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


woaa hNRe esssed in h0slIl1lirs. A .asg
line 4 mOEs ihaa = tispnksud mslrs IL
ssr6ard shr hosndsEy hsgMren - an1 'IrK
- eEpased y u lie hazard a bee.smia.
sAtaitrd ruasgsndE II wsr wiah hrr. sap
ported - Rrrai Bsitsin AMI Meair0 y
her Allies. Iszw III llis: ! sas cieshs
ihal 4 aas = rase - Frslsl lnisrpasilloa
and that there was ~ nshef mode b
which resistance rnssld he made exrsp
- snnexaiion. and lhersEoFe | ass in il
gnr u anarxalioa, eEsn i he hazard d
War.
Ilul I was asked nv one of lie mem
hens II The COMMITTEES m Foseign Rels
sions. Il | wasili he in lasor of sesisiins
Gmai britain If she should assers sote,
rrignsY and dominion orer fpeaaani
answer. | would not. And Cor Irresistible
rrasnns. I wa1ld M. becsase he roan
try il. - great extent. masl worthless
one. Nearly nne-hslf il destitute % !
single siresm-ncky and harFen through,
anI the greater paEi; snd il il only BY
means Of the artificial sesersoirs If waler
that they are ensbled 10 lave lhrnugh he
dry srasan. ] would mi. herause Ihs
Possession &c Ynraian would contribute
nothing 10 the defence 0f The passage he.
iSeen Il and Cuba. which Is represenle.
10 he 50 imp0Flani 10 onr commerce. Il
i NOT without it, imporiance-ilis impoE.
ianI In The inward trade. hnt nni Al all 10
the outward trade ~ the Gulf. There is
. constant current OF wind and wafer sci.
Ting IN Thai direction. VI whish vessels 60,
ing 70 New Orleans, Or any olher porl IN
the tsulG. may avail themselves. But on
coming frnm those por,s. they almost inra.
rally take their way between Florida and
Cuba, and Inns tie passage between fuca-
tan and Cuba j. The lnlrl 10 . limited ex.
tent inin Tie Cali. but not the outlet from
IL; while The passage between Cuba and
Florida Is Tile almost exclusive outlet and
The principal inlet. ! speak in reference
IL eoas,ing vessels. In voyages from
Eurnpe they pass south Of Cuba into the
Gull.
lint | take higher grounds. lfii were
ever 20 important moi only IS m inlet. bni
an outlet. The ocrupsiian Of Yueaian BY
England would add nothing TO her power
in cutting "f our trade Yuca,an is very
d, sIilule rf porls-therc Is not frigale
porl Land down in the charts ON The whole
Peninsula, unless that al The Belize be 30.
But with or without Yucaian. Great Bri.
Tain possesses an uncomfortable power
over tic passage whenever she chooses Ia
cxrr. IL. II ever we should be engaged in
a war with her. there is not single ves-
sci of ours. even il We were in possession
vi Yucatan. ,I,al could enter into the t;uli
by that passage. or depart ont Of il. The
passage from the Gulf helwren YucaIan
and Cuba does moi. as seems 10 be sup.
posed, lead dilecily into ihe Atlantic, but
into The Caribbean sea, which is that
portion Of the Atlantic ocean, having on
lis nnrlh aud west side Yncatan and Gu
b. on the east The tYlndwari Islands !:
and on HE south all that portion Of South
America extending nearly from 0rcnoco
10 Yucstan. Great Britain has The com
plc,e command nf that sea. the island OF
Jamaica hcing in the midst 81 il. Janiai.
Ga abounds wi h the finest ports, and The
most r"nnodinus naval stations. In adj.
,Iilion 10 that, she has The Belize, which
is nearer the poin, of iucatan than I.agu.
ma or Carmen on the Opposite side Of the
Peninsula next the Gull, and which is the
nnly port on that side in which even a
.loop If war can enter, and Of course the
Belize is better calculated 10 command
HE passage. In addition. she possesses
many Of The Windward Islands 10 the easi.
aud hfnce the complete command Of The
sea. and she will continue to
possess il so long as she retains her as
tendency on the orean. |. would be thus
locked up elfectually agains, us in time Of
war. In time of peace we do mol need il.
But would not take military possession
of Yuca'an. if | were certain Great Brl.
sflH Ahlttls II dHtHHCt lGdeblts WI WHY
because il is worthless, but because il
would impose on us very heavy cost Of
,oIh men aud monry---frst 10 take pos.
session. and then 10 keep IT. The exien,
" which our expenditures would g. no
nan can estimate; we have no data on
which we ran act. The population is
'etween five and six hundred thousand.
+ which only fifty thousand are said To-
e whites aud mixed blood. The Indians,
originally very peaceful and quiet peo.
,ie, unaccustomcd Ia arms, from being
frequently called in,o the contest between
he factions and The war with Mexico.
ave become accustomed to them. and
,ossessed Of some military knowledge.
they are represented rs very active, ca
,able Of marching rapidly, and 10 tie ha-
IL of flying To The mountains 10 escape
rom their pnrsuers. lii that climate. a.
uong The most and upon earth. il these
,eopIe fly before us. how or when will
his war come to an end, Il may prove
mother Seminole affair. Who can an
wer what will be the sacrifice Of men