The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-06
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OREGON.
We extract, from the London Times,n of May
9h the following observations as the course which
our government should in The opinion of that Journal
pursue with regard to Oregon. We have taken the
liberty to append very few remarks on the present
state Of Ireland, which in like manner submit to
the due consideration of her Majestys minister's:
eve inclined to anticipate that the government Of the
United States will pursue moderate course and
prudent language nth reference to the Oregon nego
tiation No doubt very strong conviction has been diff
fused throughout the Union, partly by declamaory ha
and partly by Mr. Grdenhows interruptions
oil the case that the American claims the
tory clear and exclusive. This conviction,
might otherwise be easy But the American government
knows the weakness OF its case and to that the
strength, Mr. Polk either obey blind popular
men in losing cause, he must find vgor at this crisis
of the popular deluson with the energy which his position
requires Perhaps however his position the head of the
democratic party renders this task easer him than ii
would be TO any other The wings who in oppo.
ston will not quarrel with the for not
perang the feelings Of the people and for not declaring
England The leaders who would naturally have figured
the head of such agitation the very whom
the arduous duty devoves oil regulating and
trolling it, 1t is not the interest of any political party in the
Union to aggavae the difficulties connected with this ques
ton; and nearly four must eapse before another
President elected presume that the present
tionary may he allowed to govern for few months
without being haunted and perplexed by, the coming
cabinet Washington will to allay any excite
which may spring up this occasion and that they
will at least find means resist it, AS far talk goes
the language of the press will doubtless be violent
probably the tone of the diplomatic writ
ten as American diplomatic notes are for the purpose Of
being published may be strong But the only practical
effect which ought to result from the threatened misun
dersanding this occasion is increased socitude
the part OF both to terminate the question By
negotiation.
he au1 q for thsr
energy and success in expeng the Americans from the
Columbia regions and forming Settlements there by means
OF which they rapidly converting Oregon into Brit
ish colony No less than twenty nine forts scattered
the territory from the Umqua river to the confines of Rus
sian America attest the activity of the companys agents
and population of 5000 including the Canadian appers
the companys service acknowledged the supremacy Of the
British crown Nevertheless Mr.. Greenhow asserts In
recent publication that things have changed since the
and ths, nothing but produce requiIed on the part Of
State of the federal Union Prudence is the best that
Se usa ana but 81 hsye wei Il Sy
dence territory almost inaccessible by and land
tended by resonte British agents and native tribes who are
masters 81 all the forts and ali the supplies Of The country
be annexed to the domnions Of the United States"
The {. London Timesn deceives itself, and it de-
ceives the English people, by its very unnecessary
and illiberal remarks upon MIR. Greenhows able
statement of his subject If his careful and faithful
work deserves the compliment of being called svery
unscrupulous, whatare to think Of the authorities
vi WHICH StatCsluCn Ttly--Ol FtlCOHcr 3
Memoir, or Of the still more elaborate and beaut-
fully printed work Of the French author oDunot de
Mofras, "published recently at Paris by order of
the King, and under the auspices of M. Guzo,'"
This work has recently become sort of favorite
textbook among the higher order of the ministerial
circles in London; and with what propriety it de-
this distinction, will best appear to the reader,
when he sees it asserted by M. de Mofras a
historic fact, that Aaron Burr was prosecuted for
his supposed designs against the Spanish provinces
upon the demand of the Viceroy of Mexico, and
that his trial was sham affair. Then, too what
confidence can we place in the liberal spirit or the
truth of writer, who, Mr.. Greenhow says in his
preface
"While pahetcay lamenting the entire disorganizaton
Of all the American republics finds consolation in the
predictions the United States phre The fendenes
q ne ioyast ps,iy % are esh knoum He resigns NE hope
that France Will recover her former domnions on this con
nent but he is assured that the Canadians this day
French in the times OF the Duqucsnes and Beauhar
may throw of the detesied yoke Of Britain Franco
dian empire will be formed extending from the Saint Law
to the Pacific and including all the British
and Oregon which will be hound to France by every tie
and will afford The most aid for the expansion OF
her establishments in the Pacific This dpiomaiqu
have affected the imagination of NJ de Moffas
strongly and traces ots influence to be found in every
part OF his work" a.y
Butte return to our text. The Times is at per-
feet liberty to multiply the number of British sub
ects and ports in Oregon, by two three, as it has
done in this very instance. 1t is at liberty also to
boast of the resolution of the British agents. and Of
the native tribes that country and ofthe abundance
of their supplies. We may console ourselves with
the records of the numerous parties of emigrants
a.;
spite Of the aa,ost inaccessible nature of the terri
tory, and with the remembrance of several circum-
stances, which induce the conviction that these
emgrants will not be found wanting in resolution,
whenever the exercise of that quality may be re-
CURED
Under existing circumstances, prudence" in the
direction of the vast means at our command is all
that is necessary TO secure the possession of Oregon
The same number of the Times from which the
preceding extracts are copied, contains some com
munications from Ireland calculated to show, that
all the ''prudence" in the possession Of the British
ministry may prove unavailing to keep that opPress-
ed country quiet should the British agents and their
friends, the native tribes, in Oregon, attempt to
demonstrate their resolution towards our citizens on
the Columbia. CATER more than ordinary period
of tranquility, (says the Times,) crime has again
burst forth, with all its pristine vgor, in the Irish
aceidarna." Sir Robert Peel's message of peace to
Ireland seems, in fact to have produced no 9TH
err fruits, as yet, than a multiplication of Cap
tain Rocks and Terry Ats in the south, of Molly
Magulres in the north, and of mobs and murders
everywhere.
As pacifcaior, the Moynooth grant appears to
have been an entire failure. Nobody asked for it,,
says o'Connell, at the great Dundalk meeting,
'They did it of themselves, of their free will and
accord; and why, do you think | will tell you.
For a reason they had. That reason was deep
sounding one--a long one--a loud one--oREaos."
1t seems the liberator halls the new ally as con-
nectIon, clearly proved by its name-oRegon.
In connection with this subject, we annex the
following paragraph from an English print which