Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-06-12

All alliances having tendercy to jeop-
ard the welfare and honor Of our coun'
try. or sacrifice any one of the national
will be studiously avoided;
and yet no opportunity willbe lost to cui-
tivate favorable understanding with
foreign governments, by which our navi-
cation and commerce may be extended,
and the ample products of our fertile
soil, as we'll as the manufactures OF our
skiIlfuI artizans, and a ready market and
remunerating prices in foreign coun>
tries"
Taking the resolution Of the Balti-
more Convention as the text. and the
language of the Inaugural as the com,
mentary, the course the administration
will pursue, is so clear that he who
runs may read. Our right to the whole
territory in dispute is asserted. and our
right to the whole territory irsI be man
tnined. Our ,:itle beng "clear and un-
questionable, the administration clear
ly and unquesticnable will defend it, and
yet not yield one inch to the false and
groundless claim set up by Great Britain.
Unlike statesmen Of the federal school,
Mr.. Polk not only says what he means,
but. what is Of equal Importance, ne
means,what he says; and in his strict ve-
| raclty, and the able and patriotic men
he has drawn around him, the people Of
1.-The Great West, whose feelings are SO
deeply interested in this great and. to
them, all absorbing question, have a
guaranty that the interest of the country
is invested!in safe hands-its honor cons
fided to hands that neither the clustering
braggadocia threats Of England, nor the
whining appeals Of English emissaries
.. ia our midst. can swerve from the tixeo
and unalterable determination to submit
| 70 nothing that is wrong. For years
past, Great Britain has tried diplomacy
. the news by the last steamship from
that country shows that she is bringing
threats to her aid to prolong the nego'
tiation. Had the federal Senate. OF the
United StatesSpassed the Oregon bill o
the last session, the dispute would ere
this have been placed in a situation te
bring it TO speedy close. As it is, the
next Congress will repair the wrongs o
the last Senate, and will do justice, moi
Eonly to the country, but to those who
have settled in Oregon on the implied
pledge of the government that her laws
should shield them
For our own part, we trust negotia'
tion will soon be ended, for it is time the
! question was settled, which we humbly
conceive never can be done, as long as
Great. Britain can slave off the final adj
justment Of the question by diplomacy.
Let our government at once give the
twelve months notice required by the
treaty. and, at the end of that time, as
sumo jurisdiction over the whole of the
territory belonging to the United States;
and If Great Britain should carry her
| threats into execution and declare war.
we are better prepared for that event
now, than when we brayed that power
before. Should that event happen, there
is no part of the tnion that would res
spond to the call, and share its portion
Of the burdens with more cheerful alac-.
rity, than that portion known as the
Great West. But war will never be de
clared by Great Britain, Her bluster
is but for effect, and straightforward
and manly course, such as we have
every confidence will be pursued by the
present administration, will in short
time peacefully plant the American flag
at the mouth Of the Columbia, and es>
tablish American laws over the whole of
that beautiful territory.