Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-26

/ :" ~ - 'Ss'" V"oeiNct, anu then rc-puo-
'lsicd u as. As that paper has, from its po-
siiioi,, access to the sentiments of the illus
'fions chief of the whig party, it may b. sup.
posed, at least. To b. true to the right wbig
feeling We deeply regret. for the sake of
our party and our country, that few Eastern
Wing Journals, had not possessed, few
weeks ago, the same advantages.
From thc "OJssrrsr.'
q" Whatever m,y b. thought of the proprie-
" OF the course pursued by Mr. Polk i'm his
Inaugural address upon this subject, whilst il
was still under negotiation, We arc wholly NJ
a loss to know how il is tina; Lorl Aberdeen.
Lord John Russell, and Sir Robert Peel, can
state with such unqualified holiness, that their
ute - the Oregon is clear and iildispuinbie.
we do not profess to understand in full the
various grouat oil title as set up BY both gov
crnnien's; out so tar as Our examination goes,
we nave come tn tho conclusion in which we
believe we are fortified by every American
statesman, OF every party, that the claim of
the United States is, beyond the reach OF doubt
or equivocation, paramount to tina, of Grea,
Britain. Whether the claim is made, IN r,,,
on ancient or modern discovery or settlement
or whether II rests upon treaty. we believe
that II Is susceptible OF demonstration that the
hm'rican title rests upon an indcstructiblc
basis. We will not at prcscn, enter upon thn,
examination. We still hop, that am honora.
bic adjustment may be effected although. from
the tone OF the debate in the British Parlia.
ment, so enthusiastically chcercd and acaui-
csced I'm by the whole Parliament, il must be
apparent to all that the peace Of the country
hangs upon most prccarious foundation.
we cannot say that we Were unprepared
- tl,.,l
the news as 10 the manner in which the an
nexation of Texas was received in Enrland.-
How lar that measure has operated 10 produce
ms warlike demonstration by the British Par.
Lament, we know not but unqucstionably il
has had It's due weight in blackcning with
clouds the horizon of our foreign affairs. This.
as we have before said, constituted with ms
one OF the first objections to the mad and pre-
cipitate course OF John Tyler. i'm the getting
upand presentation of the question at the time
H. did. 1t was the doing of what no wise
people ever pennit-the making Of a mere
party question out OF a grave foreign interna-
tional subject
But be the cause what il may that has
brought down upon us the united threats and
denunciationso OF both Great Britain an / Me i 20
we very much tear they are acting i'm concert &
cooperation and be our confidence i'm those
tied, we deem it tho duty of us all to initiate
that policy which England has always pur-
sued and which is so strikingly developed in
tins very debate upon Oregon; and that is 10
present an Rproken front as one peopIc.
"When the rights OF the nation are invaded
ITS territory attacked, or its honor violated.
shouid all negotiation fail, Gas we trust il will
not,,) and the sword be made To settle the dis
pute, we doubt not the present race will prove
true to their revolutionary blood and be found
July able TO dgend and maintain American
sou and Americdn honor, either by land or sea
against Great Britain and her almost unbom
ded resources.
Although we should have been glad TO be
spared this cup, and have had no hand in it,
and although il now devolyes upon those who
sowed the whirlwind to direct the storm. VET
upon questions like these, and upon occasions
like this, zoe must forget, jpossitie. The parti-
san IA that broad and tlnobiing patriotism.
without which it makes but little odds where
man ilve-ln Europe or Amerca-under
crowned head, or the stars and stripes of free
dom"
We arc not alone either in our jealousy Of
the all-SraspinS policy of Great Britain and
our conviction that she ought not to be suffer
ed to obtain or retain one foot of ground or one
atom OF power on this continent. which we
in justice can claim as our own. If the WHO
however, had done us the honor to read our
paper Tor the last few weeks il would have
better understood our position and have seen
that we were not without good Wing backing
IN the West. The tone which we Wings i'm
this valley think ought TO be held towards
England may be understood from the follow
ing extract from the Lexington Observer ON
another subject. We have not the slightest
expectation however that frmness and energy
can be an attribute of the present feeble adj
ministration. The Observer says:
% Ii is well known that we have opposed
and do still oppose the Texas project, i'm all its
main features; but we are still more opposed
to Its being annexed to any other county. If
treat Britain shall by her influence be able to
defeat the annexation TO this country, il takes
out little sagaclty to see that she will be able
to make treaty with Texas, which will rem
dcr the latter as much mere commercial de-
pendency upon the former as Canada now is.
Against all this we make our protest; and we
shall be glad to see the men now at the head
oil affairs take AN honorable stand, although our
confidence III them is not so large as u grain
of mustard seed.
" We said that the territory Of the United
states Is large enough for US Tor centuries TO
come; and that it is cndangcriug the integrity
oil the Union TO enlarge our territorial limits
without any adequate consideration; but all
Tins loses its importance when the vast aues-
ton CONES up, whether all this territory is 10
fall into The hands of the most grasping and
powerful empire on this earth, and one which
on very recent occasion has sent over the
Atlantic bold note OF defiance to US through
the prime minister, and which was received
by all parties ia Parliament with unqualified
delight. The question is beginning TO assume
that complexion which. Nj. Clay said. if il
did assume, would make the path of duty OH
our part plain and pcrspicuous.
The "USos" modcsiy conicsseda few DAYS
ago that the present Administration does re-
move auditors, clerks. postmastcrs. &c. some