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

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rs srssncs ana Vnsession. IN regard 70
Gen C.ss-he wrull rall him lis irirnd.
FIR hs Ia had many Kind passages Rish
him-he nishe.ihe wss hsIeghaI - nigh
nsk him personally ne qnessiaa. Gar hr
shosild receive = more 6ilect answer ihaR
hr is naW likely a. ohiain. What aFr GFn.
csss' real iuienli0ns On ihe MiinsCi Pro-
sisa. d ne event Of j. aAoPsioc b Con-
CREST
Nr. FnO;e sid he intended hereafter 10
shnw Naai Ills qneSiisn has already bern
very expllrilly snsWena.
Mr. Msngnm prnceetrd. nd inquired
whs' were Ten. csss' Eieus On internal
improvements
Mr. flanagan inquired shat wsEe lhs
Eiegs of Gen. faylnr. snd Mr.. fOo,e re-
marked lhal he had nai vet heard any re-
ply 10 he queries which he Dir. I. had
In n'ier day pr"pnunded.
BIZ. Mangum said thai he had express.
~ his eonEdrnee in he principles n 6en.
raylor. and he w..uid now say sui more
explieilly. that Gen. Taylor woEld 20 for
the improvement al lhe Mississippi.
Mr.. HanRegae. asld SO will Gen. rass.
Mr.. Mangum was jR-igning an 10 show
Fwhe'her he would 10 81. am proeec.!fd
10 an examination Of the rireumslances
connected with The veto ..f The River and
Harbor Bill.
Mr.. Ma"guga considered Gen. cass rs
The candidate Of The worst type II the de-
morracy-ihat type entertaining views
most Dangerous 10 the eOuniry-and thai
il elected. ihe country would he engaged
in al least two wars during his adplE's'
iraiiOn.
He went for Gen. Taylnr herause he
believed his administration would he Cor
the interests of the whule peopie--ihal he
would supper, the views &c that portion
Of sle Wing party who 90 Tor the peace
ill development of.ihe resources Of the
counlry-ihal he has al honorable regard
to the rights of other parties. and will
walk in the paths Of psarr. He cared
nothing for The lite petty questions nl POI
liIicians. lie went for Gen. Taylor ON
great. wide, deep principles. which he he
lieged influenced the better portion Of t.le
Wing party.
Mr. Eoole inquired whrlher he Mr..
Mangum) or any other Wing, was author
lied to say that Gen. TAYLOR considered
this country wrong and Mexico right, in
the war with Mexico!
Mr.. Mangum replied, as regarded this
war he knew nothing of Gen. Taylor's
opinions, but his own opinion was. thai
the administration had Numbered into tie
war. and had hlundeTed continually since.
Gen cass had sanctioned all It's measures
and he (Mr. NJ had gone for the nealy,
because he deemed il a duty to blupdel
out Of il the best way they could.
!. tie proceeded at considerable length, e.
an exsIninaiisi, al The origin aud prosEes-
of The Mexican war, TO show the chsrac-
ter Of their blunders, and tina, acquisition
was one of the prime objects. lie was
opposed 10 the acquisition Of fnot Of ter.
riiory. but for fair equivalent, and he was
opposed altogether to the even peaceful
acquisition of Cuba, though he was oP
posed also 10 allowing il to'lall into ths
hands Of Great Britain. He preferred tina
it should remain in the hands Of the pre-
sent possessors.
The Mexican war he regarded as Pre-
sideni-making machine, but was willing
now 10 EXTRACT sweets even from the bit
tsrest fruits, and take Gen. Taylor. he
rause he found that the man whn wa:
bravest in war was generally The mast pa
cific in peace. He quoted Wellington ant
Washington as evidence Of this. He be
lieyed that it was the art "f the Presiden
af the United States that brought on In
war. and not of the United States. thuugl
he did not mean 10 charge Mr.. Polk will
design to bring on the War.