The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-11-26

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! iir arms . BE militia. shouid be rnenlas
ei hy ~ AL more effective pFosisict
saa0uld he made 81 nc regnrn of lie an.
- 80 slisselmsioa II lie cosFs q Hho1
fhey wrfe issued.
i II he month Or Juiy lasl. / resiEed
! from The Presidens a. he Senale Or tlsr
!, unlsed Ssases The tcsign-sion az nc 10.
nosable WlLLsAx ii. HAxwoon, Jr.. oae
q Ne mrmbess of that body Gnsm lhis
!! Siaie. 4 dry having thea been lixesl lor
The adjournment If Congress. and near u
land, did not exercise re constitutional
power II The Executive. ia appoint sac-
ressar. The term Eor WHICH lhe Hone
Isl'le Willie T.. MASGrn. the CHER Sc
nsinf irom North caraliua. was elected.
viii expire on The iih of March next. II
will desalse on yOu. therefore, u III bolh
/ Facancies. ,as a-.@.. s-~m.
II j. also well worthy &c your conside-
raiinn, whether The existing arrangement
o. districts fir The election az members 10
The House OF Representatives. i accom-
m0slaied 10 tie public convenience, III
uniting hose Of contiguous tertiary and
similarity Of interests. ar arcoFds with The
Fundamental principle Of Republic. thar
Ia nlejoriiy Of The people should be al
lowed 10 elect their own Representatives.
Since the last adjournment Of he Le-
gislaiuEe, such changes have been wrnnsln
in our national affairs, Is To require bTiel
observation. The United States hare he
como engaged ii war with a neiglhoring
republic, weaker and inferior in Ill the
elements Of national greatness, but sill
not i contemplate Zoe. While We fer
ycnily unite III The desire that our country,
| in her intercourse with foreign nations.
NAV be- always ia The right and readi-
lily render orr Loyalty and duty 10 make
her aiways successful, RICH, or wrong
/ il i alien 10 The character of frccmen. 10
iorbcar inquiry into Tie Necessity which
demands resort 10 The last alternative oi
nations, or into the conduct OF the agents
| ~ whom II has been prndurcd. BY an
essential provision Of our constitution, all
questions of war arc, in the first instance,
10 be subjected 10 The viii Of The nation
itself. which Is to pay its costs and fec
liz calamilics. That Mexico had relin,
4 quishcd her right to take umbraec at The
annexation Of Texas, BY her conditional
recognition Of The independence Of that re.
/ public, and the diplomatic inirigucs con
nGc;ed herewith that the characteristics
ohsiinacy of their race, and the exaspera-
i ton OF feeling from Inc loss Of so valua.
bic territory. might have ultimately lei
10 a war. may be admitted. Our Con,
gress, however, carefully endeayored ia
remove all cause of hostility on such &C
count, By acknowledging disputed boun'
Diary between Texas and Mexico, in tho
i very net OF alincAallon, and giving assn
rance OF liberal terms in its adjustment
I'm this posture of affairs. without consul
tation with Congress. though in session
BY authority Of The Executive, as militia
~ commander merely, our army wa:
1 made 10 take possession Of tic whole ter
I rilory in question. Resistance was al
c,npted--hosiiliiies ensued, and we ar
!. thus involved in a war on a point of ho
!, nor-the constitutional department Of oil
!, own government never having authorized
!; an appeal 10 force for the country in dis
pute, nor defined any objects for the al
tainmen, Of which il should be waged
Il While our arms are signalized BY victo
| ries worthy of The nations rcnown, an,
!. the spirit Of the people is ready TO uphol'
The honor Of our flag at any sacrifice,
, still remains inomenlous question, undo
our institutions, whether Congress can b
, superseded in the power. 10 make wal
and The authority gwen 10 the Executive
only 10 clleciuate the viii of the l.egisla
, ture, can be used To determine and seitl
the policy Of the country, in matters
boundary, or any other.
. But with the war actually existing. an
4 demanding a vast increase III The publ
: expenditure, the income Of the Govern
: ment is put 10 hazard, By experiment
: upon the revenue, finances, and currency
) The public sentiment has long since dc
citled that the Federal Government sha
be maintained, in time Of peace at leas
I hv duties on foreign imports. II may b
: assumed to have been equally well settle
3 in the practice Of the nation, that in maxi
I inc such lcvies, determinations might b
j allowed, in the selection of subjects OF n
!, venue, and in the amounts imposed, |
:, give encouragement, I, the predictions {
e our own industry. |, is now dec are
C tina, this practice has always been ms
Q chievous error; and, in the midst OF tn
! exiaencies of the treasury. a tariff OF tit
$ lies yielding s27,Ooo,ooo per year ha
u been obandoned in favor of a theoretic'
4 system, no, expected TO produce more,