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lure Kn tut t,f given vo eccr-lrntwee 1 lo t!e id 14 iV.mi i Ley would Cus Jrt soy or all cf ike rj.easure jaitot wlica ibey rottt as tbe g rounds for dissolving or for weakening thts Udkq by nor act of theirs, tut ibey hare, by their cocciuJ Z rrwJwtke, triprersed ike contrary ia UHtgeotnistkeb'e,factley Ut declared tlit lUl Unit is not to U looked tijvn $ CNy ermf to be a banJutied. And whatever deduction ia to be made from the force of that broad an4 coftiprebe naive experience, in event it U Certain ibni, ia their view. neither one oor all of the measures against w'uicb lb ?y protested as unjnsl and op- preasivw would couUIuUj aa event to justify aa abandonment of the Union. I . . i ..i i it i Biivicii anil unurnHiuiv aaanv coociu iu ufa well-formed syllogism that tbe legwlalare uf Nxta Carolina bare de clared tUi : we protest az-tiusl wbat we deem a spirit of aggression and ia- itlJtlice: we skill n'ftm CM-tain rt ni IegiUtion on the part of the Congress of mv uwicii oiaiea aa hhjusi, ana as con trary to ike true spirit of the constitu tioa, as not designed or looked to by tbe Jraiwer of a ; but, unjust as they are, contrary, as we believe them to be.lothe (rue and proper spirit in wbtcb the gov era me el should bt administered, cither separately oral! put together, would not furuUb aa event in which ibis Union Might to be abandoned. That is ibe sentiment, clear and un umtakeable. t I have beard this subject alluded to often. 1 have beard observa tions made, implying that, by some ac tioa or acts, the Slate which I have the Itonor to represent here bad pledged her elf iu some mode or form to take some action directly tending or indirectly look - ing to a dissolution. 1 have long desired to put tliis inciter right before tbe Sen ate and tbe country. 1 have availed myself of the present opportunity to do tU It seems to be lit, proxr, and ger mane In the subject now under consid eration. I lit..... 1 1 I nj nn. I. nultknrivtat M khiw ot.iv. ,uu vni W wwl," i.l.l to pronounce for tbe Slate of North Carolina tbat this legislation would produce any such results as l have re ferred to. 1 go further. 1 believe I do not prtpe to speak the voice of North Carolina upon that subject 1 give my own opinion, and but my own opinion, just for wbal that opinion is worth, inde pendent of these resolutions nay, I hare uo doubt tbat the people uf North Caro lina will refuse, for any such cause, to embark in any proceedings wbich.eithcr directly or indirectly, look or tend to a dissolution of the Union. Tout is my clear and decided opinion. In the first place, string as our opinions are upon this subject looking with a degree of abhorrence, which 1 want language to express, upon movements that have been made' in reference to this dclica'e and in uch-a gilaled slavery subject fueling as 1 d, as a southern man, that wo have much lo complain of in our friends upon this floor, who have been unwilling to make the smallest sacrifice, not of prin ciple, but the smallest sacrifice of pride, the smallest sacrifice of anything, for the purpose of yielding the smallest boon tbat men have ever-asked from their equal yet, looking upon this conduct as 1 do, as I cannot but look at it, 1 say that in my judgment, it constitutes no ensa to justify, excuse or palliate a measure calculated to put this Union in jeopardy. When I sneak about the dissolution of this Uuioti, I do not consider myself as arguing about the dissolving of a con tract for the building of a h use, or the supply of so many thousands of shingles, uf a mercantile partnership to transact business for the pecuniary benefit of the partners I do not consider ilas aquestion of dissolving a Confederacy," as this Union ia so often emphatically called upon this flwr I d not look upon this as a confederacy, a league. From the day tbat the constitution of the Ui.ited Slates was adopted, it became a union of govern ment. 1 be constitution is a constitution of government, and not a confederacy in any proper and just sense of th.tt term. The constitution speaks of our connexion not as a confedercy, but as a Union, and of itself not as articles of a league between the States, but as a con stitution established by the people Uurs is a national Union, consummated