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


paalaaaon yrl -. faT ihF PEarllesl Fhlaymenl
q ssla-garsFnmsui. sRd iftshils. Eusium.,
language, lass. and Esliginn So Totally diE.
G.Trnt lnsm oar auR. ne shsuld pFpsent
he rsE0lling sp1rlssls Of ; eenIasvd. ais-
srsrlrd. and nseIlry GnseEnmrnI. We
shuuld haze Mrxsrsn Parry. = Pari6s
Orrsn Parry. N Alhn'ie Party. II sdii.
sinn ~ he nlhsF Psrirs uhirh exisI or
wTlh whirh ne are lhIeaisnsd. rarh slriv.
ing 20 rxrrnle no aan particular sis1s
sni purposrs. and IspfosrhihE the nlhsrs
wlh IhwaIiing ahd disappointing Ihrm.
The Mrxirsn representation IN cmgrsss
wo.ld probably inIm ssparais and I'm.
pene,ral,ls cHps. sluays leady 10 Ihruw
i,.rlT inla The srsle u an. nll.er parly &,
advance and promote Mexican Interests.
Saeh a state d things rauld not bong On.
dure. Thnsr whom God and geography
have pronounced should live ss1ad.f.
eonld never be permanently and hsimO-
n.nnsly united lngeiher.
do Ne waRi lnr our own hsppines. or
greatness Ihr sddiIien 81 NJ, xico 20 Ihs,..
isling Union NJ onr STATES. Ifoar popu.
Ialion xas Ion drnse Tor aus territory, and
! there Was . difficulty in obtaining honor.
ALLY the means 81 subsistence, there might
be some excuse for an ais mpl Ia enlarge
our dnminions; bul We have no ,urh !.
polaey. We have already, in nur eluri.
aus country. = vast and almost boundlrs.
tertiary. Beginning Al The north. in The
frozen rrgi"ns "f the British pro, iness. il
stretches thousands af milrs along tie
coasts &c the Atlantic Ocean and the Mex.
iran Gulf. until il almost rrzrhes the Iro.
pics. u extends To the paeiic OCEAN.
beT,lers an lhosr great inland ssas, The
lakes. which separate "a frnm The passes.
sinns 0I Greal britain. AMI il embraces the
great father al rivers. from lis uppermn,l
sourre IN the BaIIze. aud The still longer
Missouri. frum It's mouth Ia The gorgrs nr
the Rocky Muuniains. II comprehends
the greatest variety nf the richest soils,
capable of almost all the productions uf
the earth. except tea aud coffee and tie
spices. and il includes every variety Of
climate whirh the heart could wish OF de.
sire. We hate more Than ten thousand
millions nf arres of WASTE and unsettled
lands. enough for the subsistence Of ten
or Ia enIy times onr present population.
Ought We not TO he satisfied with such 4
country! Ought We moi To be profoundly
thankful to tie Givrr of all good thing.
lnr such a vast aud bouniilul land! l. IL
rot The heigh, ol ingraliIH,le 10 Him 10
seek. by war aud conquest. indulging IN
a spirit Of rapacily. 10 acquire other lands.
tie homes aud habiIaIions. of large por.
lion OF his common children! live pur-
sue the object Of such conquest, besides
mnrigaging the reyenue..snd resources of
this country Tor ages to come. in the form
rf an oncrous national debt. we should
have'greaIly To augment that debt BY an
assumption of tie sixiy or seventy nil
lions Of the national debt of N. xico; for
lsks il thai nothing is more certain than
that. IL We obtain, voluntarily or By con.
quest. a foreign nation. We. &C guire II with
I'LL the membranes attached To il. In
my humble opinion we are now buund,
in honor and morality. 10 pay the jus, debt
Of Texas aud We should BE- equally bound
bv the same obligations 10 pay the debt
Of Mexico IL IL were annexed 10 the Uni.
ted Sistes.
or oil the possessions winch sppsi,,in
TO man. in he eolleruse or individual con.
dIuon. none OIL ould be preserved and
cherished wnh more seiulous and un-
remining cate ,ban that 81 an un.OlIrd
character. IL s impossible TO esumsls il
TOO highly in sncWiy. when attached 10
en- Ind''idusl. Tor can u be exaggerated
or 100 g'esily magniiied in . nsli"r.
Those ~ho lnse or are Indifferent TO il be.
rome just ohjsc's nj seorn aud consmpi.
VI oil the abomin,ble Transactions shuch
sully the pays Of history, none exceed IN
enormuy That OF the dIsmembermenl and
, partition Of Polsnd by The three Rres. con.
hnen,sl Powers OF Russia, Austria, sud
Prussia. Ages nay pass sway and cen.
iUties roll sround. bot ~ long ~ human
records endure all mankind will uni,e 10
ex'ctatrpg the raparIous and delsslabls
deed. That. y" accomplished BY over-
~hrlmirg Ioree, and the unfortunate ex.
'sIence al i,tsi dis,ens'ons and divisions
IN the bosom Of Poland. LET US AVOID
sifixing to our name aud national chsrac.
Ter s'mrla'. il NOT worse, stigma. lam
afraid tina: We do not nov stand well IN
the opinion Of Other parts Of chrIs,eodom.
Reputation has bronah. upon Us much
reproach. All The nations, ! apprehend.
Jock Hp"n Us N the proseculI"n OF The
present war az be ng actu'ted by sPr1
III rapscliy aud an Inord,nste de.lre Tor
'errit"risi sggrsudrzement. let Us not
forfeit sl."ge,her The IL good opinions. LEI
us command their spplau.e BY n bic
exercise Of forbesianre and justice. In
the elevated station which We bold We
can safely afford TO prse,ise the godl'se
virtues Of moderation and maenanlmity'
The long sries OF glorious ,IIuDPhs
aabiou.H k,, .,.,. ~. nr, nbetg AMI