The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-04-01

barring lndians. II i his ery Fparsgness
! ol population with rsniers II desirable
10 ~ for II &c lad lie ellOire or no re-
gions ofegnsl extent. and in oilrr respects
! equally desirable. lie one inhabited m. lhe
other ROT, We would choose lie uninhsbil-
1 ID. If We consulted The genius q Cur 90.
Eenmeni and The preservation If our p0li.
lirsl institutions. What we want j. space
for cur growing population. and What We
ought 10 avoid i. tie addition Ct cher
population, Of = character not suited 10
our institutions. We wan. room 70 grow.
We are increasing II The Eale d 10000
annually /; and in short lime lie increase
will b. n lie rate Of !, 100000. To stale
il Rlore strongly. We dontle once in iwen.
ly-three years, 20 thai Il tie end II lhal
period We will number forty millions, and
In another iwen,y-Ihree years, eighty nil.
lions, If no disaster heGal Us. For this
rapidly glowing population, all the terri
Tory we now passess, aud escn that which
We might acquire. would, in tie eourse Of
! few generations, BE- needed. II j. bel
ter for our people and institution. thsl
our population should mol DO Too much
compressed.
4 But the very reasons whieh make il so
desirable 10 Us, make il Of liitle advantage
10 Mexico. Her population is nearly sta
lionary. and will n"l. al her present rate
nf increase, within the period have spe,
eiiie,! a. that within which our population
will hare twice doubled, be but few mil.
lions more than At present. Indeed. so
lar from heiug valuable 10 Mexico. il is
directly the opposite burden and loss
10 her. II is. in the first place, exceeding
~ remote from her. California is as Ear
from the city Of Mexico a. il is from New
Orleans, and New Mexico is not much
nearer to il Than IL il 10 Washington
They are both too remote To he defended
by 50 weak power. |, is remarkable
TACT in The history of lhls continent. that
the aborlgines in this and The adjacent
portions Of Mexico, encrnaeh upon The
European occupants. The Indians are
actually gaining ground upon the Mexi.
cans, not hut that they are brave and ca.
pable OF defending themselves with arms,
but the jealousy OF The rentral government
had IN great measure disarmed them,
while from its ieehlcness aud remoicness,
il j. incapallle nj afIar.lina Ibenn nrc.. :.
III ~ SAID that there are not less Than three
or four thousand cap,ises from New Mex
leo and the neighboring States, in the hands
Of the Indians. Such being The state Of
things, ills manifest that while the aequisi-
tion would be of great importance TO us,
il would, Instead Of being loss 10 the
Mexicans, be positive gain. The pos
session by our people would protect the
whole Of the adjacent portions Of Mexico
from the incursions and rayages of the
Indians, and give il q greater degree of Sc
curi,y and prosperity than ii ever has ex-
perienced from the commencement Of her
revolution, now more than quarter Of a
century ago.
The Next consideration is, that the line
should be such. it it should be established
as boundary. as would lay tho foundation
of a permanent peace between us and
Mexico aud here again it has remarkable
adranlages-it is impossible for us to pre-
ven, our growing population from passing
into an nninhabiled country, where the
power of the owners is not sufficient to
keep them out. In they will co. We
may pass laws hraping penalty upon pen
atty, but they will be of no avail to pre-
ven, our pioneers from forcing themselves
into the country. unless efficiently resist
ed by the power in possession. Of this
we have abundant proof from experience
in our relations with the Indians. Many
, and severe laws have been passed TO pre-
veat intrusion upon them, with little effect.
In the end, the only remedy has been
found to be, to purchase their lands, and
remove them TO a greater distance. lfsuch
is the ease with the Indians, where the pop
ulation is more dense, and our means Of
preventing intrusion much greater. il would
be win n expect that we could prevent
our people from penetrating into Callior'
mia, or that the government OF Mexico
would be able 10 prevent their doing so.
Even before our present difficulties with
Mexico, the process had begun. Under
such circumstances, 10 make peace with
Mexico without acquiring considerable
portion at least of This uninhabiied region,
would lay the foundation Of new troubles
and subject us TO the haxsrd of further
confiic,s-a result equally undesirable to
Mexico and ourselves. But IL is not on
ly in reference 10 permanen, peace with
Mexico that il is desirable that this vast
uninhabiied region should pass into our
possession. Eigh considerations connect
ed with civilization and commence make
limo less so. We alone can people II with
an industrious aud civilized race, which
can develope ito resources and add new
and extensive region to the domain oil
commerce and civilization. Left as it is,
it must remain for generations an uninhab-
tied and barren waste.
This brings me 10 the FINAL considera-