The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-25

4aE& " Mut y 1AA@N - ~A~@N -
get % q war-eKcilement against Englsnd.
il shall bs Ihs lass one 10 insist upon war.
whilss ihe eosaary 10 in is present ee
feneeless eonditi0n. Nc. Chairman. sith
III my admhslion Tor me greatness and
glsry az Eagland. YET look with fearful
apprehension upon The dangers q col
lisson with shai gisaatie power. With an
smhiuon more grssPlng Than that Of
Rome in Der pslmiest days. she u sx
lendiag her Briaresn arms into every &c
gion Of this mighty globe. Her Gag 10
hssling 10 every breeze. her ships are
covering every sea Universal dominion
seems 20 be her object and her aim. Sup
pose re sho1ld be preeipitaied into .
war uiih Englsnd--shsi would be .aar
condtiionl Dor army reduced N hand
fal. and they in The swamps Of FLORIDA,
held a bay by the savage. Our navy
cons sung Or lsx lrigaies, and still lew
- ships. snd they SnhI Cor service. Our
Notifications UNNAMED and decsying for
wanI of repairs. without barracks.
without ordnAnee. without munitions Of
war; and, what - sill worse Than all
shese, with IN empty treasury and no
mesns az supplying il. Wnh twenty
fhpussnd veterans an our northern Dor
der. EugIaad would invade our territory
and lay our frontiers IN ruins. With .
h-ei 81 sleam ships, she would rasage
pur coasts. and lay our cities in ashes.
by throwing few regiments Of her ma
manfred West India slave iroops upon
our southern coast, she would excite .
domestic insrueeIion there. Her MACH.
nalians sould soon reach the sixty lhon-
sand Indian warriors that are eongrsgai-
ed on our Western border, whose yen
sfp'd .resOpnd from The Mississippi 10
ate Alleganies. This Indian population
is already restless AMI disseminated.
With a lingering eve they look back up
IN the deserted graves OF their lslhers;
and With feelings exasperaieJ and almost
gnaded ialO madness, by the intliclion Of
their accumulated wrongs, they are pre-
pared fnr sudden outbreak, whenever
there is the least prospect 81 success.
Thus hemmed in on I'll sidrs--0n the
north, on the west, on the enslern and
southern coasis-what would he our stu.
aIoni Gentlemen may say ihese dan.
gers are oil imaginary, and that we should
triumph over oil these difficulties.
know q. cir; | know IL. American pat
Iiotism and American prowess would
save Us 10 the end. and expel tile invader
from our soil. But how much suffering
would u cost us--how much blood would
u shed! How many q widowed heart
would i wiring with anguish-how many
an orphan would j, leave pareniless in
tie world! In The mean lime, what
would become Of our commerce, which
is extending itself into eysIy par, Of The
world; Exposed TO The power and rspa
city of our ensm,es. osr l,tlIe navy would
be shattered 10 pieces, and our commerce
driven from The ocean.
l said vas opposed TO large stand
ing armies in time Of peace. No,so with
a navy. There are associations connect
ed silh our gallant navy. which should
endesr u 70 ,he hear, Of every American
.pslsloi. Its heroic exploits during The
last war, taught England What she had to
fear from American vslor, even on her
own .fasorile element And owing 10 The
relative position Of our country to The Ea.
ropean Powers, IL we ever have a pto
'rac'ed var with any Of them. il must be
smsrisime war mainly. What protection
could our small navy afford TO our COM
merce, against the numbers and the
strength Of theirs! Look 4, England,
france. Russia, evea Turkey and Egypt;
they are Increasing their naval power
daily. The Mediterranean 10 literally
shingled nyer wiih The fleets Of The Euro
pesn poyeys. The Eas, and West Indian
Archlpelasoes are covered With English
ships, and The commercial system of
China and The East. in danger OF being
entirely resolniionized. or put on new
f9sgng France is sending her hostile
naval ornaments almost 10 our own doors.
Que day we see her ba,lering down the
eas.le Of 81. Joan de Ullos in Mexico. and
the next hlockading the port Of Buenos
hyIes. Aud al this, too. whilst. accord.
ing To the official organ. as quoted BY my
jrIend iron Kentucky. (Mr. Davis, there
is not port beyond our own shores.
,xbeIe American commerce can float in
safety. England ard France and Russia
gre building steamships daily; not one or
i've. by sunied appropriations as We are,
.hut "A hoie llsats nj ,hao.
Mr., GrnneII. Yes, building them in
this country. w@ ar. .
Mr.. X. Yes, sir. building them in our
own coun,ry--here in our own ship
yards. 10 be sent back perhaps at some
future lime. Tor the purpose Of bstlerlng
do"n "ur ei'ies aud des,Ioyjp. our CON-
meEca.
With these facts befnrs me, / deem il,
The par, Of prudence to prepare for dan.
ger before q arrives. let us organize
our army, increase II Sufficiently TO man
our foriifea,ions. and provide military |
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