Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-12-13

Our readers will have seen that we have ourselves
arrived at the conclusion, from crcumstantial evil
dence, that War, as consequence of the tone Of
the Executive Annual Expose to Congress, is not
within the contemplation or calculation of the Pre-
government paper does not deny
What will be the consequence of Congress un-
dertaking to construe and follow up by action, the
erclHsiUe claim set up by the President TO !" the
whole of Oregon" is another matter, not at all de-
pending upon what may have been the purpose Of
prefering that claim. On this point there is much
pith in the following remarks by the Providence
Journal:
"The inquiry is eagerly made in the streets, and
: throughout the country, Will there be War! II
. is impossible TO answer. 1t is impossible TO say
whether the President intends his recommends
ton to be adopted by Congress it is impossible
to say, if adopted, whether he will not be forced
to some weak concession which will pacfy the
: offended spirit of Great Britain. OF one thing
we may be certain If oar title TO THE WHOLE OF
: OREGON be enforced, as eUery nation ought to en-
force title (Which IL declares shall not be gues-
Toned, there s0iN be iCdr-a war for which years
preparation will only enhance the naval superb
Ority of our adversary, and war whose disasters
will have had no precedent in history, because it
Z would be waged with means of destruction never
before used. The criminality of unnecessarily
{ bringing such war upon people whose policy
: is peace with all men, cannot be estimated"
The New York Evening Post, (whose veteran
Editor is again at its helm,) remarking upon the
reports Of active preparation going on at the Eng
lish dock-yards, of which probably, having recently
returned from Europe, he has had some opportunity
of personal observation, does not attach SO much
importance to them as others do in reference to
the existing dispute between the United States and
Great Britain on the Boundary question. But he
takes advantage Of the occasion to administer to his
Democratic friends the following sautary and timely
admonition:
But, although we think Great Britain in no haste
to engage in hostilities with the United States, just
as we believe that our own Government is not
disposed rashly to precipitate the country into
war, there is yet something to be learned from her
example. If war should unhappily grow out
of the controversy, Great Britain will be prepared
for it-our own country, unless Congress gives
the subectits immediate and serious attention, sciH
/. NOT Our seaports win be found without defence,
9 our coast unprotected, and our commerce will
= offer rich prey to the enemy. Valor we lack
not, but ii is valor unorganized and undisciplined
means and resources we have in abundance, but
the means are not ready to be applied. and the
sources are yet to be called forth. 1t is for Con-
gress to bethink ITSELF before the session Closes
: ho,o our populous and actiOe seaporfs are to be
protected against descent from the enemy. The
: most judicious preparations that we can hope to
make would still leave the disadvantage on
side at the commencement of the contest, though
we might expect thatwhen the spirit Of the nation
was once ronsed all deficiencies of this kind would
I be speedily repaired and all disasters retrieved"