The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-27


Ple. and mt ne less pEoud bersuse liaey
are sssk. with proper rsspees. would hsss
srqaiFed Texas 10 shorl ice ias, - ~
.srsily. snd =. EASILY, 40 he ripsnsd pear
falls 70 lhe earth.
Elghl yfars 40, and u The Tine ofsc
knovIedgiag he Independence 81 Texas.
TOOK eeessI0n % sxsnlns tLis question 81
esen.usl sspsrslsoa bsIxesn Msxlea asd /
TeKss. and sha~sd il 10 Be The Inssisahls
effect Of natural and moral causes. This il
.whai then sad:
Esen suhoui tie srmisiice. and pro-
sisional nssty wnh Ssn.a Anna. l I00k
upon she srpsrsti.n Of lhe iso eoUntlies
a. being IN The 6xeJ order 81 e,enis. ard
sbsalU els certain % take place. Tsxss
and Msxico. are moi turned Tor Union.
They are moi homogeneous. speak Of
Texas - knn~n % L. s .lIe. The bar Of
ST. Bernard. (Maisgosds J and the walefs
which belong 10 q, beng The western
boundary. They do m, belong 20 me
sane divisions Of country, nor 10 The
same syslems Of eomGerre. nor "a The
same pursuits IL business. They have
no sffiaites--no sllraelions-no zen
denotes 70 eoalesee. n the cosse Of cen.
luries, and while Mexico has extended her
settlements infinitely further IN other di.
reclions-tol The head ofihe Rio 6rande in
The nar,h. and 10 The mouth Of The San
FIanrisco in the norihsesl-yei no sci.
temehl had been extended east, slone the
neighboring coast Of the Gull OF Mexico.
The rich end deep cotton aud sugar lands
q Texas, though 81 tbs very door q Mex
icn. yet requiring the application Of . Ia.
borious industry 10 make them produc-
tive. have presented no temptation 10 The
mining and pastoral popul ,llun &c lhai EN-
pire. For ages this besul,Iul agricultural
aud planning region has lam untouched.
/, WIlhin few years. and BY another race.
is settlement has begun, and presence Of
this race has moi smoolhed, but increased.
The obstaelss TO union presented by nature
Sooner or laler separation would be inevl-
table; and the progress Of human events
has scceleraled the operation Of natural
causes. Goliad has torn rexa. IRON Mex
ico; Galiad has decresd independence;
San Jscin,o has sealed III What the mas
sacre decreed. the victory has sealed; AMI
the day Of the marirydon Of The prisoner,
must iarever be regarded as the day O
dlsunion between Texas and Mexico."
i These are the causes, permanent az ma.
,ure. obvious as day, which assure I'll,
d,sunion Of Texas and Mexico. and go
,ern the absolute return Of the former IL
Us. We had nothing % do bur 10 he ci
VII and just. and The overlures made b,
General jackson fifteen years ago. for ID,
reasons then given BY Mr.. Van Bureo
would have been successful. But IN,
" Texas bomb" had 10 be exploded pre-,
cIseiy ioity days before the meeting oil
the Baltimore Convention! and 10 that ne.
cessity we're sacrificed The honor, the in
tsresi, aud the peace Of the country, aud
the recovery OF Texas i,selI.
T The return Of Texas TO our Union. snt
all the dismembsred ierritnry of 1915
alung wih 1t. - as certaIn as that the Rel
river and the Arkansas rise within our ma.
tuIsl limits and tlow inio the Mississippi.
| wish il back, and TO get il with peace
aud honor--at Ill eveuIs. wi,hou, nnjusl
war, unconstitutional, groundless pIelexis.
| wish ntp come 6ark without sacrIheing
our ,rade even with Mexico. SO valuable
to US on accoun, Of the large returns oil
specie which u gave rs, especially before
the commencement Of the Texan revolu-
tim, the events al which have slIensted
Mexican leeIiug from Us, and reduced our
specie imports IRON eleven millions Of
dollars per snnnm I, one million and a
half. wish II e. come back in way 10
give as little dissatisfaction to any part Of
the Uninn as rossibl and bellese il is
very practicable 10 get It back without a
shock to any part. The d thculiy now i.
IN the aspec, which has been put upon il
as a sectional, politcsl, and slave qnes-
ton; a. movement Of the South sg.inst
the NM,h, and at ,he slave holding States
for pnl,ticsl supremacy. This is as I'M
founded IN The true nature of The question.
as tits unw,se aud unfortunate in The de-
sign which prompted il. The question is
more western than southern, aud as much
free as slave. The tertit"ry t. he recov-
vered extends 10 the lsulude al 3S deg. in
ills norlheas, corner, and to l.t,ude 40
deg. in its northwest corner. One halt Of
it will lie in the region not adapted to
slave labor. aud of course, when regain
ed, will be formed into Notwithstanding
States. s. FAR a. slavery is concerned.
then, the question is neutralized; 1t is as
much free as slave: and |, is greatly to be
regre,ted-regrelted by all .he friends oil
,he Union--,hst a different aspec. has
beea given TO it. sm snuhera by my
birth: Southern 10 my affections. in'e-
rests, and connexions; and shall abide The
fate Of The South in every thing 10 which
she has right. upon her aide. am slave
holder. and shall take the fate OF other
shareholders in every aggression "Pon that
spec,es If property, and IN every attempt
TO excite a San DamIngo insnrrecton