The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-03-25

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srsJ lie . h..Is hsasrns. IL ed seem -
shsurA lhs Gai 81 ah- asllaas as sris'
re : rhsIsessrs al f.se On he iEoal Of
us shrnas, that deem lh.l shall lail nPon
he ssfung nsiina, aho tEamplss IN srnra
Hpaa lie ~rak. Ard whal iannre asaiIs
ain. ahs sPPSial,d exeruInF ii his wsrk.
shs. IL xss III d0nel lie. Toe. eoneeiE.
ID lie nal'on thai his ds.iiny Pein.ed or
wsE1 d nni.eFssl dominion. Fiaaes sss
TO smsil-EasoPe. he lhnughI, should
haw da~n before lin, BnI - Sem -
this i.isa h.ok possrss'Da Of his soul. he
to heeomss Ioss,lsss. lis Rsrninus
must Iseedr IVa. Right Ihe's. while be
Witnessed The hnmiliasien. end doubtless
msdilaisd the suhiagalion al Russia. tie
aha holds the winds in his frsi, gathered
the SHOWS af he Raslh abd hlev them up
on his s,x hundred ihousspd msni they
hsd-lhty frvzs-lhsy peIished, And
non he mighty AaPalson. ~ho had re-
solved On unnRrssl dnmni.n, he TOO 10
sug mnnsd 10 snsaer lcF the violation ri
that shrssHI law. "Ihou shsll no. ross'
sny thing whirh 70 INV rel hbOrs." Hos
70 The m,gtiy fallen. IL. b,nealh Whuse
proud IO0lsltp Europe Hembled, he 10 Rnw
an exile o. Eibs, and now hRsliy PRISON
Or on The rock Of ~, Iltleps. aud there, on
. barren island. in sn unIrequtnled ses, m
the eEslsT OF IN sxiingi-hed volcano. there
- The deaIh-bed Of the mighty ronqneTor.
AL his anntrGiioRs have GENE 10 lha,
lie last honr - nov rome, end he. tie
nan Of destiny, be Tho bsd rocked The
world as WIIh The ihToes o! en- earthquake,
- now pow erless. silll-eveh ss the beg.
ear. 50 he died. On the wings Of ten
Issl, that ragged with unwon'ed fsry. up 10
the lhrane al the only Power that eon.
rolled hin while he lived, Gent The fiery
soul 81 that wonderful warrior. another
witness 10 the exisIeBre ri Ihpt eternal
decree, Ihst Ihey who do not role In righ-
ienususss, shsll perish from The earth.
He has found " room" al last Ans
Frsnee. she too h IS found TooIn." Her
" eagles" now no longer scream along the
banks Of the Danube. The Pc. and the
Bory slhenes. They have returned home,
IN their old eyre. between the Alps, the
Rhine. and the Pyrenees: 50 .hsll i, be
with yours, You mas carry thsm 10 The
lofie.; re,ks Of the CordIlIerss. Iher NAV
wave With ins0lent triumph in the Halls
of The MOnieZumas, the armed men 81
Mex'co msy quail b, fore them. but the
weakest hand in Mexico, UplIIied in pray
er 10 The God Of Justice, may csll down
against you Power. IA the presence Of
which the iron hearts Of your warriors
shsll be TUNED into ashes,
Mr.. President. if the his,0ry Of our race
has established any truth. II is buI con-
firm .!Ion Of what 10 sriltsn, the way
Of The trspsgressoi is hard" luordinhe
acib,ion. wanioning IN power, and spurn,
Jog the humble maxims Of justice, bat
ever hss-snd ever shsll end in pln.
Strength csnnoi always hample upon
weakness-the humble shall be.exsltsd---
the bow ed iou n m IL -,-I~-grfI Ur HIied
Or. II is By faith in ihe law of siIIcl
justice, end the practice ol is pteeePts,
that ns,ions alone can be saved. All The
snnsls Of the human race. sacred end pro-
fame, are written over shh ibis gseallru,h.
IN characters nl living hght. II is ny fear.
nv fixed belief, ina. in Ills invasion, this
var with Mexico, we have forgotten this
vital truth. Why is il. that we have been
drawn into this whirlpool cf var! How
clear end strong as the light thai shone
upon tie path Of duty year sgo! The
last disturbing question with England was
seitled-our poser extended its peaceful
sway from the Atlsntc TO the Psrific; from
the AIleghanies we looked out upon Eu.
rope, and from the tops .oi the Stony
Mounisins We could drscry the shores OF
Asia; rich commerce wiih al the nations
Uf Europe poured wealth and abundance
INTO our lap on The Atlantic side, while 40
uuorcupied commerce Of thee bundled
mil Gus Of A.i,tic waited on HE Pacific
for cur enterprise to come and possess II.
One hupdfed millions Of dollars will be
wasted in this fruiiless war. Had this
'DoDey Of The people been expended in
mixing railroad from your Northern
Lakes TO The Pacific. Is Que Of your erii-
gems has begged of you in vain. you
would have made a high cay for The world
between A.ia aud Europe, Your capital
Then would be within shItty or forty days
nasel Of sny aud every point Oh the map
Of lbe civilized world. Through TIL.
grra, artery Of trade. yon would have car.
RED through the hear. Of your own com.
,ry, the tees Of China, and the spices oI
ladIa. 10 the markets of England and
France. Why, why. Mr.. President. did
we sbsndon the enterprises Of peace, and
betake ourselves TO the baIbarous achieve.
meDts Of wsrl Why did we i" forsske
This fair aud fertile field to ba.ten 90 that
moor" 1E,
But, Mr.. President, If further srquiei.
lion of territory is TO be the result either
Of conquest or hesty. then | scs,ceiv
know which should be preietred. eternal