The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-12

eniis N The wsy. n ms informAsion hs
rxari, snd he honorable uaensber from
Michigan ran enTr.ei me IL il be nol-I
presume thai il Is rUrrrrs-in February
t:rn. Scott had nnslgT hen in Mrxic0 IliT-
~ thousand troops, regulars snd r0lnn-
Irers. Now, al Illrse troops are regular
" nifieered. There Is no deficiency Of
officers in the line or IN he STAFF; hey
are al fnll. Whatever deficiency lhsre
is ronsisls pf men. Now. sir. there j.
plausible season far saving Ihal il Is diff
rnli 10 recruit Al home for the supply Of
Dictionaries in The yollalser regiments. Il
will he said tl,ai volunteers rllaOse TO en-
list under officers of their own selection;
that Il,ey do not incline 10 sRlist here as
individual Enlunlrcrs. When the regiment
is abroad under ailirers af whom Ihey
know nothing. There may he something
in that: bnI pray 10 what does that con-
rlusian lrad! Docs il mot lead 10 this,
that all Ihose volunteer corps must moul.
der away. 50 Gar as the privales are con-
remrt, and como TO nothing! Meantime
the places Of the commissioned offers
are continually filled. the regiments being
full Of ofiirprs. alIhnngh the priyaics. by
casualty nr Wy disease. are reduced 10 be
less in numhur Than the officers them.
selves. But, however tia. may be, 10 re-
gard I" the recruiting fnr the regular SER
vice. y"n can oil up The regiments BY pay
and bnuniy. according Ia existing laws,
or new laws. If new laws be necessary.
There is ma reason upon earth why we
should now create five hundred new off
GERS for the purpose Of getting ten thou
sand new men. There are officers 10
command them. All that is wanted is
men; and there is a place for the men,
and suppose tina, no gentleman can stand
; up here or elsewhere and say that the re-
cruiiing seryiee can 60 on faster Than il
|. will he necessary TO go in order To Gil up
/ these deficiencies in the regiments abroad.
, But now what do we want with great
-. er iorce than we already have in Mexico.
, Without asking what need there is for the
5 supply al deficiencies in the existing re-
gimenis. what do we want beyond the
, thirty lhousand regulars and volunteers
. now in field service! What Is the pur-
= pose! There is NO army 10 fight. sup
? pose the enemy has NOT five hundrel men
/. tgelh under arms in any part Of Next
!. co. Except in one instance, perhaps,
! ri'ere 10 nor taif tiiat nnasber. Mexico is
prosraIe-there is no Government TO re.
I sist ns. II is notorious that the Govern
S ment Of Mexico is on our side. II is our
D INSTRUMENT, by which We hope 10 esiab.
=. lish such peace and accomplish such a
! treaty as we wish. As far as can under,
, stand the matter, the Government of Mex-
, iro owes IT'S life and breath and being, at
, ms moment. 10 the support of our arm
and To the hope-I will not say how i'm
srircd-that somehow or another, and NJ
. no distant period. there may be peculiarly
. means arising from our three millions, or
! our twelve millions, or some o,ker of our
, millions. What do we propose to do.
then. with these thirty regiments that we
design to p"nr into Mexico! Are we 90.
ing 10 cut The threats of the Mexicans
Are we gang To thrust The sword deeper
and deeper into the vital part Of Mexico :
What do we propose 10 do! Sir, see no
ohlrr,. and yet we are pressed and urged
To adopt this proposition in its full length
Ten regiments Of regulars, and twenty
regiments Of volunteers! We are told.
and the public is told, and The public be-
liepes. that we are on the verge Of safe
and honorable peace. Every man looks
out IN the morning for tidings of confirm-
ed peace. or confirmed hopes of peace.
He gathers il from the Administration, and
every organ Of the Administration, from
Dan I" Beersheba: and yet the warlike
operations the mourning of additional ex-
penses-the imposilinn nf new charges
upon the treasury. are pressed here as il
peace was not in all our thoughts, at least
MT in any Of our expectations!
Now, sir, propose 10 hold some plain
talk to-day; and say that. according to
my best Judgment and apprehension Of
matters, the main ohiret Of these bills is
patronage - office - the qualification of
friends. This very measure for ten addi-
tional regiments creates four or Eve hun
tlred officers. colonies and subalterns, and
not them oulv, for whom ! have some re.
spec,. hut then there comes paymasiers,
contractors. persons engaged in the trans
port service, commissaries-even down 10
suffers, e. i'd gea"s omne-people who
handle the public money without facing
the foe; one and all. the true descendants,
il not The true representatives of corporal
Nym. who said
| "For shall suffer be
unto the camp, and profits will accrue
Sir, | hepe. without disrespect to those
applicants and aspirants, and those pa,ri.
OILS, some Of them patriots ready TO fight.
and those other patriots not willing TO
/ fight, bu, willing 10 be paid hope, with.
oul disrespect to any Of them, according
TO their rank aud station and merits, that