The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-02

In,lesd Of their bring sent sui sEsin 60
sea. they wsrs suffered 10 remain inactive
81 The shsTus.
Surh. TOO. VAS The .ieu taken by an
other position ofIhe SsnAIs-smong ~hieh
I consider myssf as ine!udcd-.Rd ~ho
we're opposed 10 lie giving Of fhis notice.
They opposed u on grounds directly the
rryerse sfIhose on ~hieh these Gentlemen
sdvossisd u. Those who advocated Che
nut &c did 90 because the believed there
~usld be no eompToniss, and could be
none. We ~ere opposed 10 the no'Iee,
because ne did not sgTee 9th them IN
Ihs. op'nson. We bsIlsrrd. On The con-
i,ary. that . eompI0mise night be eI-
l.ifd, md romn.n gInund assumed 10
which bath ns'isns would sgrss We dad
not think thai the American lille 10 The
whole Of O,egon Ia be 60 perfectly clear
10 20 be indlspul.bie. We help that the
lille fusiIher nation 10 The whole country
va, pelGsci; and. therefore, We could me-,
aud DID not, believe that iw0 powerful and
eniIg htrned nations, such IS GIest Britain
sad The UuIied Ss'es. would 20 10 var on
such question. 60 lOus - var could by
possibility be hon6Ishly and properly
avoided. This wss the view OF ell Who OPP
posed the giving Of nouee al this tine.
We wished 10 give TO both psr'iss in THE
controversy q breathing ume-s season
f"r calm and ms,ure reflection; under the
q huenre oil Which they nigh, come 10
some itsi, and honorable, yei pacific con.
clu.lon; snd because We thought that The
immediate giving OF such notice ss was
proposed would bring Great Britain TO
ons Of iwo ,lIefnsH, es--eiIhsr TO ae-
qulssce IN the state Of ,hlngs in which we
had PLACID the question. 90 as 70 permil
Us TO get POSSESSION Il he territory by the
e'aiUai results of colonization, or TO
change The onus. and cssl the blsms Of
making var IRON our shoulders upon hers.
cOnpsIllng her 70 The attitude Gf The az
gHs.or.
There were other gentlemen in ibis
b ,dy who scIed icon different views.
There were 10 Isyor Of . compromise.
They, too. thought thai our title Wss not
perfeci. bot yet weTe in favor Of giving
ns,ice, becsuse they believed. no,~,.h
standing the tone snd language Of The
message, that the Two measures we're CON-
pst'bls-th,, We night give dis notice 10
terminate the consennen. aud yet effect IN
smicable compromise ol al cur difficulties.
The grounds on which they come 10 this
conclusion seem 70 be three. 10 The frs,
place, they think that the language Of the
Executive elbows tina, he still enlsTiaIns
the hope Of compromise. They quo,s to
US hi. express language. where he says
that he hopes an amicable arrangement
may be msds Of The questions 10 dispute.
| am fully aware that the Presidenl dose
use this language, and that the same thing
sas said twice by the Secretary Of State,
IN the course Of the corres pondsnce; bu,
IL scene impossible to me that, on The
PLANES, aud jusses, rules 81 construction,
the message can be considered 80 express.
ing tia. uleshiog. II iss mos. solemn aud
~e'gh.y State paper. addressed by The
Executive Of the nation 10 . coordinate
brsnch OF the Government. aud in which
he is bsund to hold the plsinss. and most
explcn lsnguage-tos,ae ~ i.h the uimos.
frankuess his real sentiments. and 10 give
The reasons on which they are founded.
This 10 HE duty. aud this he hss perform
ed. Aud he says, very clearly. tina. he
recon- ends this notice in order tha. We
may assert our tile to the whole territory.
aud, II necessary. support That title by
Ims. lcsnnot look beyond the message
for the PIesidents motives. TO do so
would. in my judgment, be to dispsrsge
the character Of the President.
Another ground taken by these gen
dement's, that the Presulen, wants 10 en-
play this notice as a moral weapon. not q
physical one. But no such idea is express
.ed IN the message. The language Of the
Pr, s,dsnt is explicit TO the contrary. Il
looks not TO moral. bu, 3 physical terni.
nation "f the difficulty. But. admitting
ihs, he wants to use il as a moral yea.
pom. wins, DIES that mean! II most mean
that he wants IN use il for the purpose Of
ini,m'dsuon. Now, l submn 10 the com
mon sense Of every gentleman. whether.
Il hi, notice should be used in iha, light.
with great and powerful nation like G,ea.
Brain. Us effect, instead Of leading to q
compromise. would not be precisely the
re.e,se. Il would be q direct appeal 10
her fears, TO induce her to yisN. under
such motive, what she would no. yield
other wise.
The third reason 10. that the convention
II 1918, and renewed IN 1927, vas
wrong from the beginning; that, az q mes-
SUITE Of policy, il ~as gres! mistake; tha'
It's effect was 10 fe.ter The assertion Of our
r,ghs; and iha. il would have been better,
s" far as our rights IN the territory we're
concerned, il there had been no such con.
ven.,on q. Ill. In tina, opinion cannot
conrut; | Dissent from il wholly: | hold
precisely tho opposite opinion; believe