The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-13
POLlTIC AL.
IRON the New York Morning News,
TIE OREGON.


with which they take sides against their own coun-
try. This matter Of Oregon is q singular instance
The whole of the territory is the undoubted proper
ty Of the American Union; but because our agents
became the dupes of English policy, and signed a
treaty of peace leaving open for future dispute
tain questions Of territorial limit, England manuac-
lures claim TO part of Oregon. For the sake Of
peace the United States allow il TO remain an open
question. They then offer to give up SO mot
| from 49o to $40 40D Of the ground TO settle H..
This is refused; and the matter still remains open.
The settlement Of the country now requires final
adjustment. What do the English government and
the English people in the matteri Why, the Pre-
mier asserts in Parliament that the fact that
the President, in addressing the American people,
has dared TO assert an undouhted right to the whole
territory, endangers the peace OF the two countries
The whole English press, and the whole people,
support their government TO man; and, by SO do
ing, give him tower Of strength in closing his bar
gaiE with the American executive; and, by so do
| ing, win universal respect. What do the American
press! Why, nine-tenths Of them are busted assert
ing the rights of England, and condemning their
own country; and any man or any press that en-
deavors to support the executive in the conduct Of
a troublesome bargain, is denounced as "blood-
thirsty" "bullies," as "more ready 10 run than
| fight" as "disorganizers," and what not. To this
| fact may be ascrbed portion of that unmtigated
contempt which is sometimes expressed for every
thing American. Now, one great cause of our diff
cu,es is the knowledge possessed by the English
government that such class Of parasites exist
among US; and they take advantage Of it according
ly. The Journal Of Commerce, however, goes far
beyond this, and asserts that which has not
shadow of truth in il. AS, for instance, stated
Saturday as folows
"There is one expression in this extract. which
invites remark. IL Great Britain is determined to
push her claims by force,' it is because force
upon her that alternative. II was no wish of hers
to disturb the existing arrangement. But, finding il
nc The
joint occupancy she offered TO dpide The territory
such way as to give us the largest and best part
of it. oa
"Findng at length that nothing could be effected by
way of compromise, Great Britain proposed to refer
the dispute to disnteresed arbiters. This too, was
refused. sa6
| "Let be willing to look at the subject in its
true light. We have oil along conceded, by public
and solemn acts, that Great Britain had rights to
Oregon We did not say to what extent; but, by adj
hitting her to joint and equal occupancy Of the
room for the inference that we considered her rights
about equal to our own"
| Now these are all false statements, and made in
support Of the British claim, which is, from its in
ception one Of fraud. She did not offer to divide
and give US the best portion. On the other hand,
we offered to give her the best harbors the island
and five degrees and half, which she twice refused
And the Journal says she found nothing could be
done in the way of compromise! The Journal next
states that our former concession, for the sake of
peace, left for the inference that her rights
were equal to our own. BY the lapse of time, and
offers Of concession on our part and not accepted
by her, gradually lose all title, according 10 this
sophistry of the Journal We offered the 18th par
alel, and she refused it. The Journal, therefore,
says we have now no rights beyond that line. By
the same rule, if now we offer the line of the Coum-
hia and she refuses il, shall then have no rights
beyond that river; and then, if she wants to come
down to the ADD degree the Journal will say "thats
fair" In 1S43, committee composed of w. Cost
Johnson, J. q. Adams, James Cooper, Thomas F.
Marshall, &C., reported in favor Of issuing $780,
OO0, 900 Of United States stock as a ssreef TO the
States" on pledge Of the public lands They called
upon the Land Commissioner for statement Of the
lands, and he reported as follows:
"GENERAl LAND OFElcE,
October 81, l643.
sin making the foregoing estimate, the parallel of
400 of north latitude was taken as the northern
boundary of Oregon Territory. If the parallel of
$40 40 (the northernmost line claimed by the Uni
ted states) be taken as the boundary, then l04,-
GAO, 600 acres must be added to the whole surface,
and the aggregate amount of the public domain re-
manning TO be sold by the United States will be
,042, 1871 ,765 acres, which, at the minimum price
of the public lands, would yield revenue Of
81, 1903, Az, FOG.
| "THoMAS H. BLAKE,
Commissioner.
"Hon w. Cosr JOHNSON,
| "Chairman Select Committee,
| ION State relief, House of Reps"
| Now, what did John Quincy Adams and Cost
Johnson do Did they hesitate to make the land
up to $40 40 a basis for stock issuesi They re-
ported as foows
"By the estimate of The Commissioner Of the Gen
eral Land Office (see .9ppendr u the quantity Of
land yet unsold, claimed by the United States is
one thousand and forty-two million seven hundred
and thirty thousand hundred and sixty five
acras which, estimated at one dollar and twenty
five cents per acre. the minimum government price,
would make the sum of their value to be one thou
sand three hundred and three million four hundred
and fourteen thousand seven hundred and six dol
lars and twenty-five cents, being nearly sevtn times
the amount of government stock proposed to be
issued" M
| So far from hestating at the 49th degree, they
proposed TO pledge the whole up to 54 degrees 40
minutes to the public creditors. The idea of our
having no right to them never entered their heads
but now, according to the Journal we have no right
there. II seems that the quantity of land beyond
the 49th degree is ten per cent of the whole domain
ofthe United States. Now, il because we offered
to compromise at the 49th degree, and il was re-
fused, we impaired our rights beyond it, no new Of
fer can be made on part but to claim the whole,
| and wait for more moderate English offer. II,
however, by operating through the international
party among us, England can frighten our executive
into backing out, she frightened France in rela-
ton to the quintuple treaty, she may obtain her
object; and this agency is now actively employed.
Daniel Webster's speech at Faneu Hall on Friday
opened his theory about il:
"The period, then, is not far distant, when, from
the shores Of Western America, we should see
sprnging up great Pacific republican nation which
would not consent to acknowledge allegiance either
to this country or to England; that this great re-
public would probably adopt all the great principles
which we have inherited from our fathers. He
would not undertake TO say where il would be
ated--whcther the Columbia river, or further
south; but that great and independent nation iroud
arise ON the shores Of the Pacific, and at period
not so remote as many persons might suppose, he
was confident"
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE-SENAT BER-
RIEN REPUDIATED BY HIS OWN PARTY.
Extract Of letter 70 gentlemen in Washington from,