The New York herald., 1845-11-15

The increasing excitement in relation to the
questonand the certainty that exists the decided tone
oi PRESIDENTS message in relation to the claim of this
country to the whole Of the territory in dispute
avery unfavorable influence upon pr % of
and state stocks and steady decln has been expe-
renced during the past few weeks Private adyces from
London from the highest sources state that the govern
ment Of Great Britain will be triHed with upon this
queson-that they have claims to portion of Oregon
that must be respected and that the British
government seriously entertain the idea of giving
the required notice to this for cessation
the mutual occupancy should this session of Congress
pass without its emanating from government
1t is necessary that this question should be brought to
final settlement as soon possible. SO long as il re.
mains open commercial and financial affairs must be
all times unsettledsubcct to all kinds of fluctuations.
and the uncertainty that must hang every
ofhe country foreign and domestic restrict
ons very mnch and seriously check every enterprise
Of our Citizens We want permanency in all our com.
meca fea'ons there must be stability in all our TO-.
reign affairs that will give confidence to the merchant the
manufacturer the mechanic and the capitalist So long as
this question remains open the market value of all our
best securities will be deprecated and capitalists
fearful Of tho effect of any agitation of this subject from
time to time upon these investments, will be induced to
withdraw their funds altogether, and suffer them to re
main on deposit in the vaults of banks rather than
run the risk OF loss on stocks Our commerce feel
the evil effects of continual agitation Of this affair and
our merchants will restrict their foreign operations
ther than be harrassed with the doubts and fears antc
pated dificues with Great Britain must produce The
manufacturing classes neither gain lose much by the
uncertainty that hangs upon these questions the re-
suit oil ual hostites between this country and Great
Britain would be rather favorable to this interest than
otherwise as nonntercourse with the prncipal manu-
featuring country OF Europe would bwild up manufac
tories in the United States rapidly than anv tariff
ever invented or adopted could in an age
II has been tho fate of every interes 81 of this coun,
since its earliest history, to be continually unsettled bv
the agitation OF some question: upon the issue Of which
depended in great the prosperity Of every one
involved During the thirty years Of peace with eyery
foreign country have not been been free from some
political or commercial movement, deranging the Iegt
mate laws Of trade and from time time depressing the
markets. derangng our banking systems and producing
pancs in everything connected with commerce. which
are made of by the most desperate spectators and
frequently prove immensely profitable to that class of
operators The careful, legitimate merchant is fright
ened from his usual Of business and contracts his
movements, which taken advantage of by those bav
ing nothing to lose and everything gain The result
of all these panics has shown that a steady cour,s
would have been unattended with the ruin prediotsd