The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-13
POLITICAL.
From the Richmond Enquirer,
THE CRISIS. 4H4


A short time since, wo took pleasure IN repuoiish
,ng. with commendation some remarks on the sub
iect of Oregon, from the Lexington Observer, the
leading whig paper Of Kentucky, issued al the very
door Of Mr.. Clay. The sentiments were 30 patri-
otto and high-toned, so much more elevated than the
illusions Of the wing press generally, on question
which involved the peace, the honor, and the rights
of the nation that hailed the article as hardin
ger Of better days. when party spirit would yield to
the call of the country for united and devoted action
But, highly ss we commended that Oregon arti-
Gle of the Observer, we have now another opportu-
nifty of doing Justice to the patriotic motives OF the
same journal. In the Observer of the 4th inst, we
find other remarks full Of truth and vigor. IL will
be that they go a. far If not farther, than any
democratic press in recommending prompt and deci-
sive action on the part of our government They
Jake the just ground that would be suicidal IN TINS
vassal Of her 'sgrasping and powerful empire"
which must be the necessary consequence Of her
successful influence in defeating its annexation to
the United States. We shall not now dwell upon
the runous effects to the United States Of the reduc
ton of Texas to "a mere commercial dependence
upon Great Britain. The simplest mind can easily
trace out the consequences, should Great Britain be
allowed to carry out her selfish intrigues in Texas
Of the existence of which there now seems to be no
doubt sf& ea
How truly honorable and worthy of an American
heart are the noble sentiments Of the Lexington
er wing writing from Philadelphia to the National
intelligcncer In the crisis which threatens our
affairs, one would expect temporary cessation OF
party warfare, little sympathy for the exertions Of
thosewho have been selected by the people TO pro-
tect the honor and welfare of the country. What
ever errors may have been enacted, both the Ore
gon and Texas questions, should be passed over, at
least for the present; and every American, shaking
off his party vassalage, should rally around the
counry's flag and give his whole soul and mind 10
the vital duty Of arrestng the progress OF British IN
trgue and ambition over the American continent
But what does this 81 !" the wing correspondent of
the National Intellgenceri American he may be
in name but the whole tenor Of his letter proves him
TO be British at heart He speaks of the admins
tration, called to sustain honor and rights
peril, and after having made such furious alarms
about Englands hostile designs leave us exposed to
any sudden defamation of such, just at the moment
when they themselves have, by their rapaeios schemes
and insulting conduct, perhaps reused Britain into the
very reality of what they at first attributed to her
surely, was a more fagiious policy pursued by the
government Of any country than that which the adj
ministraton il acting out in the present conjunc-
ture. Unless it trusts to its folly for its luck
imagine nothing more fragrant than it, imprudence;
unless It has absolutely learned to think that all its
duties TO Texas, 10 certain obbtrs there, and
to these twenty-six States can conceive moth
ing more criminal than the game which the Prcs-
dent persists in playing"
He charges the administration with the vile de-
sign, 'for domestic purposes, TO alarm and deceive
the people at home into dangerous and Jaithiess act
abroad" In spite of the evidence of British inter
ference, which daily occurrences make plain, and
which many of the respectable wing presses are
forced to admit, this ~" thus gives forth his anti
American sentiments:
"The prstenee Of English designs about true
that Of many designs home with which locoocoism has
constantly worked the people. The fais.hood
about equal and the possible thing which they
therefore why should not have resortsd to ali
the neppatenf frauds IF English maehnaons which IN
fact is done part the fraud longer appropriate
kept upi At present. can only endanger not merely the
but the very object and end Of all this foul plan Let
been much the business ofhe osrs dede and
attempt do the whole business BY delusion
Annexation voted the mask should have been thrown of,
back force. Even thieves know that what worth
King worth keePng and they who set out e pundss on
hands as Wsil as Grape over their faces. i''' =
ut obvious that only the rioienf step
,ha e susn a. s'
particular intention to plumber hr presently which we
T. the thing saas A. 70 make
pose Il was blow, soon to fatal at Mexico.
rich dependency Of her commercial empire In both
was securing for us an invincible underground in
the dispute for Oregon II at once gave US larger com
snd OF the Gulf OF Mexico and to lead to
possession Of all that coast; which implies, again. the
pon Of all other nations from the West Indies IL pos
sib TART Britain overlook all this when she hears pro.
claimed the doctrine that will have all this continent2
pteee to be expected Of bold and ssgacous nation
Under such circumstances ofmmedate injury and nedifafed
sRdy? And is it, then any thing short of the very
81 mbeciy to proceed as this government insists
ding end steal aas without either armies naviesr
Now, we put it to the conscience of every man,
be he wing or be he democrat, who is governed by
The true spirit of an American, to say whether
sncb sentiments ought not to be denounced from
one end Of the Union to the other. At moment Of
Gecp interest to the American people-whcn for
eign nation has dared to NEEDLE with our affairs
.yhen her ministry have sent defiance to us across
lie Atlantic--when peace can be preserved only by
L firm and unbroken union part--showing
! SAT we are too generous to take unfair advantages
ald'ia brave to yield single inch Of our right and
honor 70 foreign ambition and anogance-in this
y ~ crisis Of our fortunes, 1t is surely enough to
arouse the blood Of every American, to see one Of
our own citizens virtually assuming, in lead
ing wing paper, the side of foreign nation. Can
any one read the above, and not be satisfied of the
correctness Of our POSITION Does not the writer do
rounee our constituted authorities in the grossest
manner, charging them with "fraud, fasehood, uni
yersa land rapine," and with having, by their ira
pacious schemes and insulting conduct" given to
Great Britain ample pretext for carrying out her
hostile desgns While thus justityng the course of
Great Britain towards this country, does he not,
moreover, attempt to expose the Every extreme of
inihecility" of our government its want of "either
armies navies," and thereby nrite that graspine
power 10 wage war upon a weak government, utter
~ destitute Of means of Defence and cut off, more
over, from the confidence and the hearts of the peo-
plei
But is far from our design to include the whole,
or even large portion of the wing party, in the
an,i-American position of the lnteIligencers 81"
We are proud to see many leading wing presses
alepping forward to do justice, if not to the admin
slrntion, at least to their country; and among
such we seize this occasion to make honorable
mention Of the Nashville Wing. The Philadelphia
North American had said:
To the press in great measure, be attributed the
present unsettled and anxious state of the public mind
The press would preach peace and denonce and Its
advocates there would be doubt that speedy ami
cattle adjustment could be effected of every point which
England and the United States are at issue "a
The Nashville Wing "dissents from the course
which the North American and some other equally
respectable and influential wing prints at the North
have pursued, and are yet pursuing, in relation to
the difIices that have arisen between the limited