The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-27
Frea Ne ss~ TEA Tuhsns.
fhe Quesffen Of snaexafIon.


Bot ihsTs ssf sFerisi ssssees uhy A.
afKsIon sheslh be popnlsr Al This time.
Our eenriry hes been nsally thirty srsfs
a Teaee. scarcely dislasoed ~ . ies ~.
f,ag sknmlshrs wifh Aboriginss. 81 ~hlrh
,he rssuh wss. sfeosrse. neser far 90.
meai 10 doptL She 10 nos enjoying .
very ssnssll md rbviously ero-lEg pros
periy. But abe has thopsandsoi nslsss
spirits. sho have - ssrTslan % The dull
wsys a. sirady iEdn.lrs--' me esnksrs n
arsIm void and Iona psser-vhe slsh
for he lIrsnse snd rhsnrss Of Nsr. How
shall such eho,es spiri's hoe easn II Eve
shljng. day. or Dig potatoes Tor every
sspih bp.hel. shea he rhurehss Of Mex.
ieo are popularity under'tocd 70 be radisn,
vth gold and cisnands. defended By .
feeble and degraded sclIiesy. 9ho ~euld
Be scattered like chat BY he yolIey from
The Angio.Ssxan rife. me 6rst charge II
the AnsIo-Saxan bsyone,i no can lsds
Of spnlt be expected n eoalen, thsmselyes
xnh turning orsr slods fpr lissliho9d.
whsn spch vis ss % glory. poSfr and
wealth. in land II sunny sk,es and snH
ny dsmsels. are open before ,heml Why
shall ihsy not be h0rrorsunrk 81 The
Superstition and degradation Of The Mex
irsa People. and ready N cheer he SEN
iimep, Of Sena,oF Buchanan. that j, be.
come Us to extend The blessings Of Rel,-
eion and Civilization 60 thai vast and good
" lsnd-lhere being no hope for her sal
saiion but in the musk.ts Of orr meek
Apostle IRON The ranes I,apisians and the
glens OF The Allegheny Ranssi
Boz. Gays one Of ihs unsophisiies'ei.
if these Opqniet spirits want . dash Al
Mexico. vhst 10 to hinder them from
stepping over into Texss with Their ri-
aes, and marching thence on the l-lsDd
City! Why. sir. they kaow BY ms met
or experiences. that this making var on
your own hook only answers for sh"r,
job--,hsi, when you come 70 invading
grestempire. you want bread. bacon, Pow
der and cannon. These can be used BY
lads Of spirit. but they want duiler race
al their barks-men Who sre 90 common.
place 10 10 plod on the ways Of hourly
industry, clearing, sowing. hsrvesiing--
in short. they want tie United States be-
hind them. and NOT merely Texas. OF
course, hey are savage Tor Annsxstion.
We h3ve ieI,. then. ffam The 6rs,, that
Annexation 10 destined to be . grave. q
Formidable. an overriding ques,,on--ssry
possibly 10 the over,hros 81 our Union.
Our dlsuni0nisis. vhe,hsr Of the North
or Sou b, are looking 10 il hop, folly % the
wedge which shall rive the States asnn-
der. Garrison aud Lesvili. Zen. Ham
il,on and McDnffle. are alike refreshed IN
spirit by i. portens Perhaps i will an
ever their expecialions--Perhaps not.
We shall hope and struggle still for the
Union. Meanwhile ~e must be indud-
ged 10 fes words on the present aspects
Of Annexation.
The 6rs, thought which il suggests 10
% 10 that Of The p cnlisr nature OF an Alb
siractionis's undo tstsndInR IL conscience
the inff, bIe besuues oI 'siuct con
friction, HIRE are Calhoun and MrDuf-
fie. Van Buren, end Ri,chie. and their
followers. vehement in theu hostility To
National Bank. or any thing like IL.
on the ground Of us unconst,uti"nsli-
". Their tender coa.riences revolt a,
any exercise of poser by the Feder'
Governmsn, no, expressly au'ho'iz.d BY
The COMPLIMENTARY can concede moth.
ing 10 inference. to precedent. TO implica.
tion: u j. sli nopsense - ialk 10 then
pt the po~er 10 create Bank being I'm.
piled or included IN the powers expressly
granted To coin money and regulate it.
value, Ia raise resenne. &c. &c. they
must h,ye the power TO create Bank ex:
pressly granted, or they haye no authority
Tor the aci. The assent 81 The trainers
81 the Constitution, Of Washington and
Madison, ri Federal and then Of DE
mocratic Congress, are all nothing. Rul
1hen Anpexsuon comes on tie carpe
they have different rule altogether Nov
IL is not needed tina, there be any spec,.
orexpre's authority, and the p"yer @ adj
nit new Sta'es. f"rmed from the terIit".
~ OF The Union, is held abundant author,
ny Tor purchasing new terrrory wh'rf
fHmed 10 par, al the original ConfedeTs
tinn. and i"r uniting vi h opr County, tb,
Russian Empire il dicker could be mad
with the Autocsst. These strict construc
tionists are sbundantIy satisfied with the
authority Of Jefferson, who pressed BY az
imperative necessity consented to The pnr
chase Of Lou'.iana. though expressly de
cIartng It Unconstitutional. ALI the ad,o
cafes Of Annexation appeal for au h"rity
not 10 the Constitution, but to this ac, o.
Jefferson, WHICH he held and proved 10,
authQnyed by the Constitution! Com
mend US 10 an Absfrscuonist, OF the tip
shut and r.. NJ. r. Hun,er school. when
~e want authority for an get glar'ngly Tor
hidden.
Another point. We once rlsifned Ia
have purchased Texas ip the purchase Of
Louisiana, though this was di.pu,sd. The
real lac, appears to be tina, the ancient