The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-09

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e0AHHy aMes noEe. undeF Pros idrnre. q
this happy roareFalioa llsan % he Ms.
dom % lie prudence 81 ne Execnsiseds
parlmenl II he GorrEnmFnl. o. "a Mr.
Ssnsinr t'sss. When he hisfosiaa tlltl
rome 70 e'snsidcr Ibis farruf orr annals,
| think i prsibaislr he my long dnni.i. N
many 81 ~ have donhietl. me real oi.ierls
and purposes &c Ile E1erulive. Whether
lhs EKecuiiyf roma E.ls and In faei nsranl
20 push aut the pseiensiaas Ne had setup,
or wheihsI, feeling thai lie had rome inlo
he fTesiienry with bHi liille vllaraeIer,
he meant ID make a. name and : IlfIse''
Eor boldness. spiii. and high paIiiaiisln---
relying ~ the last resaH npan ra1lili0n
heiween lie British wings and lie
..nulliiieEs" 10 hold him up and Ia IIiwan
aad arrest the sxiFme energy nf his pr
lrintism. SO, tia, if lie should get mel.
Their waT Nor The y laEle al Oregon. he
might go bsioFe Tie country with high
claims ior asserting al lie peoples rights.
which he undoubtedly would hsse ub.
lsincd but ior this unholy coalition. There
were some IL Us who were determined
that i.iis shallow sIraSgrln. IL il sAisird
Al all. should not he RI ,yed or an ns sue
lcessfully. Whatever were the purposes.
Ihir j. reriain, that the President, when
Do6o.ly did hold him np. lad she r.,sInrss
|And philosophy " hold himself up! '.oh.
my counirsmen. what a faIl!'
Lea me do General Cass the juslire 10
say. illat when his leader backed oul ol
this dangerous controversy. lie submitted
with The m'sl imPerIurhIble good humor.
Gen. Gass is a waIiur. and his header
might have been. had he lived III tic days
'Ol Agamemnon.
The war with Great Britain having
been settled, this "name and fame for spi-
Irit" might be- exiinguished forever. IL one
could not be got up elsewhere. We had
exactly the state Of relations with MexieO
that most favored these ambitions aspir-
lings. With statesman al the head Of
our Government. the war with Mexico
might have been avoided rs easily us !
can now avoid offering you, sir, person.
al indign;y. Had the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. Cslhonnl remained in the
State Department, and his wise counsel'
could have prevailed. we should have haC
neither war nor scarcely the -r,Im0r d
war. The matter Of Oregon being set
tied, with wise Erbearance the Mexican
matter would have settled itself For
with all .ihe Wanting and gascnnadInl
spirit OF Mexico, She never would have
though, seriously Of war against us bul
for the hope and expectation tha, we
would a, the same time be engaged ia
war with Great Britain. In iha, event
she might have hoped for mueh, bal alone
and single.handed she never would have
dIeamed {! u. g..s .. ..s~ $751;
Disregarding this ANXIOUS policy. ihc
Executive pushed iato Mexico minister
WIN acted upon them more like fire.
brand than messenger Of peace. The
President moved the army from Corpus
Christi 10 the Rio Grandc. That made
The war inevitable. II was an aet Of wal
the one.man power in It's worst, rnos'
dangerous form aud ! hold him and his
advisers--the Country and pusteriiy will
hold him and his advisers, General Cass
a. one Of them-Iespansible for this dan.
gsrons siolaiion Of the constitution, and
| for all The blood and treasure that thai
war has COST our people. II may be ths
il was not wickedIy begun; If moi, The
President weakly blnndeIed int. il, AMI
may say he bluntleied OFT Of it; for peace
came against all Executive expectation
and when, in truth, they had M one il
Mexico authorized to make a treaty
Yet, when come il did, il is due 10 TIN
president to say--he being probably NOR
anxious for peace than any other man il
1.-The republic-,hat he periodically, and
think wisely, overlooked serious iregu
lariiics. and, agains, strong opposition
in his cabinet. took the responsibility, ant
sent the treaty to The Senate. | d" no
desire 10 stint my commentialian oi ,h'
course--next 10 not being wrnng at ali,i
the virtue Of repairing il as so"n as posi-
BILE. And here lei Inc say. in justice Z
General Cass. that Notwithstanding IN
high war spirit, and that the ten regimen
bill was moi passed through the Senate
| yet with commendabie assiduiiy he SC
! about getting the treaty ratihed. 5u
. Gen. Cass was not TO be- ,hwar,ed whol
. ly; though he had MOI got or SWALLOWED
. the whola Of Mexico, yet he ailerward
, got Through his len regimen, bill; and ''u
r for the Baltimore Convention calling hn
1 from his post-to The loss of his coun,r
4 If the ratification in Mexico had been
lille longer DELAYED, il cannot be danbie
!, that Mr.. Cass would have got his Invent
n regiment bill also.
l. That this wal has been prosecuted iroI
e the very first with views of territorial Z.
l. grandizement, is now obvious To ever
,f one. If il did not originate IN views I
" that sort, il was continued TO slgnaiiz
= and illustrate an administration that ha