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

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rnpanry b. he MrxirsHs u de itHrao':s
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s,hseaasas Esfsfzl hy NsKseo 10 Eeueiss
rrsiaims raroy nOT lhe snrresses II aas
Amrnraa arms have ssreaed the qmfs,as'n
IL nehl. The rls'm Al Teas. whether
n N@w Mrxiea or - ihe loser portion u
The RIO Narse. ~. iirniieslls the same ;
- invalid snd gusnns!lsss in me case -
in lie a.lher. Nhs ir~iinrlian has been
made hw The EIernliEs has not heen "a.
Iri. Tie Lcl i. thai hs hzs established
s'IrmPorary government faE Nsw MsIi
-. a. country Conquered. and ~iihnu!
any rrgsFd 10 Tho claim Of Teas; Nhils.
an the Other hand. hr hss permitted that
State IN rflrnd 10 jurisdiction over the
Country living on The lsfi hank Of The del
Nsrle. shieh. hks New MeHiso. had been
conquered hy the arms ii The United
SIaIrs. MOI shs,lo~ n proof has been
sdiucsd 10 sustain he pussnsiOns Of Tee.
a. IN Ihai district; shd justice iIHpssious.
~ requires that Il should, by he treaty 81
peace, be restored 10 Mexico.
IL so happsns Iha. The boandar, which
may he Traced in conformity 9Th rhia
principls. 10 = natural one. and that. - 4
measure Of sapediency. none nOrs sllgi-
bic could haze bssn devised. A desert Of
one hundred anil IwenIy miles separates
the most sonIhwsslsrly Texan settlements
nf Corpus Christi and San Psriri" frnin
those 0f The Msxiesns on the lslI hank OF
the del Soris. ihan which no boundary
could he divissd halter eslenlalsd Ia pre-
vent collisions hereafter s<iwssn The iwo
nations. II viii be- sufficient for that pur.
pose 10 draw 6 nominal line through tie
desert. leaving al The waters Thai empty
into The RE Sons N Mexico. and all
those that empty into The Rio sneees W
Texas, insriher wilh sIrh oIhsr psosi.
sions respecting farihcaions and military
posts 40 may be necessary for the prsssr-
Walton Of peare.
The line Of he Mo Nor,e is one fiom
which Mexico would R perpeiualIv
threatened. and from which ,hen adjacent
town on The eastern bank may be bon-
barded. Such an inla.srASle nuisance
would perpeiuass most hosIils feelings.
With such nanOv river as lhs Bio del
Norse, and with . joint RICH, Of navigs-
ton, repeated collisions would 10 unavoid-
able.
Among thsss. when there vas nothing
but fonlsble river W cross, slaves sould
perpeiually escape from Texas; and
where would be The remedy! Are he
United States prepared 10 impose by a
treaty nm Mssi-o. ~hers slavery 10 un-
known, the obligation to surrender iugI-
tive slaves!
Mexico 10 greatly the weaker power,
and requires boundary which will give
her q. much security Is 10 practicable. IL
j. no, required, either for The preservation
of peace or for any other legitimate pur-
pose, that the United States should oeru-
py q threatening position. II cannot Ls
nationally supposed that Mexico will ever
make IN aggressive war against them
and even in such case the dessr, would
protect them against an invasion. Ii q
wsr should ever again take place bstwesr
the two countries. the overwhelming su
perioriIy of The navy Of the United Slatss
will enable them 10 carry on their opera
tons wherever they please. They would
within month reoccnpy the lefl hank o.
ihe Rio Norie. and within short time
effect landing, and carry the val 10 I'll,
quarter they pleased.
Must the war be sill prosecuted for al
oblec. of no intrinsic value, to which IN,
United States have no legitimate right
which justice requires them to yield. an,
which even expectancy does not require
Sf.-RscspiiuIstion.
Its an indisputabls far, ina. he annex
alton of Texas, then al war with Mexico
was taniamount 10 a declaration OF war
and that the comparative weakness oil
Mexico alone prevented in GovsrnmsnI
from considering it as such.
Under these circumstances, it was evil
DENLY tho duty OF the United States 10
use every means to sooihs and conciliaie
the Mexicans. and TO wait with patience
for an unconditional recognition Of The in.
dependence of Texas, till the feelings ex.
cited by our aggression had subsidized.
II has been shown that after Mexico
had resorted, as a substitute for war, IL
the harmless suspension of the ordinary
diplomatic intercourse, the attempt 10 max.
il retract that measure, before any nego
iiations for the restoration VI harmony De
tween the Two countries should be entered
into. was neither counienanced by The &C
knowledged law Of nations, nor necessary
for any useful purpose, nor consistent with
. proper and just sense Of the relative pc.
sition in which the aggressive measures