Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-11-17

the paiats controversy iafa the governments o lie
United States aud Greai Butiu relation To the 0re-
gan errfnfy. whr have hreu hng permitted to sleep
aud The .Iiscusio OF which has been unnecessarily
and IN opni,n biaIlciu ,ly 10 opanel. mast be
finally and conclasisely deter ned Had the joint nc
cnpipn treaty been suffered 10 main nnd siHbed AMI
hr decision of the future destiny of Oregon thus left to
The silent operations al TIM, mast in the very ma lure
Of lungs. have been thrown arms without the
prsal5lIty Of watlike collision with Great Britain
any ether power. Bot he gradual aud certain process
u pac fic and bloudess conquest Of tn, territory in dis
pne, seems, slow and in ofioas for the Vi.
olen and staspin. spitil Of the times Hence, certain
drrnas".n =. whose brains fred viii the splendid
vtslan Of "ocen-Lound RepuLGc )" bave pushed the
coatrover-y to ptonpt aud immediate issue.
The hazard Of ptoaeed and bloody war, and going be
You'd the orignl demands of our governm mi, in pu.
az. nd before the publ mind had become Infected
With The pcnlclJus spirit nj territorial aggrandzement,
they insist, "a sine qua upon bonnlary line
efa degfes farther npfl Than had been heretofore claim
ed We ia not mean h say that claim 10 the 5llh
degree Is unjust one but whether II be the true boun-
dairy nf nj, we lnssl npln that the fact that go
vennent has three several occasions. offered to
eoale The basis nllhc 1Qlh degree al least sulli
Gent j. fnsr doubt whether our Tile the 51h de,
sitt u - f'dI anu itlnlhhillr as MI uk ana
nlhets unequvocally assrr-a doubt which is rher
strengthened by The refusal Of the Brush government,
each of those occasns acqnicsre the justice of
our claim even ID the iq,h degree We canuo, now, 1t
ia, pt'ioscieusly insist upon hc 5ilh de
gree and refuse Ia listen all Of compromise aud
10 all propositions OF admiration, without implicitly
surng past administrations as rcoant 10 their u,ost sol
emn obig al,ons Ia thus lnanrsIiug Willingness re-
noDl5t - Great Britain ,yfput # fprritnrV
CLEARLY and uuqae'li1bably' Nevertheless.
we certainly moi IN lavur Of rluqasbng To Great
iirian though be dJa5jhi tn Whch nation the
TENT T, ruhulIy bcl1ae. Bur o. the other hand we
are opposed To involving the nlon IN war and OF as,
sefling our claim loa doubtful te by arms, with
out first eNhausliny every h,nnrahlo cxpadent to a
yett So greata calamity. And such. We believe will be
The sentiueut ii yer large majority Of the american
people. Al,e especially opposed to a war for
tie SIX degrees Of disputed tctr.ty, when it must be
obvious 1" every rfse cling mind thai will a lance
at lis renIntc position, and Ih.u contrast the II ar time
and military resources oi Great Britain with lhose of the
l. aifs. that in event Of hostllles it must inrv
1ably TALL into the hands 1.-THE Grmer a8d be held in des
pie II ~ .Whje, The Other hand if peace be pre-
served, il must just certainly aud inevitably fall no
our owp. War, aud defeat Ia lis very ttjec, is in our
o9nipn. no to be preferred to Peace with the certain
ainment. even though ii be at -, taf. Of that OBJ
Jcelor distant as may be the period ol IT'S attainment,
Il vii ht quite as Sum stall need the territory,
el1ier Tor settlement OF lof commercial purposes.
In this connection refer the reader the very in.
tens,ing speech o Daniel Wcbsrr delivered il Boston
lev da. ago (@f Which see G,si ranr, in which the
rue ground Is taken IN pleeuar Ia tins ques on-lhat
while We VIII surrender nor IN ror permit hGnor 10
he furnished war ought 10 be- ay,ted. If be done
consistently with their nanl'oaure. Nj Webster 90,
step arthcrand. ouhlna iuurily no, very dis
dn hr precincts that, IN Wn>o,v Yer manner his
nal Dispute may no~ BE- Stalled, Republic ndeI eudent
both III Gfeal Britain and the Uuaed States Will be- es.
abshed "n the shores othe Pacific, hy the enigraols
Who shnli people that Remote region. Fer The expires.
sion ri ihs opinion he is somewhat rudcy taken task
by the " ashluglon Uulon, and charged with want Of
pa1iotisuias II the Official Editor lad forgotten that
this idea is not original with Mr.. W,bslcr. hut was
Iong ago express by Ihomas Jefferson, hose name is
snoen q""ed by certain party IN tins country uhen il,
SUITS nor purposes. Certainly there Is nothing tmproh.
ahle III ia" supposion. Whrher il would be a d,sira
bile event is anolhe guesen. which weave wiling to
adjeurn Ia the future gener1on which lis final deter
mnalion mus, he l,h "SuGicien, to The day viii be
The evil thereof
Whatrver may be the futpre destiny of Oregon is Of
FAR less consequence us how ever han the adjust
mem Of existing difficulties What, them are the prob,
abilities 81 war; 1t will he remembered that Mr. Polk.
III his Inaugural Speech. affirmed THAI the American ii.
tie 10 the whole Ut Oregon is "cear aud nnQutsionl
BILE, not~ outstanding The governments OF Great Britain
and the L ned States wife at that very moment dis.
cnssiag the validity ui each others e,ans aod the
grounds upon which they respectively rest. This un.
called far, and in our rs matoo nde.icate assertion
when II reached Great Britain oc asiunpd as nu hit hav