The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-02

Thus - Ear ng1saransi. an Ihr Pre-
silsns, sl.er has ing pnaauerd 4. apI.esied
70 Conrrwss. A bali w4s pWpnsed ~ raise
iiis thousand Eolnnierrs. and IN nrder .
rals mir III whn shoall vote iar IL pre-
ansble Eas inserted fzssely arlrlbuling The
rnmmencrmrnl of tie var 10 the set 81
MeAica. I have no dnnhl of The pairiot-
ir motives Of those who. aileT Struggling
10 divesi the bill of lhzs aagraas eHar.
found themselves constrained Ia Ease Tor
ii. But l must Say that 40 earthly con.
siderasinn wonld have ever tempted OF pro-
vsked me 10 Eoie for bin Eilh palpa-
lie lalsehOOd stamped on lis face. Al
n.oss idulizinZ .Tulh. a. dN. ! never. ne
Tsr ronsl have Eulrd for that bill.
The exrepiionztIir rondncI II she Fede-
raj pariv. during tie last British War. has
excited IN influence in ihe prosecution ri
the pTeseHl War, and prevented Just DIS
rTiminasiun between The twO wsis. That
was a war Ol national defence. required
lor the vindicalion OF the national rights
md honor. and demanded By The indignant
voice of the psnple. President Madison
himself, l know. At first reluctantly, and
with great doubt and hesitation. brought
himself TO the ronyirlinn that il ought 10
10 be declared. A leading, and perhaps
the most influential member Of his cab!-
net. mir. Gallalin., was. up Ia the time oi
its declaration. opposed To il. Bu; no.
Ihing could Withstand the irresistible lorre
Of public sentiment. II was 4 Iusi war. and
It's great object. as announced n the time.
was q" Free rIade and Sailors Rights"
against the iniolerable and oppressive acts
of British power on the orean. The JUS
lice of the war. Ear from bring denied or
cunlro:er.cd. gas sdmilIrl. by the FeGe.
raj party. which only questioned II on con-
sitleralions of policy. Being deliberately
and consiiluliunally DECLARED, il vas. |
shink. their duty To have given to il their
hearty cooperation. Blu, the mass Of
them dill not. They continued To oppose
an ;hwaH il. 10 discourage loans aud ea-
hstmen,s. to deny the power of the Gene
raj Government 10 march tie militia he
yond our Limits. and to hold Hartford
convention. which, whatever were lis re-
nj objects. bore The aspect of seeking \
Of the Union itself. They
lost, and justly lost, the Puhiic confidence.
But has no. an apprehension Of similar
fate, in a Stale of case widely different. re-
pressed fearless expression of their re-
al sentiments in some Of our public men
Hos totally variant is the present war
This is no war Of defence, but one unne-
cessary and Of offensive aggression. IL is
Mexico thai is defending her fresides, her
castles, and her affairs; not we. And how
different also is the conduct Of the Wing
parry Of tie present day from that of The
Insjer part of the Federal party during the
Mas nf Isl2t Ear from int.rna.i"s 'A".,
9bsiacles 10 The prosecution Of the war, II
the Wings in Office ale reproachabls al
all, il is for having lent ton ready facill-
" TO il, without careful examination into
The objects Of the war. And, out OF office,
who have rushed TO the prosecution Of the
war ~iih more ar,ior and alacFi.y than the
Whigsi Whose hearts have BLEED more
freely Than those Of the wings! Whe
have more ocrasion TO mourn the loss of
sons. husbands, brothers, faihers,s than
Wing parents, Wing wives. and Wing
brothers, in this deadly and Improbable
strife
But the havoc Of war is in PROPOSES.
and The no less deplorable havoc Of an in
hospiiable and presidential climate. With
out indulging in an unnecessary retrospect
and useless reproaches on the past. all
hearts and heads should.unite in the pat
Tiotic cndeayor TO bring il 10 d satisfacIO-
~ close. Is there no way that this Can
be done! Must we bIindly continue the
conflict, without any visible object. or any
pfospecs Of definite termination! This
is the important subject upon whichI de-
sire-tO consult and TO commune with you.
Who, in this free government, is TO de-
eide upon the objects of war, at its com
mencemsnt. or al any time during its ex'
lstence! Does the pqwer belong.to the
nation, 10 the collective wisdom of the ma.
lion in Congress assembled, or is it ves,ed
solely in single funclionary Of the Go.
yernment!
A declaration of war is the highest and
most awful exercise of sovereignty. The
Convention, which framed our Federal
Constitution, had learned from the pages
Of history that ii had been often and great.
~ abused. IL had seen that war had of.
ten been commenced upon The most Fri.
fling pretexts that i, had been frequent
ly waged to establish or exclude dynas.
~ 10 snatch crown from the head ol
one pnleniaie and place it upon the head
oil another: that il had been often prose.
cu,ed to promote alien and other interests
than those of the nation whose chief had
proclaimed it, as in the case of English
wars for ilanoverian interests: and, in
short, that snolI vast and tremendous
power ought not TO be confided to The pc.
riIous exercise Of one single man. The
Convention, therefore, resolved to guard
the war-making power against those great