The North-Carolina standard., 1845-11-19
THE OREGON QUESTION.

echo for North Carolina, wakes warm in It's antl-
Oregon, anti-American sentiments. That paper
of Friday last contains the following q 4
The porientous intimations from England
brought by the Caledonia, taken in connection
with the language of the Government organ at
Washington. would seem to indicate that trouble
is brewing, and will certainly come, unless Mr..
POLK qualities in his forthcoming Message the
expressions used by him on the Oregon question,
in his Inaugural, and at which the British min
istry, Parliament and the public Press took such
umbrage But the 'Union,' the Presidents or
gan goes even farther. It is constantly exclaim-
ing Oregon-thc whole of Oregon or none =
and leaves full ground for the inference, that the
President will strongly urge the passage of a
bin for Immediately extending our Government
over the whole of Oregon. Such step would
Immediately bring about a crisis argument
would be exhausted and as Gov. TRoUP said
on memorable occasion, we should have no al
tentative, but TO stand by our arms Are the
American peopIe-are the people of North.Caro-
lima prepared for such resultW ..... =.
Mr. Polk isto equality" his expressions! He
is to take back the truth. to please the "Parlia-
ment and the public Press" of England He
is to surrender our rights, rather than beard John
Bull and an angry Parliament High times,
indeed Glorious times for these free States,
aud people to give up their undoubted rights, or
go into battle for them without the consent or as,
sistance of said presses, with English Editors at
their head
Passing over the discoveries of Spanish naviga-
tors, under which, to some extent, we hold title,
we'll all disputes to priority Of disco
very by the English, (Which we must do on ac-
count of our lack OF space.) with the promise TO
lay before our readers ere long much valuable
matter on this question, we come at once to the
speech OF Mr.. BENTON in l824-that masterly
effort in favor Of American rights and breathing
the best American sentiments. In this speech de-
livcred in the Senate in 1925. Mr.. Benton rested
our right 10 Oregon on the following undeniable
propositions: First. Discovery Of the Columbia
River by Captain Gray, in 1870. Second, Pur-
chase of Louisiana, in 1903. Third, Discovery of
the Columbia, from its head 10 its mouth by Lewis
and Clark, in 1905. Fourth, Settlement at Asto.
ria, in 1911 Fifth, Treaty with Spain, ofl8I9.
By these several titles continues Mr.. Benton, the
United States have collected into her own hands
all the rights conferred by first discovery and first
settlement reinforced By all the claims of France
and Spain. Mr.. CALHOUN, in his speech in the
Senate in l843, on this question, alluded to the
frequent Intellectual attempts made by the TWO 60
vcrnments 10 adjust this matter-our government
insisting on right from AZ degrees to the south
ern limits Of the Russian possessions, in latitude
81 degrees, and the British contending at one
time for line of division at the Columbia River,
at about the 46,h degree, and refusing at another
TO take the 49;h parallel; and, though he did not
;ot hot tbo he
rerted no issue offered by the most ardent adro-
Gates for The right of this country TO the 54h de-
gree but said distinctly, ''the clearer the title the
more valuable the territory" But, we are an
swered by the Raleigh Register, no matter how
good our title may be to the sehole territory, our
government has repeatedly offered to compromise !
at the 4eth parallel, and Mr.. Benton himself made
this offer in 1928; and we ought not now to go
to war for what we were once prepared to aban-
don We admit that this compromise has been
offered, but experience has shown that neither it
nor one much more liberal would satisfy the Brit
ish government. But did this offer, made for the
sake Of peace, impair in any sense our right to the
whole territory? Surely not. Hear the Wash
ington Union upon this point: Il
.We take shorter course We defy our op-
ponents this question, one and all, to produce
any stale paper claiming to speak the sentiments
Of the American government at any time an
,0hicA he doctrine Of OUR RIGHT TO THE WHOLE
OF OREGON has been cOmtradicted or abandoned.
Let them show US one administration in this coun-
try that has ever said or minated or allowed, in
any terms, or on any occasion, that the United
States did not of right opn the soil of Oregon up
Sd deg. 40 min. Il
Cover and over again, indeed, our government
has offered to COMPROMISE this our rightfu claim
TO compromise it at the line of the 49th parallel
Failing to do this, government has twice post
ooncd the decision of the question by stipula-
ion Of joint occupancy carefully reserving in
hat stipulation ITS achole right and claim nnim-
paired. But what administration has ever mar )
-oooed the ground of our alleged right one inch
What one state paper has done this, in the name
If the governments We defy the anti-Oregon S
press to produce one such document, any trace n
If one." sT,t .5-.. u a-.i f
Our title to Oregon conceive TO be good all
he way through, by discovery and occupation, Il
~ treaty and by purchase well as by proximi- d
y, in the face of England and of all the world Il
md we frankly confess that, if we did not so be- b
ieve, we should not support this or any Admins b
ration in the stand it has taken In this opinion
We are sustained, not only by host of the first 6
minds in the country, bit by Mr.. Henry Czayl v
S the Register astonished2 On the 18th of June, c.