by a constitution into a national govern ment. When 1 am thinking or speaking about the causes which will justify a movement for the purpose of 'dissolving such a Union under such a government, I co isider myself as bmnl lo make out a case which would justify my resistance " lo the Stale government under which I live. It must be a case of abuse, of op pression so great, as not only shall the just and reasonable, limits of power be overpassed, but the consequence of sub mission must be more intolerable than that which attends resistance. When we look abroad upon this country, 1 cannot consider the dissolution of this Union otherwise than ns an event fraught with the most frightful consequencse to the people of every portion, and to the peo ple ot my own, followed with inevitable and irremendtable ruin. That is my opinion tbat is my settled conviction. ,auw, sir, whatever are my views, sentiments, and opinions with regard to the pmposti ion of allowing us to diffuse our staves over any teriilory belonging to the United Slates, they have been be fore expressed in the Senate, and I do n luroiHse to recapitulate what I have said. It is clear and demonstrable so at least it seems to me that the true dulv i f every man c muscled with this govern iii. nt, us A patriot, as a Christian, as a hu inme tana, as a friend lo the Africuu ra.ee and 1 ad. nit no man to be a belter frietil to th.it r.tce than I am it U the duty of every sucji man, in my judgment, to permit tbe difWu'ii tTr'ate re-pubitie n , w Cerrer lie t.irt.ate aed mode of culti vation will permit its pr oCtoUe toLy- tucnl. But W. jk to roe personally as an individual, to appeal to luy judgment it i n about tak in? measures anv war, under any Circumstances lkia? to dissolution U ibis Union, because we are not at liberty to carr slaves to Cali fornia. Iew Mexico, or to Utah. whr. there seems la Its no proportion under heaven between the comparatively small, almost nndtsceraikie premises, and tbe vast and iioitenunis conclusions. I won IWriberD gentlemen would ibiukuber-. wise tkan thry do of this matter of slavery and tbe difTuaion of tbe slave niubjtioo!aii Utmr hat llraven iuelf mdureJ tin- They Ukenpthis idea; slavery is aa evil j it is a greatevil; it is a physical evil; it it a moral evil. Therefore, as so n as pnible. we must bring about the abolition of it must at once ad mt measures for tbat rnd, or at any rate promptly prevent the extension of iu area. This is the whole argument. And how does it stand Why, a m m dcq jruuciuni ci(rrn turae virws, nounein tlut a wintered liana was an and urge the conduct founded orxm their., evil, snd ou-bt to lie removed, had, by one might uprxe ibrnt speaking of aj violent numpulaiions. forced it to iu fur world were evils had been hereafter un- nier length ! The ieuli would be seen known, where every thing had brrii in'of ibis inane Adly. in ih ruptured ves barmonious order in the moral and hv-'sela. and in tlia a.uv of the nnhjnnv sical stale ; and suddenly this one ingle evil bad fallen among ws to disturb our peacerul condition; and we need but to eradicate iland restore ourselves at otice thai, without Linking at the higher moral io universal r.appiness ana virtue! Uut it two propositions with regard to l hem as oern romem rarneuj anu urci.; ago reprvMis uc ivv.-, is not so. We life, and ever hare lived' they esiM in this country : The first U , w ak yes. lo enireau wol inaolemly loj 1 simply "declare a molted pur but Tor a brief space, in the midst ofj that there are no ihree ruilhon id A fi kans J d"? requite. We have said, do not' pose.' evils neccessary, which cannot and ought upon ibe fare of the globe who aie, either wanuvwlj da what you know will be re- j Mr. President, as well from the i reso notto be at once removed. Physical' physieally, morally, or intelleeiually, in ganled amongst s as afTrontful, unkind ; Utiuns of oar Legislature, which I have nain u an evil. Cut vet d.t wo not Lnnr I ...i . -...r.ii... ,. m;n;..n. da not apply to these Ten i lories the WU- read to the Senate, aa from the view I I - J - - w Crw -m V'N'ill"H Ww V W NIIIIIWH I W W purposes which it is made to serve, the cond is, that there is no man of aene in moment we consider man as a mortal! America, who know any ihiug about iheii being, subject to