The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-06
THE ME.SSAGE-THE TONE OF THE
PRESS.

| THE MESSAGE--TtiE lONE OF The
PRESS.
Considering the number Of topics, and their
,,goi,ude embraced within the scope of so import
i, A state paper as the message of the President;
Osderng, too, as we should, the peculiar difficult
!, which necessarily attend the discussion of
n6,c,s of so much national Government, and oc-
[oning, as these always do, more or less, such
s,sions of opinion, either created by the force OF
|, honest conviction or begot under the influence
n a mere party opposiion,-we thi'k we discover
\ the tone of the press ample reason to congratu-
II. the country and especially the political friends
|kMr. Polk, on account Of the very favorable
|tapon Of the message. That combination Of
L,ts,msplike qualities SO essential in theshead Of
IN administration is, we think, wonderfully Illus
|ated in Mr.. Polk The party that elevated him
Ohs exalted position which he occupies have found
ready, and, we are confident, will continue to find,
he career of the administration, cause for sincere
,dsaction, that the attributes Of decsion of bold
less, of discretion, united with sagacity and
isdom were not gratuitously awarded in advance
The eminen, man who fills the executive chair
1.-The republic. The course of the administration
his far and as it is developed in the message, fur
shes proof incontestable that the zeal of the
|emocratic party did not "run wild" in 1914; but
bal, on the contrary, a very short experience has
ready made good the popular appreciation of him
Ehom the wings so recently affected to "laugh to
|romn
The message Of the President is 80 strongly dis
|pguished for its frankness and drectness, and,
khal is SO moderate, yet so determined, that even
!. constipated generosity of that anti-American
Mint, the "Na,onal Intelligencer," can but COM
end it in these respects; and yet even that
osel of praise (of Importance so inestimable,
|hen the habitual parsimony Of those who
stow il is recolectcd) is very much diminished in
value by the fact that the praise has the appear
Fce Of a charitable donation, conferred upon the
resident "a sort Of pretext for saying TO the Cor
u of the government" that you are more truculent,
Eprudent, and warlike, than the Executive. If the
Union" had been little amer--if it had assimila-
little more with the spirit Of the ''National In
flgencer"-if, losing its erect American attitude it
ad leaned with dgnifed moderation, to the British
De of the Oregon queston,--why, then, we sup
ose that the pacific AMI re6nedly -sensitive editors
the "Naonal lntelgencer" would have en-
paced (wha they would certainly have found) the
|ppor,uny to vent upon the President the very
ensure which has been so literally heaped upon
+ The comparison which the editors of the wing
aper of this city have been enabled to institute as
etween the tone Of the Presidents message and the
EDITORIALS Of the "Union," resulting in declaration
Pvcrable to Mr.. Polk, we shall certainly claim the
redt of being instrumental in extorting from that
aper tue modicum Of praise it has bestowed
The "National Intellgencer," having made its
pow ofthanks to the President for his moderation,
proceeds, after manner characteristic of the editors,
+ prove That the measures proposed, the opinions
fdanced and the ecommendations-inde what
per IS comprised in the message-are likely, after
'oetiect great "public coniuncture." The dire
u consequences which are possibly to issue from a
legislative cooperation with the Executive, the SIN
|ellgencer" lumenis with many touches of the
nournfal, and with many symptoms Of an in
sna'lon hereafter to be more plainly expressed.
And yet in examining the criticisms Of the whig
paper, II is difficult to avoid the conclusion that for
fny reasons that are urged, the alarm expressed is
legned alarm. For example: what do those ed-
oH say with respect to the Presidents declarations
fOoa' our Oregon claimi Why, that with all their
n0rs to comprehend the proposition which asserts
nal the present claim of the United States 10 the
rn0e Of Oregon is not incompatible with the offer
""ety made, from time to time, to relinqulsh a
00on Of 1t, they (the editors) have not been able
make anything more Of it than paradox! And
eause they cannot or will not discern that which
4 Papable to common sense, exercised upon an
0sous cases of everyday occurrence, therefore,
''eo Britain, with "obtuseness of intellect" as
range as that confessed by the editors, will be COM
(,"eo' IN honor, TO fight out Of the dilemma to
l@n We have reduced her Now, we think that
'Aa Dull will have larger amount Of perspicacity
ah @e editors have ascribed to him; and that it
:" no' hnally be adjudged that the American right
''ona the 4sth degree has been necessarily aban-
W proposition Of compromise to stop at
parallel of latitude. The "Intelligencer" APP
V'@' Inc declaration of the President, when he
wat The national rights in Oregon" cannot be
"4"Ooed' But that paper deprecates all action at
present tine. For what reason does il propose
'Oc'a''Inate' Negotiation upon negotiation has
- escorted to. Negotiation has had its 'perfect
or rather, it has done its work most imper-
T Why adopt again and again the same expe.
my which has 80 often proved abortive' When
~e proper time come for asserting our rights:
N"oe when we have concluded, in the spirit Of
"'s'on, to give them up' Is that the proper
INDICATED by the National Intelligencerw
pVOn The question of the tariff, the "Na,ionnl In
s'"cer" says the President ia explicit enough,
ue Tariff of lsi2, it il convinced "be is against
."u certainly we do not see why many who
~ 'u The election Of Mr.. Clay need complain
Indeed, il will not be forgotten that, last
n > When the contest between Mr.. Polk and Mr.
was raging with violence, the wings Of the
n. vs. IN a state of anxious alarm, surprised by
powerful and to them unexpected impress
!" which Mr. Polk was everywhere making
~, work, and propsgated their belief Of Mr.
approximation to the doctrines Of free trade