The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-11-22


II is customary with eur coun,r ! men n
sPeaking Of the pessibiIity sf ! fereign val
to assume IS matter of course that We
should cone of victsri Gus, and that right
speedily. The extrasrdioary troable We
had in sabduing rebellion backed by No
financial resources whatever ought to in
dace " ~ be less confident ID This assun D
tion. since the financial, naval sad militia
Icy power Of na.isus ike England and
Frauce FAR Transcend what Ne encsu ntered
IN the late southern var. Bet il must not
be forgotten that these European Powers
are faIly inprsssed with the magnitude Of
our resources and the warIikc character of
our popalation, and that Is, in the case Of
the war with Russia, great combination
was resorted to for the purpose Of render
ing success certain. and as the Intervention
in MEXICO was begun under similar auspi-
ces. and the conduct Of England and
Frsnce toward us during our civil war was
regulated BY agreement, and was in psint
Of TACT an alliance against rs, We must; in
case we nndertrks . foreign war. expect a
great and powerful alliance against US,
syer which u night tar our powers to the
serv utmost to prove successful.
Then the question arises, should we
come OF victorious in such contest, would
We net be ruined for all subsequent efforts
By the vast mountain Of debt il would leave
uss We have now AZ much as We can ma.
mage TO provide for sur existing aoIi igations,
and il remains 10 be seen whether, in an
era OF peace, without the patriotic excite.
nent Of the war to busy them up, our peo.
pie viii patiently bear the load of tar alton
rendered essential by the war debt. Ii il
tree that in great ioreign war the patri-
otic fervor to which we have alluded would
be tenfold greater, but the loads of deb,
would be far beyond all our present ideas,
so far, indeed, as to lead even patriotic
people to deliberate as to our ability TO bear
such burdens.
IL we assume that we could solve the fs.
cal problem. let US ask whether the condi.
iion Of our empire at the present time is
one 10 be ,isked in great war against 4
po~erful European alliance: Tiers can
be no reasonable doubt that all the Indian
wars sf the last four years were fomented d
by rebel emissaries on the one hand and
agents af the British fur companies on the
other. With the French in full possession
IN Mexico they would be much more vigo.
rous th.n the rebels ia fomenting wsrs a.
mnng MI the central and southern tribes.
while from the norih the British fur traders
would work With hearty good will, be-
cause II is 10 their interest 10 discours pe
the progress OF our settlements on their
border. Our Pacific colonies are fully
three thousand miles distant from the mil-
itars and naval resources which would have
10 defend them. and although We are able.
10 make ourselves felt NJ sea, /, i doubt.
iul u We could contend there successfully
against England and France combined.
Within ten years We shall fase railroad
built To the Pacific. supported BY a chain
OF settlements all along the route. With
shrswi forecast. JEFF. Davis. when he was
President Pieree's Secretary Of War, saw
these things. and urged the Pacific Rail
road A. military necessity.
Even with the Pacific Railroad built and \
IN operation. we should have hard work to |
contrnd against an Anglo French alliance,
with France operating from Mexico as
base, and England drawing her resources
IRON India and Australia, and using Bri-
tIsh Columbia asa base. What we need il
time to enable Us to populate and organize
our immense western domain. IL 10 net
merely railroads and stage roads and min.
ing settlements thM we want there. We
must have population with resources to
draw upon IN case Of war. We must have
agriculture, commerce..an the mechanic
arts established in those remote wilderness
e. We must havp society permanently
organized there, with all the Institutions
WHICH attach man to his home and render
him willing TO Eight for il.
Looking to the northwestern border, we
lind our colonies weak in numbers, def.
cient 10 alfresPec's, and standing in great