The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-23

,,,st aurstlaas Of de Day - unrhsaged.
IA ErlEsrnes . Aunsxalian. - holds ne
lsllamlhg iangaAge.
.ln rFxsrd y me sanersssaa q Texas
xhish. siare ny flrrllan. has bsfn ms.eh
discussed IN saIns portions q ne district.
4 I'll Il n u BIZ due 10 csnalosie declare.
hal. - ,osr Rrprrssnsnlivs, consider
Il nv duty 20 oppose i. Though elect
"a without rrlrsence sGail loihls question.
Il i nv business 10 consider and 10 meei
Il f4iriv. When 6st presented 10 me J
ri, inclined, wilh0nl examination, 70 L.
yor il-subss quent reflection has kpdsd
10 tx nv opinion againsiii. The ANNEX
asion &C ) foreign ieFriloFy 20 oaroun Was.
/ think, never c0ntemplaled BY the Ia
mers &c lie Constitution. II he pow
e., houever, was beyond doubt, deem
the prnjeei. IL carried out - hkeiy
10 endanger the Union iiself-as unwise
and impolilie in the existing sisie OF ouf
own. as well o he relations Of Texas
with those Of Mexico.
1--WE haze, TOO, in Virginia alone. more
land Than Is sufficient 20 maintain thirty
millions &C inhabitants. We repossess-
ed. also, (besides The lands of all The 9TH
er twenty-five States ofa,ieh andbonnd.
less domain in the West, that musiremail
unpeopled. great partitions Of 4 sgrs q
come. Why, then. il may be asked, shall
ae eoysl that which Is our neighbour 8
WHY need We acquire more. land that
TOO. BY paying many Millions Of dollsr'
I Cor III when we have already an sbnn
dance, and 10 spare, even 10 tho foreignel
al one dollar and a quarter peracre! Why
! in grasping more, should wediminish IN
value OF that which we already possess
/ for this must be the fart. Bring ini'
market with orr own The lands of This %
reign country; tempt the Virginia save
owner with The prospect Of immense pro
profits in the Texas colIon-felds. and hi
Virginia lands will soon be offered 70
sale; he will be induced 10 sell at los
price. because he can buy mere where HI
slave labor xill. as he supposes, be be-
Ter remuneraied. Bot the man with
small farm and limited means, who has .
perform all his labor himself. wishes .
remove to the West or Northwest,
some free State, and he. too, offers hi
land Cor sale; but he finds his more apu
lent neighboI competing with him. inall
/. uuderselling him, and ihIs reducing 'h
value Of his farm until il is made almo'
worthless The man rf wealth ill M
buy out the small farmer because he = q
ing in Texas, and the small farmer doc
not purchase the land Of his apulent neig
Dor because he has not the means 10 d
so, and has already. perhaps. determine
to 60 in another direction. The land
. of each and every class Of our cit
gems viii thus be !essened in value. WHEEL
h er they wish TO remore and TO sell or
/. remain in the Old Diminion. II at
would. in all probably, add a few dolla
10 the value Of each slive in Virginia for
. time. I think may be conceded; vel III
advantage is small in comparison with u
4 S~.ss ~ ~ urrHlI II1xr uuI aliperiprf
ain these views I may he nis;akel
yet they arecandidly entertained. Nov
as | am no candidate for Office, shall u,
he suspected of want Of sincerity.
earnestly desi 10 see This Union preser
ed-to promote its blessings, and To ait!
establishing on a firm basis The insiiil
lions of cur own fr, e and faypfed land