The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-02

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tssl rhjsea. Baa shauli form no mns,ss
"a lhs prosecution Of ih- Gar. xh,ch I
40 n MI Ca iaas . solisHy h .ur ior lhr
sale Of that h.Ib g.
HaI aha. u @ili be s,k.d. shal ne
make psses " ihnui snv Indemnify e.
serpsnses Of The ssi. n the pubI.hr a
document. IN rel lion q The late nsgs,is.
uons brlwsea NJ. T,i.l md lhs N, sir.n
cohmi.s alers b. true, and | haze n,
iasa Ihsm sny whtrs eonirsdi I'D, lhe
Executive properly sisted any dsatnJ
,T nirmnliS C. The Expenses Il the var.
AadlLs ruptar. al ihaIntg slislioa ss. pr
dared by 90 Cove nmeal insisting uton
e.s,ma IRON Mexico Of The sip a.
aU.tly barren land b. tween The Nutee.
ard the Rio BrsVa. and New Mex,r..
winch SICK CO refused 10 make. So lh.l
~s sre ~ fighting, IL not for the roa-
qas.i al al Mexico. IS iuiima,ed IN sane
quarters. Tor thai "a TOW strip and Cur The
L,uen Pfov,nee u New M-xirn, With ;s
" misershlr m'nrs. We bought Ill tie
Province Of l.aui,iana cot fif'esn millions
81 doliars. aud u j.. in ms opinion. worth
more Than III NJ xieo together. We
bnuahl Flarids Tor five miI.i"ns nj dollars.
snd hard bIRaIn u vas. sinee, brsidrs
Ihi sun. We gave up the boundary OF
tie RIO Bravo. 10 which | think ne were
enlIIl1d. - the western limit Of the Poo
sInre uf ]. 'uisi.ns, snd we're restricted To
that 81 tie S.hine. Aud We are now, Il
not o. ekIYg the conquest Ol all Mexico,
10 e.nIinue this war indefinitely Tor the
'ns'nsiiersble objects 10 shieh I have
Just referred.
Bot, It will be repeated, are we 10 have
n" indemnify lor the expenses Of ihs ~ari
VI gro 10 uiIeIly unable % make Us any
Pscu"iary indenIy. { he Just ce of The
war on our pat tnmed us 10 demand il.
H'r country hs. bren lad waste, her CT.
Tee burnt ar occupied BY cur troops. her
means 90 exhausted that she 10 On .ble to
paw even her owR armies. Aud every
days prosecution Of The var, whilst il
would sugnenl The Amount Of our inde.n.
hi'y, would lessen the ability of Mexico
topsy u. We have teen. howe'er. that
there 10 anoIheI firm IN ~hIch ~e ere 10
demand indemnify. II is To be territorial
indemnity hope. Tor reasons slrsa5y
stated, that that 6rebrand vii not be
brought mt our country.
Among the resolutions which II 10 my
inIen'ian to presenI for your consideration
o. the conclusion II hi. address. one pro-
poses, IN your behalf and mine. 10 jiss-
'ow. ~ the most p sulse manner. any
desire on our part 10 arquire any fore ca
territory shlessr, Tor the purpo.e Of in
Hoducing slavery into u. l do not know
that any citizen of The United States en-.
ierIsins such wish. But such moi,ve
has hren often iDput-d TO the slave
States. aud | therefore think u necessary
TO notice il oa this orcsslon. Ms opia-
IONS on the subject Of slavery are wrll
known. They h,ye the merit. IL il be
one. Of constituency, uniformity. and long
stuF Il tai Al
asa great evil. a wrong--for Ihe present.
lear, sn irremedl. bls wrong - to us un.
i"r,unaie victims. should rej"ice II no.
ssingle slave breslhed The ar, ot vas with.
ia the linus ii nut ,u0try. But here
they are, 10 be dealt With as well as we
can. With due con.ilrralIon Of all cir.
eumstanr,s affecting the security, safety,
and happiness ol iii races. Every Slhe
has the supreme. uncort'olltJ aud exclu.
slse power 10 decide iur itself whether
sin cry shall cea.e or continue within us
linus, without any exterior Intervention
from any quarter. In States where the
slaves ouInumber the whites, as 10 the
case with seseral. The blacks could no, bs
emsncipaIed aud invested vi h all The
rights OF fteemen without becoming the
governing race IN ,ho.e StNes. COLLISION,
and conflicts between the tao races
would be inevitable, and, at'er shocking
scenes OF Ispne and carnage. the ex'
tncIIon or expulsion of The hIacks woult
certainly lake place. la The 5 ale 81
kentucky. near iI,y years ago. though
the ptoporton ot saves. in eompaT'sor
With The whiies, was so inconsde,ahlt
that We might safely adopt System o
gradual emancipation that would ult''
mhly eradicate Ihw ell IN our s ate
That system was totally different from
the immejia,e sboiiuon Of slavery, f.
winch the patty of the Abol't'nnIsIs o
the presen, day contend. Whether theJ
have In,enled il or not. il 10 ms c,ln
aud deliberate brlIef that they have dom
Inc tlcuisble mischief even 10 the yer,
cause which they have esroused. T.
say nothing Of the disror'i which la
been pfoduced bptween different pat