The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-02-18

MttM me NEraA 0arAsMfts MNAFh lie a01 DIS
lrisnds lire trsdel held 50 much Il hear.
sarrd.
lie dill not think Ilsal MEXICO would
hold ous ander such state Of lsrL She
soald see Thai we we're Ersallle and vel
mraning M harm. She was now mad
.lened. rxciled. bell and dsIsrnined. I'm
dr. . d.drrrnl policy she would see an
hnaorShie peace ahead. Surprising This
NOT 10 be me case We should ma suffer.
We shonld hare var without The cost. and
without hazard 1f any Kind.
Mr.. Calhoun went On 10 show his o.
position IN an offensive war. lie was
opposed 10 IL bsesnse there Was no eer-
I.inly that il would end The war; and &c
u did u would lose us mpn. money. and
national reputation. The real and true
Inject Of carrying on such 4 War, we were
it'ld. was not conquest. and We might $"
presume because IN The defensive line he
had marked out il was not asowed. To
conquer peace was 90 make war. and how
could peace he obtained but BY treaty /!
A treaty was our ohjrci. moi treaty that
would sui, Mexico. but one that would
suit as.
The ohjeei. Mr.. G. said. would be to
compel Mexico Z" say that was ours winch
ne claimed. A most vigorous war could
do no more than this. and il We could
rearh the city Of Mexico This very cam
paign. would il be worth while! II would
take 10000 men. and fnrly millions Of
dollars. and what then should we gain by
compelling Mexico To make peace in her
own home! II would cost $4,000 men.
aud al this money. and oil to make Mex
lea acknowledge that TO be ours which we
already held 10 be ours.
Mr.. Z. appealed TO the humanity Of
men If such sacrifice could he made
But tins only touched the shell If the
case. There was no certainty that we
could reach the ciIy OF Mexico, and GO
ing there the presumption was that we
meant to dispoil the roun,rs. o, portion
0f a, larger than al the land between the
Alleghanies and the Rocky Mountains.
And how could we hold this country in
an offensive war! II would take still
more men and still greater sacrifice Of
life.
NJ. C. said the natural obstacles we're
many. There was The hot county very
extended. and eight months, and rot un-
irequeetly ten mon.hs were NOS, unhesl-
thy. March vas doubtful month. A.
pril an unhealthy month. Had We now
force enough TO march 20 Mexico. encoun
ie,ins the romif0? IL We could not,
Mexico would be encouraged; and if We
CO., 10 Mexico ~ho had we TO deal with
A proud and an obstinate people-full
Of delay, renosned for their disposition
10 hold out.
Mr. C. ssid h We failed there would
be third campaign, and if se had third
csmpsign. could We raise The men and
money and Il vent on We should have
= guerilla war ike iha, between France
and Aleeris--be,ween Russia and the
Caucasus. The spirit Of volunteering
~as nov gone-men we're returning sirk-
IL and diseased. Il would be necessary
10 recruit 90 600 men. Could We raise
them, and IL we could whence would
come The money 20 pay them!
Many OF the States were oppressed
With onerous debts, end could no, bear
additional tsxs,ion. And il The taxes
could be raised, was there any thing like
zeal and unanimIiy in carrying on the
wsrl There were many who believe
the war could have been avoided. and
ought 10 be avoided. Many believed u
unconstitutional and unjust. Many be-
heved il ought TO be ended. and not TO be
prosecuted further. He would like To
give his opinion upon all those topics,
bu, could not consistently now.
But there was another tremendous
question remaining, TO whom should this
territory belong if we obtained il! The
North had come to the conclusion that
there should be no slavery there. n this
was feeling in The free Sta'es, with how
much force DID it come home TO the peo-
pie of The slave States! Siernness would
be met With sternness, and he could rs.
sure gentlemen OF that. Bot he would
no, GO into this subject, further.
Mr.. G. said he only alluded TO il 10 show
that there could be no unsnimi,y in such
war, and f the South should see The sub.
ject in this light, there would no, be one
man here in favor OF q vigorous proseco-
cution OF the war. There had been SIX.
teen campaigns in Africa, many in Russia
but the war continued with them: and
60 il might with us, and would, il we
wete noi wise.
Mr.. G. asked how many campaigns
should we be compelled to have with a
powe,ful Priesthood in Mexico and great
natural obstacles! All our efforts would
be 10 carry on war 10 &c, that which we
now hold. Go on. and you Will sacrifice
hundred thousand valuable lives. and
spend three hundred millions Of money.
Free trade would also be destroyed. Nor
could the people OF Mexico be annexed
To Us. They we're not homogeneous.
They we're unlike 10 ~. and-men would
hereafter regret It TO the longest day OF