The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-16


The annual Message Of the President Of the
United States was transmitted 10 the two Houses
Of Congress on Tuesday the 7th instant We
are indebted to the Hon. 4. Stewart Of PennsyL
vania, and the Hon. ID. ". Bsringer Of this state,
for extra copies. The message Is too long to give
il entire in one number Of the Recorder; and as
we had enough matter in type 10 GIL up this pa
per when the message was received, the best we
eau do is, 70 give our readers q small portion
now, and cndeayor TO give the remainder next
week. Though this division was unavoidable,
we regard ID as fortunate coincidence that por-
ton of Mr.. Gallaiin's letter on the Mexican war
will accompany the message to our readers. The
official station Of the President may give addition
al weight to his views with some minds; but the
unspotted character and unsulicd patriotism Of
Mr.. Gallatin II conspicuous positions which
he occupied before the country during the long
period from 1893 to 1928; having held, among
other appointments that Of Secretary Of the Trea-
sury under Mr.. jefferson and Mr. Madison; n
Commissioner in the negotiation Of the treaty Of
Client afterwards Minister to France, England,
&c.-his great age, and the consequent absence
Of all political aspirations all these will surely
be sufficient to counterbalancc, in considera,e
minds, any adventilious circumstances which
may at present surround the President; and his
clear and forcible reasonings, based as they are
upon irrefrag iblo facts, must have powerful in
flucnce with all honest inquirers after truth.
Though We have but little space for any ro-
marks on the message, we cannot forbcar to no.
lice the fact, that the President has sir times
serted, in less than half column, that the war
was commenced by Mexico, although he knows
the position has been strongly controvertcd by
men in high places, and even pronounced a false
hood by several members of the last Congress
How many times this i" stereotypcd falsehood," as
the Intclligencer calls it, is repeated in tho mes.
sage, we cannot undertake to say, as we only
| counted what we have noted above. However
strong the conviction of the truth of the assertion
may be upon the Presidents mind, it seems lit.
tie indicate and in very bad taste to repeat it 81
often. Is it not evidence that he does not fully
believe it himself, and is fearful that it will bt
difficult to bring others to believe it This ]:
onr conclusion.
The President still advises, as the best mean,
of bringing the war to close, an increased ener.
gy in its prosecution. He is opposed to the poll
cy either of Withdrawing the troops, or of taking
aud holding specified line. And although he
never contemplated, as an object of the war, to
make permanent conquest of Mexico. or to an.
initiate her separate existence as a nation; YET
he is opposed to giving up either New Mexico oil
| North California. In the farther prosecution oi
the war, he says, the enemy must be made to fee
its pressure more than il has heretofore done and
to effect this purpose he recommends that an adj
,tonal regular force be raised for service during
the war, and authority be given to accept the ser
vices of volunteers for such time and extent a,
the emergencies of the service may require.