The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-20

We Nate M9NlfrH ks4 our FhtN NNu tAut
ia LFmR, nul, msrh - I Rgsgd mjlilsEy
glnTF, - Hsleh - ! Fs5airs - witness he
display - lhal iRaoGail1bas energy ahd
r0uEaEe shah sHFmnuHss al tialeullies,
I wnuld b. snrry indeed hal aar GaEssn,
msnl siaauld lose suy paElioR 0flhaihigh
rhsrscseE &C. jasIir~. maarFsiian. and Dis
eEsiiaa whirh Distinguished il IN he early
Stages of 81 ilslary. ~-=~=
Tie neEl reason 1ssigned l. ihsi. si.hsr
hnldlng MeGieo - pEaEiEee or inrnTPe-
rating her snio The Unsaa. Mould be an.
preerslrnied BY any rEanPle IN our his
Iory. We have conquered many Of The
nesghhasisg HIhes - lndians. huI ne hare
nrVer Ihaught u halding ihem u snhjrr-
IiaR ar "f Incorporating Them into oar L.
ninn. They have heen kh - m ince-
PendenI people in he midst Of ~. ~ been
driven hark inla the Earssls Nor hare
we eser incorporated Hln the Union any
hni The csueasian race. TO incorporate
Mexico would be the Grsl departure of
the kind; faE mnre Llan half nf 10 papa-
lslian arr pure Indians, and By FAR the
larger PARTON o. the residue mixed blood,
] protest against The Incorporation ofsueh
. peaple. Ours is The government Of The
white man. The great misfortune Of
whsl vas formerly Spanish America. is
In be trarrd tn The fatal ermr Of placing
the eoloFed rare on IN equality with The
white. That errnr destroyed The social
arrangement which formed the basis of
their sncie;y. This 5rrnT we have Who'll.
" escaped. Pie Brazilians. formerly =
province Of Portugal. have escaped also
TO . considerable extent; anil lhey and
we are The only people Of Ills continent
who have made revolutions without anar-
ehy. And yet. with This example befIe
them. aud sur unil"rm practice. there are
those among rs who talk abani erecting
these Meaicans inlo territorial govern
msnls. and plicing them on an equality
with the people Of these states. IulIerly
protest against the project.
IL il q remarkable fact. in this connex.
ion. that. IN the whale hi.lnry III man. Us
Tar as my information extends, there is no
instance whatever Of any civilized colnred
race. of any shade. being found equal In
the establishment. and E,ainleBan1e of free
government. although BY far the largest
psnp"rlion nj the human family is com-
posed Of them: aud even in the savage
state we rarely find them any~her with
such governments, except il he our nubls
saTages; for noble I will call them for
their many high qualities. They for the
most part had free institutions, but such
are much more easily sustain
ed amang savage than civilized pen-
pie. Ate we 10 overlook this great laci!
Are we H. associate with ourselves as e.
qnals, companions, aud lrll"w-ri,izens,
the Indians and mixed races Of Mex;ca!
| would consider surh assnciation as de-
grading TO ourselves and fatal to our in
sliinti0ns.
The next remaining reasons assigned,
that il would be in conflict will tue GEM
us aud character Of our Government, and.
in the end, subversise Of our free ins.i,l,-
lions, are intimately connected, and 1
shall consider them together.
That il would be contrary To the gent.
Us and character of our Government, and
subversive Of our free popular institutions.
10 hold Mexico as subject province, is
a proposition TOO clear for argument be-
fore b"dy 50 enlightened rs Tie Senate.
You know the American Constitution too
well, you have looked into history, and
are too well acquainted with The fatal el-
tecis whirh large provincial possessions
have ever had On the institutions Of free
states. To need any proof To satisfy YOU
how hostile il would be To The Institutions
Of this country To hold Mexico as sub.
jecl province. There is moi an example
on record Of any Tree state holding pro.
vince Of the same ext"n, and Population
without disastrous consequences. The
nations conquered and held az provinces
have, in time, relsliaied BY destroying the
liberty Of their conquernrs. through the
corupting effrct Of extended patronage
and Irresponsible power. Such certainly
would be our ease. The conquest Of
Mexico would add so vastly Ia The pat
ronage Of this Government, iha. il would
absorb the whole powers of the states !:
the Union would become an imperial
power, and the states reduced To mere
subordinate corporations. But the evil
would not end there; the profess would
GO on, and the power transferred from the
States 10 the Union would he transferred
from this Legislative department to the
Executive. All the immense patronage
whirh holding Mexico as a province
would create, The maintenance of large
army 10 hold il in subsection, and The sp-
p"iuiment Of multitude of civil officers
necessary To cavern il. wonId he vested in
him, The great influence which il would
give the President would be the means Of
controlling the Legislative department.,
and suhjecting il to his dlciation, es pecial.
ly when combined with the principle of
prescription which has now become the
established practice of The Government.
The struggle To obiain The Presidential
chair would becnne pruporiionably great