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


u would have besA wlas in us 10 hs.s
done 90; bui xs sglsmptsd Il in ssin.
That sfismpl iaiknR. ALA eIAsr slerna-
iiss sss lrll Ssi E ihsr lhis eobssn,i"n
OF wsr. The ecns, nllsn was o ssbshnls
for xsI; and. ~hIIs n pIesfnlsd wsr. nat
the same tine preserved our rlshn in
OHtgon insiOlaIs - loRg a. Ihe e"nashIien
should continue. lhlnk that Ihose xhs
entered into tLsI hesiy scled shely. IL
has become bot TOO somuon Of lhls day
for 90 10 sis 10 judgment on tie ssls Of our
predecessor. and ~ pronospss thsm 10
have been urjVsi, unsIsr. or unpa'foiie.
whlle We pass oter ihe circumstances Of
their day. and under with they sessd.
Look a. the men concerned. Look 90
MOnIos-sl Ru.h--si Clay; IL would BE-
hard. indeed, 20 pIonounes men Ike ihrss
TO have been ether unpntrioiie or Bnsi.e.
Or. IL we lock 81 The esssi names Of Hose
sho hsve sinre aequirseed in ihs mss,urs
they sdopisd-sl Jsekson, aud n others
sIues-i, would be bard In say Thar such
men deliberately sequlssced 10 en- susnss-
ment hosrIle 10 the best in'sre.s Of their
county. do net name the prominent ir-
diyldUsl concerned. understood 10 refer
10 Mr.. Adams. because lie eeure sines
the, time has cancelled sny Rsesious sn.d-
il 10 which he might have cot led him.
cell.
Such wss the sts,e Of things ~hen this
resolution Of notice sss 6tsi introduced
into the Senate. Since then, % I have
saId, there has been mighty change: put
lie opinion has developed itself, not only
on this. bot on the other eide Of the Az,
iantic; and ths. voIee OF pnblie opinion
has uttered itself most aud bly, and clearly
in favor OF compromise. Here, 100, The
sane change has been manifested, inso.
much ihs, ! hazard nothing ~h.n ! say
lha, large. very isrge, msjoriIy Of ,hls
body 10 al this mnmen, in favor of COM
promise-anh' norsble coppron,i,e. And
does no. al the language and ssndu,t of
the BRUSH Government itself clearly DO.
monsmate that Il 10 in favor Of . eonprc-
misc; and substantially on the basis shIrh
We have ourselves offered! Sure | am
Ihs. no Intelligent sn,i ref. ciins man ssn
read iAe lsngusse Of Sr Robert Peel in
reply 10 Lord John Russell, end not see
shs. he is prepared 10 act on proposition
substantially the sane with thai which
vi" rejected by NJ. Pskenh.m. This
declaration Of the Premier OF Great Bri.
tain vas made with very gre al .ffeci; he
object 10 making il uss nut 10 eeDsuls The
sbIe end very faithful representative OF
Great BII.sin in this county, bot to give
emphasis 10 the assurance that lie wss Tea.
dy 10 make just end fair compromise Of
the disputed qutsuon. hope sincerely
that Our Government has not overlooked
tia, declaration; il was = direct step g..
wsrds con promise, and I trust il la, been
met in the ssms spirlt. | tu,t that H..
diligence hes. before this time. cote
abroad TO Grea, Britain 10 that effect, 60
as 10 remove the only difficulty which
nov lies IN the wy.
Under the views that entertain, il 10
no longer question whether our difficult
ties may be Practically arranged or not;
nor is i. even question as to the manner:
it is simply question Of time. But
there ough. 10 be no delay. because the
business Of both nations and Of the world
requires that il should be settled. On
great. and momen,ous. and delicate ques-
tons like these, there are the highest pub
lie reasons why there should be no delay.
Once settle the question Of Oregon. and
we may then settle the question Of Mex.
leo; but till then, Mexico will calculs.s
the chances Of rupture between US and
Grea, Britain, and if she sees any chance
OF war against us, she will go over 10
the Power which makes war upon US.
Remove these chances, put an end to such
a hope, and Mexico will speedily settle
every pending question between her aud
the United States; and then, | trust, that
we shall deal generously with her. She
is wesk-feebls in the extreme-and [
trust tina. we shall adopt no harsh mea.
sures with her.
lhave now explained the change which
has taken place in the bearing Of this
measure Of notice on The questions Of
peace and war. The change consists in
this: that when the notice was recon-
mended there existed no hope of CON-
promise. but now the highe.. and most
confident hope is Eel. by alnes. all. Now.
therefore, there is no grea. interest con-
nected with our deciding this question of
notice, one way or another, Just in pro-
portion as the prospect Of compromise
was small, the importance Of the notice
was great; but, as the prospect Of COM
promise increases, the measure of notice
becomes of less and less importance. We
have now reached poin. when we can
decide the question without much feeling
on either side.
| now proceed TO inquire what is tho
bearing Of This measure on the position
of the Executive, and wha. on The posi-.
lion of the parties in this body.
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