The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-17


loag and aagEg disPess aish sPs'n' -
Gar seqslsss'oa ~ ll.sfaia &c pal IN ED.
Ior Insay rssrs. - he larurslons q Fese-
RI pssraal asd uzElIks labes ii lsdl ans
il Ia TsrEssss, sljsrsal = Aiabsna snd
1; ,argiA. - - gass sesosigy - oareoEa-
aasrss i lie Calf Il N.Hlee. 4hleh hs-
Earr rs infested b. Pirxlfs, We srqal-
Fsl s0na,sguus aat eanmsniiag lsdEI-
EHF. snd ne also ahaasaed SO Spanish
tue - Oargan. We sisl.iad nuT PfssrIs
siGas - TIERS Boahslal GrIir ~ . 20
mute territory. shugl the siEs al FiaEIda.
Rsnenber IllsI he Teas Us ,ielaied
Ms 10, Texas - Ile lia t;rInds. ME.
nenlon drsisred Illsl IL W included ihs
lsll b4nk II the Rns t;ranlr 10 Ihs Igealy
&c snnrxaiiaH nc should nc guslly Il ga
acl Of ssgressisE EI'an Mexico, COG al The
eonseq aeHees al which Ihe tnIied States
Wsald stand rssPan ihie,'
-lar tile 10 any Pafa Of Texas Tes'ed
solely ng the ressian b. Pranre 1" - al
L'ulsiana, aud IL hsI siSays been d,spu-
Ted thai Texas was part 81 Louisiana.
We kHna thai PaEI u Texas ~ least
vas seIIlrl b. Spain, and rrmained under
is Jurisdiction shgnind ears beiare The
discovery u ispuisians by The French
and Ihe title g. louisiana We gal fram
France vas founded eSclpsise.y ON Frenrh
discovery aai here vas
NO Preash seulemant in Texas. II j.
tue thai Texas y a claimed By Jefferson
and Madison; but no Jurisdiction was ex-
eEeised oFe: il BY eiIlirr, except 80 faI -
10 for5t. b,'dy of fnnch a.lsrniaIrrs
from using il Iur the puipnse nj hosiililies
against Spain. Surh vas alI lills 10
Texas as lar as the Nueees,h So.
"The preIPnee with whish ID sas hr.i
attempted 10 vindicale this sar---ihal il
txsls By aci af Me4ica---is tno mnnslrous
ald ridiculous falls, knoa 10 irteise any
body; ani some other huahHg musI be
provided. The attempt must be made la
escape from The responsibility Il the war,
and nnIhing better can be pruducrd by
lie ingenuity OF The var party Ihan the
silly prelence that This wlT wa, ral,sel
by The art or the mode of annexation.
But il annexation CAUSED he war, why
lid nui hostililies cOnlmrnre until year
afterwards! II is tue Thai Nrssrs. Al
monte aud R-jnn said that annexation
would be cause of war. hut in Mexico
the war power belongs to cpngIrss, ani.
sIlly rs Msyicu is. soIIe al onT sIdleslnen
might learn valuable lesson iruIn her nn
this subject, We'll. the Mexiran Con-
gress, the war-makins n"~er, neither de-
clared war nor prepared for il when an.
ncxIlion louk place, Nor dad the Mex
lean Executive send any orders 10 rrpel
invasion, until he received intelligence
thai Taylnr was marching from the Nue.
res 10 the ITO Graude-from Texan set.
ll-mem and Jurisdiction To Mexican-
from rextslo Mexico. FIAT MARCH
MADE THE WAR. lt~as mi The an
ue,s,ion of'rekas, but THE INVASION
OF MENlCO that male The war. Fan
$50 'ssfs, Va tnc nW uTaIIIT WAS rAKT
OF Mexico, aud vas al the time m The
exclusive possesriun and jurisdiction a.
Mexico. 'flIe Texan constitution indeed
claimed the Riu Graude as the boundary
from It's mouth TO its source. which wnul
! have given nearly all New M-xicu, inclu.
ding Santa Fe, 10 leSas. But the Tex an
Convention, Inc same power that made
the CONSTITUTE ~, accepted as the basis ol
annexation the resolutions thai gave Ia
our Government the settlement hy negu-
liaiiUn of the question Of houndsrs, Il
is tue, as the Pres:den, attempted To- show,
iG the laboriuus effort 70 tlt fend the order
f'r the march to tile RIO Grandp, that The
Congressional aud Legislative di>lacts
Of Texas extended tn that river, but he
omitted tn state that this was only IN pa.
per, there being M iirxan vu,ers in the
valley oi that liver. No clustering, there.
fore, nor no effroniery. no evasion nor
Petti'ogGing, can invaIi,late The n.ournfuI
aud notifying truth that this is war al
aggression. commenced by The ma,c!i Ia
the RIO Grande-iHE INVASION OF
MEXICO. II is already conceded bv
the randnr whir!i 7. maIns wiIhin Tie H..
pits al the tnited States, and by all the
lmparlialily thii resides without. And
history will write il in words that will
live as perpetual memarial against Us,
whilst nolhiug will renrain Of The memory
Of lis authors and It's adrocItes bull the
hlackness Of their VIZ ing and tile super
ad'Ied tnrpi,ude Of their apology. The
consciousness Of guilt is manifested as
much in the management of the war as
10 the misrepresentation Of lis origin.
The object Of il is fit tn be so criminal
that no. even success can rindirale il 10
the most persefied--il must be d,sav"wr,i.
1co.sdiagir. whilst every step taken in
ITS Prosecution is designed for conquest,
every protest. m made is for peace. Tlie
sc'it me Is To create The impression that
the war is To US a necessity and regreI,
but at the same time The pspa ,ian Of great
acquisitions oflerritoty and military glory,
The march to the Rim Grantie might
moi have been designed 10 produce var.
IL may have been exnecled thai Nexicn