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

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whesl.sr la.e Pian q EsEEing . 6oErm>
nest IN thr aaRher which ! hsEe been
e0nsidsriag. and treating Sish il Cor IN
dsmnily. nay nj fall. In that ease.
he agrees GssI he very caurse IN Ehich
[ hare said tie sigamas prosecution ~
tie var will inssiizhiy lad must b.
lakea. He ssys. afsr haEing attempted
10 establish such goyemmens-sfer has-
ing emglayed ne besI ek.xss - serum
peane III Al Eail. - We must hold on 10 the
@rrupAll0n &C The soIn,ry: NE mnst take
The Iull measure ~ indemnity into our
aWn hands. and snlasee sueh terms - The
hanor u tiae country demands" These
are his wnris. Now. What j. Ihlss Is IL
mt IN aeknoN ledgmenl that. il he fails 10
establishing = GaTeEnnsnl with which he
can trral in Mexieo-alier putting down
al Eesislsnre under lhe existing Govern
menl. We must make . conquest Of The
whole country. and hold j, subject 10 our
control! Can words be ssFOngsE "Oc-
enPy the whole country. take The full
measure Of indemniiy-n0 defensive line
no lIssly-and enforce terms" Terms
on xhOml On The Government No.
no, no. To enforce terms on the people
individually: that is 10 say. 10 establish .
government over them in the form Of .
province.
The President Is night. II the vigorous
prosecution Of the war should he success.
iul, and the contingency ON whirh he ex.
poets 10 make treaty fails, there will be
no retreat. Every argument against cali
ing back the army and taking defensi, c
line will have double torce. afier having
spent sixty millions 0f dollars aud acquir-
ell the possession fihe whole Of MexirO.
and The interests in favor Of keeping pos
session would be much more powerful
then than now. The arny itself will be
larger. Those who live By the war. the
numerous contractors, the merchants, The
suffers, the spectators in land and mines.
and all who are profiing directly or in
directly by its prosecution. will be adverse
To retiring, and viii swell the cry Of ho.d-
ing on TO our conqnes.s. They constitute
an immense body Of vast influence, who are
growing rich by what is impoverIshing
The rest OF The country.
II is al this stage that The President
speaks Of taking the indemnify into our
own hands. But why delay il untH the
whole county is subdued! Why not
take il now! A parl Of Mexico would
be better indemnity now than The whole
Of Mexico would be al the end Of the next
when sixty millions "f dollars
will be aided 10 The present. eS expenditures.
We would indeed acquire control over
a much larger portion Of her population.
but We would never be able TO eXtoT, from
them, by all the forms 0f iaxalinn To which
you can resort, a sum sufficient in pay the
force necessary 10 hold them in subjeclion.
That force must be large one, nol less
certainly than forty thousand men. ac-
cor'ling To the opinion Of the Senator from
Mississippi. Mr.. Davis, who pusi be
regarded as compe,en, Judge upon this
point, He stated in debate The other day
that the army now there, exceeding that
number, are in danger: and urged. on that
accouni. the immediate passage of The bill
I" raise ten regiments. On this subject
II is as well In speak ont plainly al once.
We shlll never obtain indemnify for the
expenditures Of the war. They must
come out of the pockets Of the people ul
the United States; and the longer The war
is continued. and the more numerous our
army. The greater will be the debt, and
the heavier the burden Imposed upon The
country.
lf these views he correct, the end al
the policy recommended by The President,
whether contemp late,l or MT, will be to
force the Government to'adops one or The
other alternatives alluded TO in these reso.
lulions. With this impression | cannot
support the policy he recommends, for
the reasons assigned in thu first res. luton.
The FIRST Of these is, that il would be In
consistent with the ayowed object lor
which the war has heen prosecuted
That il would be so is apparent from what
has already been said. Since the CON.
inencement Of the war until this time, the
President has continually dissvOwed the
intention Of conquering Mexico and SUBJ
jecting her To our control. He has con-
stan,ly proclaimed tina. the only obiec,
was indemnity, and ,ha, the war is pro-
secuted TO obtain it by treaty ; and vet, il
the results should be as ! have stated, the
end will be, that what was disayowed will
be accomplished. and what has been a.
vowed 10 be its object will be defeated.
Such a result would be deep and last.
ing impeachment Of the sincerity or the
intelligence Of the Government: OF its
| SINCERITY. because directly opposed TO
what il has continually and eInpIlalicalIy
d'savtowed; or Of its intelligence. for not
perceiving what ought TO have been 50
readily anticipated.
We have heard murh OF The reputation