The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-12

q 70 Be slizrhsl. ssd 10 te sIlsrhed. 10
these Cni:ed Sgsles u America; and the
military operations and designs E0E be-
FIRE The Senate ne intended 10 e:alarre
This clsim Of lie EEeraIiye 81 The init i
Slaiss. We are 70 enmpsl Mexico IN
sgiee lhsi ihs. psIi n hcr dnminions called
New MeKieO. AM lhai other pan called
cslhnrnls, sllall Re ceded 10 ~. We are
nng in possession oi these ierngnsies. il is
ssid. AM she u 10 be compelled 10 yirid
The lille. This Is the precise OhjecI Of this
new army Of thirty thousand mrn. IL 10
the inden'ieal object, air. in n y judgment.
Tor which the war VAS nrginally commenc.
cd. Tor which il has been hliherio prose
cuied. and in fnrlheranre Of whirh this
treaty is To be usrd hui rs one Of The
means 10 bring about the general result:
that general result depending. after all. up
on our superior power and the Necessity
Of submitting 10 any terms which W. pre-
scribe 10 fallen. fallen. fallen Mexico.
The members composing the other
H"nse--lhs more popular branch III Cen
sress--haye I'll been elected siuee. ! had
alInusG said the fatal, the remarkable inei.
dents Of the lllh Of MAY. 1876; and il
has passed resolution affirming that Is the
war with Mexico WAS begun uneonsliill-
iionally and unnecessarily. hy the txrcu-
uye Government of the uui'rd States"
! eonrnr 10 that sentiment. | hold that
in he The most recent. authentic expression
of The will and opinions "f the people Of
the United States. There is another pro.
position, not 50 automatically announrtd
hitherto. but in my judgment equally tue
equally eapshle OF demonstration: and
that is. that this war va. begun. has been
continued. and j. nav prosecuted. for The
grea, and leading purpose Of the arquisI.
tim nf new territory. out Of shirh Ia
bring new States, with Mexican pnpu.
lalion, into This our uninn Of The United
States. lf unayowed a, first, this purpose
did mol remain unavowed lung. How ever
often il may be said that We did mol 60 10
war for conqnesi-eTeddi Jndsms .9psiin
yet the moment We &c, possession oI
the territory. il is said thai We must retain
it and make il our own. Now, | think
the original object has not heen changed,
SIR, think il still exists in the eyes u
those who originally contemplated it,
who began the war for il; that il is as at
iraciire q. ihan,s aud fran,. which. The,
have no more desire 10 avert their eyes
now then they had then, or have had 4,
any time since we have compelled a treaty
Of cession. We know in our conscienres
,hs, il is compelled! We u,e il as an
instrument and an agency, in conjunction
with other InstrumenalIlies and agencies
OF more fnrmidahle or destructive charac.
ter, to enforce the acquiescrncr Of Mexirc
in the acquisition by us Of new territory
10 form new Slates-new States TO be adj.
died 10 this Union. Every intellgen, man
knows tina, there is strong desire in the
heart Of the Mexican citizen To retain the
territories belonging Ia that republic. Y c
know that the Mexican people par, with
their trrritory--If part they mu,.-wiih
regret, with pangs Of sorr"w. That We
know. We know The eession is altoeeth-
er forced; and therefore, because we know
| il must be forced - because we know tina,
whatever the Government, whlrh is our
creature, may do or agree to--we know
that the Mexican people will never arcede
10 the terms Of that treaty hut through an
impulse Of absolute necessity, and the i'm.
preston made upon them by absolute ir-
resisiible force. Therefore We propose
10 ovcrwhelm them with another army.
We propose to raise Immediately ten re.
giments OF regular troops and twenty re.
gimenis "f volunteers, and 10 pont them
IN and upon the Mexican people.
Now, sir. should be happy to concur.
notwithstanding all this toc>in. and all
this cry of all the Se.nproniouses in The
land that their voice is still for war--l
should be happy to agree. and substantial.
! ly do agree, with the honorable mem.
Der from South Carolina, that. afer all.
the war with Mexrcois substantially over,
that there can he M more fighting. My
opininn in the present state Of thing is that
the people of this country will not sus-
lain this war. They will not go T. lhr ex-
pense. They will mol find any gra'iiica.
ton in putting the bavone, To The ,hroa,
Of the Mexican people. For my part, |
hope the ten regimen, bill will never be-
become law. Three weeks ago should
have entertained that hope with the utmost
confidence. Even's since have struck me
with pain and shaken my conviction. Still
| hope II will no, pass. And here. dare
say. shall he called a" Mexican Wig"
A man who can stand up here and say
that he hopes tia, what the Administration
projects for the further prosecution of the
war against Mexico will moi he carried into
effect is an enemy to the country" or.
what gentleman would consider the same
thing. an enemy IF the Presidcn, Of the
United States and his administration and
his party. lie is a /" Mexican ~ Sir, |
| think very hadlv nj the Meyiran charar.