The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-11-14

The pettlement OF the Oregon question
win Be one amOngg hemany important sub.
iects which will engage the aaeution Of the
aezt p0Rgress.- That this matter can Be
settled amicably, We have not the least
dOibE.0 Neither our Government nor Eng
land have as yet takeE adecided stand upon
the question, and we see no reason why
commissioners might not be appointed by
the two governments to settle upon the
boundaries, withOutcompromising theahonor
Of either nation. Mr.. Polk declared in his
inaugural address, tour title to Oregon is
clear and IHdisputable, !" this is most certain
ly true, but M. Polk did not assert how
much Of the country cons tituted the Oregon
to which our title was clear and indisputa-
BE. England has also declared that she
"has' rights in Oregon which she is prepar-
ed to defend'-of this also, we have no
doubt, but she did not state what she con-
sideFed as her "rights" in Oregon. That
these declarations were not considered by
either party as a determination of the one
or the other to assert their right TO the whole
of the territory known as Oregon, is clearly
PrOven by the fact that ever since those de.
claratiOns were made, negotiations have
been going on between the two nations
They were considered, as they should have
been, as mere declarations that each party
had certain rights in Oregon, but what those
mere, were not distinctly set forth, but were
left to be settled by future negotiations.
Add antil certain, clear and unequiVocal
claim is made by one or the other, we see
not why the ascertainment Of what those
rights aud titles are, might not safely and
honorably be left to Commissioners. Meth.
er party has declared for certain and def>
initexboundary, then how can it deEogate
Grom4he honor of either TO accept the 49tb
degyee-or the saith degree, or any other de-
grees WHICH the Commissioners may decide
upq9,vas the boundary of their respective
claims. We. trust that our representatives
will use every exertion in their power to
haye the matter settled amicably. War is
always an evil, and should eyel be summed.
And WaF at the preaent time, must be an
Unacceptable injury to both parties; without
any remuneFating benefits. We can never
be conquered, for whilst there is drop Of
blood in the Viens Of an American, his arm
will never cease to strike in defence OF the
rights Of his country. And we would not
be so fool hardy as TO think of crossing the
waters TO wage war upon English soIh The
war, If any, must be upon the sea, millions
Of money and Of lives must be expended;
our cotton must lie in our storehoUses, all
importations Of manufactured articles will
cease, and ruin and distress must perVade
both countries, and after years of war, ne>
gOtiatiOns must finally settle the matter. If
the subject can be adjusted without blood
shed, as we think il can, we say let it be so,
even il we should receive "a foot OF two Of
land" less than we expected, but still we
are not in favor Of yielding any Of our
rights to the gfasPing ambition Of England,
all We wish is not to go to war before we
know what we are TO battle for. Let our
right and title be FIRST clearly ascerained,
and then if England chooses TO dispute ii,
we are ready TO appeal to arms, and the God
of battles to decide for the right. Our motto
is "odf country, always right, but right or
wrong our Country.