The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-17

ME. BeuiOa wss nae u lis inEIsfd garsis.
Cue III DE regular aeasas r0nPiimfniing
lhe Senate Il ne United SlaieS having
been nd, Nr, Renian roe aad aasFrEs-
"a he s0mpsay. We append aaly hiS
ssEsasks relslins - paliis sfsinf
acaa. Rrna0n rrluunrd thanks CT iiae
honor done Ihe Ssasle Of lle Lnlsc1 nsairs
il he toast jusl aeiigaEed end % sas1.aily
gr1ritsd. lie said lssl Ia he fsane and
sisasiasa 81 lssF GoyeEasleHl there sas la-
lsnana 10 b. = ransrrt alive bssdys moe
permanent and duEalle lisn either the En-
eculise or Ihe House Il Repnsrnlaiisrs.
and able 10 resist the elrroarhmenis o. in-
fuenee II ExeeuliEe power on one hand.
AMI The stormy Eage u exri'ed popular
lrrling on ille 1lher. The Senate was
that body /; and molly had il acled up 10
It's high vocation ON many oreaslons. and
especially on some recent and memorable
0nes. The OWgon guesliIa Nas ono ol
these, and one in which the ScRaie nas
placed both between Tie RSeeulise and
The People. and had 10 Eesisi both, The
Executive had taken high gnund-5i 90
and al OF none. The People, esPreial-
~ Of the great West. became excited, and
took The same gnound and mr. Eilh
Great Britain, and. worse than that, mn
iusiifaLis WaF. 10 lle opinlnH Of many
good Amcrisans. seen.sl Ia he inevitable.
The presid. ~. following the Ealnral read
ing of The constitution and The example Of
some Of his Gahy predecessors, asked The
advise OF tie Senate. They gave tier
adyire. contrary To the known opininns
ri the President and the excited ieelings
of the People. I la advice was followed {:
the peare. and The honar, aud The rights
Of he country weis preserved: and. what
was equally honorable 10 the President
and the People. the Senate lost no iaE"E
with either. II had iearlessly aud wisely
laIiillsl n great constitutional duty; and
recessed ,he applause Of Il people WHOSE
! pride ii is to have = CONSTITUTION aRl 10 o.
hey il. ........ .....s.~.ess
Thr reicrtion ofthe Texas anneSRiion
treaty Of 1914 wac anoiher instance ollhis
Kind. The Executive anl the People,
espeeially Of the South and West, were
lnr the treaty. II came before The Senate
for ratification the Sepais saw in thai
raliieaiinn the adoption Of the Texan wa
with Mexiro. Ii vas Eoi fnr The presi.
dent anil Senate TO adopt war by treaty !
that power belongs TO the two Houses Of
Congress, and was only la hc exercised By
law. The treaty Was rejected, and its re-
lection prevented war With Meyico in
1874. Hpcs,rHnfdiht ara fo' fgo yfars,
This. again, was q great Illilmeni Of is
cOGsiilaiinpal vocation on the part Of the
SENATE. Still faithful 10 lis high calling.
the Senate, in the session lSli-45, so
acted as 10 keep open Tho door for peace
with Mexiso, while admitting Texas ihIo
! the Union; il added clause n negoiia-
lions 10 he act Of admission N provided
fnr mission. of able cilizcns TO negotiate
with both Mexico and Texas, and 10 gain
The ulfser, INV that Ioor,- SO tlser
opened hy tho Senate for purpose -
noble hnw il came 10 be sia Was not
for him now 10 say. The pre- u |a-
sion did not require him to c.invlaid my
body; his only object now was 10 exhib-
ii the Senate. i'll Ibis last aci Of the Texas
drama. as still acting up 10 the high con
seryRiiye caaFaeies which The constitution
had assigned To il. and endcayoring 10 rec
conrile the Two great oblerts Of recovering
Texas and saving the, friendship Of Mex-
leo. The Senate bad done lis duty on all
these occasions of recent date, as well as
an many others and now again, If the
Executive slIonld Eaqu;le The advice of the
Senate upon the mode OF terminating a
waE mhieh all irish 10 see ended, he had
na doubt but that the Senate would meet
.he OCCASION with courage and lranknqss,
and give the advice which il deem-
ed due 10 the rights and honor, the inter-
es. and happiness of The two Republics,
and 10 the harmony and stability of the
republican, system in the new world"