The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-07


sage. Ehzi lhsss derlzEasious base haran,s
Ehs seisiri polsry 81 ihis ssHnsEy. Mhaf
the arrlarzlhsns nrrls1isuas aEe ~
paligy. sna rsnnoi brrosar sefiicd pnairy,
lie masi mean li.ai il his hernmr ne 81,
slad paliryspf his e0sn'ry - resist Hlal
Ahese drrissaiioas selrr -; snd - Essls,,
i nsea hs. hy = sPpral - arms. l. his
he lscis Has laefr heen one instance y
whirh ilsfss Declarations haze hssa raF.
Iird insa stErri hy Fvsisiarns N ilsrSe
". In il r. pointrd aui. Have iheFe 40
hsea lrmusnrsai,le instances In y hleh II. y
hare M hern appliesi! Certainly. SiiIl
stranger slerlarasinas. under has hroad ~
tegpfegasian. seTr Overwhelmingly lire
wears Afterwards hv ihe saie af lie Re.
puhlirsn parry. When The Administration
"a ar. Adams crdesrased 10 apply llsenl
Nv sending ministers - The Coneress ii
Panama. - will BE- seen Nv reading lie
debates. aud The rroceeslings IN ihe sub.
jert. And lel me ssy-for il Is prnpeI
lhsl should make The declaration IN Ibis
nreasinn--that there has heen IN eniirs
reE"lailan hrtueen The Two raElirs IN this
eauniFy In feieEence 10 onr fnreign MIA.
inns. Az lie commencement ol our Co..
SeTnment. and down 10 4 late penod-I
will marx n--the commencement nf lark
son's administration. The policy of The Re-
pnbllcan parry Vas % avoid var - long
a. war could Be- avoided. and IN resort 10
every means 10 aveFt lis ealanailies. The
opPosile party. without heing a war par
~. hal moi 80 ,lecitled m srer-ion In war.
The Thing j. now reversed: and hence l.
Win endeaEorr.l 10 maintain the old ground
Of the party. have faI Years en nj gurs-
lions connected with nnr inreign relations
been compelled TO eo.opera'e with gentle
men on the arposile side. and 10 resist
those in the midst Of whom stand. No;
il - mol and never has been The establish.
ed policy of the country. And IL il should
rger bsenme So. To The wide extent 10
which these declarations have been inter-
rreIed n. GO, 0nT peace would ever he dis.
Iurbed; the gates ri onr Janus would ever
stand open; wars would never cease.
What The President has asserted IN This
case. i not prinripie belonging 10 these
declarations; il is 4 principle which. in
in his misconceptinn. he attempts IN en-
GRAFT npnn Them. but whirh has an entire.
y different meaning and tendency. The
q hal, isae ~ tl,a I.s.~..s - L.
recommendation il, that when anv Power
ON this continent becomes involved in i'll
Iernal warfare. and the weaker SHE choo-
ses 10 make application 10 rs lnr supp"r,.
we are bound 10 give them support fnr
fear the offer Of The sovereignty nf lie
country may be made 10 some other Pow
er and accepted. II goes infinitely and
dangerously beyond Mr.. Monroe's decla-
ration. II puts il in The power nf other
On this continent To make Us a
party 10 all their wars: and hence say.
if his broad interpretation he given 10
these declarations, We shall forever lie in
y0lved in wars.
But. IN disavowing 4 principle which
will compel Us TO resist every ease Of in.
erposiiion Of European Powers on this
continent. would not wish 10 he under
Stood as defending the opposite, that we
should never resist their inierposilion.--
That Is q position which would be nearly
as dangerous and absurd as The oiler.-
But no general rule can be laid down 10
guide US on such question. Every ease
must speak for itself--eyeiy rase must be
decided on iis own merits. Wheiheryou
will resist or not. and the measure of your
resis whether il shall be BY neg,-
lialIon, remunstrance. or some iniernedi-
ate measure. or hy resort 10 arms; all
his must be determined aud decided OH
The merits Of the question itself. That's
The only wise course. We are not TO have
quoted on us on every oceasion general
declarations TO which any and every mean
ing may be attached. There are rases of
where | would resort to Tie
hazard of war with all its calamiiies. Am
asked for one! | will answer. desig-
Iale the case oil. Cuba. So long a Cuba
emains in the hands Of Spain-a friend
Y Power, Power Of which we have no
lread-i, should continue 10 be, as il has
'een the policy ofalI Administrations ever
'ince | have been connected with the Co |
iernmeni. 10 lei Cuba remain there; but
with The fixed determination. which hope
lever will be relinqnished, that. il Cuba
lass from her, il shall not he into any ntlr- /
+ hands but ours This. not from feeling /
II ambition. not from desire for the ex-
ension Of dominion, but because that i'll
md is indispensable 10 the safety Of The
United States: or rather because il is in |
10 The safety Of The Uniled
states that this island should not be in GER |
ain hands. lit we're. our coasiiEg trade .
'etween the Gulf and The Atlantic would.
n case of war, be cut in twain. 10 be FOL.
owed by convulsise effects. In The same
ategory will refer 10 case in which
We might most righifully hare resisted,
lad il been necessary, foreign Power:
nd that is the case Of Texas. Ii has