The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-13
M caIAsuns Rs.Olutlsns

We Obserte thai mank journals Pgsaiess
lheir inability 10 zee lie PEecise anlenl
and puarliesl bearing Of Mr.. Calhoun
Essolulions. IL Is said Ihai They are sb-
slracliOns. and that they Do ls0i drhns
uilh sniIirirai precision he line = Pol.ry
he proposes 10 pursue. II may &c lhsl
MT. Czlh0nn has not embszeed hss Aho.r
poliey in these resolutions. and JET . ~
20 means fullOEs that ihey are nos dsleri,
81 10 distinct. substantive and psarllrai
end. The resolutions are designed SIM
ply 10 negative any design on Ihs part 81
he government. and aae puEsalt d any
poliry by II. whirh will lead 70 the ami
hilalion 81 The nationality Of MrAico.-
They propose 10 commit The government
and 10 control the Excessive. 10 hat ex'
tent n least. u moi this an inaellislbls
and practical prOposilions II Is said ihrTe
is no such design-shen Why refuse 10 al
firm IL aulhorilaiissly ! Besides. there
nav he no snrh design now entertained.
and Vet such catastrophe may be. and Is
is believed by many that il win be. The
natural and almost insEiIahle result Of she
events now in progress. and Of the plans
proposed 10 conquer peace. The eonn'
Try was preripilaled into the war without
any anticipation of it's il unreasonable
TO apprehend that We may be hurried iar'
Iher in The pursuit Of ends and objects
Than We now contemplate. The peace
that would be satisfactory to-day. might
not obtain The honor Of ! consideration 4
month hence.
NOu a comfortable slice Ol Mexiran
territory would perhaps satisfy the PoPu'
lar appetite for land. more land; but who
can tell how soon It's cravings will refuse
10 be satisfied with anything short Of Tie
whole! l. il wise, is il sla.esmanlIke IN
our rulers TO abandon themselves 10 the
current OF eyenIs-tO let things lake their
course in The uncertain hope that the end
will work itself out right. A nlors mise
rahle fatuily cannot be conceived! This
appetite for land, for Ihe sIIenIinn Of the
area. as il 10 called. is becoming the pre-
railing passion Of our people-alr0ady
they cannot bear tn feel the touch OF their
neighbor's elbow. Nor is anything heI.
ter calculated TO feed and TO madden this
passion, than an offensive war, prosecu,-
ed without any definite purpose, and for
which the acquisition Of territory can be-
our only indcmniicalion.
What could we DO with Mexico, were
il al this moment al Our own! d. We
expect 10 hold il as a subjected province,
to be plundered and mis-govcrned by ra-
pacious pro-consuls, or 10 incorporate il
into our Union with lis ten millions Of an
inferior race, who have neither blood nor
sympathy in common with US. and who
never will be sssimilaied 10 ourselves
This is a startling alternative. and ought
to arrest the attention OF those who give
direction TO the current of public sentiment.
! he day that our country shall so FAR lie.
par, from lis appointed aud appropriate
duties. as TO undertake 10 govern or 10. in
corporate a reluctant and conquered nation,
,ha, day will ii begin to feel the unsellling
Of IFS foundations and To sink and fall un.
der the weight Of the vast and incongru.
Gus mass that will hang, like an incubus,
upon lis PROSTATE energies. 49,
EVeaing ss,rs,