The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-08

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- point j. ne .lasrhoidlns St.ies. Not
80 Nilh Texas. There ~Sstd Re ne
means q lf.n. parliag :Saol % Texss bel
hy he Dangerous ra.,gaaian Of the Coll:
thus eneaunisriRg 81 The ineoa,snisnre
in he defence which an invading enrmy
would have IN the sItsek; and. viii su-
pSrlar hos lie naval ioEcr ia camnspd ~
the Gulf 81 Mesics. ~hlch is 20 be anti
eipat.d 10 ihe event ~ snfh an invasion.
aar troops could no, b. transported - II.
IL any event. Il wauld be usasfeTrirg the
lflrt from The land. where ne should
be absolutely imPresEahle. 10 the water.
where ne nigh be Ihe weaker powsr.
Then. az lin. instead az lie impa.sable
swsmps u ing he.a cen The Mississippi and
Tsxas, nssurai aud umpr,anabls FORTH
cation. we should haze snHereaseJ marine
f.onIierr &c sewers hundred miles. and l1ud
flonlisr Of Two thousand. without rivers.
mountains. or ssmaps, or any The slight.
est natural barrier. unless we could na-
l,zs the very bright idea Of Gen. Cas- of
smoking oil The cont gnous territory. To
do which. se must round of nur boDndar
riss BY going 10 csps Horn and HE Pa
G,fc. knnw only rns instance Of IN
equally ssgaeious suggestion Is ih,t Of
Gen. Case shout contiguous territory.
and that YES of the isrmsr who ssld that
he discovered III { he squirrels only de-
siroyed the ou'siie rows Of his corn. and
Thar he ,hnuld secure h,mself against fu
tue dep'el.liOns BY plaanng no outside
lows. II | am descending from he Dig
MY Of the subject. iris because r,.l'euls IS
The only proper reply 90 stch an afgu-
mtpi. Ii IS said that The annexation Ol
T.1.s viii incfe Sc lhe Ishrcl 70 ser Of
,he slave hnldIng States. and their vote IN
Congress. Such cannot br the result ~
The House Of Representatives; for the
slaves will only be d,ffns.d their nun
Der will not be increased; iha, - perierily
clear. But j, has been said that Texas
wIll be divided m,a lour or fse States. all
OF ~hwh will he slasshoIdlng st-irs, aud
81 course represented in The Senate. and
thus Riye To the South a CONSERVATIVE, .
cLerktng power. II ] believed that The
nnne-,la,tholding States chuld coacede
US this, | would disregard all minor I'd
jecnons and 60 for The measure. But does
any sane mao rsall, believe il! Will the
Notwithstanding States, ha,iag the ma-
'rty in The Senare. as legislative body.
surrender that majority. aud aisu the ma
jnriy IN The House. as an alternative
rlecIprsI body Of PIes,drnl Will they
disIde Texas into four St,ies, and give
~ those four States equal power in the
election Of Ptesulenl With New York.
PenDsyl ANA, OHIO. aud Massachusetts,!
Would Ne, under like circumstances. con.
sent I'd the anne xa,ion Of Cshada. and d.
vide II iiko iuur or Ave Ststrsi Would
We do this too al the RISK 81 foreign war;
and tie more especially il our northern
hreihrtn, with most remarkable flank
ness. were to ANNOUNCE to us ih 4 tleir
great motive Ia desiring IT,. va. t. take the
pol teal power nut oi our hands and p ace
il 10 ihelr owl! And are they less .ags-
cioUs in percelsipg their interests. lees
prompt 20 pursue them. or pore liberal IN
sacrificing them than we are! Such ccr-
taihly is not tbe general estimate Of their
character. A sunk 'ng fact IN tbs ma ter
=, thai, al the very threshold Of III ques.
to. j. has been pr"pnsed by 'w" Senators
from slaseh ,Iding Stiles MIR. Bent'n and
Mr.. H-ndcrsonl 10 divide rexss into an
equal Number al sIaveholdIng aud nom
slsvthnlJ,ng Safes. What, then. will
We have gained in polincsl strength! II
Southern srna,ors begin by m.ki q hi,
concession. there must be some show q.
reason on that sid, Add Isst 20 he cup
posed lh-t The memh"rs from The non-
sIavrhoIJ'ng statps vii yield the point!
As 10 the MIssonII compromise. the OBJ
,ious reply uhoh silI be made will be.
iha' that compromise was made with re-
frre, ce 10 The territory winch was then
Included IN the Union, aud not u future
acqsisitl"as h, purchase OF cnnqn's. In
case Of such division, shall We have
gained any iInng b. having non slave
holding States "I our Union on our SOUTH
wes'ern border inslesd Of a foreign non.
s'avehold,ng state? ] decidedly pFtf,r
the siter; fof u - not 10 be denIed that
our Northern breIi,ten. in thIs respect Ut
less', "a hule more than KIN. anu a !iHle
less Than kind" often commit otttages
upon our rgh,s which would MOI be sub
m',1fd 70 fum foreign Po~e'; anil be-
SIDES il -.lav. Ii pldlng states Of the
Hmm mara No all chad shara ,ra .bx..II