various diseases which condition, and the comfit ion of the court produce death, if not mel by proper re-J iry, who lielirves lint ibeir circumstances medies, but which may relieve, by their j would be lieiler, or rather would nol be timely application and regird, p un, as in ; infinitely worne, were ibey imw etnanri. truth it is the sensation by which ni-!paie.!. Then, what sre we to do! Here lure warns us of the existence of disease,' is the nroUeui to be worked out. Mv and points out its locality the whole cua racier oi me suiueci iscunueu, ana ' tv K -i t I n 1 1 . I r it mt "nl.lt. mw ..il - 1 . Comes, under the circumstances, an evil, nnJ necessary to protect us from n preater.nud therefore adalirely a good 1' past biaiory of the world, is to allow this The necessity of labor that man should I iniiitiiiion, which Uod lias penniited, for be obliged lo work to-d iy thaihe may catsome great and good purpose to be traits-to-morrow is, in ifjelf, an evil. We. mined l our hrcr, to dtffuntiisclf where know that it is anevil,becaustheneces t liuiate and soil invite ilio behave with sity of it waslirst pronounced upon man humanity and con-itleration to those de as a punishment for transgression. MIn pentleul upon our power.and trust to thai the sweat of thy face shall (thou cat ( wisdom which overrules all things to dis bread." A curse a punishment yet cover to u or our pou riiy how it is lo not inrely pml, but remedial also. ' be made productive of higher if not of the For does mil every one see that though highest good. In the mean time unwise in itself an evil, yet in tho actual moral ' tampering with it is, in my judgment, a condition of man, il is art evil necessary 'proof either of presumptuous ignorance to prevent far greater, and therefore a ; blessing? since we must all' perceive! that if man, with his present, passions j lel me here repeat what was said, and and corrupted nature, were turned Unse so welt said, by the honorable Senator in a world producing spontaneously every j from !ouiiana,( Mr. S-ule.) thai, when thing to maintain bis strength aud gratify we speak of properly in slaves, we do nol his appetites, he would be a monster of speak in the same sense as we do when revolting crimes and misery ; and! we speak of property in linrncs and in therefore this necessity of labor, in itself , rattle. , We do not mean properly in the an evil, becomes incidentally a good. Js absolute sense of the term, as excluding it not so wiih every thing, or nearly jail consideration for the subject of that every Ihinjjf It was very well said br property, except ns a thing. Pioperly, the Senator from Louisiana, fMr.Soule,! a few days ago, thai covern rmuent ras an evil. ' It is true, all government is an evil. that one man or twenty men should be authorized to exercise authori ty over another man ns good as them solves was an evil. Wo know it t i in it. ! self an evil. The first institution of any ! sanction of government tipon this earth was a. curse pr m Minced upon Eret "i nv u e.s i re man dc unto Hum: husband: he shall rule over thee." Ik-fore that there was no such authority upon arth. They lived perfectly equal. All govern ment is an evil. The best of government in itself is an evil, btcius it involves the control of otto man over another. But does not everyboly kn ivy that, such ns man is, them must ha government t prevent the most frightful crimes and consequences, the mosl destructiro lo winch he now excretes over ihem ; but everything that is excellent, virtuous, ii ia nudit ieni for ne lo say dial thai lime and desirable op m etrrth t And this Im not yel rnme, and eaitttol yel be lre government, in itself an evil, became an ; -een. Tite tini bis not rnme when even evil necessary ti prevent worse, bocoines ' iniMa'ory and pronprclive measures ran a good. We all look upon arbitrary and be looked to. We moat, therefore, leave absolutely government as specially an evil, and yet every man knows even that that may be a blessing. If a people are in such a state and circumsiances as to be lo- titlly unfit to govern tlreinselves, ii is firjtip m a It ghcr mid a wiser foresight than better that ibey should be governed byj one man man oe leu without any govern ment at all. That is undoubted. Again, to refer to another instance : Polygamy is an evil, undoubtedly nn evil, because contrary to' the original institu tion of marriage by ii k! himself. It is an evil existing amongst . a large portion of mankind, and has existed from the earliest limes. " Now, what m the course of our friends' reasoning upon their principles upon this evil of utavcry ! Why, it must lie eradi .