The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-06
THE DAILY UNION

SesA uSet 70 every thinking man throughout the
world. Ii is impossible 10 settle the Oregon contro-
yersy on grounds Of abstract right TO the sausfac-
tion Of either party. We think that we are entitled
10 prior and more ancient interest on the score of
first occupancy They think the same The
whole OF the Oregon or none has already become
cry on the other side Of the Atlantic II might be
easy TO excite the same ardor for the same cause
on this side. But what statesman Of either country,
who knew the magnitude Of the trust reposed In
him, would urge two nations Of one common origin
into suicidal struggle for a vast extent Of sIerl
domain No mas in EDgland--no rejecting man
in the republio-would for moment encourage
the insane spirit of ambition which seeks TO termi-
nate Joint possession Of more than fifty years by
sudden and aggressive assertion of single and UNI
divided right. Humanity reyolts al the idea. But
pride-the pride Of nationality-is equally offended
at the notion of Suffering dishonorabe eiectment
How then TO reconcile the two conflicting senti-
mentsl How can this be done, but in the manner
which We have already suggested great
public will not bear TO be affronted. An ancient
monarchy will not submit TO humiliation. The
identity and the power Of both essentially
involved in extending protection TO their sub
lects IN the most distant settlements. America
Will not desert her citizens. England will not
abandon her colonists, who have gone forth to
brave the solitude of the forest and the lake hardy
pioneers Of commerce, relying on her power, and
secure Of her protection. II this joint occupation
10 be oancelled-if they who have hitherto lived
together members Of one State are henceforth to
be as strangers and aliens TO each otheT-on what
terms, on what terms alone, ought this separation TO
be effected On what terms but those which pro-
vide an equality OF adyantage-loeal or commercial-
TO tho two poresi it is absurd to talk Of mbers
Of degrees, square miles, superficial area, and all
those things which are hauled into this discussion
rather, we suppose, for Purposes Of completely
than anything else. These are not the things Of
importance. No manip England cares about them;
- As.aAE A.aaaV Int -.
Englishman Of common head or right feeling who
does not know that any partition OF the territory
which gives 10 the Americans the sreitsirs use Of
the Columbia and its hsrbors wonld be dshonora-
bic TO his country, and degrading TO her eolonsts
No. Give up twice the extent Of barren or frigid
soil TO your rivals abdicate the improbable ostenta
ton Of a vast western empire; absolye yourselves
II you will, from the cost Of great and snowy re-
sponsbility. Do not haggle about TRIES. But take
care Of this, that no treaty which you propose no
condition which you ratify, transfer your own
trade with your own dependencies into foreign
hands, or make the Hudson Bay Company tenants
at-will in their principal settlement the new sover-
egns Of the Oregon. Abide by Just and legitimate
claim. Allow the 49th parallel, which is for so
many hundred miles the boundary Of the United
States, to be extended their boundary across the
Rocky mountains, and make il the landmark of your
territories until II first reaches the sea- NO as TO leave
you in possession Of harbor for your shining
and an access 10 the Columbia Ii is a clear dis.
tinct, geographical mark. Ii is more decisi We than
a blue or red line IN a map. IL admits of no con-
troveTses II will end your strife, by defining your
possessions. IL will confirm your amity, by pre-
senting to both claimants equal and reciprocated
means for the furtheranee of those noble projects
and the diffusion Of those pure blessings. which il
has been the choicest privilege Of our common race
10 spread among the nations Of the earth"
From the London Times.
The position which has been assumed in the SEN
ate Of the United States by Mr.. Calhoun has imme-
diatey improved the chances Of an amicabIe settle
ment Of our differences with the Americans, and il
has substituted the conduct and temper of states-
man for the exueyagant and ill-directed passion Of
the multitude. We expected no less from Mr.. Cal
houn. Although the policy Of England on one inn
porant subject deeply connected with the interests
Of humanity and the cause Of free labor has in him
unanching opponent; and although his zeal in the
defence Of slavery in the South has sometimes led
him to traduce, at least TO misconceive the COM
mercal and colonial views and objects Of Great Brit
ain, nevertheless Mr.. Calhoun is compelled by the
interests Of which he IL the principal representative
and exposition TO act pacific part in the relations of
the two nations. On most other points, but espe-
ciay with reference to those truths Of commercial
policy which at this time working such vast and
incaculable changes in the social economy of this
country, and In our relations with other communities
abroad there Ia strong conformity Of interest and
opinion between the views of Mr.. Calhoun and those
now prevalent amongst us. The principles OF free
trade in defence Of which he threatened in 1893 to
rend the Union itself and to nullfy the supreme laws
Of the commonwealth, are now triumphng in the
world. The democratic party in America has achieved
victory which leaves its leading statesmen no
excuse for not carrying into full effect the great prn-
ciples Of their political faith Il is true that in Penn
sylvania and some of the northern States Mr. Polk
party took advantage Of the obscurity of their cam
dldae to pass him off as supporter of the existing
tariff; but the clear and able paragraphs in his mes
cage on the subject Of commercial restrictions have
removed all doubt on this subject, and the American
government is advancing almost as rapidly as our
own to pure system of revenue duties. Texas has
already added two votes To the of free trade
and to the defence of southern interests in the Sem
ate; and before any final resolution can have been
taken in Congress, the particulars Of Sir r. Peels
measure will have been circulated in every part of
the Union.
Everything conspires to make Mr.. Calhoun at
this crisis the most Important and perhaps the most
powerful man in the country He is evidently con.
lending for the presidentship of the United States
at the the election Of lS4S. The triumph Of the dem
ocratc party in 1874 has already broken the strength
Of the wings. The annexation of Texas has
sablshed beyond all possibility of doubt the ascen-
dency Of the South. To place power in the hands
Of Mr. Calhoun and to carry into effect his prnci:
pies, is the just and inevitable consequence oil these
acts of the nation We have never disguised our
regret at the defeat of Mr. Clay and at the success
of the aggressive policy of Mr.. Tyler, assisted by
Mr.. Calhoun, who was then Secretary of State;
but it must in fairness be acknowledged that there
are drawbacks and advantages on both sides and
in both parties, and it is duty as well as our
interest make the best can of political changes
in foreign states, over which we can exercise no
preventive influence II is not true that the whole
wing party in America is pacific party; and
it is equally untrue that the party Of peace is
essentially wing. Mr.. Clay is an opponent of
those free-rade principles which will prove in the
end the surest safeguard of peace; and amongst the
manufacturers of England it would be easy to point
out some of the least sincere friends of peace in the
whole Union. Mr. Calhoun on the contrary, rep
resenting what is now called in America the mid
die party is essentially pacific, because upon the
maintenance of peace depends the success of the
measures he has long advocated and his own chance
of arriving at the Presidents chair The line of con-
duct he has adopted in the Senate is, therefore, that
which we had anticipated from him.
He has succeeded in defeating an absurd and in
opportune resolution Of Mr.. Allen, which tended to
pledge the United States to resist all foreign inter
ference whatever on the American continent. He
has induced the Sennte to postpone for N few de,y