The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-01-14

cominK Ihea - lie imroFlsni Fst9eeas
70 ssld Ihsl ne AHmy ~ NsS'ra nss1sa
nose usn sn1 mere money. sd thss
areded 10Th naw. ammFdsaleiy-ss care.
The srmy uas esheisni l. shs Esessssiy
asasricsl farre. TIE eeunlfy icy hsd
esntOEs8 covered On immense HstL ano
4 would Isguirs large fossss n ara 10
garrison MSnsEsE. Sslsills. Isnssfo.
Mslsmnrok aud cher poinls 81 senilas
whieh had hssn secured.
According 10 ME. nakeE. here were
bul n 900 Gsn hsl0nging . os' iasessin
Mex,es-svsilsbls NEE, alter he riacts
lsksn had been gsTIisOnsd. heIieo as
bel CT prepared 10 make = sar nos Ihsh 1
she wss = hen Ihs wsI commended. The .
Me1lssns did Iaol yet bsllsse hat ss
could COT qusE lhelE'sonniry. and during /
The s1s'snee 81 The ~aE lhsy bad hse.me /
more n.;loaslszed Than they had bssn. /
and msny az The Ms1ieans had mses
heroic sacrifices 10 save themselves and
lhsu country.
We had rss'ly done iIlie or ROLLING
10 eoaqu.E . peace. The President bad
rrseGils called eui nine Or Ten nss reg.
mems. but they acre very lar from beng
upon The ground. Al mast Hey were bUl
sbouu sesen thousand mes. Mexico had
25 600 gen. and some oi them hsT brs'
Vesl people.
six mouths ago We cent into The Geld
90 regiments. They wenlInto The ser
rice With high hopes and tsgsr sApssis-
lions, but slss. hoe many oflhem sleptup-
on The hanks of he Rio GIaade. About
1000 men. q HE best Llo1d Of The na'ian.
~ho had ueyer s.eu The snemv. found
q Rrase upon the RIO 6nshds. The erun-
uy had prosed mast sIekly. sndths array
had suffered most sessrtly.
Even the young men Of the service had
been among the greatest suf,Trrs. In
some rsg,meni, ont seventh and one
eighth bad died from The exposure 10 tie
climate, Gbe want 81 water, and tie change
Of GoaJ. What thoss men had done ihey
hsd done for fame. glory. lave 81 country.
u - as cold hlooded cruelty 10 dssne that
these uen shosld be called 10 enduss sn-
other csmps,sn, when by prompt snd
energetic ~ar we could procure . Pssce
before snn,her esmpa On.
lie spoke not n"w " s"lunissr 81
6c.r. but - . Representative Of the
People. We were TO have peace sane
iimr. Lee IL come 40 s1on a. We Gould
J secure u. IL must come al some time. II
il vas not meant 10 prosecute the war
Gutlhsr, Il vas better 10 wiIhdTsw the
moaps now. But he supposed there ~ss
10 BE- no retreat, aud God forbid thu,
there Should be atty. lie stood not here
to- s,k how money could be rrIcured or
ho~ morc men could be pros'dsd.
Tie vas sure, however, that We had
both the means and the enersy 10 prose.
cue the ~sr. The ssnimeni Of the
Asrs1iean people and the senIitnent Of the
soldiers panied Tor battle. and they need ZEE
ed ouiy succor aud encourage N, nj from
home 20 give efficiency 10 their aims. II.
was sure that more volunteers could be
procured. and he knew lhs, more we're
ready TO JOIN tue sfo'y from bic own
Safe.
Mr.. Baker continued: WIN, was 10 be
dune ought 10 be done At once. n the 30.
lanieers we're To be paid more than o. =
moHth. they ought TO receIvs'il now, and
il wss better 10 pay them in money than
in lands. Tie had seen volunteers, poor.
enact ted and Suffering severely IUI the
comforts nf lite.
lie he'd known ten rents q pound 10 be
paid Tor bread, twenty cents tor ,oor su.
gar. aud fifty cents a pound for cheese.
IL was long time, 700. beiute the ,olun-
leers h'd received iheir psy,-.ix months
before the llIinos Volunteers receive ed
ihers. lie cared not whether thi. war
cost 10000, 900 nr 100000 900. lie,
The members OF This house then be im plor-
ed to DO something end 10 act prom pity.
lie DID not address bis iematks 20 on.
parry more than another. lie knew the
Wings too wei to sddrtss ,heor upen a
question oI patriotism. Theirs had been
TIED and proved. But whether Wing.
or Democrats. Bank men or no Bank
men, Disu,bniiun men or anti. Dist,,bu.
ton men. Sab-Teasury men or anti.
Sub Treasury men, 40 men or 5I--fhere
there was PsGse and I'ughier.}
Mr.. Baker continued, 49,.
"Oh breathe moi its name .
Let is slcePin its shame"
(R.newed laughter.
Returning 10 the pry aspect Of The
question. M. Baker wet on 10 show tina;
the Wings had fought as g.lIan,Iy and
With as great tuneteIsl farce a. III.
Demucrst.. There we're three Whis
Sensiors who had sent the il sons 10 the
tight, and il there vas any polnIcal con,
test in the Army il was as 10 v no should
serve the country best. ..5 AZ, 3d.. |
Mr.. Baker SAID that 81 the proper time |
he shouts ask leave ofhins.Ifor BY Other.
t. offer a fe.oluEon 10 supply the soIun-
,eers viii clothing aud deduc, the amount /
ir"m their pay. Such . resolution had
been drawn up al b's rrq"esl by the Sc.
ere isty Of War, and il vas read by Mr..
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