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

better. il has ben construed 20 mean insr-
ti0a. Bot mere inenness. and shat 3
meant BY : wise inactivity. are things
wide apan - The poles. The one i lie
offspring Of ignorance and Of indolence;
tie oiher is Ihe result Of lhe pfofoCndest
wisdom-a wisdom which looks INTO lhe
nature and bearing Of ihings; which SEES
how ronspiring causes xork oni their ef.
lerls. snd shape and change the condition
ofman. Where ne end that natural easss
6 viii of themselves work ont our good
our wisdom IS 10 lei lhem work; and an
our task j. 10 remove impedimenis. Ia
the present. ease. ono 81 ibe greatest oE
these enpedimenis, Is found in Osr impa,
liense.
lie who cannot rsdersland he diEe.
rence between an inactivity like this. and
mere stupid inaelion. and the doing Of
nothing. is As vet but in The horn-book Of
poliliral scienre Yes. iime-ever-labor
ing iime-wiIl elEee, every thing for US.
Our popoluiion i now increasing Al the
annual average Of six hundred thousand.
Lei The next twenty-five years elapss. aud
our increase will have reached a million
year. and al the end Of that period we shall
count a popnlanoa Of fsriy-five millions.
Before thai day, il viii have spread from
ocean 10 ocean. The coasts Of the Pa6i-
lic will then be as densely populated and
as ihickly settled with villages and towns
rs the coast of the Atlantic is now. In
another generation we shall have reached
eighty millions Of people. and, if We can
preserve peace. who shah set bounds 10
our prosperity or our success! viii one
foot planted on the Atlantic and the other
on the Pacific, we shall occupy aposilion
between the two oil continents Of the
world-a position cminenlly calculated to
secure TO us the commerce and the influ-
ence Of both. II we abide BY the counsels
Of common ssnse--if we succeed in pre-
serving our constitutional liberty, We shall
then exhibit spectacle such az the world
never saw. know that this one great mis-
sion is encompassed with difficulties; bal
such is the inherent energy OF our political
system, and such its expansive capabilily,
that il may be made 10 govern the widest
space. lfby war we become great, we
cannot be free; IL we will be both great and
free, our policy is peace.
Before ] resume my seat, allow me to
say few words which relate personally
TO myself, and then will relieve the Se-
nate.
have been charged with having more
inclination for annexation Of Texas than
for the retention Of Oregon, and il has been
said that my pariialilies are strong for tho
South, but very weak in comparison for
the North. But why is Texas spoken Of
rs particularly connected with the South
ern Staies' Railways thought that Texas
formed part, and very important part,
of The valley Of the Mississippi. and that
the hearts Of all who loved the West were
particularly set upon its acquisition as a
means Of perfeci;ng and concentrating
the union OF our great Western world. /
never knew that Texas was confined 10
southern lasi,nds. | thought its higher
portions extended up TO the latitude Of
420 north, not tar hsm the great pass
ofthe Rocky Mountains; and have been
in the habit OF supposing that the South
ern States proper had not SO great an in.
terest in it as had the great West. But il
seems | was wrong, and that the annexa-
ton Of Texas was apurely Southern ques-
ton. Admitting it 10 be so, put my de-
fence on the ground that have treated
both questions--ihaio Of Texas and of Ore
gon-in manner best calculated TO keep
both. and that the course pursued was tho
only elIectual means to unite Texas and
TO retain Oregon. lfmy course was dilIc-
rent toward the two, il was because the
circumstances ofthe two were entirely diff
ierent. In the case Of Texas time was
against us; in the case Of Oregon time was
for us: and hence the difference in nv po-
Icy. Texas has been secured. We were
al "a point where she must come under our
influence, or under that of England. | was
anxious TO prevent the latter, and secure
the former; and knew that time would be
against us. had TO contend against time,
which waits for no man. That was no
case for a mastery inactivity. Therefore
wrestlcd boldly with the question, and sue
cess has proved that the policy was sound.
but, in the case Of Oregon, time was in our
favor. My policy in both cases was the
same--to avoid war, and TO preserve peace.
| had no fears Of a war with England.
knew that Texas was an independent
State, and had so been acknowledged by
England herself; so that, il The people Of
Texas consented 10 the annexation, the OPP
position Of England had nothing to stand
on: and that We had nothing TO fear from
Mexico, unless she was aided bv England;
and that England would not aid her unless
with view TO the Oregon question. And
| thought that, if the Texas question was
not settled, there would be bitter feeling
between us and England. We are both
The descendants Of The same stockholm
Jealous aud brave--boih fond ftoo fondN nj