The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-03-04

war, smd hraTe rs an1isas arsiEv II aarl
isenaseQaeanes. Ther uas sae puial q
nhirh ne sraainr hi laid great empha
Is. sad ahSai Hiirh ie ilorrd ilierr suul
bs herr anef 10 dispute. lllai Ne nas IL
real ;4nlhor q the annexsiign q Texas.-
al tarlre sn0nshs 40 ihe aEgan az IN
Adminislr.siaa rlainseli he meril Sf N
sAneAalioa u Texas 81 Mr. Pulk bsl
Nface liis wss hsd boeome unpnpalaf.
'srsnird - b ihanglls necessary % idrmsl
Is liim uiih il. IS announcing ihas ~ ~
- anliaor II ilsr annexaiion al Texas
lie Mas willing % bar Ihai charge. n,
had reasarked for some time. be sid. iha
the srnaior rum A'issoaH intended II make
~ elaborale attack upon him hat ths a.
gamenls which he Scnslnr used were ghs
ll,asi inrpnrlusite lhai he had ever heard
They consisted narrriy 81 partial stale.
inenl q faris. with forred conclusions
drawn lnim lllnse facts. u Has noiupnn
such charges - The Senalor had made ihal
h. was 10 he hrld responsible ar The war.
The Senator Two years ago went esrl lhe
very saar loplcs. and nilh greater E,rre
than he had on the present occasion.
The verdict 81 Congress was then against
him, and lllal verdict. he believed. would
again be Inc same. One ri the charges
made b. NE honorable Senator, IN regard
10 sending lie tleri 10 The Gull and llle az.
my 10 die frontier IL Texas. had been al
ready repelled by has colleague. who said
that if he had moi given an order of that
Kind he would have deserved impcach.
meni. Regarding the Florida treaty and
iAe ressioH 4 itrFiiory 10 Spain, that mat
Ger has been gone over twenty times, and
ig hal been attempted 10 make him re-
sponsihle, though he was the youngest
member q The abineI al thai time. Bul
he disaEowed no responsibility in regard
20 that issaiy. IL was an admirable trea-
y, AM, II his memory served him. il re.
ceiyed the unanimous sanction of the Sc
nate- I'he Senator from Missouri him.
seaf was therefore responsible.
Mr. G. spoke n sumo length regarding
she tneair, showing ils advantages. The
AeKt change was, that he was in favor Of
recognising ihc independence of Texas.
Open reference 10 the proceedings OF the
Senale. il would he found that every Sc
naior rsescnt voted for il, 50 that The Sc
nalar dsem Missouri himself was Just AZ
responsible as he was, as Ear as that was
concerned. In regard to the annexation
afTexas 10 the United States. frnm The
momens Of The separation OF Texas from
Mexiro he had never entertained doubt
Ehat annexation must take place. II was
anerely question Of time; for he knew
~ was impossible that she could long hold
her independence without involving us in
difficulties. He had remarked 10 d friend
nj the time that two cnnierminons slave
States could not exist without mutually az.
sisling each other. lie had kept his eye
upon the subject Of annexalicn. II was
with him merely question of lime. lie
had waited patiently, and rather advocated
delay, but he foresaw thai annexation was
Indispensable: that il must take place,
and ought 70 take place. Il was his de-
Termination TO carry i through, and he
succeeded II was ans Of The proudest
acts Of his life, and the Senator from Mis-.
souri, could not deprive him Of the merits of
being the author &c that great act. lflhis
Government had acted afterwards. with
common prudence. Mexico and ourselves
would have been this day good friends
He had forborne 10 enler Upon this sub
jeet. Every Senator knew that he was
opposed 10 the war; but no one knew the
depth Of that opposition but himself In
Que short hour alter the acl Of recognition
ofthe war passed, he had said 10 his friends
that deed had been done from which the
country would scarcely ever recover. A
curtain had been dropped between him
and the future. AND Tor the FIRST time in his
life the future was shut 0ui from his view.
Mr.. G. ENLARGED upon This point. The
selllemen, Of the Oregon question previous
10 the commencement Of hosllilies with
Mexico, he said was one of the most for
tunate events for this country that had ev-
or occurred. Ii il had mol been settled
before conflict took place, the probabili-
" was that there would have been no set
tlement OF il. s.a..
Mr.. G.. continued at some length TO re-
ply to the charges advanced by The SEN
atUr from Missouri.
In the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, on
Fri,iay, February l2lh, The bill from the
Senate Ia change the time Of holding one
Of the terms Of The Utales States Cour,
ia Nurlh Carolina. was read twice; and,
by general consent, read a third time and
passed. a ss@ e. .aa ~
On Saturday, message was received
from The President, asking for duty on
tea and colfye, authority 10 appoint addi.
,innal Generals, &c. The message be-
gins as follows: . Congress, by the act
Of the 18th Of May last, declared that,
"by the acl Of the Republic Of Mexico
state of war exists between that govern
meni and the United States; aud hav-
ing, (for the hundredth ume.) duly re-
minded Congress of that preamble, he
g"es on 10 say, that il has been his "un-
allerable purpose 10 prosecute the war in
II Il