The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-07-19

ihe fuhjnEalion n ! few riiiss sni Nh,
Tindifaiinn 81 The horror az sur rnuniry.
How wise he Administration. Mhal
paiIinlism and what craftsmanship las
James n. Polk exhibiiedl .~.
LEI - rOunl The costs for q Few mo-
mems. anj Ne stall see What comforts
orr puTe-unindsd Democrats hare lol
ihenfelaes.
W. Tie rslEahle lands 10 he nb:ained,
araio more lhsn pay for he war. Nav.
judging from lhe past. Low mneh are he
uniitd States In realize from i.lr purchase
Of Mfxiean soil! l. il better ronniry
Than louisiana and Florida! What did
they brirel Up "a. Is4O. lie whole re-
reipis from these purchases amnHnied on
II y shout sl04.uOO.0GO. while The cost
% purchase--0f eslinguishirg prior TILES
ard claims- and Of survey. dc amounted
10 sll2.69l. 35J-orer ss.OOO.OOO more
ihsn The n eeipls. Now What is the rom.
Try 10 gain to make up for The expense NJ
The new ieuiIoyl Did We stand in need
Oft! N0--sunly not. for We have mil.
lions Of acres unoccnpnd. better soil. and
nearer n home. Now let Us count The
cost. IN dollars:
For the purchase. sIs.NeOO00
Expenses Of war to obtain il. 100000
Exiihguish claims. 5.0u00e0
Salsries Of Sale officers. 100000
InteEcsl on debt ill raid. lsO,O0OIO
s427,O0O,OG
Nowsh man thai understands figures.
can say that This estimate is unreasonably
large. II will doubtless be third more.
2d. They iellns that the war has open.
ed new field Of enterprise. Yes, and
oil that can be made ont Of Mexico will
not support the widows Of those husbands
tho have lost their lives in that most use.
less and unnecessary war. For the next
,hiriy years, the government. the people,
must suPpor a band Of cripPles and pen.
sioners. of widows and orphsns, TO the
amount Of half a million OF dollars. Nav,
IL The money and men had been apprOpri-
aied 10 internal Improvements, they would
have helied our county with rail roads
and canals-fued school house in eve
ry neighborhood "a college in every
county, in the Uniun. Our rivers might
have been cleared, our harhors improved.
and life and interest Infused into all The
business ol life. Instead of enlisting SOL
diers, we might have had schoolmasiers;
instead of transporting armies of living
men aud dead bodies Ia and from the field
Of battle, we might have freighied our roads
and ships with the products Of industry
and the means Of sustaining life.
Sd. The worst and most bitter hostility
has been created between the North and
South in consequence Of The war. II has
been the means of throwing into the COM
busiible materials Of the North and South,
a fire brand, which we spprehend las
kindled flame thai will burn out The rot
Ienness Of the administration. Aud when
good feeling shall again he restored be-
tween the North and South, none but
prophets eve can see.
This can be regarded only as national
calamity, for no partizan can delight to
see hostile feeling spring up between
different portions of the Union. Let us
see then. at a glance, what comforts the
Administration bring 10 the sober thinking
men Of the country:
Profit No. /. Landed value at cost, Sls,000,000
2. Expenses OF securing
Treaty, '2C0.000,000
8. Existing claims, sale,
&c. 100000
q" 4. Interest on debt till
paid, l5O.ooo,oOO
9 5. Future exp's, &c. 80
years, 100000
S4S3, 100000
Comforts No. |. Loss of $4,000 men; !
.. Gain of $500 widowss
.@ 8. do of 5000 orphans;
~" 4. do of 1000 cripples;
22,5OO individ-