The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-21

Msxsa. A. ssrne - rOnSnls his GoEeIn-
muul - silis F.iial. s,eins asaise rerssia. ~
sid. slsal he f;osrTnnaeui drnEle1 lhe
cessna II Ilsaa Elsnie rgaoa hy Mexioo >
,ins ga non III pfares
T.ssrs i something TemaEksBie n iiais
prninarisy CO he srqnisiliOH az Neu
NeAirn. Mr. Tisi Ms eFTiainiy Eey
liberal II FngaHl - eveIy hing al Fsal Val
6s 10 lie uniiod Stake: lie Mas illing
10 sunrndrr al tie naais0isi 81 EaE zap
larcd from the NrXrsnS-g ding 70 49,
sume "a The expenses al the Sir. amount
ing. Il i believed. 10 not ar farm hum
drcd millions &C dallAEs-Eilling 10 asume
the debts dne hy Mrxiro 10 individual
eilizrns of the United Stairs. lald willing
actually 10 pay McxioO eeTiaia millions
in hand eash-making altogether, - we
ronreiye. very hard hsIgain Ior hrs own
rounlry-bui he must have all NV Mex
iso, even Iliough 81 ille eoss Of pFotEaeied
and desslaiing war.
What Is lhe secret Of al this! What
gives such extraordinary Ealne, IN the eyes
ii our Government. 10 that sterile Trglon.
II has never been represented rs 81 reHiaT-
ksbie value in any point Of view; il has
never been described rs On III Dorado, \
land flowing with milk and honey. Cali
iornis l,as slways been cTied up as The rich
aud fertile Iegion; the least uniaEorable
accounts have represented New MexieO
rs poor in soil, difficult ri access, and III
only Inr pasiurage. Aud Il is worthy OF
remark thai oft Vii The rrmole Mexican re-
gions il i by MI accounts The most diff
hrulI To bring fairly into possession and
subiPciion. We are Told that the Mexi-
ran hoId upon California has very linle
strength in the good will of the people;
but our occupation Of New Mexico has
been resisted with lcTorinus ienariiy by
the native Inhabitants. and the Mexican
Secretary 81 State himself has pointed
ont the extreme relnciance al these ma
iires 10 pass under our sway. This j.
what he said in llis instructions 10 tie com.
The Government could not. even with the ap-
probation Of Congress, agree 10 give up New
MeNico. whose inhabitants have manifested a wish
10 make a part Of tie Mexicsn family, with more
enthusiasm than any oihsr Tsoriion IL the Erpul-
lie. These well deserving Mcxicans, abandoned
TO their fate by sc,cral Administrations I.,qarnri,
without any protection even against the incur
siOns Of the Indians. have lscn truly patriotic
because. forgetting their domestic gric-
RANGES. they have only remembered on this occa-
'ion that they are and wish TO lie part Of ON IA
nily. They exposed and sarriferd themselves To
he vengeance Of the invaders; they have risen
~ inst ihen, and, though their conspiracics have
been frustrated, ihey still continue TO consTire.-
And can Government sell these McSicans like
\ flock Of shecpl Never. Let on their acrount
The nationality Of the republic I've lost. We will
perish together. ..-.tr- .>.-.es ..
Suppose New Mexico yieltled 10 the
demand Of our Governmeni--whata are we
TO do with its inhabitants, with these per-
pelually conspiring and revealing members
Of the Mexican family! Are they TO be
exierminared, or held in suhjecIIon only
by the presence Of strong military force
How are they To hecome good American
citizens. eleciing members Of the United
States Congress, and taking their full part
in all the action Of The onfederacy -
They must be expelled. or destroyed, or
kept down by the strong arm. as sub,
ducd and conquered race. Why is il that
our Government clings so perlinaciously
to such consunmatiOn