The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-06-04

frsttee 49, sA@AssAasA So @MA6.A So 80
p.nsais. The ialhs ils drnuasislioas q
lAsss acre s0rshIPpeTs i poser aad
Flacs. ! trust Nll mres ~lgh lie same
dsrisiOa AID eoniempl fram he people
-lhai hey have 81 tins hall lsom lhose II
whom slry GeEe aimed, Love Of COM
lEy, not sycophsLey 70 tie ExeclsIFs.
Constitutes The pzlrl0l. MLen this nea
sciooi n patriots shall have lesEnrd The
dslincIlOn. We will listen with more pa
lisaer. and perhaps inslE1riien. 10 Their
lerinses. That love Of caunlTy which
lmPsas The pairius 20 plaee his blood and
has treasure II tie disposal u the Repab-
nc. would impel him 10 watch ailh re-
doubled vigilance Tie securities sur pOpu-
lar libeEiy amid lhs sriis Of war. Il Is
then lhal they are in The greatest peril.
Whilst ! am ready 10 mainlsia Ills Wal
BY ali proper means. 10 use my uimesI
t1ertl0ns. and the xhole military and Pc
cuniary power Of the country az neces-
saIyl 10 prosecule this war - success
lul and honorable termination, l do rot
hesitate 10 declare 10 the House and the
country. that the conduct Of the President
&C the Uniled States. in relation 10 this
fexo-Me1iean guest on, in my judgment,
has been characterized By neither ability,
dignity. nor moderation, and Tia; the act Of
marching our army TO the LEFT bank Of The
Rio Grande del Norle, with the intent 10
occupy that country, was not warranted
by Law, and was an unauthorized sggEts-
sion upon The people Of Mexico.
shall al his tine eoe6ns he few re-
marks an about 10 make chiefly 70 tbs
legality ri tbs armed occupation Of tie
lefi bank Of tie RIO del NcT.e. The pm
ry oil the annex .h"n pi Texas 10 The
Unie has been much and u necesssIil,
discussed in cornsxiOn Nth this sutjeet.
That question IL settled by both Go,sIR-
msHIs; Tsxs. IN nov an integral portion
OF t."s RspublIe. IL is now our eooHiry.
equally entitled 10 our prulscnon wuh Oul
own nsii,e homes; ] souid no s"onsr
Withhold u IRON her Ihsn from any other
Sale "a the unon. When Texas was
sdm'red in'O lhls Union, By her eons.n,
hrr western boundary MAS TO DO settled
hy ihs 0Hs.InmsnI 81 lie Uni.ed States.
hr &C, Of annsxal on ADM ted thai boun.
dairy as not Tiled, ssG .pope quesnor.
That sdmIssIOn upon HE sIs.ns book u
sufficient Tor tie putI oses Of the siga-
meBt. How was % 10 BE- settled, and
BY whomi The eel Of snnexsnon looks
10 lis SET lemeni by ntgoton. The PIE.
sldsnt and Tie Senate, sllh The Govern
msnt OF Mexico. were compeleni 10 setIs
il IN THAT way. Mexico. The PissIdshi in-
forms Us. rslused TO GegO istr shout l..
There 70 bui one o,hsr mode Of settlement
lett. That 10 force. That force could only
be sB,horizsd By law. II Was loT Com
grsss 10 determine shslher or no. force
should be used, and when 10 should be
used. 10 give ihai pnver 10 the piesi-
dent woulj enable him 10 taaks vsr
Whenever he chooses upon en,s, minous
Sssiss. To pretend. D hss been done
here. that the military occupia,on. siIhI
inient TO rrt.in il, 81 > county in The pos
session aud under the jurisdiction OF an
other Goysrmenlls nol 40 set oi waf. is
80 iusuli 10 the eommuD ssnse oil nIsn-
hud. II 10 tlDe that such military oc-
cupa,isD 10 allowed BY The lsss OF nations
when he opposite parry refuse 10 liest;
but, under the g Government. thai csn only
be done by suihor.ly oil Congress. Ihs
PTesidehl esnLoi stx The 5puadsI,es Of
this Government; y hsn sscer.alned BY
Law IL 10 his duty 10 Ssisnd The couniTy
from iEsurreeuon ftom within and in
vssion from wiiaoui,irp 10 theiE LINKS
thus fixed. But Tie h,enGs Vi the Presi.
dent upon This door ask. with appearance
Of rlausibIDIly, shat IS The Pres dent to DO
unIil .lhs boundary lie fxet! HIs dn,s
vas plain sed sIupie. Il was TO defend
and prottci those people ahO were under
he lsus md go',lnbsni of Texas al the
time 81 It's annexation. The people on the
lsf bank oil The Rlo Glsnde del Note
were MtxIcans, living under he laws aud
instilui OILS OF Mexico. / here 10 an un'n-
hsbl,ed aid perhaps uniuLa bilsbie wa:ie
Of more IN one hundi ed miles betaeen
them. They 1ete srpefand BY . natural
bsrler; there vas no prseiics!, difficulty
in g,vrrg ample protection 10 every man
who even Claimed TO 1--we IN leI The laws
ard government Of Texas wIthou, IN any
way disturbing The Mexlcsus on the RIO
del NorIe. Weowed them iba. protection.
Tie Occupation Of Corpus Lhnsu by the
army, was necessary and proper to give
them that projection. Waen our army
held thai posiilon no hostile demonstration
va, made b. Mexico. There Vas po..ron
plant N ade aga Ne. him here; be wss thsn
IN The discharge Of his eonsti'unoBaldu'y.
But when be ordered the sr0y opposite
10 Mslaporas, iopk military possession
of counuy in winch the Nj xIcans exc
cnted Their Laws. established custom
houses. built hop.es, and planted fields,
he violated the laws oil his osn couniry,
committed an unauthorized aggression up
on neightoring ns"on, aud provoked
and produced this war. These are my
opinions upon his question, NV COL