-.I r. . - . : . caieo , ii tnu.i oe no luruier (iiuiiseu ; it iiiusl nol be treated as you would treat aught else ; it must not be gently handled, but instantly extirpated,- or forrihly err euinsciibed. Is there buy junice in this reasoning f Would it be applied to other objects f Why, sir, litis very ease of pit lygnny ami divoree to which 1 have re ferred existed for hundreds of years un der a government established by God liiinelf. It was tolerated ; and we have an horny for saying it was allowed and tolerated on account only of the hardiies of heart of the people for which that go vernment was established. Even in lli view of Oiiipoteuce, it was better to per- tiit for hundred of years the breach of hit own iiHtituli ms, by which one man and one woman were to be united togeth er as man aiidtfife, and for life, than to interfere by Uw, and restiaia the people from lull's ttJ iitf l whirl lUy bad tbriiurttt uth ill !'p Buna betn so long arratiixurd and were so t'.e- fik. bfi!tiea lie pro-jru of votd. It is not loo in urn to say, ilal it tkeir Uoil.in fjraiires, sad f i re was seen by Liui to be inossiye, wiih- rd ptojeiHy aad bappioesa to ll-eir out a miraculous taieiouiofl, ineonf'uw tvmeriy pwperous ai-d ihiivirtf people, tent with bis deijas for tbe goternmeal Well, sir, I sas out of ihoe w be beheve ia of free and roorj sgect. suddenly to tbe sUoluia power of Conres over ibis c!ianeihe habits a ad character of that whole sukjert. I UUcre Coorea lias people. II could not. tlterefore. do it ibe power to esullUh pro!Liury. pro- ttltoui srrinein; ilie enls tor which tbat lectie, ot aay dnies thai Cigre way overmwent was evtaUUbed. cbowse. 1 believe. alo, tbat it r'txbt Now, Sir. President, it is said that tnd proper, when no wbe toaklerali.ns slavery is ia iir!fn evil. He it m. Does tow. P0" t'T it follow ilui it is to be removed? Are P"""' f:rT we abuwi la set ap our rb judgments dccded advsi.u;e ner ile toduml ml tninnlH i!ui w nnaoi emlMn ti Piuiu of every oilier emiairy. Now, ib.. JCwih ibeoeraey f. bundteds of years f When iiVas said by our Savioer mbim wlmlnd a 'withered hamlSueirb forth iky lian.1, al b atretebed it forth i bole, a wiraeubms power produced health. siren-Mli. and reslorsiion. Hut . .":' - ' n what should we ssy if a miserable empiric. serin; i!rt same wiihered hand, and pro sufferer. j Sir, I ludd mrself to be a decided a friend to lb friean rare as any man in America, and undertake to Uy down I irfMaves in the United States. Tbe se- 1 own judfuienl i, that ihe true rudiey of government niiu people, me true course .. I. . .1 ... f i. I ! in aesordance with what we bare seen developed in the Divine procedure in the or ol gieat disregard of the well-being of the community. u ilt ciwe. is nol applicable to the na- .lure of the case. Wo acknowledge our relative duies. .We lecognise the slave as a fellow-briii. inferior iu social condi tion, hut yel our fellow-creature. I do n t doubt at all that there is an ohliiiaiion on every cotnmunily where ibis ' fue us without utter , disregard of our from Virginia (Mr. Mason) and the Se iiisuitiiimi exists, when the period shall rights and of constitutional obligations, nator from South Carolina, (Mr. But- . .' I itr ti a! ?r i . .rii ; .a r. . ' romo iu which iIickc restraints can be Kjs - Ueited. more or less, with advantage 10 seited, more or less, with advantage to the parties who are under lb tun, and with- out injury tn lho-e who have the control wlwn it -ean be done so a iw produce real and true kinnI to make lhal relaxa- lion: itrntas I believe il to be the duty tion ; jwMt as I believe il to be the duty or ihe Emperor of Kii-ria, sn far and so mwii .h bis people are siirticiewly d - vain ed io bo caphble of laking part in go- . " veriiHig ihetnselvex, to modify or sttrren.