New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-03

cie resicn VII opea TO TIE eErant slto coea 70 az
h6slY 70 be hezaj the settlement u the tat -
pie It keoys that The people Of Dragon and the people %
he Unied STATES equally anIiouS foi ths inofs
ing The resio Which IS sdpr,eby oer shah b. 81 stsfi
as an tndcPende, empire q vsic ersa E I as;e a ne the
Dnt occupancy over part OF The territory ~ Pses @ .
whole OF under The y9i 9eogPgses sd be Inted ts
i. would not sp, he difference N dpue. o, ~ @oeg CIV
lsSed b. he result Of he ssdon treaty. It may yet ven
tu!e to claim
We are not surprised to ses that every jou1nd
| which undertakes to assam cur views regarding
| Oregon is obliged TO commence by grossly misre-
presenting them. We neper said that this coun-
ty has superior title TO the whole of the territory
VIC choose to call Oregon, for that is not true
Our only v4Ed title to that region is based on the
cession Of Spain in Mr.. Adamis's Florida Treaty,
which was subject, beyond all question, to ,he
compact by Spain with England at the ConYen-
ton Of the Escurial in 1870, nearly thirty years
before. That Convention expressly authorized
Great Britain TO make settlements on any part Of
the West Coast of America North of tha settle
nents already made by Spain-thatis is, North OF
California. Under this compact, British settle
ments have from time to time been made IN
various parts Of Oregon, and suchparts are
rightfully British territory. Other portions
have in like manner been settled by our peo
pie, and these are rightfully our terltoFy'-
As these rival settlements are separated by
no natural boundary, and are very probably
interlaccd with each other, we see only two
modes of adjusting the conflicting claims Of the
two nations. One is the adoption of a Compro-
mise line, for which we propose tie 49th parallel
of latitude, being the same which divides our
territory from the British on this side OF the
Rocky Mountains from the Lake OF the Woods
westward to their suromits--a much greater
distance than thence westerly to the Pacific
Ocean. The region farther North is too cold,
too mountainous too barren, TO be settled by cur
people, or any others of decent intelligence; il
has no nevigable rivers or other features which
should render it desirable, and why we should
pick quarrel for it who can tell Great BIZ
tain will doubtless refuse, on the point OF honor,
TO be driven utterly from region first occupied
by her subjects years before we had any nghtful
claim to it, though she places much luster
estimate upon it than our people have been taught
TO do. She mus. resist the expulsion Of her sub
jects and her authority or be dsgraccd in the eyes
of the world. Why should we drive her TO this
alternative Why spend millions Gas we must
five begin) to take Military and Political pos
session of Oregon, when our citizens, in strict
compliance with existing treaties are rapidly set
ting all of it that is worth our having Let the
compac. of Joint Occupancy stand, and we shall
have the Valley Of the Columbia and all South
of it within few years, without incurring ex-
pense or hostility. Oar settlers in Oregon now
govern themselves, and appear to do it very
cheaply and admirably. All that they need OF
us is protection from Foreign domination, and
that the existing Treaty secures them' They
arc now remarkably temperate, energetic, viz
tuous community. But let rs send them cut a
Territorial Government and Military force, and
these will carry rum and dissipation along
with them. The current OF the settlers thoughts
will be turned from planting, building and rearing
stock to bullying the far less numerous British
settlers, dominecring over them through the ex-
tension Of our laws, and grasping at the whole
territory. live know when we are well OFF, VIC
shall just let things take their natural course.
The other point or which both we and the
National Intslligencer are misreprcsented is not
less material. Our suggestion of surrendeEipg
the whole of Oiegon to itself is based not on
dis.rust of but confidence in Republican inshtu-
tons. We believe an intelligent and virtuous
people can govern itself better than it can he
governed otherwise and 50 we believe those who |
shall settle and subduc Oregon can manage their
own affairs better than we would manage them
here. The laws, the policy, that would be best
suited to US might not be at all adapted to their
condition or their needs. We do not think they
could SO well Judge of the policy demanded By
the interests of the American People as We could,
yc their weight might often turn the scale in the
contests of policies and parties. There could be
no possible danger that Oregon, left entirely 10
itself, would be any thing else than a Republic,
warmly attached to and intimately allied with
our own. British influence and British instiiu.
tons would be as dust in the balance. And
where could we ind more definite and impreg-
nable boundary than the SUBMITS Of the Rocky
Mountains
~. communication our, signed Anti Rent,
tuned gross and wsnton slur The Military recently
bed u, Hudson which would bsve struck had
escaped our notice. No matter whether there
any occasion io calling out Military those who responded
to she summons the strict line Of duty, ard d,e.ye
thanks instead Of osu We they have too much
segespec; notice the base mpu,atoH them. bur
do not the less regret hatii crep, into columns
u RALgIcH T. DANIEL, an able and ardent
Wing of Richmond, was on Thursday chosen a
Councillor of the State of Virginia, in place of
John Rutherford, Loco, superseded. The vote
on the second ballot stood
Senate House. To;1l
Daniel, Whig,--....----n Is ~
Rutbe,tord, Loco. 80
Majority ......5
There were five Senators and 6ve Representa-.
;ives absent, or who had paired eff with those
who were. We believe this vots IS pretty fair
indication of the relative strength OF parties in