The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-12-28

'aAs 'C. ucinOusncu ny shower OF DoTlO-silS lis
son IN America, always IN a state OF revolution
VIII not be al peace while the world around her j
enga ged IN her favorite pasme OF cutting throats
Urea Jehovah. what picture OF wholesale murder
- this! And all originating from quarrel about Il
eeaver-skin, betwee hunting shirt and red-coa
on the banks Of the Columbia, two thousand miles
from the frontiers O 1 civilization,
Furthermore, sho uld such contest arise during
the lifetime OF Louis Philippe We not unadvised
as 10 the position France would occupy in the gen.
eral melee. She would, for the retention of eeitl-
mate succession, side with England. Five years
would. however, expe them all-English, French,
and Mexicans, from their share in the sovereignty
OF North America and the West India Islands But
how (lf the struggle here thus erninaled) and IN
what condition should we find ourselves EX-
hausted OF resources, IN debt five hundred millions,
and new pension list of fifty thousand men upon
the Treasury. The tariff would be hopelessy fixed
al the maxlmum--dlrect taxation superadded-the
post office charges raised five hundred per cent
the public lands hypothecated at an exorbltant in
terest-and the South would withdraw. The inter-
nal confusion which would follow would be as lrre-
concilable, as tue previous uaanlmlty against the
foreign aegressors has been unbroken and re-
markable
And all these contingencies. RELY upon il. Ike the
sword OF Damccles, are suspended upon the strength
OF single hair The crack OF a rifle on The banks
OF the Columbia may brngthe weapon TO the floor
the signal tor greater than the ravages of
the cholera and The plague combined. But il will
effect an universal renovation. The world will be-
GIN upon new system. Kings will be displaced
and the people will assume the sovereignty But are
We prepared for the cost Z That's an important
our Onward march tor conffIot in which we are 10
pay all the expenses, while the word Is TO share an
the advantages The oreeo question must be set
tied. -hall wa hold on to fifiy four forty or nv
again Tor the line Of forty-uine We must 90 some
thng-somethlng Is necessary to be done 10 prevent
the hunting shirt and the red coal from coming into
collision.
For the information OF the million OF readers Of
fprfh lf he tar he
Inform ttion OF tock.o5b-rs OF Wall sirset-ihose
men whose souls revolve upon the periphery Of the
almighty dollar-we tell them that the aGniinistra
ton will receive in good faith the offer OF England
if il be identical with Mr.. Buchanan's proposition
rejected last summer. Further we cannot-farthrr
We must not, dare not, 90. We could not dare 10
60 80 tar, had not the claims OF Great Britain been
four lines taclty ack nowledged TO territory over
which she has no claim all, as exhibited FROM the
records. For the sake OF peace--for the sake of
humdnity-for the sake Of continuing our onward
peaceful march TO the monopoly OF this continent
tor the sake OF avertlng expenses which must fall
tax upon our posery for century to come; Tor the
sake OF commerce, for the sake OF Christianity the
administration. We tell you. is prepared to treat
npon the line OF tortynlne. Bot It must b. upon The
relractlon by England VI her late rejection 81, that
line. she must come to II, or We shall give DAME,
OConnell the watchword OF repeal, 10 the una!lera
ole proclamation OF fifty-four forty
The House OF Representatives are prepared 10
give the twelve months notice of the dissolution al
the joint occupation-to extend our laws according
ly TO 81 40aHd to throw down the gauntlet upon that
issue. And were il not tina, the clustering of sir
Robert Peel, last February, IN The House Of Com
mons, had committed the British na,ion, the
sumption OF our whole individual rlghtu soil could
have been made with perfect safety. But again,
like the bitch in the fable, we have given OLD Johns
animal admission into the door: and now the only
way OF getting The slut and her whe lps out. is 10
kick them out, with the certainty OF raising all the
dogs OF war In Chrlsendom, and OF being seriously
crippled from their fangs. Yet there is another
way-we have offered her the line Of forty-nine al
ready Let her have 1t, and we can starve the old
blood hound out by and bye.
