The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-07
THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.

"There ID no disposition that we know Of among the
il the .dminsraion viii Be equally careful not 70 make
party capital the spirit Of the country apply
sincere dssre to bring about an aicabs settlement q Il
there would every o. speedy and satisfactory
American. f t.sts
X The "American'' appends the above remark
to an appeal which we addressed to the wing
party, in late number of our paper. We
would respectfully advise the "American," for
the sake of it's own party, well as Of its coun-
try, to adhere to its position. We advise the
whole wing party to carry it out. So Jar as are
adpised, feel confident that the administration,
whilst it is DESTROYS of amicable settlement Of
this or Of any other difference, is more DESTROYS Of
preserving the rights and honor Of the country.
As to the determination of MIR. Polk to support
those rights and maintain that honor, there cannot
be question with those who know him. The
Cincinnati "Daily Enquirer has an excellent and
animated article upon this subject We have no
room for all Of it; and we must conten, ourselves
with copying the following extracts
RECLAMATION FOR PEACE
at certainly not unwaanted hope that the posi-
ton OF the President and the just claims of the country
In respect to Oregon would be sustained the democ
racy merely a. party Of that there never any
questonbut by all patriotic citizens without regard To
party We yet feel abundant confidence in that hope The
right Of this country clear and and the
importance Of the Territory both in respect to the equb
rum OF the Union and the boundess trade of the Eas
evidently great that seems TO us the heart Of the whole
country must be with the President
Nevertheess there exceptions to this remark Par
~ feeling and perhaps other less creditable feeling in the
view Of require recantation by the President and
virtual abandonment Of claim by the country that,
under stress Of British threats Thus the Gare q
in referring to Oregon in the manner he did suppose, he
thus e s s ss soS Ss
may Jet eat his own words
refer TO Oregon Was not his language treiand is
wise speak and TO insist upon the truth Is there
it, uerance, the character Of the who uttered H. to
lead fair mind to the conclusion that sprang from
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the nation the high dgnes and duties Of HE Office was
tell the TRUTH and the whole truth the American people
And because this truth is somewhat unpaataba and pro-
duces sour looks and clustering words abroad IL he there
There is chord in the American heart that
policy Or candidate. for once he integrity
can and character are issues in which iii
party differences instantly swallowed up and lost True
would afford con.olaion Il the head Of the instrumentation
should find himself unsustained and benyed even al
their hearts to rejoice in his discontinue though that
must be the discontinue and disgrace q the nation Such
conde In it, counseis but such not the feeling Of the
mass of the American people! m
As for Mr. Polk all calculations based upon recanation
Of his svowal Of the clear and rights
ofhis ceunryal ancipations that he will shrink from
his duty to that right because orsooh may be
the formed In utter ignorance the man.
graceful He has both the nerve and he ability 10 main
tain the truth he has avowed and to uphold the rights and
character Of the nation all baxods the firmly and
effectively because Of the threats and buster Of
know that although he may lack the support Of the Gin
cinna Gazette he will he sustained by
patriotic heart and hand in the countryr'
This is the true spirit Of an American. Ger
tainly it is our own. We want peace with Great
Brtain--peace with all the world; but it must be an
honorable peace. We hope that the present ad-
ministration will continue the negotiation which
was unfinished by the last. We trust that they
will calmly discusss the subject with the British
minister--hear what he has TO say--and adjust the
differences, if it be possible, compatible with our
rights and our honor. But it must be with due
regard to those categories Such are our own
opinions; and such opinions when, in 1911,
we hoped that peace might be preserved with Great
Britain by her doing JUSTICE and in 1912, when we
presented and defended to full meeting OF the c-
zens Of Richmond decided resolutions calling upon
Congress for war measures These resolutions were
adopted by the meeting-a fact which most Of our
friends in Richmond may have forgotten, but which
is on record in the journals of that day.