The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-23


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sUp 'iy "a shs army wh.sa sese drawn
iTsm isr FRERay.
AsiFT ias arms had EeasheJ The heart
~ The a.0ss ses.I.y p'asalaa ol Mexico.
- wIs Supposed shal he Obstacles ~hssh
had bsiare ihsi Ins rFsysn'ed = would
n0' h. Eueh 90 20 reader inprarGiesbis
tie levy Of forced contributions Tor i,s
svpP0I'; snd. on the fret Of Ssplsmbe'.
sni assln 90 the 9th Of 0sioher. lsi7.
tie order sas TsPessrd in dsspaIshes ad-
dre,ssd By the Secretary Of Var 10 Gen.
Scot, and hls attention -ss sg.ia called
10 IRE iGpaTisnss Of making the enemy
bssT The brrdsus e Tie ssr By reqniuns
hen d fBIn'sh The assns Il supporting
,Has army; and be SIS directed 81 sdap,
this policy uhlsss. ey dong So. there ~ss
Danger Of tep'i'iGg tie army Of The ne.
essssry snPTl'-s. Copies Of these des.
g''shes ssre f1r3srded TO Geo. Tss,or
ioI hs goEeInmrn'.
o. the 3IsI Of March llst, I ssusrd IN
n'deE 20 BE- isEard 70 ouf military and m.
vi Commanders 10 levy and eollsrl q
military conuibuGon upon sII ressel. and
ms'esandrss wh'eh might enter any OF
'"e pons Of Mexico IN our military oeer.
l''iion, sud 10 spp'y such contributors
'o-srds defraying the eypsnses Of the
wM. by virtue ol tie tight Of conquest
snd ihe laws or var. he rnoqueror. con.
cutting his osn safety or CONVENIENCE,
Uss either exclude foreign commerce
sitossiser from ell such porIs. or permit
u upon such terms and conditions % he
may prescribe. Before The principsl
p'ris 81 MEXICO were blccksdedhy our ns.
w. she revenue derived from lnsosi do
ues. under the LAYS Of Mexico. wss paid
into Ite Mexiesn treasury. After these
porte had isllen into our military posses. |
s'aa, Iee blockade Vas r.isad, end cen.
ms'ee sish them permitted upon pfeserlb- /
ed terms and conditions. They were
opened 10 the trade Of oil n.nons upon
The payment al duties more moderate in !
sbtr amount ihsn those which had been
previously Iesied BY Merise; snd The /.
Tsrsnus. which VS. formerly paid into
'hs MsIiesn treasury, vas directed 10
be collected by DOR mlhtsty and nsvsl
officers, and applied 10 .bs use oi our
army and navy. Gaze wss t.ken lhs, the
officers, soldiers, and ssilois Of our army
aSd na'y should be exempted from the
opers'l"ns Of The order; and 90 the ner.
imported upon which the order
operated must be consumed By Mexican
The contributions sxaeled we're,
Ioeti-sL, the seizure Of The pobl'c rs.epue.
Ut Mexico. end the application 81 them
10 our oSu use. In directing this measure,
The object Was 80 compel The enemy to
q. fer IS practicable, towards
'bs expenses OF the wsr.
f"r the suunhi OF ronrhulinns whieh
haze been levied 10 Ihis form, | refer yos
70 the accompanying reports Of the Secte-
sTy Of War and of The Secretary OF the
Navy, by which IL sppesrs Iha. Q sum
exceeding bali . million Of dollsrs has
been collected.
Thl' AMOUNT would undouh,edly have
been much larger, bu, Tor the difficulty oi
ItePIns open concentrations he.s cen
ne coast aac The Interior. go ~ TO enable
as owners Of the merchandise imported
}" nsGspou ana veHd IL TO The iahzbi,sn,s
# The country. |, ts confidently expected
h.s ibis difficulty sili, 10 great exseu,,
e soon renn' ed by DOR increased forces
which bsTe been sepi 10 The field.
Measures have recently been adopted
BY wh'ch the inerDsl as well az exsrnal
-s'enues OF Mexico, 10 all places 10 our
n'!lsry occupation, will be seized and ap-
'foprla'ed 10 ,hu use Of olt army and "a.
y.
The policy Of levyiug upon the enemy
contributions Ia every Ioru consistently
sjia the laws OF nsuoas, which it oar
% pracncsble for our military coumsu-
'tr' to adopt. should. in my judgment. be
IsIdiy enforced, aud orders 10 this etFec.
ave accordingly been given. By such
policy, al ,he same time that our Own
'sssury will be reliessd from a heavy
i"iR. The Mexican people will be made
. isei The burdens OF the war, snd. con-
.IuDs their own interests, many be in
Ioced The more readily TO require their
ulsrs to sccede 10 8 jus, peace.
Aires The adjournment of The last ses-
100 Of Congress, esents hsnspired in
he prosecution OF the war which, in my
1dsment, required a greater number of
rOops in the field thsn had been anicl-
aed. The strength Of the army was I
eeOrdingly increased by accepting"
he services Of all the volunteer forces ,
oshorzed by The act OF The thirteenth Of
lay. 1916, without putting cons ls1Gnon
Ia thst act. the correctness Of " hich was d