The Senate are not prepared TO act with the
House-they lean to the administration for the line
OF fory-nine. MIR. Calhoun will yet effect settle
ment upon that line--peace will be preserved, the
cotton trade will not be suspended, tree trade will
continue TO gain ground, taxes will be reduced,
Mexico Will captuate and come iu we shall be
abled tob buy Cuba, and immediately to purchase Ca
E!ornla. And II this settlement s made before the
expiration OF the present Congress, the country will
so lar confess 10 the superior wisdom and sagaclv
OF MIR. Calhoun, that in 1913 his name will sound
like charm, from the Aroostook TO the Rio Grande;
IRON the line OF forty-nlne east OF the Rocky Noun
tans 10 It's terminus in the surf of the Pacific.
Whatever OF humiliation might attach to the sur
render OF our soil tor the sake OF peace, not Tor the
tear OF England, Qor God knows we would rather
fight her than anybody else, because she is alone
worthy OF our metal) that humiliation is past in the
offers already made, particularly in the offer Of last
summer.
the line OF iorty-nlne are far, regarded as vlr-
iual concession OF the British CLAIM and British
tight. The government has thus confirmed the
claim OF Great Britain to this line by these repeated
offers, and In now assuming the territory up 10 the
kussan parallel, we only attempt take back that
which, last August, Mr.. Buchanan actually gave
away. The British minister refused it because,
ike Oliver Twist, he wanted more and it is
~ reasonable now, that he Will consent TO accept
less Than Mr.. Polk, by deed, not by word, acknow.
lodged to be his property IN August last. There Is,
therefore, no point of honor be hazarded in
compromise upon the line of fory-nne. Had the
government, from the beginning maintained no
other parallel than fftyfour forty had it submitted
no compromise upon any other line, there would be
tangible questlo.- In retreat at this crisis of the
game But the case Is different And while il is not
Tor US again TO offer the line OF orty-nlne il is no
more our part cf honor TO reject 1t If accepted by
Great Britain.
We firmly believe that the question will be set
tied upon the lneof torty-nne and while we re-
greet sucn compromise from the force OF precedents
made IN behalf Of the government under the sane
ton OF the people, or, at least, their name, and
under their acquiescence, we are constrained to
submit, In That these very presidents have made
eucn compromise an imperative obligation.
Furthermore, on the score OF policy between the
surrender OF live or SIX degrees of an unlnhabted
wilderness, mostly unlnhabltahle, and contest for
this territory, at an expense OF thousands OF lives,
hundreds OF ships, and not few OF the large vii
lagos on the seaboard and the entallment OF five
hundred millions debt upon the nation, the surrender
OF the snow-covered mountains three or four times
already offered, we incline TO think would be the
cheaper end OF the bargain.
Shall we go to war on point OF honor already
surrendered No. sir. The administration is con-
hdent OF an amlcable adjustment The great strug-
gle between monarchy and repuhlicanlsm ls 10 be
pat aside yet while longer; and when single well
directed blow will give us the victory, the end will
be achieved without INJECTING il.
In conclusion, we beg leave 10 say, that had we
been the negotlator IN place OF Mr.. Buchanan and
hispredecessors, we should, perhaps have stood up
10 hyfour forty. As II Is, the people are RESPONSE
BILE tor the acts OF the administration, and as one Of
the people, we shall endorse the line OF forty-nine
(Which, without doubt, from present appearances
WIN De The lneJ with the 10 junction, Mr. President
that this Is to be the last time
There Is another way OF adjustment, however
besides negotiation, legislation or arbitration 1t Ii
explanation, followed by Annexation. Let us ac
knowledge the people OF Oregon independent, up to
fifty four forty, help them to fight il out with the
ILLUSIONS Bay Company, and then annex them, al
he while preserving our aaiicabe relations wtuEng