The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-05-22
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Had 4 not brea ca ihe eoasfrxaiiss
rauIss IL he carolina Ssnasnfs n Ne
lssl Congress. tssys ahr Ssssnash Rfpab-
liesn.l he ronnHy weulj = ahis moment
&c la died IN > eas sish Engiand. Tee
soiss uould Lare decided ne question .
The Senate. and pssssd 'he lio1ss oil
hieh provided Tor The immediaie oreupa-
ton al he Oseeoa pafEiinTy by our q :
ssrhReal. Whsisstr may be the fsssls
ol IN ernrossrsy. il il msi'er a. ern-
grslalsiion that those genIlsmen had The
si.durh aad the foresight 70 deisr =
lime Al Iea.i. he Necessity Of an seinsl re-
sara 10 Earse. firearms % he seen whslh-
or The Sansh-Ta siag &C tie Demoers-
~ wIII regard her wiss eaunssls. 80 fnl-
law he GI.be IN IL rsbid aud reckless
ronfse.
The sreerh &c Mr.. Calhoun IN me 81
nale. ia I.nn.Iy. 1913. on the sutj.ss Il
nrgan. lately ieputlish.d, mtriing par
iicul u sllsnnon in The present site 81 AZ
lars briwsen England sud AnerIcs. re
make seseisl exuaets from 4.
/ Me-. caLnorS said:
/ Has the nms arrived Rhrnil would Be
wise and rr6iehI Tor u 10 attempt 10 az
seIl srd mahIsiu aur exclusive night 10
the T. rrilary against lhe adverse and con-
| ll,criug claim Uf I;na, Brnan! lsnswer.
! NJ. u hiss not; End that for The decisive
reason. because The al emp,, 4 made, must
prove unsuccessful agains: the resistance
| IL GIe-t Britain. We could nritltr take
nor hid Il agan,t her; and that, fr .
=. aeon, mn l.ss decisivr-i' =. ,hs cutld
/ in murh shorter time. and lar less ex-
pense. concentrate isr greater force Than
ue e0ulJ in his ieniinry.
We serm to forget. in the discussion Of
this utjeri. The great events which have
occn'reh in the eastern portion oI Asia. dur.
ing the lasl year, and whirhhave ." greatly
ex,endeJ q e power Of Great Britain 10 Ihat
quarter ii ihs globe. She has ,Lefe in
that period, ierm,ns'ed successfully iwo
VAR: by enc OF winch she has gwen 10.
creased quiet and stability 10 her p"s
sessions India: and by lie other. has
firmly planted her power on The eastern
coast Of China. where she will undoubt-
edly keep up. al leas, for . lime, strong
military and naval free. for tire putE ose
of lnrnniia len aud strengthening her
neuly acquired p, session. The point
she occupies there on the westsn shote Of
the Pa inc. i. alno.t directly opposite IN
the Or.gnn T.rritnry, al the distance oI
about i've thousand i've hundred miles
from Columbia river, with tranquil ocean
between. which may be passed over IN
sss ar IN ,tas s9It Siass shs J nigh
river. where formidable body of men,
AZ hardy AID energetic as snr on ihi. icDa
tineni. in the service cf he Hudson B.y
| Company, and numerous tribes Of lndl.
aus under i,s control. could be prepared
to sustain ard :-apers'e with Il. Such
is 'he ficilty With which she coJlL con-
cen,rate force there 10 maintain her cIslc,
against ours. oh ,rld they be brought into
collision by this till.
now turn To examine our means M
concentrating an op2nsirg force hy Land
and water. should u become necessary to
maintain our claim. We have no militia
~ or naval position 10 the Petite ocean.
Our flett would have to "a from our own
shores, aud woIl'I have 10 crn.s The line
aud double Gaze Horn in % d.gfees IF
South latitude. and, turning north, .. cross
The line. and 10 ssrend 10 latitude IS nutth.
Ia order 10 reach the mnnta Of Column
TiSer--a distance lram New York foter
The shortest an .traigbtes, line) rf more
Than $4,000 miles, and which would re-.
qaIre run Of more than $4,000 Of actual
sailing on tie usnalroutf. Instead Of SIX
weeks. the v"yage world be six months.
speak on the authurity Of one OF the most
experienced officers silsthed TO the Nsvy
Department.
These facts are deri.ivr. We could ,Jo
nothing by water. As far - lha. element
IS eoncernsd. We could not opp pose to he,
gun or a sold'er in the territory.
BIT IS great as are The impedimen,s By
v ater. they are at present. not much lcss
so by land. II We assume same central
poin' IN The STATE of Missouri IS the tlace
e renSieZvnus, from winch our mltuv
luce wntid Commence i,s n arc.i frr The
'er.'lory. the distance 10 the moth oT
The Coiun.na river all be about two
thousasd NIL. /; NJ which much more than
thousand miles wouid be over an IN
settled csOnlr,. ronsIstine of naked plain. !
or mountainous Mons, without provisi. !
ons. except such game as the rifle might I
SUPPLY. On grestel portion of hi. long |
march HE force would ne liable to be at.
tackled AID haressed by numerous and !
~arlIke tribes oifnlians, whose hoslilites
might be readily TUNED sgaL,st U. By the |
Bntish traders. 10 march sch a di,.
lance, without opposition. would take up.
wards Of one hundred and twenty DAYS,
assuming the march 10 be at the q sDal rate
Tor mllrary forces. ShonId il be jmpe.
led by the ho.tilItIes Of Indians, the time
would be greatly prolonged.
] now ask, how could any considerable ,