The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-02
A CAUTION TO THE WING PARTY.

j A CAUTION TO THE WING PARTY.
We appeal to the wings, by their regard 70 thei
own party interests, and by the still higher motives
Of country, not to convert this rising question o
Oregon into party measure. They must ss
J now--or, like the Bourbons, "they learn nothing
and forget nothing"--that the unfortunate bIunde
of Mr.. Clay and his friends about Texas has contrib
uted more their defeat, than any error Of his whole
life. Will they remain blind in spite Of experience
or will they again attempt TO make party capita
out of miserable opposition to the true interests
their country They were shipwrecked on thu
question of Texas. Will they expose themselves
to similar destruction on the great measure of Ore
gon' Ifthey commit second egregious blunder Of
this description, they would be better fitted to fill
cell in bedlam than the executive chair Of this grea
republic.
But If we had the pleasure Of expressing our sen.
tments freely to MIR. Pakenham, we would advise
him not to mistake every idle expression of wing
journal for the voice of the wing party, much
less for the voice of the nation 1t is not every swa
low that makes the summer. We make this sug-
gestion in consequence Of the idle clamor of few
of the wing presses, such the following from the
portland Advertiser"
Whatever may come out of other questions,
there will be no war about Oregon. Mr.. Polk will
not fight for Oregon. He has no idea Of any such
thing. He could not be kicked into war with
tween US. What he said in his inaugural was mere
tlap-trap. II is upon the inferior level of COM
mon partisan letter, such as Mr. Polk wrote in April
last about Texas. Let Texas be reannexed Ore
gon is ours-these the phrases, not Of states
man, impeled by public necessity to raise critical
and vital issues, but Of partisan leader, who
is flush of his talk, but will take good care to keep
the peace. How can it be supposed that the Polk
party are going TO war for Oregon, when the Polk
majority Of the legislature of Maine, under the au-
spices of Mr.. Ebenezer Otis and Mr.. Elbrdge Ger
ry, undertake to pass and have passed very war
like resolutions about Oregon, while, by their own
showing, they totally ignorant Of the latitude Of
the American claimf"
Such was the language which was employed in
1911 by the federal party. They then said that Mr..
Madison 'could not be kicked intoa war;" and Eng
land mislcd and encouraged to continue her ag-
gressions upon our commerce and our seamen. And
what was the result That Mr.. Madison, amiabe
he in all his relations, and as great "friend
of peace" as the Indian Logan himself was impeled
by the wrongs of his country into recommendation
| OF war. We are sure we need not remind the
British minister Of the results of fha. war. The
whole transaction is written in lines of glory for
our country. We will not say in what manner it
terminated for the British arms The same blunder at
the present time will terminate in the same results.
The portland Advertiser" is more ignorant of
Mr.. Folks disposition than the federaIiss Of 1911
were unacquainted with Mr. Madison's character.
Mr.. Polk, as wise statesman ought to be, is "the
friend of peace but still more the friend Of the
rights and honor of his country. The republican
party sympathize with his sentiments and it is TO be
hoped the great body ofhe wings will see their true
interest in the same spirit. The President is,
withal, firm man. He was called the "Litte
Hickory" during the late campaign; and he
deserves the distinction for he has tho spirit Of
"Old Hickory in him. He will never sacrifice
the honor of his country to any idle apprehensions
ofwar, or, we beg leave to say, to the still more
idle declarations of the statesmen of England the
mids' Of the imperial Parliament! Let not, then,
the peace OF two great people, like those of England
and the United States, be disturbed by any faciious
declarations Of any Of the wing presses. As the
Eastern Argus" truly says, in its commentaries
| upon the illusions Of the "Advertiser:n
ats chief delight Just now seems to be that
of picking flaws in our title to Oregon, denouncing
the annexation of Texas, and rdiculng the idea Of
maintaining our right at any and every hazard.
England may bully and swagger to her hearts con-
tent shout her titeto Oregon; may put forth her med
dlesome hand to stay the annexation Of Texas and
may strive by every means in her power, to retard
the growth Of her western rival; but for her, our
federal editors have sneer censurc, no threats
while they are quick to find and earnest to denounce
the least show Of manly opposition to her claims on
the part of our own people or our own government
The 'bulwark of our religion has very deep
hold upon federal hearts In the event of another
with her, the Advertiser might find subscribers
we doubt not in the British feet.
eve agree with the Advertiser that President
Polk will not be kicked into a war; but we are
equally certain that he will not be kicked into any
surrender of American rights, or any neglect
Of American honor. Neither Great Britain
nor her federal allies will probably turn him
aside single hairs breadth from the straight
forward path of firm and fair dealing which he has
marked for himself in reference to the foreign
relations of our government and while he never in
tends, we are sure, to ask anything that is not
clearly right, he is misnamed Young Hickory if
ha Wills a.