The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-21

..,d in this city this morning
-s. tollowing additional members Of Congress
God This evening, and are stopping at Browns
~.I Hon. ]. A. McClernand, of Illinois; Hon.
, Kennedy of Indanu;' Hon. w. w. Wick, Of
,.d,Oa Hon Sterling Price, of Missouri; Hon.
: P;cklin, Of Illinois; and Hon. A. Yell, Of
Arkansas. -------- ---------z
THE GREAT LEADER
a., uNatona lntelligencer" brings out as its
-, and only leader of this morning, an article
seeding dozen lines; half of which consists
- GOOD. humored paragraph from the Washing
.o,resnondent of the New York Evening Posi;''
=. ,o;nt of j, being, that 'there is report that
n. prcbonan enclosed one of the recent long ar
,..s If he Union TO MIR. Pakenham, as a des-
,,,,h and that he gave in at once"
!, the hit be made at the length Of our articles,
,,,rec, tha, the "National Intelligencer" will
40, in,jmidate Mr.. Pakenham, or any minister,
indeed any other person, by the length of its
.,,n ,,oduclions. They are scarcely as "brief as
a, ooesv of ring''-certnny not as large as
IL, ,ior's night-cap in Don Quixotte, FIVE ofwhich
s,, produced before Sancho Panza, then govern
!, If Baraaria, upon the tips Of the customers
so,,rs, The "Integencer's" modern productions,
saving only its unfortunate and its lQngwinded dis
.,r,ions on the Rio Bravo, the military orders to
General Taylor the post Office mail to Texas, and
As Oregon question: remind us Of the amusing
,,viog of one of our late accredited agents abroad
y, was breakfasng at the very hospitabe house
n . gentleman, who had everything else on large
,ale upon his table, except the plate of butter.
The host, finding his guest playing very coy about
,hs butter, begged him to cut on, and not be afraid
Ora. "Afraid of it, my dear sir" said the wag,
oh no it is rather TOO small for one to be rery much
dtaiid it,"
ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD.
Our attention has been invited by friend to two
articles in a religious newspaper printed at Phila-
d.lpha, called the presbyterian" dated the 18th
instant. As it is not on our exchange list, we
should not have known Of the existence Of the arti-
,Is but for the attention of our friend.
One article is headed, prayer for the Nation. "
Under that caption, the editor (whoss name, by-the-
by, does no. appear on his shceD goes into an ex-
preston of dsapprobation Of the disposition mani
tested of late ito extend our territory beyond any
very de6nable limits" He is startled and alarmed at
having heard the hope expressed that "Mexico,
California, Canada and indeed the whole continent
Of America" might be annexed. And, in the can
dor Of his SOUL he confesses that he wishes to ava
ken, as far as his influence extends, 'lhe power
which the Christian community may WELD in con.
rolling the politics Of the countryside power OF
prayer"
He objects to an enlargement Of territory, upon
two grounds. The FIRST is that which federalism
~ dminishcs our strength. 1t would have exclu
del louisiana; it would have planted the bloody
cross Of England on the western banks Of the Mis-
assippi from the lakes to Florida, since Franc,
could not have prevented its conquest had we moi
purchased it. Thus would all the future gories Of
our western empire have been nipped in the bud,
and British and Indian hostility have frowned upon
US from the region beyond that great river II
would have prevented the acquisition of Florida,
aud thus have lell our southern as well our west
en- frontier exposed to constant hosti'ities
The statesmen of 1903, like the statesmen OF
1910 and 1915, fortunately for the interests Of our
country and the cause of humanity, thought differ
emily We hope that our religious contemporary, il
hdamines to enlarge the sphere of his editorial ac-
ton PERMANENTLY and embrace the exciting subject of
politics 10 his catalogue Of labors, will make himself
fully acquainted with the facts and principles of the
case and far from obecting to an enlargement OF
The area of freedom, we think he will call for the
payers ofthe church in behalf Of its continued
tension until all this continent shall be embraced
within it, We do not wish that it should be annex
Ito this government, but that our principles of self
government, and the general system of ins,itu-
tons, may be adopted by all our neishtors.
he also Objects because it may interfere with the
balance Ofpower contemplated to be established on
Inh continent by England and France, and thereby
involve us in war with those powers.
war with both or either Of those nations would
sa catastrophe to be avoided by all right measures
Weare not DESTROYS of war, but we will not sur
lender any national right to avoid it. The present
generation of Americans can never be induced to
| N '" 'iS uiStouon VI roTciSH Hauohs. TIC
p'Glo OF a balance of power on this continent, TO
y held and adjusted by European statesmen, is it.
w an insult and its attempted execution would be
@Ngnal for determined resistance.
bu our religious opponent shows that he goes
1Ner than mere call on the church for its pray
!" he is evidently determined to have ill, at
3nd with US. He says:
Doieidimr.--The Washington Union under
,Ao' that no propositions have been made to our
see'hment from Great Britain TO let Oregon re-
I.u u aaa quo for twenty years, and then her
.M0eS TO be decided by the wishes of its inhabit-
sa's The Union having made this official dis
amer, we should be pleased to hear its opinion
.S ".ne xpediency Of accepting such proposition,
would II be made"
"e'hink that the proposition, If it were made by
."sand, would be so extraordinary, as to unite all
americans as one man in defence of our rights.
'"slana would at once thereby acknowledge that
mas no title, and only wishes to prevent this ma
~" from occupying its own territory. Will
-'SS'ard agree to proposition from this na,en, to
.'"t the inhabitants Of Canada Nova Scotia, and
NF' brunswick to determine to which government
'y snail be attached, or be independent We
suppose not.
,N commercial interests Of this country, so
''sey dlfuscd over the Pacific will caIl Io,dIv nm