The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-09
THE VOICE OF TENNESSEE.

III the message OF We'll >. brown, bO-
vernon OF Tennessee, we find the wal with
Mexico alluded TO at some length. and
with considerable vigor aud elnquence.
Referring 10 The attempts Of the Locoioco
party 10 slife all discussions on the sub
jecl. Governor Brown says:
"There is nolhing magical or sacred in
the. question Of war that should seal The
lips of discussion, or silence or letrify The
sriIii Of comment. acknowledge no
such orthodoxy in politics, or anything
else. And the spirit which demands
blind compliance, or an unwilling aequi-
escence in this or any other question, is
itself al war with all that is sacred in the
rights Of the freedom OF though, and of
speech. believe, and believing il, have
dared 10 proclaim, that this war might,
Gould and ought TO have been avoided,
that the right and dignity Of the nation
could have been vindicaied by little
mnre folbearsnce upon The questions in-
medialely al Issue; by time, BY temper
ate counse's, without an appeal 10 the
last resort Of nations. believe that This
war is a national blunder. a great cslami-
~, the full effects Of which. upon the
Peare and happiness Of the country. no
human sagaoily can foresee. Its becom-
ing an absorbent of a nations blood aud
treasure, canker 10 q naiion's reppse.
What! no calamity, when ten thousand
brave men have already been sacrificed
upon lis affairs, and the god that pres,des
-over il is slill unappeased! Nocalamity.
when The list of its expenditures has swell
ed 10 near or quite a hundred nlillions,
and The end is not yea! Peace. like the
treasures Of the rainbow, still recedes aud
eludes our anxious grasp. am aware
that thesesentimenls, in the estimation of
some, imply want Of patriotism, a sort
Of new-fangled treason; and such charges
have been preferred. but ollner insinualetl.
BY sources not wanting in responsibility.
BE ii So. With all due respect TO those
who differ with me. such charges de-
serve To be loslhed. detesled and defed.
They are unworthy Of the spirit Of repuh-
lIcanism-indeed, they have no affinity
with that n"ble creed. The spirit WHICH
prompts them is one Of rank intolerance.
and grossly despoiic; and in other ages,
and under other circumstances, would
have prescribed Martin Luther as here.
tic and sent Hampton to the scsffold. !
arraign the patriotism Of no man. Il is a
maxim with me. that al men love their
country. and desire its prosperity and its
gIory. whatever their political views may
be--self-inlerest is generally an adequate
motive. even when irhe integrity fails
Aud 10 those who differ with me, freely
accord The existence Of the same high and
noble motives. And ] may ask here.
what could not have been accomplished
by the United States in her commerce and
Trade, in the arts and in every element Of
happiness and prosperity. by The use of
tie vast sums winch have and will vel be-
expended! II would have raised the
smile Of joyous life. the hustle OF business.
and the bum ofcivilizaiion in many are
eIon where nature still reigns in all her
darkness and solitude. Does this view
form M subject iof regret IL there no
loss IN This. to say nothing OF the loss
oil that invaluable living human capital.
which cannot be restored! The sober
sense OF the country will se.lle all these
questions"