Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-22
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RICHMOND DAILY WING.
OPINION AT WASHING ron
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY ". Is.s.


OPINION AT WASHING ron.
We learn from Washington that the rejecting portion OF
both parties contemplating With deep anxiety the er
csl position u Affairs growing out Of the needless
quarrel about Oregon They view the question 81 peace
entirely in the hands Of the British govern
meat the authorities OF this country being precuded by
po,nt Of honor, from offering renewal Of negotiations
They passed the OF their hands into
those of their rival and there way To escape
With honor.
The President the claim Of the United States to
the whole OF Oregon, clear and unquesonabe, aud
~hdraws the proposition for compromise previously pend
ing In this condition OF Affairs Congress meets and the
~sbass sounded from various quarters, with great
,ehemence, but particularly from the West and much
been done the prudiees aud name the passions
the people this country, and thereby close the door
~ anicabs adj u.tment. Indeed. is said many OF the
Western men are frothlng with all the erociy OF tigers
eager for blood and talk though nothing less will satisfy
them.
The control OF the business having been given up
well inquire what likely TO be the probable run
OF affair Claiming the pAois OF Oregon. and rejecting
every proposition iess, be done The
n5ee given OF abrogaton Of the Convention OF 1927,
and this Is viewed by the British Government Notice
90 Out Quit whatl Why, Of course, the toAoie Of
Oregon Is adversary likely do this Will she not
~ and ortiy her position least Tar South
49th degree This done, she will then be ready say IL
you have title TO the whole whole OF Oregon. and
take IT,
The necessity Of commencing the strife then thrown
upon Are ready for al 1t are, Is the game
worth the eande1 Is the region which offered give
away cooler moments, worth the toll and blood and
which must TO take by force, If indeed,
can be taken These questions which the homes,
aud rejecting People Of the country ask themselves
ere they resort &" bloody arbirament
No wonder. then, that these upon whom the response
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psnse. No wonder that the Organ OF the Administration
deprecates idea Of throwing the decision question
upon the Executive. Mr. Polk has staked evey
thing upon bsvado and like the rapi minstrel he's
"starued at the sounds himself hath made"
We also learn from gentlemen who have travelled South
that snKeiy is painful that region than
Washington aud that the horror expressed
contemplation OF the madness which rules hOurr As
of the feeling Of adherence with which the
whole subject is viewed, strong article from
South CarOnian, OF Columbia pApor fully mbued
with the and feelings OF the Leading Of the
State.
"oREGoN-Mr. CALHoUN-TBE SOUTH q.
ADAMS-AND WAR.
Among the Developments which have reached Us this
week. that made by Mr.. Adams We noticed in our last,
wise. luscious and mastery craftsmanship OF Mr.
boun exhibited in his cOncatory resolutions IN the SEN
There is man, however who ON the verge
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hndyhg improvements hared TO the Sout her institutions
aud prosperity; who defeated and slenced time has
been waiting for e aih grapp!e and has seized this nee,
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NN1'is '''e1NO "e accompaniment OF "l ms haired
To the Slave States BY hurlng us into war upon prnc
plea which must be fatal to the South, whether successful
pot he goes not alone for Oregon EXTREMIST Inn
it, but for the Canados and all tn British possessions on
this Continent Now the South, most exposed will
burst the Jury Ut the for It will be for conques,
ruin England will suiye-if she is successful w.. are
ruined irrerievaby- successful and the anadas
conquered and annexed shall be at the mercy Of
J. Y. Adams and abOlitOnism.
We dePreoate IN It's mides form, and deplore il
even wLeu necessary-we believe a wicked act which
involves nations for any thing short OF necessity to
vIndlcaIe national rights or honor But one
which invites bloody and Iuinous conflict between two
such America and England for conopest-f,r