counsel US
what to do. In this condition OF affairs, |
was honorcd with seat upon that Commit
! tee, without any line Of policy declared by
my State, and without any definite course
marked out for me to pursue, until | found
the proceedings Of large number OF clllzens
\ assembled in this town, to take into consdc-
ration our Federal relations; and also one
held in the county Of New Hanover. Zach
of these meetings. resolved that this crisis
should not pass without final settlement Of
the slavery question. What settlement was
proposed did not know, but there was none
that would agree to short ofHe recognition
i of 3yoplrtY IN sIIccx. Cheers. | was VII
ling to adopt a provision in the Constitution
running a line to the Pacific Ocean from the
Atlantic-that North Of that line, slavery
SnOuIu De }f5ilttIte4, ana cOull CT 1t, slavery
J should be protected.
! As a member Of that Committec / have
| had letters in,lliring of me as to tie pIOba-
/ lle result Of the deliberations Of that body
/ but owing to the injunction Of secrecy placed
upon Us, it was impossible for me to reveal
tic true state Of affairs within tAc Commit
/ tee room.
That Committee went on with It's labol'S
/ PRESENT. ing vaiious propoS; lions, none OF
+ yyhirl 1fCnta.I ,O:t
/ presented which embodied the Cs.ttpnGcn
/ plan Of adjustment ami we were .alici: pleas
ed 60 learn that IN tn" Committee Of - ,"p7
pointed by the Senate, Mr. tritteE.den had
'fcSf-l el ohe me s'iii.c III slpSii'. ,'S tiI.''
/ 0e'ofc rs III me lomihittcc OF -. Inc iatt
Of these resolutions is known to most Of you
present Notwithstanding that It had been as
5,e... - i.-s.s,ress Ct ,he mos '%olninen1
nolit clans from Georgia, N's5iSs!nf', -Al'-
palna ana louisiana mat s4o".d 'i-eag L''o-
pos. aohS ,'e a&'oP'e"' '"eii ':''12 '''''S.
huii .'t 'ite oH.ots'-t"9 me-
! np"h tle Soliiua'iee 'le"Sec' MISE supp "'"
Georgia ana we nad satisfactory aSsoI*'lee
/ from cItfy 9.aie c9u'n' except ooi'h N''o-
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II N"aii,il5'oii "o,.lo H"0 pe1ie' 9iio 20
9'he, ''1tl' liie ofoil'ailce ol Secession (" 4 4
preschted 10 hef melhoers OF congress, ecu
i:ed ~ t1e GOVERNOR 0l lae--ae'1-s3 81
they ihoHGht they could not klek the Sout1
out / iorida lett, but still they declares
; she was the last; none other would g
80 ol'' 'i!i iciiIessee py iief act' apl;i[eht'.
im1ncdiafe1v t,a1~ foo1. co,,o1e - ,
!. the obstanancv. He here smoke in thril]in'
!. cIoquencc Of the iuiuri.s received nv iii
South, and ikel.ed their abandonment Of tn
Union to the secession of tl,n tp, 4,.ilc :