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

Ihesn ihe plea Of every robbsT-ehisfs.om
NimTOd 10 The pFfstnl hour. dare s.y
When TsmsIlsne descended from ks
IhIens buIll Of seventy thousand hunsn
skulls. snj msrehsd HE feToeious bsI al
lens 10 further slaughter. ] care cay 10
said " want Toom." Bsi.zeI VAS an
Other gentleman Of kindred tastes and
wants iih % Anglo SsIOns-he - want
ed ioom." Alexander. too. the mighty
4" Macedonian msnmsh," xhsn he ssh-
1ered with lie Greeks 10 Ihs plains Of In
dIs. aud fought bloody battle on The Sc
~ ground where recently England and
Ibs Skies engaged in strife for d" Toom,"
Was no doubt in quest Of sume Calder
MA there. Many . Monterey bad he TO
storm. 10 get "IoOm." SIR. he made
quite 80 much Of that sort Of history %
YOU ever will. Mr.. President, do YOU
remember the last chapter in that history
Ii is soon read. Oh. wish We eould
but understand its moral. Ammon's con,
(so aas ALI xander nsmsd.) after al bis
victories. died drunk in Babylon! TIE
vas, empire he conquered 10 4" get rocm."
became The prey Of the Generals he had
trained; il nae disparted, torn 70 pisees,
and so ended. SIR, there is a very signi-
ficsni spps ndlx; il il this. The descend.
ants of the Greeks, Of Alexsnder'sG Greeks.
are how governed by descendant Of At
iills! Mr.. President. while We are hghl-
ing for room. let Us ponder deeply this ape
pendlx. i vas some what amazed the 9th
er day, 10 hear the Senator from Michigan
declare. that Europe had quite forgoIlen
Us. ill these battles walked them up. I
/, suppose the Senator feels grateful 10 the
: President for waking up Europe. Does
the President, who is, | hope, read in ei-
vic as well as military lore. remember
The saying Of one who had pondered upon
history long, long. too, upon man, his ma
turs end true destiny Mon,essuieu did
no. think highly of this way Of I" waking
: up" Happy" says he, ais ,bs, ns-
: ton whose annals are tiresome."
The Senator from Michigan has dif-
feren, view Of this. lie thinks ths, ha-
,ion is not distinguished Until il is dis
iinguished in war. He LEAFS that lLe
slumbering faculties Of Europe, have not
been able 10 ascertain that there are
, twenty millions OF Anglo Saxons her-
making railroads and canals. and speed.
ing oil The arts Of pc ace TO the utmost ss.
= complishmeni Of the most refined civh-
cation! They do no, know it! And
what is the wonderful expedieni which
this Democratic method Of making history
would adopt in order 10 make us known?
ssurming eines, dssols,,ne peaceful happy
homes, shooting men-sye sur, sucn 10
war-and shooting women too.
Sir, l have read IN some account Of your
battle Of Monterey. OF lovely Mexican
; girl who, with the benev olence Of an angel
,. 10 her bosom, and The robust courage OF
heioin Der heart. was busily engaged dur
ing The bloody conflict, amid The crash of
falling houses, the grosns OF The dying
end the wild shrek Of battle, in carrying
water 10 slske the burning thirst of The
wounded Of either host. While bending
over Q wounded American soldier, a can
non ball struck her and blew her to at
oms! SIR, | do no. charge my brave,
generous hearted counirymen who fought
that fight with this. No, Move who
send them, we who know tha, scenes
like this, which nigh, send tears oil sor-
row down Plu,o's non cheek" are The
invsriable, inevitable attendants on wsr--
zoe are accountable Tor this !; and ,his--
this is The way we are 10 be made known
to Europe. This-this IL 10 be me un-
! dying renown Of free Republican Ameri-
ca! "She has s.ormed ci,y-kiled
many Of its inhabitants of both sexes
she has ROOM So il will read. Sir,
if this were our only history, then may
God Of his mercy grant that its veluue
may speedily come to close.
Why is it. sir. that we Of the United
States. a people Of yesterday. compared
with the older nsuons Of The world,
should be wsging war for territory, for
Groom p Look a. your country, extend.
> ing from The Allegheny Mountains 10 the
Pacific Ocean, capable itself Of sus.sin-
. ing in comfort larger population than
; will be in The whole Union, for one hun
, bred years 10 come. Over this vast tx.
l.. psnse of territory your population is now
, so sparse, that | believe we provided at
=. the last session, a regimen, of mounted
men to guard The mail, from the frontier
{ Of Missouri TO The mouth Of the Cclum-
: bis; and yet you persis. in the ridiculous
I assertion, II want ROOM" One would
, imagine. from the trequen. rei;ers.ion of
4 the complaint, thai you had bursting,
: teeming population, whose energy was
{ pardlized, whose enterprise was crushed,
= for want Of space. Why should we be
d so weak or wicked as 10 offer this idle
}. spology. for rsvsging . Deighboring re-.
D publicl 1t will impose on no one q, home
r or abroad.
Do we no, know. Mr.. President. that
e i, iss law. never 10 be repealed, that false
1t hood shall be shor.lived! Was IL no. or
}. dsined OF old, tina, truth only shall abide
IL forsppr1 Whateper w IN au G ,x to.day or