Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-25


means anything, tmcans that negotiation has
ceased, and an appeal to the sword only is left.
Are some Of the Wings OF this country pre-
pared to take sides with Sir Robert Peel on
this question, and be placed in the same cate
CORY with The FedcraistS of the last war?
Even ii we did not believe we had just claim
to Oregon, as more.p0rlisan, we would not
throw ourselves into that position for ell the
good we could do in stemming the tide of pop
uiar prejudice, anti thus lcrieiting all power to
do good IN the establishment of correct prnci-
pies and correct domestic policy, hereafter.
We cannot but express our astonishmcu.
that the Richmond Enquirer should say, with
the above language staring ii in the face, that
lit Is not prepared so with ms acains, fur
7 tlicr negotiation" What negotiation can VIC
have! Our country through its official mouth
piece says our title is un1ucstonabe. We cam
not appeal from this but by impeachment Tor
it, until the end of four years-and yet the of.
fetal "union" aud the semi-oilicisl Enquirer"
say we are not prepared to 90 against further
negotiation! Negotiate for that to which our
tile is indisputabc! II is an absurdity. II
they want furtherncgotationl let them impeach
MIR. Polk for the language of his inaugural, re-
move him and his advisers from office, and
: then say to England we are prepared to nego-
tate. Not till then.
The position in which portion, and the
: greater portion of the Eastern Wing press have
placed themselves in this crisis of our affairs,
is no less subject of surpris, and regret to us
a than of triumph to their opponents. During
the whole of the canvass of 1914 they quietly
. let the loco foco party adopt "Oegon" as one
: of their clap-traps at the same time that they
u knew she was coming into the Union as fast as
possible-let them appeal TO the war spirit
that is ever alive, and the spirit of acquisition
that rarely sleeps, and even ridiculed it as a
!, folly (,hey found it dangerous one.) Then,
, when they had attained power upon this APP
peal, and the head Of the party had committed
the country further than that party dared to go,
this same press must, forsooth cavil at Mr..
Folks language, take ground against him, and
should war follow, they Jollop in the footsteps
of those who ruined themselves i'm the last
war--forfeit the confidence of the country and
their whole future power to do good; and, on
the other hand, if the party resorted to negoti-
; alton. were made to eat their words, still we
must suffer the odium of permitting them TO
apologize to their constituents for their failure,
and tell them that they would have succeeded
but for the British party which was opposed
to them, distracted their councils and were
clog upon Their heels.
How infinitely better would have been the
condition of the Wing party, how much
more patriotic, how far more successful here
after would they have been, had they came
forward with one voice and said to the party
, in rover, you have pledged your party out of
power. your country in power, to the estab.
lishment OF our sway over Oregon; you have
proclaimed our title from the forum and the
capitol, and though we may have little else
left, our nations honor is dear to us, and we
demand OF you the fuliilment of your pledges
,, i'll letter and in spirit. If you have not the
strength, the intellect or the moral courage TO
, bear us successfully according to your promise
through this crisis, yield the reins of govern
ment TO us or call on us as you will, in the ca
binct or the field, and our talents or our blood
are at the serviccof our country. That is our
n position, and one that we hope ever to hold.
In this position we see with deep regret our
. administration, after claiming Oregon" by
n "unqueStionobc title" offering to Mr.. Cal
houn Mr.. McDulIie, Mr.. Elmore, Mr.. Pic
: kens, Mr.. Woodbury., and Gen. Hamilton, in
succession, negotiatory powers, and to clothe
Their votes and speeches against the assertion
of our title to Oregon with official robes. then
$ laying them upon one who valued his politi
cal reputation and bushes for his countIy's
: humiliation, at less than $4,000. We would
h ike to go iWihcr than Harry Percy-we
: would ike TO raise ten thousand starlinps and
J teaching them TO cry nothing but "Oregon. -
"indlsPutable title" and "Shame!" scatter
o them like the locusts of Egypt into the hot
{ bed OF locofocoism and the haunts of power.
= we hope our position is understood.
word to the Richmond Wing. He will
ind in our remark, that he has taken such
pains to iialicisc, simply two propositions.
based ON reference not to governments ex-
y isiing but to the FIRST principles on which 90.
= yernments are organized, viz: That, naturally.
e people have right 10 form their own govern.
ments; and that, if Oregon neither belongs to
\ England or the United States now. its most
S natural position would be as constituent part
e OF our government instead Of colony Of
En- land. II we are to be unwhigged for this,
very well.
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It RAIL ROAD MEETING.-A Railroaa
/ meeting will be held in the court house ON
j next Monday at o'clock to appoint delegates
10 'he fsirnont convention, to be held ON
= we lst Monday OF July. AS this is matter
d OF very great importance to the peonlc 81 ,h;s
, county, especially the agricultural class We
u earnestly recommend the pTopriety of q full
i ATTENDANCE lrnnn Eli snciinr. - ~ - = '"''