Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-04-16
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d Englandl Simply By exciting her fasB.--
She to Understand that within twelve months
abe had better make some settlement, else--
1t IS IN this way the giving Of the notice 10 to
promote peace There is no other
III 10 sheer folly to say, as an excuse FOR the
notice that the joint occupation was mean: 10
Be temporary, ana that being now unsatisfac-
tory. II ought to terminate Undoubtedly il
ought 70 terminate, when some better arrange.
tnent has been agreed upon but not before
There is no more reason for the provision
al settlement Of Oregon being done array
with before permanent substitute is ready,
than there would be in the immigrants Of the
district burning their tents and log houses, in
order TO expedite the erection OF towns and ci-
ties.
'efhe giving OF the notice bv America under
present circumstances mas no ineligible pur-
pose, il il is not meant to place Great Britain
under pressure. But the notion that England
could be acted upon in this way displays the
ignorance and blind precipitancy OF raw poll.
tcians. America may give this notice, and
thereby unsheathe deadly weapon; but the
use Of 1t must fall to that party which proves
to be the stronger and more resolute. Amer-
ca may, perhaps, learn that no Power on earth
is able TO master England in this way.
OF what is due to the humblest agent Of that
commerce to whose energies we are so much
indebted. We will not relinquisb title of our
power TO protect our own subjects who have
exposed life and property to peril in Oregon,
10 reliance upon British protection. Our ne
gotlator may commit errors, but we do not IN
tend to convert them into precedents. The
Madawaska blunder shall not be repeated on
the banks Of the Columbia We have incur
red Obligations as nation in that region, from
which il would be dlshoncr to shrink and ma
ional dishonor is national weakness.
''lf il would be right TO resist the seizure Of
Canada, or Jamaica, or ofIreland, is II not less
right to resist an unjust aggression on the re-
mote shores of the Pacific The sun does not
set upon our empire, neither can it open our
responsibilities. Our power must be shown
wherever danger appears. Feebeness in the
extremites would be the first symptom Of inn
perial decay. If America gives this notice,
therefore look to it. Let the consequence be
what they may, they will not be chargeable
upon England. BY interest, by feeling, by
deliberate conviction, she is attached to peace
but the world is not without experience Of her
power, her courage, and her skill in arms"
There is an article in the London Times of
the 9Th of March, the amount of which is,that
Ine pcdCe VI int Wuilu uepeuuS vi ille next
steps taken by the United States, (presuming
that the Oregon notice will pass.)
The hostile character of the intelligence re-
ceived from Washington via New York is re-
ferred to by most OF the Paris journals Some
Of them calculated on hostilities between Eng
land and the u. States. Others-La Presse, for
example-''thnk that after all there will be
no war" But the general feeling was one OF
apprehension.
The passage of the "notice" resolution in
the House created much excitement in Eng
land, and is the subject of long and exciting
article in the Times. 1t is looked upon as an
omen of war
The Dock and Navy Yards in England were
most buslly employed IN fitting our vessels OF
war