The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-03-25

! Know but NhlFli you are not permitted
tokn0w, have satisfied The COMMITTEES, lhaI
]. peare may be purchased. II you viii bar
Grant these three millions of dollars
Nov. Mr.. President. wish 10 know IL I
am required 10 sei upon such opinions Of
The Chairman Of The commiIiee on For
e:gn Relations. formed upon isrls whirh
he refuses 10 disclose 10 me! No! l
must know the facts beioIe I can form
my Judgment. Bot am 10 take IL for
\ granted that there must be some prospect
! Of an end 10 This dreadful WARRIOR il il .
dreadful war. bring, as believe in my con-
science il il, an unjust war. Isit possible
/ thai for three millions Won can purchase .
peare with Mexico! low By the
/ purchase Of California! Mr.. President,
know not what facts The Chairman ofihe
4 Committee on Foreign AiIairs may have
had access 10. know mol what secret
agents have been whispering into The cars
af The authorities Of Mexico; but of one
thing ] am certain, that by . cession Of
California and New Mexico you never
can purchase peace with her.
! You may wTesG provinces from Mexi-
co By war-yOu may hold them Ly the
right Of the sIrongrsI-you may rub her.
but treaty Of peace 10 that elect with
the people Of Mexico. legiiimaleIy and
freely made, YOU never Will have |
thank God that il is 50. As we'll for the
sake Of the Mexican people as ourselves,
fnT unlike The Senator from Alabama, Mr..
Bagby,l do not value the lle Of a eli.
zen Of The United States above the lives
Of an hundred thousand Mexican women
and children-a rather cold so,l Of put
lanIhropy in my judgment. For Tie sake
Of Mexico then, as well rs Our own c0un.
try, rejoice that il is an impusslbllily.
that you can obtain by treaty from her
those territories, under the eIIsIing state
Of things.
II am somewhat al a loss 10 know. on
wha. plan Of operations gentlemen hav-
ing charge Of this war intend TO proceed.
We hear much said of the terror Of your
arms. The affrigt,ed Mexican, il is said,
when YOU shall have drencled his cOun.
try in bloOd, will sue for peace, and thus
YOU will indeed " conquer peace" This
is the heroic aud savage tone in which
we have heretofore been leclured by our
friends on the other side Of the chamber,
especially by the Senator from Michigan,
(Gen. Cass.) But suddenly the Chair
man Of the Committee on Foreign Rela.
lions comes TO us with the smooth phrase
] af diplomacy. made potent by the gentle
suasIon Of gold. Tie Chairman Of The
) Committee on Military Affairs calls for
thirty millions Of money and ten thousand
regular troops; these We are assured shall
" conquer peace" il the obstinate Cell re-
fuses to lrea, ill we sha,lswhip him in an
other field Of blood. What delightful
scene in the 10Th century Of the Chris.
tian era! Whs, an interesting sight 10
see these two representatives of war and
peace moving in grand procession through
the Halls oil the Montezumas The Sc.
, na,or from Michigan General Cass.) red
with The blood Uf recent slaughter, the
gnry spear Of Achilles is his hand. aud
The hoarse clarion OF war in his mouth,
' blowing blast so loud aud deep" that
!, the sleeping echoes Of the loftyCordllle'
ras start from their caverns and return the
, sound, till every ear from Panama TO San
IA Fe is dealened with the roar. BY his
: side. with "modest mien and downcasl
look" comes the Senator from Arkansas,
mir. Sewer, .eovered.from head To foot
with a gorgeous robe, glittering and en-
: bossed with three millions Of shining gold
putting TO shame, " the wealth Of Ormus
u or Of Ind" The olive Of Minerva gra'
e ces his brow, in his right hand is the de.
: licate Rebeck, from which are breaihed
d in Iydian measure, notes "thal tell oil
g naughl but love and peace" ] fear very
9 much, you will scarcely be able 10 en-
u plain 10 The simple, savage mind oil The
a hal(civilized Mexicans, the puzzIIng du'
: alism of this scene, at once gorgeous and
It grotesque. Sir. scarcely understand The
G meaning Of all this myself. IL we are ia
i vindicale our rights By ba'tles-ln bloody
+ fields Of war-let us do il. IL tina, rs not
u the plan. Why then lie, us call back ou'
: armies into our own territory. and pro-
U pose a treaty with Mexico. based upon
d the proposition that money is better io'
r her aud land is better for us. Thus we
; can treat Mexico like an equal. and do
g honor to ourselves. But what is 1t You
IS ask You have taken from Mexico one
D fourth Of her territory, and you now pro
e pose TO run a line comprehending abou
Il another third, and for what! | ask, Mr.
It President, for what! What has Mexico
II got from you. for parting with two-ihird'
r of her domain! She has given you am
l. pie redress for every injury of which yo'
!. have complained. She has submitted IL
the award of your Commissioners. ant
= up to to the time Of the rupture with Tex
s. as faithfully paid il. And for all that sh'
=. has lost, mot through or by you. but which
r loss has been your galn,) what requita
y do we, her strong, rich, robust neighho
!. make! Do we send our missionarIe
=. - ma ,~osns .k1 ,,o., hoavnu "