- dcr that supreme and despotic oHllior'ny ibe present generation to slrtigglu mi whr the liflieulnen, whatever iheyrnay.be, that are iwitlenl to their ponilion, tiHling for every thing deprmU. in litis respeei, ours trusting thai in the future, perhaps, probithly in ike far distant future, good may lie worked nut of this insiilo tion, more than coiumciiiiurate with all its jreenl evil. . Now,, Mr. President, althottgli I liave lliene views iImmIi I entertain them strongly although I feel deeply what I think is an tiiian horised disposition to tamper, with or without improper designs, wiih our thi'iiesiie. imitiititioti of slavery il is jwv delilierate opinion lhat-no-measures now arroinplislicd, or now threaten ed, c ut furnish jnsiiliabb', reasonable, or excusable grHiiids for taking any measures of resistance, calculated to lead to a disso lution of the U ii ton. But, sir, there is this I will say : there is a mode of' resis tance which mt man will resort to more cheerfully than I ; it is a constitutional resislanee; il ir standing upon lite plat form laid down by the honorable Senatot from Kentucky, (Mr. (-lay.) of remaining in ihe Union, and lighting for our rights in the Union. ! Now, how are we to do it ! Il hap- j pens, frtunatcly for us, that, although taking the whole country, wa ate, on diet slavery question, in a minority, there are some eases of legislation in whicli our Northern friends have got a deep interest lit which we are not enterely insignifi cant. 'Our friends of the North are ex- 'ceedingly anxious to have some remedial lere were y friend from Ntw Jersey, (Wr Miller.) awl ray friend from lihode II1. (Mr. Greene.) wot Wntf sinee pie- ,ntif petitiiwis, ia which aie urongly depicted ihe scflVrii of their port rouBU7 '; Jeqs ate pro- . . . a . I I leeUrtn. and Uonjrrss is eainesny esuieu ... 3 Now sir. mv mo.le of eonteadinf for. our rif hts is a very simple one. It wants J resistance, 1 would stand read v at all the aid of im Nashville Conreni'ion. or 'times to help them forward in thoir ca JSouibern Convention, no am-unt of armed reer, ia a just and reasonable way, men. n disunion, no sercsrioa. We jut ( which, whilst it builds up themselves, stand rijhl here, and ask for and enbHee may be giving strength and vigor to our our reasonable rUiins. What hae we J common country, ankcd of our Northern friends : and bow J Mr. President, I do not state what 1 hare we asked it f We have used err- do as a threat Not at all. I a the laa tainly I have used no language eiiherof guage of mv honorable friend fromVir oV6auce or even of demand. We have cinia, (Mr. Mason,) speaking some time mot proviso. You ran Its ve no motive . " to apply H, unless it is a paltry pride, jQ bich I nope to bud a cordial tup whicb leads you to pereere,al all lux- portal home, 1 believe, and deem it pro ards, in what you have once purposed per anJ correct to aflinn, that North ti ic simple win ugnraa luouer an iu Carolina Will noi ue lounu uibjjoscu, because yon be the iower to offer iu upon any occasion which is even re There is nothing of value lo be scrota- mutely probable, to look either direct plifched by it, no result to be produced r or indirectly to the dissolution of the none ia ibe world. Uurs ha been siro-' Union. If 1 "am mistaken, still, sir, ply asking, on the part of men who can ' here occupying a position as a Senator hold out uo longer, to be permitted to 0f the United States, I must act upon march out of their fortificktion with their every subject which comes before me side arms and their dag fly ins. What 0p)n roy own deliberate judgment. I has, mi far, been the answer the answer acknowledge the right of no man, or set in effeel ! Surrender at dwretion x we ;cf nient to command, or authoritatively care not for your feelints. Il is no mo direct my conduct, whether they are live for our action lhal you have a eni- tivriiess itpou mis suojeri, anu ittai witirn the State 1 represent. natever res will offend yqu is unimportant to us : we ;9 due and great and profound will have the Wilmnt pinvino; we will respect is due to their opinions and vote for il we will vote for no bill wiih--judgment, and however important an out It. - i nlmnonl fur roniiideration tbat ortinion The Senator fmtn Masarliuell (Mr. Davis) candidly avowed bin reason for be- I .1 tAl mg oppotwu io me comproiutse mil io oe lhal it did not contain the Wilmol pro- vtso. It was nol the combination or sub- ;- I. .il . t:.