The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-01-07
Prom he Raleigh Rsgiasr.
Senate Debates.

pose oi deifaylng The expenses Of lhs Re.
ginsni OF Esluhlse ere. until their arrival
81 The place Of RENDEZVOUS, came ID ior
discussion IN The Senate.
DR. GILLIAN, Who introduced The ts.
solution, advocated ils passage in shorl
speech, IN ~hieh he maintained The p,es,.
nc nseefsily Of me appropriation. Con.
gress had made no provision for these e.
PsRsss. aud ihs formation oflhs regiment
would be Guarded By this neglse.. " not
wholiy prevented, unless The state should
place funds 10 the hands Of The Executive
10 meet ihs emergency. lie urged i'm
mediate artion. and hoped the resolution
wOuld pass Immediately, and By seelsms-
ton.
Mr.. WmsoS, Of Edgeromb. said he
desired that The resolution should pass.
aud Pass unanimously. and be thought
ibis unsnimliy mishi be secured By max
ing slight, very slight amendmepi. 10
The preamble. There was . word or Two
m that. which be thought nigh, very
properly be stricken oui, wilhoul marrlnR
The resolution itself. He arranged hls
spee'acles and smiled handy, - he read
the Objectionable words, scross whleh he
proposed that the pen should be drawn.
They were insignificant, 10 be sure, and
might De harmless; but IS matter Of taste,
be would prefer their omission. The re-
solution reads thus: /. Where's. by abe
ac,len of,he Executive, andthe subsequent
sanction Of Congtess, this republic 10 in.
sVlsed IN foreign var" &c. He pro.
] posed 10 strike out a few words after
Whsress." 80 that il should read
Whereas this republic is involved in .
iorsign ~ar," &c. The words proposed
70 be erased. rather seemed 10 cast shad.
ow OF esnsure upon the Pfesiden, which
no did not deserve. In fact. be (Mr. w.
bad 10 bic hand very high evidence ,hs,
The President bad been right in This on.
fortunate matter. The Presidents own
message was before him, and he had mark.
ed several passages in il, which he would
not read then. but which clearly eIcu!pa-
ted the President from all blame. No one
knew better Than The writer of thai mes.
he nah ssKsh ms Trouols 1unass'wnu u,s
ipencil, and might read hereafter, would
prove beyond cayil, how we'll Mr.. Polk
had acted. With an cir Of grea, courtesy.
Mr.. Wilson suggested that these few
small ENTHUSIASTICALLY placed there,
perhsps-hsd better be dropped, and then
The resolution would psss, he presumed,
witbou, dissenting vote.
Mr.. GILMER replied, that these few,
J small words, were not, in his opinion
} either Insignificant, nor without much
meaning. Neither were they put there
inadvertently. They were inserted on
purpose. and becsuse they spoke the truth;
and i, being The truth, why should the Sc
nate shrink from asserting i,l He rsmem.
bered that not long ego. 10 Congress,
Wings we're made 10 ssy-thas war sx.
i,,ed l." blythe &C, OF Mexico" which they
knew TO be false. or they must take The
odious position OF seeming 10 vote sgsinsi
supplies for the army. Az unscrupulous
Democratic majority had resolved TO make
them swallow ,be pill. They would mol
alter one iois OF the resolution, though be.
sough, by the Wings to pu, i, in shape
in which they could vote for il. No, sir.
They hadit,o swaIlow-falseh hood and oil,
or be placed ina mos, false position before
the country. Can our friends over the way
refuse their own physic! Do their s.om.
schs rebel! Do they dread The dose!
They must take il. II will do them good
Besides, 10 cannot nsusests them so bad
after all. Il 10 not falsehood they weis
ssked TO digest. Tits solemn trush--whsi
they know 10 their hearts TO be hue--snd
ONLY bad 10 take because il does not accord
with The party creed. II may do Tor oul
Democratic friends to msin,sin party doc
,rne, that Mexico made war upon Us
The country knows bet.er-the world
knows better. Here Mr.. Gllmer traced
The history of,he War. and Of our relation.
with Mexico, iu mss,erly manner; and
/, The wav he poured hot shot into Mr.
Polk's administration Of affairs. as well AZ
, into those who echo his peculiar notions
Of what constitutes treason, 10 IBIS Tree
i country, vas almost cruel.
/ Mr.. GILMER said he was IN favor o
f the resolution, and The whole resolution
, No ono was more anxious than he, TIA
E The war should be conducted with 'Igor
, until il could be honorably closed. bo
q b. cause he would vote means io'caTry oil
D The war, must he seal his lips as 10 tn
abominable usurpstions Of him who rash
" commenced il! Must be utter an u"
|, ruth! Mus, he even suppress what n
knows to be true! He thanked God sh'
: liberty Of speech and Of lhoosht IS -
0 left Us. though James X. Polk has issel
s applied to those who speak against hi
n in this matter, language which dehnt
g treason. l, is" giving aid and comic
+ 10 our enemies" is il, TO doubt his m'a
n libili,y-,o impugn his conductor
o censure his motives! Are our friends oV'
the way yet 10 favor Of freedom Of speech