Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-05-13
From the Albany Argus.
ENGLAND, OREGON, AND THE u. STATES,
Tie Course of our President.

INC CoaFSe % our IFeSoGcM.
VIII we have war with Great Britain?
seems 10 be the question Of the day. We
think mol. The Commercial interests of
the two countries have become loo firmly
welded to be easily broken up. That mu-
ldalily uf benefits, which have arisen Gu
riag long continuance ofpeace, is the bes,
tie 10 hold together two such enterprizing
nations as England and the United States.
That feeling has been increasing from yea
TO year, until i, has become more powerful
than even the dictates Of Prime Ministers
or Kings.
Determined as IS the language Of Sir
RoDERT PEEL, we apprehend no warlike
results: and whyf Because we have the
confidence that time and investigation will
prove the American title, as against the
British claim, TO be right Should light
and examination stroglhen las we believe
they willy the American claim, there is a
neral power in The Public Opinion Of the
civilized world, which would force even
England 10 curb her assumption. Ii was
that influences which in Is IS compelled
Ftance TO fulfil her solemn treaty siipula-
lion, even when war seemed inevitable, be-
TWEEN her and the United States. From
year to year the power Of Public Opinion
has been nugmeniing, until II has nearly
reached that point where nations dare not
go 10 war, unless. they can convince the
world that tiey have right on the r side
Before tais tribunal the Tn ted States are
willing 10 stand. They deem their cause
81 just and right, that even a stranger would
be convinced that they are neither rupa-
cious nor unjust; bu, simply standing Ly
their own.
When President POLK dec AIRED in his in
augural, that the American title TO he Ore
gon territory was /" clear and unques ion
able, The spoke not in The language Of me
mace, but what has long been considered Il
truth, by nnc-icnhs Of the American peo-
pie. 1t was the beating Of the pulse OF The
popular heart, 10 which, rs The chosen
representative Of the Nation, he gAve EN-
bodiment. lie spoke also in unison with
the whole course OK American diplomacy,
which has never offered to yield an inch Of
Oregon, because il vas considered Justly
ours.
On the contrary, when the Prime minis
ter, in the British Parliament, claimed all
Oregon, le assumes, on this question, far
mere than even the past policy OF England
will Justify. Did not Mr.. CANNING, well
known MS a trae Englishman, aid p4rlic-
ular.y resolute for the rights of his count,
ry. in 1926 Offer to Mr. Rush, our minister,
to cedo tn the United Sat nearly the the
whole country south of the 40ih parallel Of
latitude, embracing an area of 1900 SO
miles, and by far the most desirable por-
ton Of Oregonl Is no. this history? The
United States Immediately rejected tha; off
o., rs implying n cession of their rights
over The remainder of the territory Can
any one belicvc,hat, had England such
grasping claims over all Oregon, as she
now puts forth, Mr.. CAVNING would Lave
ever offered 10 make q surrender? Never,
never. The Character OF the b itiSh pol
icy-is well known determination never
10 yied an inch. where il has a clear light
--aliHe torbids IT,
The course of President Polk has been
strictly in unison with the past action of our
government 1t partakes not Of assump-
ton, because he asks nothing more than
our couatry has uniformly demanded for
twenty-five yea S. 1t requires no prophet
TO see that the President Will be sustained
heart and hand, with lie and means, By
the great masses in every section of our
coutry. On this question, there can be no
pnrly lines, for III people are with him
With them, It is no, a question OF the bour,
but one which has been watched for years,
until from the mere spo.k no bigger TINA
mans hand, it has grown Ia. a cloud.
Oregon has become deeply welded with the
pulse Of every American heart. 1t is in
dssolubIy associated with our future great
ness. Our "poople are already occupy
ing il with t. cir wives and their children"
Aud ho Iile unders, nds the charac,er Of
our peopl,, who supposes that they will
ever abandon bone Of their bone, and
ho,h Of their flesh" to the tender mcrcicS
OF the British crown.