- jecw in we uw, n w no me Miiwiriw.- an(J jatigment ol otnera. erable insult lo California in putting- berj One word more, Mr. President, and alongside of New Mexico and Utah, j w;il cease to trespass upon the Senate, which dictated hia opposition, but ihe 'en is another capacity the capaci- wani of ihe Wilmnt proviso. . Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, (in his scat.) I did not say that that waa my the obligations resting upon me. Kve only ground of objection to the bill. rr ,nUeman must entertain and act . Mr. Badger. Not the only ground ; but the honorable Senator said tbat that was with him a sufficient ground. Now, . i. r , sir, Deyona mis omission oi a. useless and amongst Southern wen offensive proviso, we have asked only a good and i.-.i r .1 "i "-rr.. eneciuai taw lor me surrcnuer oi iugt- tive slaves a measure which the con- stitution makes a clear and imperative duty a measure which no man can re- J Well, then, air, if they will persist " reiusing these most moderate claims 'if they will not listen to our remon- stances, but will, from motives of real ' " affected humanity, disregard the in- junctions of the constitution, ami in the . refusing these most moderate claims , wantonness of power insist on unnecea- waatowiess ol power insist on unnecea- 1 sary and offensive legislation, what xe- ' medy. have we? or have we any? aVoiw verrmt, as a celebrated editor is or was 1 l - l ' . iL.L.O.r t!!- iu uic ii4ou mi saying, oir-oui nunc under such circumstances is plain, hen their applications come into this chamber for relief and assistance for 'mg of the obligations I have underta their suffering manufactures when ken. te discharge to that country and they present to us an account of the that government, and whicli I hope I discharge of workmen and the closing shall endeavor to fulfil I acknowledge, of workshops, tlie drtKtping of all their I gay, no more authority in the State of industrial pursuits I will, so far as I North Carolina to dispose of that oWi am concerned, resist all their applica- gatitm than m tlie State-of Virginia or tions and reject their petitions.. They the State of New Hampshire to do it. will be addressed not to unwilling cars,: If the State of North Carolina ItadV not but to cars reluctantly though sternly united herself with the other States of closed to their appeal.by a sense of jus- the Union under the constitution if tice, necessity, and self-protection, she had chosen to remain, in the abso Yes, sir ; though every manufactory in lute sense, an independent sovereign the North should be stopped, though ty, I would have vowed allegiance to her streets should be filled with sturdy her, and to her alone ; but she thought beggars, and her asylums and her poor-( proper to ratify the-onstitution of the houses should every where be filled,. United States, by which the whole state lcr public ami private charities oppres- of the case was altered. That consti sed and overburdened, and though thei tution is not a mere confederacy it is remedy lay in my single vote, that vote! a union ; it forms a constitutional go should not be given. Not, Mr. Prcsi- vernment, and I owe a paramount alle dent, (God forbid it') that I should re- giance to that government. Why, sir, joice to look npon their sufferings not is not the constitution express to that that I wish to mar their prosperity, or effect? Surely it is ; and the very form that I should deny relief if there were of the oath prescribed for, public officers any other possible means by which we could contend for reasonable claims, for just consideration. Reason they reject; stitution, declares authoritatively the . came inflamed, the arm and shoulder swel persuaslon and entreaty they spurn v sense in which she understood the obli- j ling very much ; yesterday congestion of - .uiiwci mi Planus wuu iiieir no- 110ns, wtm sentimentality; they treat with scorn our opinions, and judgment,' and wishes, and feelings. What, then, ' h left to us, or at least to mc? I hold j myself as having no right to go out-of j the Union- no ngni io aestroy k ana I have no wish, if I had the right, to do so. Then 1 must stay here, and, by such means as the constitution has put in mv hands, endeavor to brin? oar Northern friends to a pause for reflec tion. Though on