The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-20

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! will mot shrink frnm any Trxpor sibili,x
where the ssfrIy &c Us r0nnlry or 4. X
siiiniions are Al sake. -
Ti.r frst consideration Id deierniFl,sa
whnl lins of paiiry. IN lhe prss~ua So
af IhiIgs. ought % be sdapled. q % q.
eide uhal hne uill most filtrsnalls sn,,1
againsl me dangers whirh have si,..,.r p,
would result from lie conquest Of NIe,ieoa
and Tie DISASTROUS consequences 1hirh
would lallow Il.
Alienlhs hnasi mature reaesiion nlsrh
! have hern alie % gre 70 Ghe suhiee..
am of he opinion n0s. and have Iesp
from the lirsi. that the only one o. wh.r1
II ran be certainly guarded against ! IN
take the qneslian u indemnily in ontown
hands--IO occnpy ielensisely. AMI hnId
subject io negotiation. = porian el al.e .rr.
TiloTy of MeKirn. which we may deem
ample 10 rovrr al proper claims upon her
and which viii be best suited 20 Us 10 n.
quire and least disadyantsgeaus 10 her 10
lose. Such Was my impression when he
message of The President Of The Uniled
States recommended Ia Cangress the re-.
eognilion of the sKislenre Of The war with
Mexico. NV view. NJ that lime, n IN The
prnper course IN be pursued. was 10 soie
the supplies. 10 rescue Gen. Taylor and
his army from the dangers whirh surruun.
ded them. and take time 10 determine whe.
iher We should recognize The war or Mt.
Had il been adapted, ! would have insist.
ell on raising \ provisional army. 10 be
collected AZ a pEaper point and To be train.
cd and disciplined; but 10 postpone the
declaration Of war until the Congress Of
Mexico. in which, according 10 her c"nsli-
tuition. the war making power resided,
should be allowed lime 10 disavow The in
ienlion OF making war on Us. and 10 al.
Just all differences between the two roun.
tries. Bnl, n she refused. even then |
would have advised 10 seize, by way Of
n rrprisal. the portion Of her territory
which we might select. and hold il drirn.
siyely. as have just stated, instead Of DE-.
clsring war formally against her and that
mainly for The purpose of avoiding the
very dangers against whi-h these rcsOlu.
Iiuns are intended 10 guard. But snrh
was The urgency whIrh was supposed then
Ia exist that no time Was allowed To pre-
sent or press these views upon the Senate.
Such \ course, besides the saving uf IN
immense sacrifice Of men and money. and
avoiding the many other evils 10 which
the course adopted has already subjected
the country, would have efiectnally pre-
vented our being enlangled in the affairs
of Mexico. frnm which we find il nav
80 difficult To extriraie ourselves. This
consideration alone gives il decisive adj
vanlages over the course adopted. and
makes D. vastly superior. even il il should
involve the same sacrifice Of men and mo.
ney 10 maintain n defensive line. NJ would,
10 use the usual phrase. the vigorous pro-
secnlion Of the war. MexicO is 70 us as
a dead body. and this is the only way that
we can cut the cord which binds Us 10 The
corpse. $50 ~a5z .-e ...- a*aasaa -=s .s~.: r.
In Recommending This line of policy
look not 10 The interests of Mexico, but
10 those Of our own country. and 10 The
preservation Of its free popular insiiiu.
tons. With me The liberty of The coun-
Try is all in all. lf that be preserved. e.
very thing will be preserved /; but il lost,
all will he lost. To preserve il. il is in.
dispensable Ia adopt course Of modera-
tlon and jnsiice towards all other Gown.
tries TO avoil war whenever il can he
avoided ;',o let those great causes now
operating continue 10 work. aud which,
by the mere operation of time, will raise
our country 10 an elevation and influence
which M c"anlry has ever heretofore al
tanned. By pursuing such course, We
may succeed in r"mbining greatness and
lIher,y--lhe highes. possible greatness
With the larges, measure of libeTiy-and
do more 10 extend liberty by our exam
/ pie. over this continent and the " orld ge-
Morally. than would be done by a thou
sand victories. l, may he. IN expressing
these sentiments. that find no response
IN the breasts &C those around me. lfso.
i must he attributed TO the fact that am
growing oil, ant Iha, my principles and
feelings helong to period "f thirty or
lhlriy'hve years anterior To the present
date. j, is not, however. the first time
have ventured in their maintenance TO
stand alone on this floor. When Gen.
Jackson. some wears since. during The
latter part of his administrator, recom-
m"nded ~ Congress 10 Issue letters OF
marque and repri>al against. France,
s'ood alone in my plare here and raised
my voice against il, on The ground that
there was u" just ranse OF war with her;
that ~ entering into the treaty To indem-