The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-02
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The putIsc MAD j. sgil4led and anxious.
AMI . 6ilal uilh ssFioaE appEshsnsions a.
10 il indeanils eOnginnanes, aRi especial.
D. - - he consequences Ehseh IS seImi-
nasian Gsy bElng ioFIh, meLaeAng lhe haI-
Inaay. Il n0g he eKisience. of our onion.
Ii 10 under these circumstances pre-
sent myself before gCu. No ordinary &C.
rNsion would have drawn me from lie re-
liremenl 10 whirh live; hnt. whilst sin
gle pulsSliaR Of The human heaa Tesaains.
Il slssuld. e accessory. be dedicated 10 he
service of one's country. Aud | have ho-
psi ihsi. although | ain a private aad hum
ble citizen, an expression Of the views
and opinions enlersain might form some
hue addition 10 The general sock Of in
formation. and aiIoEd small assistance IN
delivering our country from The perils and
dangers Mhich surround il.
have come here with no purpose 10
ailempl To make fine speech. or any am
bilious 0raIorieal display. ! have brought
with ne nO rhetorical bouquets 10 throw
into this assemhlage. In she circle Of the
year autumn has come, aud the season Of
flowers has passed away. In the progress
Of years my spring.Iime has gone BY, and
] 20 am in die autumn of life. and feel
lie frost Of age. nv desire and aim are
30 address you, earnestly. calmly, serious
~, and plainly. upin the grave aud mo-
menlous subjects which have brought us
together. And ! ana most EOlieii0us that
not solitary cord may fall from me "i-
iensive In any party or person in The whole
extent of the Union.
Wari pesliltgee. and famine, hy the
eommon consent OF mankind, are the ihree
greatest calsmiGies which can befall our
species: aud var. rs The most direfnl,
Justly stands foremost and in front. Pes.
lilenre and famine. no doubt for wise,
although insCrIsels purposes. are inlic-
lions Of Providence, TO which il is our d.
", therefore. 10 bow with obedience. hum
bic submission, and resignation. Their
duration is moi long, and their ravases are
limited. They bring, indeed, great ailllc-
lion Wills, they last. hui sOcleIy soon re.
covers from their effects. War Is the vo-
lunsary cork Of our own hands, and
whatever reproaches i, NAV deserve should
be directed TO ourselves. When il breaks
out lie duration is indefinite and unknown
its vicissi.udes are hidden from our
view. In the sacrifice Of human life, and
in the waste OF human treasure, in It's los
ses ami lie burdens. IL affects both belli-
seranI nations and Iis sad effects of man
gied bodies, oil deaih, and Of desoialon,
endure long sfler its ihunders are hushed
in peace. War unhinges society, disturb.
iIs peaceful and regular industry, and scat
iers poisonous seeds Of disease and im-
morality, which continue to genninsls
and diffuse their baneful influence long al.
ter il has ceased. Dazzling By its glitter,
po.np, aud pageaniry, i, begess spirit of
wild adventure and romantic enterprise,
and often disquslifes hose who embark
in il, after their return from The bloody
fields Of battle, from engaging in the in
dns,rious and peaceful vocalions Of life.
We are informed by statement which
is apparently correct, that the number Of
our countrymen slain in this lameniable
Mexican war. although il has vet been of
pnly eighteen months existence, is equal
10 one-half Of the whole Of the American
loss during the seven years war Of the
Revolution And venture 70 assert that
ihe expenditure Of treasure which is has
orcasioned, when il shall come to be fair.
" ascerIaincd, and footed up, will be found
10 be more than half of the pecuniary
COS, Of the war of our independence.
And this is The condition of the party
whose arms have been every where and
constantly vic,oriousi
How did we unhappily get involved in
Ihis war, Ii was predicted as the cunsc.
qaence Of the annexation Of Texas to the
United States. Ii we had not Texas, We
should have no war. The people were
told tina. If that even. happened, war would
ensue. They were told that the war be-
tween Texas and Mexico had not been
Terminated by treaty Of peace that
Mexico still claimed Texas as q revoltcd
province and that. if we received Texas
in our Union, we took along with her a.e
war existing between her and Mexico.
And the Minister Of Mexico formally an
nounced 10 the Government al Washing
ION that HE nation would consider tie an
nexation Of Texas 10 the United States as
producing stale Of war. But all this
was denied by The partisans of annexation.
They insisted we should have no war.
and even imputed TO those WHO foretold it
sinister motives for their groundless pre-
dicii0n.
But notwithstanding a state of virtual
war necessarily resulted from the fact of
annexation Of one Of the belligerents to
the United States, actual hostililies might
have heen probably ayertcd By prudence,
moderation, and wise craftsmanship. II
General Taylor had been permitted to re-
man, where his own good sense prompt.
ed him TO believe he ought 10 remain, al
the point OF Corpus Christi, and il ne.
COLLATION. had been opened with Mexico in
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