The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-13
From the National InieIligenccr.
THE NINTH WEEK OF THE SEsSIO,

THE NINTH WEEK OF THE SESSION
| The SENATE, during the past week
has been chiefly occupied with q billT
the reduction and regulation Of postage.
the discussion Of the details Of which Ia
tot Vet been brought 10 a close. but can
moi last much lOngef. for other subjects
which will require the Whole time OF ths
body will soon demand lis ait niion.
Among these subjects is The joint reso
luton which passed The House Of Repre-
senlaIiyes sumo days ago FOR the annexa
lien Of TEXAS TO The United States. Tia
resnluiios was referred on Monday last /,
the Committee on Foreign Relations, viii
Of course be now snon reported upan, snt
would indeed probably have been earlier
rep r,ed upon but for the duty which tht
committee must hare been impressed
with Of giving deliberate consideration
To proposition of so much consequence
coming from the other body.
The iloUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES, hay.
ing spent nearly three week in lcglslating
Tor territory wholly beyond It's jurI die
ton, occupied the last week mainly in the
cehsie upon bill 10 establish Terrific
rial Government in The Territory Of Ore.
gon, % which e are joint occupants with
another Power, whose consent to this dis
position Of the tersiIory il has MT been
thought necessary 10 ask though we
presume that no bill u i'll pass the House
oil Represeniali, Is, and we trust cer-
talnly not The Senate, withuut at least
Sch show 0f regard 10 eur treaty with
The other joint occupant as to pros ide Ior
giving The Teanireil veer's "a,i"a ..f -.
proposed eessalinn Of joint occupation.
Even with this qualification. the passage
oil the act not teing required by any press
ing necessity that we know Of either in re.
ier' nee 10 public interests or t. The int.
rests e settlers fsom the United States.
during the actual tendency of a nrso,ia.
tim concerning the adjns ment Of the Fun.
damenial question Of title. appears 10 Us
to he wholly inexp dien, and unadyisa-
ble.
The purposes Of he pending biz have.
however, aitraried less Of our attention
than IN" tone of the debate upon il. dnr-
ing which there has been further drye.
lopme"t Of that unbranded lust for terri.
tory .and hatpassi'n fnr extending the d ).
M Ion ct his Government. not only with.
oui regard To consequences. but as though
codr, ing them, wnich we have had ocrs-
SION Ia remark upon as having charac.e.
rIZ-d TIE debate upon the I" Annpxa-
ii"h question. In that tleba e. il was
tue h silli'y of Mexico that wa. d,!ied:
IN III drha:e upon oregon, it is that off
Treat Britain. II no do moi knnw tla,
the gentlemen wha have thus taken ucra.
SION II show their coniemp; f'n the conse
GurnceS "f a ar with either of these Pow. |
rrs are edtirrIy serious in their daclara.
tons: most earnestly we hope that they
may nni be: bot We confess ,hat we, who
haze sl""d al the heln Of This paper tthir.
y years ago though awr Of compare.
lively short dnra ion with one Of these
Powers, a'e 40 desire To witness a renew
i "i such scenes a. no IMAM can recall with
'ai thrill Of joy that aur country snI H..
'ht"tIons cam" safely out Of them We
.dnno bear 10 hear SO painful an altprna
I've as war spoken If with leyi,y or in.
Inference; knowing, as we do, wha, a
'c'urge and a calamity it would be 1. the
laiion, aud not more 10 others than 10
hose who, with u;eArcrience. and there
ore without j',dgpen in the matter, seem
o make 81 light Of il.
lie jests at sca:s who never felt wound.
What most Of all surprised us was the
I@coVery that there are persons, even in
;ntgress, who cherish rancarous feel
% towards Great BEita n, on grounds Of {
Ariier dLte than the honorable war of |
Si2. and the no! less honorable peace he
cen the two nations which followed ,b,, I
'ar. One or two members honestly and $
penny avon ed is bitter enm;ty: and j, I
possible that othr gentlemen Of TIE G
ime parry may eeierlain the same semi. r
'Fnis. We sincerely trust, however. d
'at these d. ciarations are IT, I've regarded O
dS as expressions OF individual senti. n
ent; that this ennity is not very widely o
fused; and, above all, let us hope lha,it
not to come party principle. anil il
US to control the destinies Of he Repnb. n
}. ms .#- s-- l.
Wo TO the nation that allows itself tn i,
erish rance which hon ,rable war can. :,
q Qlit nor naaee Lowevar f,;y a,,; | -