Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-07-05

The true spirit" the government paper lately
proclaimed il, when somebody, somewhere else
averred in print that the people in that quarter were
unanimous with Mr.. Polk, in the Inaugural decla-
ration Our title TO the country Of Oregon is clear
and UNREASONABLE" and " it will become my duty
70 assert and maintain it.
Now, it may be, as the government paper and its
echoes say quite the true spirit" for the new Chief
Magistrates fresh from the creating hands of the
people as the first man was from his Makers when
he awoke into life-to come out, amidst the empty
and customary and safe gcneralities of his Inaugural
Address, and, instead Of speaking of the principles
that will guide him, to pledge himself and the coun-
try to specific and particular thing which thing
has been under international debate for thirty years
and more, an equal and drawn battle Of diplomacy !;
which thing is now, at our own instance, under me-
gotiation and treaty and on which thing the Ad-
ministraton itself had clearly, from the first, pur-
pose of matching its positive declaration to the peo-
pie with the appropriate consequence of at
fusng TO negotiate about it.
BIT we have been reading the new volume of the
Hon. RICHARD RUsH's Residence at the Court OF
London" and meet there, at pages SO. SO, very
striking instance of what was very opposite, and
Of course a very "false spirit This was, however,
in the unhappy EZRA Of good feeling" under the
administration of the old Revolutionary patriot
MONROE, when men had not yet emerged from the
delusion of not only some affection towards their
fellow-ctzens, but even some good will towards
friendly nations 1t may be well that the country
should consider, that they may avoid and discount
tenance, such shocking sentiments Of equity peace
and sense as are betrayed in our Ambassadors ac-
count (as folows) of the conferences between him
and the British Premier:
:" So expressing myself of Lord CAsrLEREAGH,
will go further In the former volume of this
work have borne testimony to what believe to
have been the liberal views of this Foreign Secre-
tary OF England in regard to the relations between
our two countries and now desire to do it again.
on authentic grounds. The convention of last
October produced complaint among portions of the
people both of England and the United States, as
is apt to be the after all treaties between am
bilious and powerful nations, approaching in any
points, to rivalry. There were parts Of the con-
vention not relished on our side; and those Tin
England who were interested in the British North
American fisheries camored exceedingly at the
article about the fisheries, alleging that England
had surrendered every thing to the United States
They even asked pecuniary ndemni6cation from
the English Government for what il had given up
Lord CAsTLEREAGH, in abiding to these clamors,
said to me that his Government was unmoved by
them; and that he thought it of less moment
which of the parties gained little more or lost
little more by the compact, than that so difficult
point should be adjusted, and the harmony of the
two countries SO far, be made secure adding his
belief, on full examination, that each party had
gained every substantial advantage needed THIS
Turr I II c,,I
cate his sentiments to my Government Outdoor
clamor is little of the difficulties which Gov
ernments often experience in arranging clashing
interests between great nations, and too little in
clned to ask whether it is not better sometimes for
each to abate ttle than determine to face all the
consequences Of standing out too stiffly on ground
taken at first"