The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-07

10 1i.piay Whatever At rnuRgs NJ ,ls
pau Il lie ptlls FFlula,ian, ED F,v
hlrle eEisrhre q FalEaalasia lbl,aig sena 49,
whaie affair. All shss nrapas aen n,neh
% nRsksa ~ symPaihaxs. Mrrr IL
Csc raa6asd % lhs male paFnlusis,n 4
siseasd hare liitls - nanr. l.st ilassp
are lsriplrss weaaen md rhildtrn nlasr
wrraeiara randisiun. 90 lie srnFr II a..
rnanity. demands inteTlrgrncr. NAV -
lHsal liaesr i same lnfnfmaai..a ind1rinv
he belief mai Il j. MI sllogv hFFeFea nuw
var Il raees. Barharhino y nov IN
power. ard sch his hem IL siolrnre
IL laeiian that large PARTON II de-
fasrrs 0f Mrnd, : has aiilidraHn fsnm lie
army ~ ne change ID lie Gasenmsnt. 4
viii STATE n Ibis runnfxion shat pssl.snx
shouId have been said bslnFe. hi N.
inlslllgenre bronghi hy late arrival =.
New usleans establishes beyond ~ ron.
tro,ersy Thai Ensiand has nul bern i'm.
pliraled IN the affair. II appesEs thai
evSn he British settlement u The Belize
i lhErslened ~ Indians; thai HE rily L..
capluErd i not more Than one hundred
miles distant from that settlement. and
that ! despatch had been sent for addition.
u troops from Jamaica. This sppnhen.
sion of N attack had resulted from The
British settlement having sent down lew
vessels 10 The coast ~ Yurslan 10 pick On
The miserable lngiiises. n there had been
snr suspirian A. - The conduct ofihat sei.
dement,, or British suhjecls in that quarter,
these facts ought 70 Pu, IN end % lhem
forever.
How ar ought We 10 70 then on the
scare IL humanity ! am &c The opinion
thai al The naval force which we can spare
should Be sent 10 relieve these helples,
people. and that We should supply fnod
and Faimenl for their present necessities,
and convey them whrresoe,eF they De.
sIre-tn ruha or elsewhere. In word,
We should da al that humanity requires.
But | Cannot agree 10 carry oni the
provisions Of bin which authorizes
The President Ia use The army and navy
10 lake military oecupafian 81 The cuun.
uy. No considerations ri humanity,
or of the ascendency Of The white race
in Yuratan. justify, in my opinion, The
adoption Of such a COURSE Of pnliry. In
is nav rlear that The white population.
including The mixed rarc. il 50 prosirsled
and feeble. and the lndians 80 powerful.
that not hope remains of re.esisblishing
the permanent ascendenry of the former.
We can, doubtless, BY force, subject The
Indians aud rcinstale the whites in power;
bui The moment that We withdraw The for.
meF state 81 things will fecur. We will
thus b. prepcIuslly engaged in hi. work.
Now. am not willing 10 incnr The dam
ger and the cost of maintaining the asren.
tency ii The whites. am moi willing 10
have This TASK, which does not belong to
us, assumed By our Government.
come now 10 lie amendment of the
Senator from Mississippi. mir. Da,is.l As
bei@ cen HE bill and The amendment. 4
prefer the bill. They both propose the
same thing. II j. true The amendment
says only thai The President shall have
The power without prescribing what The
pIesId NJ is 10 do with il. But the Pre-
sI,ien, has told vs. hat he will 10. lie
has lold us as clearly as il il was pug in
The amendment. His ohjec, Is 10 take
military oseuratrn of yuealaa-l
rary ~ be sure, but il must end in peuna.
nent occupation. Now, | would rather
do that with our own sanction directly
which The President proposes 10 do, Than
under The cover Of This amendment. Nor
am ! rcconeiled 10 the amendment by The
preamble offered BY The Senator from
Alabama. think The Senator lad no,
seen all The documents when he offered
iha. preamble. Il does no, reach the
case. II presnpposes an obligation on
The part of lie Government ef lie United
States 10 defend The white race there be-
cause We had 50 crippled Mexico iha,
she could not afford them protection.
believe slate The substance of the prram-
ble correctly.
Mr.. LEWIS assenicd.
Mr.. Calhoun. Tie rass is rery diff
fercnt from what The preamble suppeses.
incatan does moi look 10 Mexico lnr pro-
lection. On he conirary, they are more
alarmed a. llc danger they have 10 fear
from Nexico Than from the Indians. In
fortunately Tor themselves, .Ley assumed
. position u neutrality, or, as they say, ef
Independence. They thereby became ,rai
tors in The eyes of Mexico; and no doub,
they will be held responsible a. such.
Hence We see Mr.. Sierra makes st.ong
iemonslrance against the treaty with
Mexico. Nay, he goes 50 far as 10 say
thai, as matter Of good fai,l, the United
States should not permit Yucatan 10 be
.aer'heed. There has heen, in my opin.
ION, eood deal Of mislnansg. men, in re-
ference 10 this whole affair. The peonle
o. fncatan were recognised as neulrals
Or mol, just as suited The pleasure OF lie
President So far as tho cnIlec,;o,, ,,c =