The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-12
sPEEH or HR WEBSTER.
or NIfsacuUsETTs.
ON THE WAR Win MEXICO.

The Senale having under consideration
The bill from The House Of Representatives
Ia authnrize = loan not n exreed the sum
VI sIxlren million of dollars. Mr.. Web
SER addressed The Senate On The subject Of
lhe Mexiran war In speech 81 ronside.
rahle length. Of whirh We snd the follow.
ing account in The Sesle's niIieisl Report:
Mr.. Webster said: Mr.. Presiieni. on
Friday bill passed. the Senate for the
raising Of tn regiments Of new iroops faI
tie further Prosecution OF the war against
Mexico. and We have bcen ininrmsd that
the measure Is shorty 10 be followed. in
this branch Of the Legislature. nv = bill 10
raise twenty regiments Of volunteers Tor
the same service. | was DESTROYS. sir.
on Friday, IN express nv opinion against
the object Of those bills-agalnst the sup.
posed necessity whirh leads to- their enact
menl. and against the general pnliry whirh
they are apparenlly designed TO promote.
Circumstances personal to mysrif. hul be-
yond my centred. compelled me 10 lorego on
that day the execution Of Ihis design. 'fhe
bill now before the Senate is 4 measure
Tor raising money TO meet the expenses of
the Government. and to provide the means
As we'll for other things a. for the pay and
support Of these thirty regiments.
Sir. the scenes through which We have
passed and are passing here are various.
For fortnight the world supposes us TO
have heen occupied with the ralihraiion
ola treaty Of peace. and !ha. within these
walls
"Ths world shu. OUT
noies Of peace. hopes Of peace. nay. strong
assurances Of peace. and Immediate peace.
have been uttered In console us and 10
rheer us. Il has been over and over again
stated that We have ratified iiealy-of
course 4 treaty Of Peace; and. as the coun-
Try has hern led to suppose, not of uncer.
tain, and empty, and delusiye peace. but
real. gratifying, and enduring peace; \
peace tina, shall slanrh the wounds Of war.
proven, the further eiinsion of hlnod. cut
of these enormous expenses. and return
our f'irnds, and our brothers, and our
children nc they he yet living y from a
land Of slaughter. and land Of still more
dismal dssiririicp, b. .cl;.ns,e.. a...- See
sides and our arms. Hardly have those
halcyon sounds ceased upon our ear until,
in resumed public session, we are sum
moned To fresh warlike operations; 10 the
creation Ola new army Of thirty thousand
men for The further prosecution of the wal
Ito carry our power, in the language Of the
President, siill more directly into the vital
paris Of our enemy, and 10 press home.
by the power oflhe sword, the claims tina,
we insist upon against fallen. PROSTATE.
had almos, said an ignoble foe. II |
may judge Of the opinion of the honorable
member from Michigan, or other speeches
delivered in this chamber, there has no.
heen time from the commencement oi
Tie war when il has been more urgently
pressed upon us. moi only Ia maintain. but
10 increase our military means; moi only 10
continue the war, bu, 10 press i. with more
vigor than at the present time. Pray, what
does all this mean! Pray, sir, ask. is it
confessed, then, tina. we are no nearer TO
peace than we were when we snstchedup
a bit Of paper called, or miscalled, a treaty,
and ratified il! Have We get TO fight ii
out 10 The utmost, as il no pacifcaIion had
INTERVIEWED! | wish To treat tue proceed
ings Of this and every department Of thus
Government with the utmost respect. Gnd
knows that the constitution Of this Gov
eminent, and the exercise Of its just ,ow-
ers in the administration Of the laws un.
der il, have been the cherished object Of
all my unimpor,an, life. But il the sub.
iect were not too deeply interesting, |
should say that our proceedings here
might well enough cause smile. In the
ordinary transaction Of foreign relations in
this and all other Governments, the course
has been to negotiate frs, and 10 ra,iiy
afterwards. This would seem To be the
natural order of conducting intercourse be-
tween foreign States. We have chosen
TO reverse the order. We ratfy first and
negotiate afterwards. We set up a treaty,
such as we find il, and sucl, as we choose
to make il, and then we send two minis.
tiers plenipoten,iary TO negotiate ,hereupon
in the capital of the enemy. One should
think, sir. that the ordinary course of pro-
ceeding was much the wiser; that 10 me-
gotiais, hold intercourse, come to some
arrangement by authorized agents, and
then to submit that arrangement, to the
sovereign authority, to which those agents
are responsible, would be always the mos,
desirable method Of procedure. II strikes
me that the course we have adopted is
strange, is grotesque. So lar as know,
it is unprecedented in the history of diplo-
matte intercourse. Leaned gentlemen on
the fnor of the Senate, interested to de.
feud and vindicate this course, may, in
their extensive reading, have found ex.
amples. ] know none. .-*
Sir, we are in possession, by military
power. of New McKee, and lsliiornia,
countries he,onciRG hitherto 10 the United