Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-05-16
From the Washington Union
r.,,1inr. tn the Whig Party.


,.,d TO their own party interests, and by
90 still higher motives of country, not to
m this rising question Of Oregon into a
1or,v measure. They must see now, or. like
R iLa Bourbons, ''they learn nothing. and
r'rcet nothing'-that the unfortunate blum
~, of Mr.. Clay and his friends about Tex
- has contributed more 10 their defeat
%'n anv error of his whole life. Will
,bev remain blind in spite Of experience Z?
~ will they again attempt to make party
".oital out Of miserable opposition to the
,r,'e interests Of their country ! They
rore shipwrecked on the question Of Tex
a. Will they expose themselves to sim
liar destruction on the great measure of
oregon! If they commit a second eyre
oious blunder of this description, they
could be better fitted to fill cell in Bed
lam, than the Executive Chair of this great
Republic.
But if we had the pleasure Of expressing
our sentiments freely to Mr. PAkenham,
we would advise him not to mistake every
lille expression of a Wing journal for even
the voice of the Wing Party, much less
for the voice Of the nation. tits not eve
~ swallow that makes the Summer. We
make this suggestion in consequence Of the
idle ciatnor Of few Of the Wing presses.
such as the following from the " Portland
Advertiser :"
"Whatever may come out Of other ques-
lions, there will be no war about Oregon.
Mr.. Polk will not fight for Oregon. He
has no idea of any such thing. He could
not be kicked into war with England,
about Oregon, or any other issue now be-
tween us. What he said in his inaugural
was mere cIap-trap. 1t is upon the inre-
rior level of common partisan letter, such
as Mr.. Polk wrote in April last about Tex
as. Let Texas be reannexed'-'Oregon
is Ours'-these are the phrases, not of a
statesman, impeled by public necessity
to raise critical and vital issues, but of a
mere partisan leader, who is flush of his
talk, but will take good care TO keep the
peace. How can it be supposed that the
Polk party are going to war for Oregon,
when the Polk majority Of the Legislature
Of Maine, under the auspices of Mr.. Ebe-
nezer OILS and Mr.. EIdridge Gerry, under.
take te pass and have passed very warike
resolutions about Oregon. while, by their
own showing, they are totally ignorant OF
he latitude of the American cIaim?"
Such was the language which was en-
plugged in 1911 by the Federal parity
They then SAID, that Mr.. Madison "could
not be kicked iHto a war; and England
was misled and encouraged TO continue Iler
aggressions upon our commerce and our
seamen. And what was the result? That
Mr.. Madison, anabie as he was ia all hl>
relations, and as great ''9riend of peace
as the Indian Logan himself, was impelied
by the wrongs Of his country into recon-
mendatien Of war We are sure We neet
not reuind the British Minister of the re
suits Of that war. The whole transaction
is written in lines Of glory for our country
We will not say in what manner ii termi
mated for the British arms. The same
hLunder, at the present time, will terminate
in the same results.
Tae "PortIand Advertiser is more ig
norant of Mr.. Folks disposition than tn
FederaIists Of 1911 were unacquainted will
Mr.. Madson's character, MIR. Polk, as
wise statesman ought to be, is ''the frien
of peace" but still more the friend Of tn
rights and honor of his country. The Re
publican party sympathize with his senti
ments, and ii is to be hoped that the grea
body of the Wings will see their true in
terest in the same spirit. The PreSiden
is, withal, firm man. He was called tn
Little Hickory" during the late campaigi,
and he deserves the distinction, for he ha
the spirit of the "Old Hickory in him
lie will never sacrifice the honor Of hi
country to any idle apprehenslons OF wal
or, we beg leave to say, to the still NOR
idle declarations Of the statesmen Of Eng
land, in the midst of the imperia! Pari;
ment! Let not, then, the peace OF tw
great people, like those of England and til
United States, be disturbed by any factioU
declarations of any of the Wing presses
As the Eastern Argus truly says, in i
commentaries upon the enusions of I'll
advertiser: :"
ats chief delight just now seems to
chat Of picking flaws in our title 10 Oregon
denouneing the annexation of Texas, all
ridiculug the idea of maintaining our rlgI
at any and every hazard. England ma
bully and swagger to her hearts conte
about her title to Oregon; may pat for
her meddlesome hand 10 stay the annex
ton of Texas; and may sI,ive by ever
means in her power, to retard the grow
Of her Western rival; but for her, our Fe