Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-12-10

all principles 81 International law, me
reasoning which carries the American IT,
lie to the Ash parallel Of latitude (which
some contend for, and there stop tarrIes
it, par passa, aud with equal 4orce and
authority, up to 54:f0, the boundary Of
the Russian settlements.
1t is perfectly evident from the tone OF
the "Union" that the Government OF The
United States intends to stand upon the
resolution Of the Baltimore Convention,
the open ground upon which its Chief Ma
gistrate stood when elected by tn people
TO his once. The following is the resolu-
ton-unheeded al the time both by the
American opposition and British press,
and which when quoted from by the Pre-
sident in his inaugural, raised such bursts
of clamor, opened by the London Times,
and chimed in with by the National In
lelIigencer and affiliated Wing press:
" Resolred, That our lille TO the WHOLE
'of The territory Of Oregon is clear and
: unquestionable; that no portion of the
same ought 10 be ceded to England or
'any other power; and that the occupation
'of Oregon and the remuneration IF Tex
as, at The earliest practicable period, are
great American measures, which this
convention recommends to the cordial
'support of the democracy Of The Union
| Should The President take this ground,
will the Nation sustain him? Should that
stand provoke the vengeance Of British
hostites, shall we present the spectacle
OF united people, or are we TO have re-
peated the sickening scene of peace
party in time of war, lrowning upon the
efforts of patriotism TO defend the country,
and induging in hideous reiocngs over
the victories Of its encmiesP Let The Anne
rican Youth, the generation sprung into
manhood, since the war Of 1912, and to
whom will be entrusted the duty of lead
ing our armies and fighting our battles, il
war should come--let them turn to the
pages Of the history of that war, and de-
eide whether they will emulate the exam
pie of the Decatnrs, and Croghans, and
4 Pcrrys, or of the Websters and Qmncys,
and The Eastern clergy of thai day We
are no advocates of war--the phllanthro-
Ply and religion OF the age arc opposed 10
1t. Democratic principles, whose watch
words are progress and prosperity, are op.
posed TO it. But National honor and pros
perity are indis>ouble. The blessings Of
Peace can only be enjoyed by being pre-.
pared Tor war, and a readiness TO NEE
the dangers, and sutterlngs and prlvatons
OF Just conflict, is the price of Naiona
as well as of Individual safety and repose
: II then, our title is clear 10 Oregon, though
il be a "barren waste" as il is now, anc
as Texas iraS represented, both duties
to posterity and policy require us, firmly
to maintain it. Let the consequences bt
an after consideration. Frightful as wa
!. is, it is not so dangerous in The end as
falerng and limid course, where Englan'
is the party. That Government will neve
cease to demand and enforce from us con
; cessions, national, territorial and CONNER
cial so long as we exhibit the white fea
Their. And as il is always The safest cours
TO face danger, II is especially the part o
prudence, when Great Britain threatens II
to meet it on the square-to show her tina
we are fully worthy OF our descent from
her own renowned race, that we possess
" Terra p0tens arms atque nbere gtebG,'
and that the Anglo-Saxon race has lost no
thing of its vgor and caste, intellectual
moral or physical by the influence of free
dom on this continent.
Bot, we do not apprehend war abou
Oregon. There would be no danger Of Il
but that England is encouraged to strik
f the blow, under the deluslon that sue
Americans as Webster, and the conduc
tors of The n. Y. Tribune and National 10
telligencer, reflect the minds Of The Anne