this slavery matter they are with a numerical majority in thisjUnion, they cannot protect their indutry wltHnat PoutSrro lulp. Ani Mt.tre will tliey it. if v"ut'-rnl Wlig SeBaforstefae it, accord ;n; U tie intimation of the Senator from (ieorgia (Mr. Berrien) the other dav according to what I saj now, wlut I am authoriied, I think, to mj for bjv colleagtie, and wbat, though not parti cularly authorized, 1 have no doabt I may be permitted to say for mj other honorable friend from Georgia, now in my eye, (Mr. Dawson r) If we eive them no assistance, ran yoa tell as bow they will reanimate their interef, and restore ajain those once glorious pla ces of labor ia which wealth and pros peritv spread over their whole country? They" throw as back upon the necessity of refusing them oar aid, if they persist tkie eimrs. 1 envT not their pros- peritv i God know I do not. I glonr it.and ia that noble enterprise wbicn . in a . . I I Mi P..4 r,.l. sougnt oat anu oum op. .1. L. . niii.n t uf asm . this" onlv lejal wean of defence and have oltered of tlie propriety oi uungs, ...... . -s the LeEislature, or even the People of ' tnj judgment constitute still my own conscience and my own understanding .a . must always oitimateijr rule my own conduct, whenever these come into ir- reConcilable conflict with tlie opinion .... ' ty of an individual in which I wish to MT a wordor two about my views of upon his own opinions. I undertake to arraign none. I acknowledge in each a right to entertain, to express, and to . ... act upon nis own opinions; l ciaun oniy the same privilese for myself. Now, sir, with regard to the obligations under . i- 1 . . . . . w ntcn i suna to me uovernmetuoi tne United States, I entertain Tiew s wide ly different from, if not directly oppo site to, those intimated by the Senator ler.) Sir, I was born a citizen of the, United States the first breath I united states the first breath 1 drew was as a citizen owing allegiance to the United States. I did not come into this world as a citizen of North Carolina only, and have my allegiance transfer red by her act to the United States. 1 red by her at was born a ci I owe allegia The United ! ... a. . I .... . , . . . rn a citizen ol the united states; allegiance to the United States. States is my country ; and .1. r .i i-i,. me t-uvernmeni oi tne un lieu oiaies the government of my country. I ac- knowledge no more a power of dianos by the State of North Carolina, imme- diatelv after her acceptance of the con- ! cation "' mc new irovernnieiii. UT mai oath she taught me, when under her laws I took it, on my admission to the bar, that the authority of the United States is supreme and hers subordinate, By that oath I bound myself to support ncr constitution, oniy when not incon- ststcnt with the Constitution f the United States. I was sworn ta support the Constitution of the United States unreservedly, and without exception or 3ualification. Therefore, Mr. Presi cnt, without undertaking to determine what influence the views and senti ments of the people of my own State iwihl lue upon my ow n judmpfct lt to the proj i ii t y f any j ru u'.-ir trr f r ceru'.t;! t'.e gcuersl c-j:rioa t.f the State ia wlkii a nau lats it tuiw tied to great weight and iuSaence, and te bate cousideratde elfect npoa bitu. I mat say that I acknowledge no Hht ia tlie iVlla,are f North Carolina to exerciie the Papal as t Why cf abwlr in mt from my oath, or to'tranfcr mt allegiance to tarn me oxer ta Earbary from the United States, and make m simplv a cititen of hers. Tberefure I sliould bold myself at liberty rea bound by every consideration of dui. to mvseff nd country, by diat intrri. tv which binds me to maintain and fa!, ti the oath 1 hae taken to cons.idtr for myself, onder any supposed cir cumstance, whether a cae eiUted of nnraitisatetl oppression or of tunipnju and obstinate usurpation, w hich coasti- f.it.a t I sh,1 tim akIiuu! a.... m , "ep- turn from tli weneral dutr of auKm. ;sioa to a government, and justifies the orpressed in fall in r back upon the na tural rightof resistance and self-preservation. To my own State I owe love ; I owe obedience, but not a blind and un limited obedience. I owe her a large, and grateful, and devoted attachment. She has generously honored and advanc ed me beyond any merits of