The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-06

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ninsula i allogrIlsrr waElilsss, ard t.asrs
Is nolhing xoTth r0ulsndiHg 81 sOalA q
San Diego. oF about IzaiEude 81.
an saying fnai. II ronqnfsi % hoi 80
olirrt ID lie war. and Il lhe PFsirnard
rlsim Il Texas % de Rio DEL Aorss shall
be Abandoned. there ranaal he any Insspes
nile Oi.ssaelcs - The restoration Il pe@re.
Il il hy 70 means inlensird 10 assem- ahai
he tesn.s herrlofagr pEePosrd by rallarE
party sle 81 Ibis linae pEoPef. And ] ap-
prehrnd thal Inc dIaesns Eirws Il lie
subject entertained BY llloss Who slneeas-
In desire . speedy and jasa pare NAY eEe-
ale sOmr difficulty. There are some i'm
porlanI considerations = hlch may becomr
Inc Fuljerl Of subsequent arrangements.
For Ihe present nothing more y strictly
required Than 10 adopt lie principle Of sfa'
fus ante Lslium. a.. in other woSds. 10
eyacnale the Mexiran territory. and 10
provide Coz The payment Of tie indemhl.
ties due 10 our rilizens. The seruples 81
those Who object 10 any ressiOn Whatever
Of lrrTilory except an Terms unacceptable
10 the Southern States might he removed
hy provision that would only pledge =
territory sufficient for the puTp0se. and
lraTe il in the possession Of ihe United
States until the indemniIies had been full
~ paid.
Were 10 listen exclusively 10 ny own
feelings and opinions, ! would say that.
if the propositions which ] have attempt
ed 10 establish are coueel-if ] am not
mistaken in my sincere conviction that the
war was unpioyoked BY the Mexieans,
and has been one Of ubiquitous aggression
on our patti necessarily fellows that.
accorling To the dictate of justire. the L.
nilr,l States arc hound i0 indemnify them
Er having invaded their territory. lumbar
lrd their towns, and inflicted Ill the mis-
cries uf war ON people Who were fight
ing in tlrlenre Of their own homes. II
all this he true. the United States would
give but an inadequate compensation ioT
the injuries they have iniliried by assnm'
ing the payment Of the indemnilies justly
due 10 their own citizens.
Even If a fair purchase of territory
should lie convenient TO holh parties. Il
would be FAR preferable la postpone il l"I
the present. among other reasons, in or
der that il should mol have the appearance,
of being imposed on MexicO. Thrre ar,
also some important considerations Il
whirh il may not be imprnper To call u
this time the public attention.
Our population may at this time be as
sumed as amounting tn twenty millions
Although the ratio Of natural increase hai
already been lcssened from thirty. three Il
about thirty per cent. in ten years, the de
iiriency has been, and will probably eOn
iinue for while 10 be, compensated b,
the prodigiOus increase Of immigration
from foreign countries. An increase q
thirty per cent. would add to our popula
. lion six millions within ten and ncari,
!. fourteen millions in twenty years. A
the rate of only twenty-five per rent.
: will add 1--we millions IN ten and more thai
eleven millions in twenty years. Tha
the fertile uncullivsicd land within the Ii
: miis Of the States admitted or immediate
! ly admissible in The UnIon could sustain
: three times that number is indubilable
But the indomiIablc energy, the lucomo
tive propensIlies, and all the habits Of IN
: settlers Of new countries are such that no
even The united efforts Of both Govern
P menIs can or will prevent their occupy
. ing within twenty il not within ten year
every district as far a. the Pacific, an,
: whether within the limits Of the Unite,
States or Of Mexico. which shall not hay,
J previously been actually and bona fd
occupied and settled. by others. IL ma,
be said that this is ius,IIiahle by na,ura
law; that, for the same reason which sell
aside The right Of discovery, if not follow
ed by actual occupation within Il reasona
bile time, the rights Of Spain aud Mexic'
have been forfeited by their neglect or in
ability, during period Of three hundred
years, 10 cnlonize country which, tlrl
ring the whole Of that periot, they held
undisputed by any other foreign nation
and it may. perhaps. he observed that
had the Government of the United State
waited for the operation Of natural aud il
resistihle causes. these alone would hay,
} given them, without war, more thai
they want at this moment.
However plausible all this may appear
1t is nevertheless certain, that il will b,
an acquisition of territory fur the beneii
of the people OF the United States aud il
violation OF solemn treaties. Not onI,
collisions must be avoided, and the re-
. newal "t another illicit annexation be pre-
vented. but tho two countries must cool
" consider their relative position; and
whatever portion Of territory, not actually
settled by the Mcxicans, and of no real
utility TO them, they may he disposed Ia
cedr. must be acquired by a treaty freely
sssenled To. and for reasonable compen.
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