The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-22

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s1ra 0sF ps0pls. Sd non yuu.Ee Rgrssa
lh1l we sisll pa OF hands y 0uE Paek-
as ana pay 4 aaEs<ites. Tie uhals plsn
&c he wsr has been carried On b he Pc
sidsnl upan he highest PfinciPlfs b 50
slFaighl ahead and conquer = pssce.
mam-lashions and naw y0n'Fe agreed .
hack 0nl ~ Ne srrsPr. and buy > Pears.
md pay he money for Il. Voc knaH
very VEL he President has deriaTsil. lime
and again. thai he mar shOlh 20 On al
us eos indemnify far he past and serum.
T. lor he lnlsIe-ghem's has 0wn Nuids
and now yos'se sgrerd 10 settle up
Eilh0nl getting one jai a either. FoE
lie past. We ale u least > hundred NIL
lions of dullars oul u pockrI. besides los-
iag ten or hlieen thousand men. AZ or
he men, sPese yun may say we can OF
set Ihem against The Mexicans Ne have
killed. and a. ne have killed more ilan
lhsy have, may be II lnO's up li.lle IN
our laror. aRl lhss's Ihr only advantage
you've secured. As far the hundred nil
lions nf dollars, ne don't get penny al
il bark. So al the indemnity YOU gel
for the past il les thousand dead Mex
icans-lhal is. IS many a. remains alter
sublrscIing what they've killed "fus from
what we've killed af them. But The cap
sheaf ol ynur bargain 10 the 'sreuTliy inr
! the future The eilifs and towns and
castles that We have 81 so hard TO lake.
and hare gui our men inln, and all 80 well
secured. you now agree 10 give 'em all
right up again 10 The enemy, and march
our men off home with their fingers IN
their mouths; and that's our security for
the future. As lnr The fifteen millions 81
dollars you agree 10 pay lnr New Mexi.
co and California. YOU might jest as well
a lhrOwn'lhe money into the sea, Tor they
Was ours slore they was already con-
qusred aud annexed, and was a. much
ours as il We had paid The money for EN-. "
/ Here turned on nv heel and LEFT him.
f"r | was 80 Disguised al the conduct Of
the Teller that | wouldn't have any mole
talk with him. And now, my dear Co
lionel. there is nothing for us To do but 10
look this business right in The face and
make the brst we ran Of il. II there is
any way 10 keep The thing onI Of sight,
il would be best for you 10 Throw The Irea.
~ in The fire as soon as you get Il, and
send word on In Gineral Scout to % ahead
again. But that is impossible ; il will he
spread all over the country and known 10
every body. And I'm convinced il will
he the besl way for you To turn right ..
bout, make oui 10 be glad Of what cant
be helped, and accept The treaty. The
nominations for President is close al hand.
and you must get ready 10 60 into the e.
lection for your second term on what
you've got. and make The best show you
can with il. ifyou should reject the lrea.
ty, the opposition would get the adVan
iage Of you again: they wonld then cry
out that the Mexicans had asked for peace
and you had refused il; and there would
!, be no end to their growing abonl this op.
pressIye war uf INVASION. Dus &c -" 81
cepi the treaty, IL puts an end 10 their
grumbling about the war.
To pacify our friends that are very ca
ger for the whole of Mexico. you must
tell 'em IN look out and see how much we
have already got; keep telling of'em that
half loaf Is better than no bread; tell 'em
Ia keep quiet I'LL after ynnr next election
is over, and may be You'll sonIrive some
plan to be cutting intn 'lolher half. Keep
Mr.. Richie blowing the organ, all wealh.
ers, To The tune Of half Of Mexico for a
song. Tell the whole country. and bra.
zen il ouAo every body, that you've made
a great bargain, capital bargain. much
better than Jefferson made when he
bought Louisiana for fifteen millions OF
dollars tell EN- for the same sum Of mo-
ney you have got great deal more land.
and more men on II. I'm satisfied this is
the best ground to take; we must go for
the treaty, and, bitter pill as It's, we must
swallow u as though we Iovedii. lspose
il will have 10 go before the Senate. as
The constitution now stands. The consti.
tuition is very defective in rha, pint, and
ought TO be mended. Tor IT'S dangerous
trusting important matters to the Senate y
but you must drive your friends all up To
vote for il; don't let il fail on no account:
don't lei 'em go to fngerin il over and put
ting in amendments that will make The
Mexicans so mad lha, they will kick il
all over again. For that would put things
into such hurly-burly I'm afraid yon
you'd lose Your election.
RatIfy the treaty, and then gather up
all The glory that's been made on, Of this
war, twist il into sort Of glory wreath
round your head. and march with bold
step and stiff upper lip RICH, into the Pre-
siden,ial campaign, and shouldn't won
der if you beat the whole bunch of all
your enemies and all your friends. And
il you went into your second term on the
strength Of half of Mexico, il would be a
pretty COOL sign that you might go into a
third term on The strength Of the whole of
il. | remain your faithful friend.