The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-05

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The sensar lssiag Frsnned he roasi-
Ser.iion q ne - mskiaE pmsisi0a 81
IN addition IN he army q Ten Rssimsrs
q Rsgplars:
Mr. falRnrs sid:-Aftcr very rsrr-
RI examination. h-Fe Ut heeR ahle 10
knd single argnnenl uhiek. N my oPin-
iaa. saul jsssRs lhs passage Il Ibis ball
II this lime. and nnjer sxlslsSS eiEcnm-
stances. cannot hul ircl llul Ihake Who
have cone "a = different eOasiusi0n have
overlooked The arinsl condition Of the
M-xiran Government. and ID de people
AZ MsKjea. in surprising that this hai Nzs
necessary either Ia iniim.dale or 70 r0erce
thai GoyeIEEasEs ialn Tzlihrslion AZ the
treaty receRlly arled upon here. II hat
Government acre Fsrang and vigorous. II
the people 0f Mexico were united in re-
sislanee 10 us. and capable Of sustaining
a war m he event sl.sI The treaty shall not
he rali6rd. there might be slrnAg Irasons
lar passing this hi. But such is mol The
rase. OB the Contrary. the very opposite
70. The 6nvernmsnl itself IL little more
than shsdow. wilhnnt an army ana = nh
nuI EsEenue; the people in stale ~ DIS
iraeiion. siIh LANCE anu powerful party
ia opposition IN the G0ssrnIarnl. aud for
a Continuance af The waF-noi in hOsliii-
" To rs. but IN hostility In their own Ca
rerlmsni. which they desire should be
OTsrlllrogn. The GnyernmenI itself "a.
lists by our farheasance. and under oaT
,eOunlenanee; llIey have been induced "a
treat with as from the dread IL iheir an
limitation. and We 10 treat with them from
the same consideration. Far. strange as
il may APPEAR. the srGy Gi0;ise Ihai indu-
iced aexiro 10 lregI with ns iuducetl us 10
treat with her. She dreaded her annihi-
lalion. and so did we. d is difficult 10
say which would be subjected 10 the great.
est evil 10 consequence Of such annihils-
/ lion. The danger Is moi that the Mexican
I G0geInmeGt. in tie e,eAl 81 lie rejection
Of the inraiv. would be able To resist. buI
/ II Is Ihsl IL NAV perish belars she ran va
! iily il. But. If ana mistaken 10 all this.
nHs thing is clear; wilhuul these ten adj
dili0nal regiments We have The means
"f intimidaling or soeIcing that 9ayeriI.
tIsnt 10 any extent We please; a single
brigade NAV aEgiailale il. but even II
we should chose 10 avoid this. we hold
another power in our hands that is ample
tn induce her 10 ratify the treaty, pro, i,led
there be any hesitation on her part. We
would IN that ease haze Lul To tell her
that we will adopt the boundary agreed
upon in The treaty, and thus save ourselves
the vas! sum Of twenty millions Of dol
lars. whirh rumor states thai vs are 10
give for the cetied territory. This consi-
Iteration alone is sufficient, provided the
Mexican Government can grainlaig itself
unit! she shall have acted upon Iris iTea-
~, with The amendments that may have
been made to il b. this body. :. $780,.
7 fr mts view ortnr suDJreT, rrgIru gIe
passage Of this bill. il il be either for the
purpose of intimidation or oil Coercion. To
he entirely useless--an unmeaning bravo
10. But il il were merely useless, rs
much as may be aVerse To il, my aver
sion would nat be near so great as il no"
is. II is worse than useless; IL is mis-
chievous, and will prove mischievons both
here shd there. Mischicvous here. for il
this hody, -conversam with all The secret
proceedings in reference To the Irraly, and
isupposed by the country To be iully in.
formed Of eEery thing in relation 10 the
subject, should pass The bill now before
il. il will be received BY the public IS an
apprehension on our part that there is
great danger that the treaty will not I've ra-
. tilted, and the effect upon our commerce
aud upon the money interest Of the coun'
try will be highly injurious. 1t will be mis-
chievous there. for The real danger that llis
Mexlcan Government has tn fear is this
there is . large party in Mexico callrd Pu
ros, whick is unwilling tn see peace con
Guided between the Mexican finvcrnmen
and this Country unwilling no, hecaust
they are our friends or enemies, bnl sim.
ply for the reason tina, they wish To Sc,
tina, Government annihilate,l and the pow
! er PLACED in tl:eir hands. Nov, il the i'm
preston produced by the passage Of ihi,
{, hi should be tina, there is danger that tn,
treaty "ilI not be ratified, il will AROUSE
and animate that party tn double cxeriiol
in or,ier TO fulfil their object.
But | consider it no, ouly useless, no
: only mischievoas in the light WHICH nav,
: indicated, bu. i, will be costly braTa'ln
take it for granted that the honosabi,
= chairman Of the Committee on Militar,
Affairs does no, intend simply that thi
bill shall pass this b"dy; that would b.
i unworthy of his character. lie then cx
i poets tal il will also pass the other brancl
), of Congress and berome law, and tina
y the force will be raised aud BE- employed
: if the treaty should fail, in carrying on tn
! war with Mexico. Well, il the bill pas