Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-12-26
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that the government were determined upon the ne
cessity of settling the difficulty without further de-
| lay.''
1.-The opinion of the passengers to whom the
Presidents Message was read, OH board the Cam.
bria, was. that it would very much increase the ex
element in England and increase the difficulty OIL
an amicabls settlement"
We intimated on a former occasion that posi-.
bly, the cabinet meetings, of which so much notice
was taken by the corn SPECTATORS in their advices
by the last steamer, mis- ht have been occupied in
partly another subject-the Amcrican negotiation.
Whether the British government had then receiv-
ed from this coantry information of the reception
by Mr.. Packenham of President Folks PROPOSE
tion-its ELECTION by the former, and its withdraw
al by the latter-we are not informed. The con-
lecture that this subject may have been under con-
sideration, receives countenance from the following
which we find in the Morning Chronicle of No.
vember 6.
We are led to believe. from information on
which we are entitled to rely, that notvvthstand-
ing the Importance of the "food question: which
has occupied the delihcration and divided the
opinions of the Cabinet in their recent meetings,
the state ofour negotiations at Washington in re-
gard to the Oregon territory, has been a question
scarcely less perplexing and embarrassing Ger
tain it is, from all CLEAN Of public opinion
in thu States, and from all we can learn from pri-
vate sources of the views of the Cabinet at Wash
ington, and of their power to control public opin-
ion, even were they disposed to do, in order to
effect friendly settlement of this question-and
it is with reluctance and sincere regret that we
make the avowal-there appears at present scarce
ly chance of such views being entertained in the
pending negotiations at Washington as ,riHor can
meet the acceptance Of an English Cabinet Nor
dre fears on this score le>sened when we refer
to the apparent preparations which the recent ac-
tlvity in the various Government dockyards would
indicate against apprehended danger; nor when
we refer to the fact that cruisers stationed or
the west coast of South America have sailed TO the
north ,oih sealed orders. The approach Of the
meeting of Congress, when as matter of course
| the President in his Message will be under the
necessity of declaring the views of his Government
in regard to this now exciting question, renders il
matter of necessity that our Minister should be
decided to their policy. How far Mr.. Polk
may, in his Message to Congress, change the tone
of his Inauguration speech, we will not venture
to say but 1t is certain that the events which have
since then occurred in America have been such a.
rather to increase than subdue the popular appe
tite for "territory."
The Chronicle of the It'll adds the following
The Funds have improved to-day, in co7se
quence of the dispersion of the Cabinet, and it
being understood that the result of their deibera
ton has been not to touch the corn laws. Som,
people, it is tue, imagine that their discussion
were chiefly connected with the state of the Ore
gon question, and that the food of the people sci
dom interfered with their thoughts. The fund
have been for some days past very much depres
: sed by the continued meetings of the Cabinet AM
an expectation that some great political move
ment was about to take place; any imrned
ate apprehensions of such an event being nov
> looked upon as removed the markets have ma
J. turally begun to recover from their depression
and favorable re action has taken place.