my own, and has thereby added force to the claims which she "always had upon me as her native-born son, w hose ancestors on one side, for four generations, have lived and died upon her soil. Sir, I scknow ledge these claims. I feel all that grate ful and devoted attachment, and 1 hope to be ever ready to prove it by more titan words.' But f cannot forget that she is but one State of the Union, and that the whole Union is mr country. These are my sentiments, and upon these I mast act nntil. bv adenuate reason. I am in. I .tuoatil fit rk'.n.. iVam 1 T.n.. ... .TII UUVVU W.VM.. IKUVI III, H 1 1 perceive, Mr. President, that, looking upon the subject in the light 1 do, hold ing a supreme allegiance to be due to tlie United States, disowning all right, tinder the constitution, of secession. and perceiving no reason in any propos ed disposition of these questions to jus tify or excuse disunion or any form of revolutionary resistance, I have but one mode of defence but one mode of re sistancebut one remedy. That I have mentioned. It is legal, constitutional, orderly, and, applied as I propose, it is just and fair. vv ith regard to the pending amend ment, as 1 have already indicated, I would prefer California tn her full size; but if gentlemen think if gentlemen representing Southern constituencies flunk it will be more acceptable to their people to have California admitted with mutilated limits, and to have a Territorial Government established up- on that portion of the territory which may be withdrawn from her jurisdic tion, I am . ready to vote for it. I do not thinK it is a matter oi great impor . .. m .a tance. - I think the only effect will be that we shall have two free States upon the Pacific sooner than we would by ad mitting California with her present boundary. That is the difference. I shall vote for the amendment, but ant personally not solicitous about its suc cess or failure. The Slave Trade in Cuba. On the very night preceding ihe landing of the late Cuban expedition at Cardenas, a large verel Came-qnieily up lo the wharf and landed 600 nagroes from the hold, poor, miserable, half starved shadows of men, w ho hid been torn from their homes in Africa and introduced into the inland by the consent and to the great profit of ihe Captain General of Cuba. - Shorily after this occurrence a bsg containing about $20,000 was found at ihe door of the Uaptain General's steeping room, w hich ss there appears no acknowledgment for the same in ihe published reports of ihe receipts by ihe treasury we presume, went to swell ihe already large pile of savings d Cnndc Aleoy during his very economical administration. Now, these facts we leant from a highly intelligent citizen lately from Cuba, who was in ihe rieiniiy of ihe transactions when they oc curred, and they have been substantially confirmed by the statements of oiheis. They are facta notorious to all Americans and foreigners' in Cuba. If. O. Delia, Aug. 2. Df alh from Handling a Corpse, rhe New ark Advertiser lias the following letter dal--ed Boonton, July SOth : Our village has again been viriit-d wiih sudden ' death, iu the case of Mrs. Geo. W. Eston.of thi place, who died suddenly last night, under ihe following ciicumstanccs. On the 20th insl, two girls lost their lives by fal ling into ihe river and dtownin, near thi place. Oil Thinsday, ihe 23d,' their bo dies were recovered and taken lo Mrs. EMon'n, laid out and coffined. In hand ling ibe copse and clothes of the deceasfd, it is supposed fdie.came in contact with some infections matter, which cnniinniii cated lo a cut she rereivetl on one of her finseis tlie day before, which soon after be-. ,ue uraiu sci in, anu lasi 1112111 no The Origin of Glass. Ii i wonderful how much we are indebted to chance for many very valuable discoveries. The art of making glass was discovered in il' way : As some merchants were carrying a quantity of nitre hey baited near a river issuing from Mount Carmel. Not readily finding stones to rest iheir kst ties on, they used some pieces of nitre for lhal purpose. Tbe fire sratltully dis solving the nitre, it mixed with the sand, and a transparent mailer flowed, which in fact, was no olhoi than glass.
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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