The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-12-25

The Washington Correspondent oil the
Baltimore Patriot asserts that there ale two
points in Presidents Folks Message which
will be apt 10 de,ract from its merits in The
estimation of we'll ballancedmnds.
"lst. The charge against England and
France-tle Governments ofthose countries,
not Two or three Of their small Charged Af
fairs-ofhaying in:eUiered 10 prevent the
annexation Of Texas 10 the United States,
and the taunt that in their failnfe "Earopean
governments may learn how .sain. Diplomatic
arts and antiques must ever prove upon Tbs
Continent" would better become some per
son or fInclionary less exalledthsn The Chief
Magistrate of the Nation!-SucIl tannt
towards France from The President of The
United States, in his official message to Con
gress,is certainly not calculated 10 do much
in the way ofcrealing The sympathies oftha'
nation, should We get into brush with Eng
iandi
.2d The President admits that he offered
the 49th parallel as a .''conpromise" setlle-
meni ofthe Oregon question Ibis too,
after he had positively aud solemnly de-
.clsred TO the American people that our right
10 the whole of that Territory was "clear and
unquesiionable! He says that after the
British Minister rejected the proposition. ii
was pithdra,rn, and our right TO the rchole of
Oregon asserted and maintained! If Mr..
Polk was sincere, in his inaugural, in assert
ing that our right TO the whole was "clear and
unquesiionabie, !" sshy was the 49th parallel
offered TO Mr. Pakenham? MIR. Polk says,
because our Government had twice before
offered it. Do three wrongs make right?
But The whole aspect of the case has mate
rally changed since those offers were made
by our Government. Neither Mr. Monroe,
nor Mr.-Adams, nor Mr.. Clay asserted that
our right to the whole of Oregon was 'sclear
and unquesiionable. y From The lights then
before Them, those statesmen, iffhey assert
ed that England presented no colorado title
to the Territory, did not avow that our title
toit was s'clear and unquestionable." They
believed there was authority for contention
in the matter, and hence they offered the 49h
parallel. But since that time, researches
have been made-old documents have been
hunted up-new lights have shone upon the
subject-and the great body of the people of
the United States have looked into The mat
Ter and become satisfied that Oregon is ours
up 10 the Russian line! Mr.. Polk, too, is salts
fed of this. lie has asserted that our claim
TO thatline sis clear and unquestionable,'
and yet he admits, thai, with such know
edge, he offered to CINE d,Oay to England al
thai portion of Oregon lying between the
parallels of 40 degrees and 81 degrees ant
40 minutes north latitude, for the sake of g
settlement of the question:
The Courier Des Etats Unia, the Frencl
Organ published in New York, speaks thu
of that portion ofihe Message WHICH relates
to France and to Oregon: i. 9,-
"Let us simply state, that ii (the message
will disappoint the expectation of those whe
expected TO find The language OF. the Demo
cratic President an eccentric or licenfou
rudeness, such as might help 10 give food It
the passions OF party. and be the provocaiiol
and signal for International struggles. We d,
not mean TO say that the message is not STAN
ped. ia all the questions upon which il touch
eA with frankness and with vgor. whcl
give 10 il powerful interest, aud even
terrible Importance. One may almost hea
threading ii the growing of the thunder
which has been threaining for SO long tim
to burst over the peace OF the werld. Mo-
withstanding all this, Mr. Polk has had tn
skill TO disguise in most surprising manne
the energy of his ideas, and the audacity 70
boldness) OF his intentions. under forms f0l
of moderation. tact, and courfsey. For
great many yeats past, the people of the Uni
ted States have never held forth TO foreip
powers language so proud and yei SO caim
Ifthere is not justice, at least there is Away
some dignity in complaints accompanie
with menaces. France comes in for he
share ofthese complaints; we take them o
her bebalfin good part; for if Mr.. Polk ha
reproached her will, an interference in til
tortuous business of annexation, which h
pretends 10 take as hostile TO the Unite
States, though not contrary 10 The rights {
nations, IAN interference which in reality, wa