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

]. FE&1AA aMM hAiiUTahAr 1NtiEAAstuIl, kelnl
!. under rnnsideraiian-
u Mr., GaIRouS n,se. and thus adlFesse,
! HE SENATE. Never. Mr.. pfesideni, sint,
: ] late been oa The sage vi sclion. Lai
! "uF c"nnaIE heen placed in . mnre rrili
cal situation Than vi presrni. We are To
only IN lie mid,l If u very difficult ami
; very expensive wat, bur We are inv"ls
ell in domestic question vi tllr mnsI ir
risaiing AMI dangerous character. They
h"ll claim our srTiaus and deliberate run
sItleraiIon. and dn trust il,aI before Ills
session closes. late = Il i. illey Will boil
receive fu'l discussion. lis due III nur
constituents that the aclnal state II things
M reirTtnrr 10 huih should he inlly nm.
.d'''"'' oil. For tie present, | pr"pnse To
ie"nslier the quesilnn which il mule i'm.
nirdraiely prsssing-how shall lie war
he r"ntnrted 10 bring n n,0sI adranla-
geonsly IL successful termination! Or.
tn express il llIile more fully. how shall
II he conducted tn enable Us most al
Fantage"usly Ia etirc, all the objects fnr
~i'iril IL Was made! Fnr il j. only by
silrci'ng ih"se objects ilial the war can be
property said IN he successful.
THre arr Two ways in which The wsr
may he conducted. Tile me is. III push
"n offensive Operations uni! Mexicn is
compelled Ia yield To our terms. The
ot'iei. Ia take defensive position and to
maintain aud secure the pnssesSinn at the
country already in nur military "crupa.
Iion. The question which prnpo.e IN
consider is. which II thrse iwo plans nf
operation ought to he selected. Il j. a
grave question; 10 my opinion. next in
Importance only Ia the war itself. have
gwen IL my deliberate consideration, aud
the result To which have rune is, that
we ought To choose the defensive pnsi.
tim. shall now proceed To Stale The
reasons upon which that conclusion j.
/ founded.
believe ii is The policy best calcutta
ted To bring the war adgantageously To
successful termination or, ~ express il.
more fully and explIciily-fr | wish h"
be lully comprehendrd on this important
quesiion--io bring |. with certainty To a
successful termination. and that with the
least sacrifice of men and money, aud
wllh the least hazard af disastrous conse.
quences aud lnss II Standing and reputa-
linn lu the country. IL ] rightly under
stand The objects Tor which lie war was
declared, | feel deep conviction that. by
assuming defensive altitude, all of them
may he effected. | say. If | rightly un-
dersiand. fnr. strange as il may seem,
those objects. even a, This late day. are
left Ia inference. There IL no document
in which they are distinctly enumerated
and set firth by the Government, and Of
cnnrse they can only he a>rertained by
viewing the messages Of the President in
reference 10 the war, in connection with
the acts of Congress recognizing It's exis-
ience, or Tor CARRYING il on. | have ex.
amined them, aud particularly the mes.
sage nf the President to Congress. recam-
mending that Congress should make war.
fur the purpose Of discovering the objects
, for which IL was made, aud the result is
that they were threefnld: first, IN rrpel
INVASION; next. 10 establish the RIO del
Nnr,e as the western boundary rf Texas !;
aud thirdly. Ia obtain indemnity lor the
claims nj oUr citizens against MexIco.-
Tie first two appear 10 me In be the prI-
mary. and the last only the secondary "b-
Ircl nf the war. The President, III hrs
messages. did not recommend Congress
l.. declare war. No. He assumed that
war already existed. and called upon Con-
eress 10 recognize its existence. lie a.
firlned that the Country had been lnrad-
cd. and American blond spill upon Anne.
rican soil. That assumption was based
on the position that the RIO del Noue was
The western boundary of Texas. aud that
The MeAirans had crossed that boundary
10 the American side Of the river. ! his
he affirmed was an invasion Of our terri
tory.
The act Of Congress reiterated the de-
clarai,"n Tia, war had been made by the
Republic of Mexico. and thus recognized
the Rio del Norie as The western bonnda-
nv of Texas. and the crossing Of that ri.
yer by the Mexicans rs an act Of mva'
sion. Hence, both the Executive au'
Legislative branches Of this Government
are committed 10 the fact that the RIO del
Norle is the western boundary ot Texas,
and that crossing i, was all INVASION on
the par, Of The Mexicans. To repel the
; invasion and establish The boundary were
: then clearly the primary objects "i the
war. But having got into the war, the
President recommends il to be prosecuted
for the other object have mentioned
, that is to say. indemnity for "m citizens
"a recommendation. in my opinlon, pr"
! per; for while We are engaged IN war al
he differences b tween the Two countries
ought. il possible, /" he settled. Ties;
pear 10 me 10 be !At Objects oil the war