Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-15

The Presidents message has been received ,hrouhg out the country with unexpected favor. Coming in to office, Mir. Polk did, by force of great party triumph, after Il contest of extreme doubt and unex- ampled excitement, it impossible that his an nouncements Of domestic policy, the preparatory steps for enforcing the principles and measures which had triunphed in his election, would be cs ived by his opponents with composure. But even in these parts of the message, the President has
 pressed himself with d clearness and dignity which have commanded general approval HIs bitterest opponents have yielded him the merit of have deve- oped his views with force, frankness and perfect proprIety.
 But It IS in the foreign aspects of the message that the public voice is all but unanimous in em- phatIc applause. The rights, territory and charac- ter o our country sustained, against the adverse machinaions and encroachments of foreign govern mens. with calm energy and lofty spirit which lose nothing of power, because clothed in terms of unquestionable courtesy. The strength of ihe mes- sage is in the force of it's array of facts and princ- ples and the of cons iction and ternina- ton which pervades il. These are conspicuous in the treatment of the Oregon question. Whatever could be required by consistent adherence to coH,- promIses, previously offered, has been frankly offer ed by government 10 that of Great Britain. The President, for himsef believes onr title to Oregon to be clesr and uuquestionable. His competitor m the Presidential contest, has declared that Great Bri- tain has no color of title 10 any portion of the north west coast. Few of any party in the country have, since the recent sgations. allowed that there s nyustice in the prelensions of Eng land to any part of Oregon In the spirit of moderation, of fers have been repeatedly made heretofore by our government for partition of the territory, al the 49h degree, whch have been repeatedly refused, and the line of the Columbia rirer insisted upoa with ndexble pertiRacity. In allthese efforts for compromise, the United States have never failed to ma inlain that title is better than that Of Eng land, and that in refusal to accept our offers, we would not be bound 10 them, 10 make anotl- concession. In deerence to these repeated oers, and in spirit which must layoraby impress other nations with the forbearance and moderation of ie United States, President Polk, although convinced that Enga land establish no title under the law o n.iions repeated the offer of the 49th degree, ac- companied by the offer of the freedom of the ports on the Pacific. between the 49th degree, and the mouth the Columbia. The proposal was summar ly rejected by The British envoy, terms which were scarcely respectful. Without making apy further proposal his part, he let the negoia. ton drop, wi, the expressi of that the U States would withdraw that, and make another "inore consistent with fairness and equity, and with the reasonable expectations of the British govern ment." The correspondence, accordingly, is ended by British relusaI 10 on the basis of the 18th parallel. l1af t f snv
 Again therefore, after these fruitless efforts to purchase an adjustment ofthe controversy, by sur. rendering five degrees of latrude, the government of the United States is liberty, by it's own unbroken reservations, to withdrw ills unavailing proposi-
 ons. and enabIed without irsmmeI, 10 recur 10 its orignalrighs Since the surrender ofa large tract to which beliye ourselves have npregnabe title failed to peaceful possession of the remain der, and we constrained keep up the struggle for a possession cf our own, with m adversary nsz tiable in his demands from our moderation, il be- comes our duty to matain our whole right. That is the wise and honorable determination uvowed by Mr. Polk, for the United States. He has with drawn the American proposition, which the British