The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-02-09

On The bin for aiding Ten additional Regiments
10 the Regular Army.
Ia Senate, January Is. Isls.
[coneluded.)
Well. sir. believing. as ] do. that The ne.
eessaTy consequences nf furnishing the
means which are required by this bill.
will be 10 enable The Secretary of War,
under the direction Of The President. TO
take possession Of The whole OF Mexico.
] cannO, vote for it. am opposed toaug-
menling The forces.
How IL tie conquest Of Mexico TO be
effected! How is peace 10 be brought
about. under this mode Of prosecuting a
war, except by the SEIZURE and suhiuga.
lion nf the whole country cannot vote.
sir. Tor any plan by which MEXICO is 10
he conquered and annexed! Brrause, IN
the first place, il would he grossly unjust.
Il would, in my judgment, according TO
my convictions Of right. be high and fla
grant wrong for us 10 seize npon and in
corporate the territories Of that republic
as our own. ] believe il would tx a stig-
ma upon the character Of this people which
all succeeding ages would not be ablelo
wipe out.
No oblivion that thousands Of years
could throw over it-no darkness with
which the lapse Of ages could surround
IL, would prevent the fragrant enormily Of
such a measure from being apparent 10 all
poslerity. How could our future his,orl-
ans and poets he able To relate the tale Of
this couniry's doings in regard to ihis fee.
bic, unfortunate. degraded. aud according
10 the operations which seemed 10 be pro-
posed, seized, annexed, and incorporated
republic |! In vain would the attempt be
made 10 close the eyes Of mankind against
the gross injustice Of this procedure, BY
throwing around il the ilimsy preiences
which patriotism might suggest. Sir, now
we have the flaming blaze OF military
glory east over these operations. We
behold them in a light which is in some
respects calculated to mislead. aud deceive,
but when the excitement Of the present
day shall have passed away, and they
shall be looked NJ in the clear ligh. of his.
tory. and their true character pronounced
by the voice Of truth. there will be a uni
versal verdict Of condemnation given by
mankind. Ny deliberate conviction is ila.
in the judgment Of posterity, if We should
consummare such a wrong as this, ,he
crimson guilt Of the partition OF Poland
would pale into absolute whi,eness. The
one, II would be said. was an act perpe.
trated by Monarrhs, hereditary rulers,
men born 10 govern, and who had been
taught TO regard others merely the minis.
tiers OF their pleasures, or the instrumen.
tality Of increasing their power, and in
whose justification il might be urged that
they only followed The example of their
predecessors. and exercised wha, they be.
lieyed 10 be their undoub,ed right: but III
the other case, il would be declared that
the act was committed by republican 90.
vernment, based on principles of equal
rights, aud protesting friendship and good
viii 10 all mankind, seeking for national
happiness and national glory in the pur-
suit Of peaceful arts, engaged in the es.
tablishmen, Of justice and tranquility, and
regarding the whole human race as breth-
rem in blood, entitled to their humanity
and consideration. The writer's of that
distant age would find -
"Nor ford prose, nor honeyed lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds or consecratc crime"
| am no, willing that my country should
now accede 10 the commission Of this ir.
reparable wrong, which would place up.
OH her an infamous stain.
am opposed to the seizure and annex
alton of Mexico, because it is as unwise
as unjust. | know there are some who
entertain different opinion, but i. does
seem clear TO me that the accomplishment,
oil such measure os the incorporation oil
Mexico, whether her people ale TO be in.
troduced into community of rights with
us or 10 be held as a degraded and con.
quered province-wheiher they are to sus.
tain towards us the relation of territories
which we have heretofore had, or of ter
ritories in state Of perpetual pupilage-
or whatever the mode and form in which
their future condition and character are L
be established, must inevitably in the hou
Of its completion doom the Union 10 Ger
tain and irreparable destruction.
was glad to hear the Senator from
South Carolina farthest from me, (Mr
Calhoun take strong and decided groun,
against the absorption Of Mexico and III,
destruction of her nationality. | was gla'
TO hear his voice raised against what in M,
view would he one Of the greatest Of crimes
one of The greatest of political blunders
But, | wonder, Mr.. President, that it di
not strike the honorable Senator, that tn
injustice of seizing upon the whole b,
iSrce, was bu. IN injustice in degree su