The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-02
To the Editor of the U',ion'
N.,, Nna,, l,,na DE ISir

1
| deem it advisable to send you the Erenng Post Of
the 2sth of April last, in which the writer (myself)
collected together extracts from the Courier and En-
quirer and the Tribune, showing their positions in
regard TO the inaugural upon Oregon, before and
after the fareup in the British Parliament.
Neither of those papers ever replied 10 the Post
The extracts show that your assertionsnr regard, at
least these two wing entirely Justihed
| | am not aware of any censure bestowed upon the
address, in relation to Oregon, by any OF the wing
press, except by the .4mercon, now the Courier and
! ENQUIRER | think the present fit opportunity TO
republish in the Union the article from the Post, or
| so much of it as shows how gentle were the CEN
sures of the American before the lords of England
spoke, and how violent they became Immediately
afier
Yours, with respect.
From the New York Evening Post, April o.
| AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
! After looking carefully over the comments made
by the American press upon the inaugural message
of Mr.. Polk, one cannot help being struck with the
fact that this side of the Atlantic discover
ed anything in it calculated to compromise the
peace Of the world excite the ire of the British
government in relation to Oregon. Yet that mes
sage went through fierce ordeal OF criticism. II
was carped and caviled at by great portion of the
great wing party, who were disappointed in their
wishes, and met with no very cordial welcome from
a great number of democrats, who were not salts
| in regard to Texas. Yet no one suspected that so
much as the message contained relative TO Oregon
was anything more than very natural and very
frank expression of right and title to Oregon and
the proceedings ofthe people in reference to IT,
| Il remained for England to discover, that the
President of the Union had committed offence
against the courtesy of nations, requiring from her
| harsh and abrupt parliamentary action. The dis
covery made there, becomes recognised here by a
few very knowing old gentlemen. They sec II all
now they knew all along that the tone of the mes
sage was exceedingly improper, and would call
forth an expression of defiance from the British min
| They are mistaken. Reading the inaugural with
disposition to find fault with everything IN 1t sus-
ceptible of condemnation, and every wish to pick
flaw they saw nothing to condemn in the Oregon
passage; for there was nothing in it which de-
served the dsapprobation of the American people.
/ They found it a weak document, they called IT;
devoid of taste, Objectionable in form, and repugnant
to their particular views; but it is we believe, impos-
sibe to trace record any expression of condemna-
ularly refer.
/ In the mean time we shall continue to give our
readers occasionally the spirit of the public press
with regard to the question before it. SO long as the
subject continues TO occupy prominent place IN the
public mind. And we publish with pleasure in our
| columns of to-day communication relative to the
true position of the President and the people, which
comes from source emitting 1t to careful and i'm
| partial examination.
| For the Evening Post
THE OREGON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. POLK
AND THE BRITISH MINISTRY.
Agreeably to usage, President Polk, in his nau-
| gural address, touched upon those prominent points
of policy which he supposed the public felt the deep
est interest in, and foreshadowed the course of the
administration in regard to them. Among these, he
spoke of the tariff, distribution, United States Bank,
Texas, and Oregon. OF Oregon, he used the follow
! ing language:
"Nor will it become in less degree my duty to assert
and maintain, by NIL constitutional means the right OF the
United States to that portion of territory which lies be-
yond the Rocky mountains Our title to the country OF the
Oregon clear and unquestonabe and already are our
people preparing TO perfect that title by occupying with
their wives and children.
To belongs the duty of protecting them adequately
wherever they may be upon our soil The Jurisdiction Of
laws and the benefits of republican institutions.
should be extended them in the distant regions which
they have selected for their homes The increasing iac
ties Of intercourse will easily bring the statesof VIII oh the
formation in that part OF our territory cannot he long de.
layedwithn the sphere of our iederatye Union In the
time every obligation imposed by treaty
tional stpulations should be sacrediy respected"
| Immediately after the address was published, the
wing press generally pronounced it weak, com,
monplace production made up of old truisms, and
sgnifying nothing
| We not aware Of single fault-fndng COM
. ment from the whig papers upon that part relating
to Oregon, except by the New York American,
whose not Of the matter, but of the style
or taste of the paragraph:
he declaration that our title TO Oregon is unqueston
able Is not in good fa and the opinion Of the executive
in relation to the justice OF the title might have been
oppressed" says the American
i 1t is true, in its more deliberate comments the
American afterwards spoke touching the matter OF
the paragraph, but in terms of the most gentle dis
sent: A
1.-THE declaration about Oregon rather strong
ing that negotiation is actually going about that terri
How entirely changed is the tone Of the whe
press, since they have heard from honei The same
print (now the Courier and Enqurer) which GEN.
sured so gently before England spoke, now uses
this language:
are certain to result in war weconnue the bullying
recently adopted" sc.
| Again:
with Mr.. Polk President, have daily vibrations lie
sion Of settled prosperity We have from abroad -wi
and scorn instead of respect and friendship the nation
oil peace menaced everywhere
an the language OF Lord Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel
quoted yesterday the subject of MIR Folks declarations
respecting Oregon and in the tone and temper with which
such great and momenous public question Is treated we
cannot but feel that and Notifying rebuke is con
veyed to the hraggart spirit in which public
| treated thattopico
He who but yesterday was, in his censures, "as
gentle as sucking dove" now roars like British
hon. lie notc sees IN the paragraph of the address,
the "braggart spirt and in the tone and temper and
language of Lord Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel
when contrased with the language of the inaugural
he affects to "fee that severe and Notifying re-
buke is conveyed"
The paragraph about Oregon, so nearly right az
at first to be merely "not in good taste" and upor
further reflection only rathertoo strong has, since
the lords of England have spoken, changed entirely
the opinion that print that il discovers II
the inaugural "the bullying tone," and such enorm
ties as justly ente us TO receive "from abroad IN
,ciH and scorr, instead of respect and friendship
The New York Tribune, too, which we beliey,
bad no words Of censure before, upon the. Oregon
part OF the address, now takes its cue from abroad
makes most gross misrepresentation Of the Who'll,
tenor Of the Presidents remarks upon Oregon, ant
then Indignantly asks, twas ever the natural affinity
OF crime ,oih madness more palpable than here;n
The Tribune says:
I'm this state of things while the hold OF Great Britain
oregon daily relaxing and that OF this country sead,
from causes the most pepsble enduring
anu under an arrangement which neither party liberty
10 terminate without giving twelve months notice to M,
other rs proposed on our part TO make grab at IN,