The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-05-24

r.a Aass1sl.aa. Tie VA, ifo, lac
annrnaliun. as Pnrsiy A Eksru'sss
.essore. literally loIred span eoRgIess
~ - eana.ry "a lie Pn siieni-s M.
-, n oiier. xieily insigniEeani. uiiefy
aaimponans. eriosing 10 eonsdfEai.on.
- easrrisine rs lnHus.ce viii he Ame-
iran psorle-a mn whose apininns, oai
r aiiee. % any important question %
cable palsy. No0id never be asked g
rsrcI or " he country. 0r sny Eve aeil
Informed men 10 4. This Presldrni has
,loae anoihsr ding besides forcing Goa
ersss and he e0aniIy into > War. equally
rrmaFkable. lie has forced The Senate 4
he United STATES into e0nplianee with
his Grand schemes and policy. The oilssi
81 his var snm he heginnlng-ihsi 81
slismelnbering Mexico sad taking large
provinces from her On compulsory sale.
lie, PEesidcnl Polk. hss doas ihis. Moth
ing Is clearer Ihan that good deai more
than one-lhiid of The Senate were utterly
opposed and hostile 10 sreh policy and
measures. and Wilhouilhe votes ola nam
Der of Them tie treaty laleiy before tina;
body could not have been ratified. How
was their assent oblsineds Why. ihnse
Who Welded, smbraerh one evil 10 avoid
another, and wore esll. They believed
The alternative would be further prosexn.
ton Of tie Executive war. and silil
more complete ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Il not the
after absnrpiiua nf Mexico. They iFem-
bled before the wanlOnness and madness
of Executive power and obsliuaey-in The
person of Mr.. Polk They Looked upon
themselves. upon Congress and the coan'
lry, as involved inexiricahly IN his tolls.
from which there was no escape. but By
his consent. and on his terms. lie SAID.
pay me this ransom. and will release You;
aud they were willing To get OF. before
he should double his demands, which he
threatened TO 10. Annexation was an tx.
eculiye measure; The War was ard Is an
Executive measure. conquest and Mexi-
can spoliaiion is an Executive measure.
,The country large has had nothing H.
do with il. except as il has been dragged
INFO their support, or rather 10 an unSil-
ling and painful acquiescense. in them.
And through these Executive measures.
the government is TO be changed. and the
country is To be changed. With Mexican
States added 10 our Union. and more
Texan States brought in; with Stale re-
presentation in the Senate multiplied oul
Of all proportion 10 the popular represen~
ialion in the House: with a foreign popu-
laiion Of strange faces and strange language
poems. serfs. and bonLsmen--annexed
| TO us aud made Tree, HGiire citizens along
with US, we shall not know ourselves OF
our country. ..
Aud all this a Presilen, Of the United
States may do, and bring out all this
lcharge, this essential revolution. and rar'
~ Congress along with him, even chain
The country 10 his ,riumphal ear. and he
may do all this as a President. wicldin.
the ppien,ialilies Of his eminent and i'm
1perial Office, when as a man, out of olIicia
i-'s'ias. bis sreighi ia iha community
would be about equal 10 that 81 4 resptcta.
bic county parson, or village school mas
Ter. Such. and So commanding, so power
/ FOL for evil. so nearly uncomfortable ant
irresponsible, is President Of the Unite
States; and We, the people, 90 on. erecting
every four years one OF these high Poien
iaies, with very inadequate consideration
il is feared. Of The mighty import Of wha
we do, lille knowing, olten,imes, whelh
Ter we are giving ourselves Republican
President. or a supccilious and impcria
masler--a Constitutional Executive, or
Ipaliry yet powerful iyran,.