Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-06-21
FOREIGN NEWS.

lantIc, to The exclusion OF every other
topic. The arrivals from the western
world are looked to with absorbing inter
est, and the instant a packet arrives, the |
news is conveyed with all the potency and .
speed which steam can command TO the .
metropolitan journals. In this way we
forwarded by special express, and at great
outlay, the news which came to hand on
the night of Tuesday by the caledonia"
The previous arrival, the Great Western"
caused some STIR as it was known that
she would bring tidings of the effect which
had been produced in America by the
speeches of Sir Robert Peel and the Earl
of Aberdeen, in Parliament, on the Ore
gon question. But, as only day or two
had interviewed between the receipt of
these speeches and the return Of the
steamer which had not permitted the pub
lie opinion TO develope itself, the succeed
ing arrival produced, if possible, still greater
interest, The pros and cons Of the ques
ton, il is needless to say. are daily dis
cusscd; and this is certainly not the first
instance Of late, that the spirit Of American
institutions has been analysed by British
pens. The theory of the federal consitu
ton has formed of recent years, stand
ing dish with the politicians Of England.
The national character and its pecuari
tcs--the pubic men and their hayward
ness the democracy and its elements-are
all weighed with critical skill, sometimes
with a f cndly, often with an adverse
hand. But, whatever diversity Of opinion
may exist among Englishmen as to the alb
stract merits of Republicanism, war with
America--the bare contemplation of such
possbility-is abhorrent to the national
mind. A war party, properly SO called,
as regards the United States, does not ex-
| list.
There is nothing TO mark its influence.
The mooted point-the Oregon-it is not
generally believed to be worth fighting for.
1t is not point which appeals TO national
pride, or prejudice, or power. Every one
feels that this little island has territory
enough, and colonies, and subjects, which
; own its sway in every part of the inhabited
globe, that plume themselves on their iden.
LITIGATION with the British name, without
measuring lances with a kindred people
about few thousand miles of barren and
proftless waste. No. The sentiment which
has taken deep root in the public mi ind OF
this country-which pervades all classes,
and sects, and shades of opinion, and unites
them as one man, refers not to the ualue OF
the territory in question, but to what they
conceive TO be the arrogant, overbearing
bullying style with which the opposite
e claim is advanced 1t is with spirited
, people as with a spirited animal--if you
drive, they resist, if you lead, they may
concede. Mr.. Polk must be crude Judge
of human nature, or he would not have
put forth, in his inaugural about the
. Oregon, sentiments which were not merely
a indiscreet--not merely uncalled for and
i out of place, but which sneered at, and may
!, be said to have hurled defiance at the
British claim. We say nothing now as &c
! the justice of the claim; all that we ain
i at is, TO account for the extraordinary
e unanimity which exists on this question
;, an unanimitv SO surprising, that if we d
! go 10 war about it, every hand will be bel,
= up, and every purse will be opened, every
, arm will be stretched, to sustain il, anC
! bring it TO a speedy and triumphant issue
There are men who would tamely submit
!. to wrong that would instantly resent az
e insult.
If The country feels itself insuted by the
G new President. Is he not a bunging tao
e tician that thus gives his opponent such al
i. adyantagc-that places himself in tn,
d wrong by his manner, while he is probabl,
" right in his theory? Human ingcnuit,
y could hardly have devised any means St
efectual for amalgamaling. as in a crucblC
+ the discordant e.Cmcnts of which publ
lc opinion in every free country is composed
IN Like the wand Of an enchanter, Mr.. Pol
- has done this, and if there is any truth i
- The saying Of Napoleon that moral force
'r even war, far outstrips physical force,
Or will be found that his first will not be hi
10 last blunder.
If iIasty men are generally obstinate men
!. The President has committed hmsclt--wi
~ the Republic sustain him? lie has so pre-
III cipitated matters that the question mus
C. now be settled. lie has thrown the gaun
ar let, and it has been taken up; he has icopal
C. died the American claim, and flung to III
49, winds the wise and mastery inactivity
" which Mr.. Calhoun, with tar-seeing 81
10 gacity, recommended as the best policy fc
nc the United States to pursue. Back out
i'll cannot, without personal compromise, fO
IS he has shown his cards to his oppOnen
10 who will work the game accordingly.
= 1t is well understood on this side Of Il
~ water--t is still better known at Washing
CT ton, that the British Cabinet have come
the conclusion that the present is the tin
IN for bringing this matter to an issue. L
- let it slip would prove them as arrant bul
;" glers as their antagonist. Diplomacy, lii
d The chess board, consists in a series of So
st cessful moves and a skilful player ca
er hardly be blamed for check mating h