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Oregon, Arbitration, and The Tribune

Oregon, Arbitration, and The tribune
From the Editor
WASHINGTON. Feb. LIST, 1876
Having ms, taken up the Courier j. Enquirer Of
ves,erdav I find its leading article devoted 10 al
s,t..k an The Tribune in reference 10 the oregon
ou..,;on FIR which can imagine no provoca'ion
xonse II ia avowedly based on paragraph
finn, the Ohio State Journal, how fairly quoted
know not) seeming insist on our night 10 0tt ore
gon following which is quoted locuiar remark o.
our Washington Correspondent well known not 10
N, the Editor importing that fthe vote on giving N O.
rice. 10 Gres, Britain be taken soon some OF Inc
Joco. Focos may vote with the Wings in the aihrm
.,ve otherwise it is doubtful. This remark was
cd nv the recent course of The Union and the
l..h;,,, I,ooo Focos in Congress from the South
resnecting Oregon and every one must have under
49, IL. ironical drift. But even misunderstood il
"a the Courier affects to, and what OF it Does Il
assert our right to the rhole OF Oregon Does II
negative Negotiation or Compromise Surely not
And if il did, would The Tribune be concluded ny
the spor,ive remark Of correspondent Let o0m'
mon Sense determine.
Wbv IL il that journals protesting to De w mig
honld an obstjnoely indulge their propensity 10 gel
in,o hot water at the expense oil TRUTH oil justice anu
.sL.rnonv7 The assumption Of the Courier thar
,..,uso tho Wings condemned the dragging oil The
Oregon controversy into party contest by the POLK
Baltimore Convention. therefore they renounced
and decried our National claims IN that quarter is
entirely unfounded The very facts that our claim
n Oregon was strictly National. and had hitherto
been maintained by all Administrations and parties
were the real and strong ground OF condemnation OF
the Political gamblers who thrust it into party con-
test implying thereby that only their party were IN
favor of maintaining our National pretensions In
do,nr this they made great National interest sub
.srvien, TO scramble for power aad spoils. lit had
been true, that the Wings averse TO asserting
and maintaining our just rights in Oregon the ba'
more resolution might have been justified; II is be-
cause that implication was false that the Baltimore
;uege deserves to be branded with iniamy by every
patriot and honest man. SO much Tor the main
question.
Now why is The Tribune assailed by the self
constituted conservaor OF Peace in reference to this
Oregon matter! Has this paper ever asserted the
right of our Country to the whofe OF Oregon i
Never On the contrary, it has devoted at least as
much time and space and research as any other TO
the duty of showing that such is not the tac-that
Grea, Britain also has rights West OF the Rocky
Mountains, which should he and must be respected
The facts elected by Dunn, Faconer, and other
British writers, have been fairly SET forth IN these
columns in refutalion of the exclusive assumptions
NJ Farnham Greenhow and the Baltimore rcsolu-
tion. Cant. Sturcis's lucid and candid statement
and review of the conflicting claims, fortified by his
personal observations ON the NORTHWEST Coast be-
tween 1875 aud $500, were prominently set forth in
MI. La. md tI-al fnrtIi
plea for Compromise and Peace in the North Amer'-
can Review has been copied into The Tribune and
more than % 900 copies Of il thus circulated, with
the most unqualified Editorial commendation, Stop
ping at Trenton on my way hither' there wrote a
most unqualified approval of the project OF Arbltra'
ton as submitted by Messrs. MANGUM and l. Is.
KING Whether il were expedient and Judiclous
ON the part of members of the Opposition 10 move
anch instructions TO the Administration, cared not
10 inquire or discuss enough that the movement
was evidently dictated by a sincere devotion 10
Peace to secure il my hearty approval In fine there
has from the first been no movement looking 10 Com
promise, to Peace, 10 u prompt and cordial Settle
ment which has not met the hearty appreciation OF
The Tribune. And il ia mainly because the Notice.
properly given, seems 10 me calculated to hasten and
secure such settlement, that | most heartily com
mend it. If the Wing party were 10 follow such
sounses IA those of the Courier | do greatly fear
that the settlement OF this difficulty would be reard
ed embarrassed and either defeated only reached
through labyrinth of National irritation, reciprocal
Aiming, and War Let the Loco Foco leaders
imagine that they can crowd the Wing party into
an anti. National trucking, pro British attitude and
fear they will push us into War, though think
:, .l,
summation.
The proposition to Arbitrate is a noble one and lis
advocacy prompted by spirit OF enlightened Chris
tian Philanthropy. Whether It's introduction by
Members of the minority in either House was poll
tic and timely will not inquire II the friends OF
the Administration would unite upon this PROPOSE
ton, it would be carried ,riumphantly. If they de-
cline to do so, l presume the proposition will be
withdrawn or laid on the table; since vote of Con
sress against Arbitration would tend TO embarrass
the settlement of the difficulty and prejudice us in
the ewes of the world. I am obliged to believe
that the proposition TO Arbtrate will fail and that
the extraordinary manifesto from this City signed
-. w W." in the Courier II Enquirer of We'd
nesday, (which was sent 10 all, or nearly all the
Wing Members of Congress. if not 10 others has
sealed its doom. That Manifesto has created a
lively sensation here, and believe none Of the dis
tinguished Wings commended in it feel at all fiat.
tered thereby. l presume every Wing will vote
just as if it had appeared, but it will be dill,
cult TO induce others TO follow lead which a J. w
W." SO heartily patronizes. l apprchend that all
chance of the passage OF the proposition 10 Ab,rate
has been destroyed by that Manifesto. Ii is hoped
here that the of Peace is not to be cursed by
any more such un,oward advocacy.
The Anti Tariff bill makers proceeding leis
urely with their work and | presume will have
their job ready to be set before Congress soon
a. the Oregon Debate is ended. Secretary Walker
kindly relieves the Committee Of Ways and Means
OF all trouble in the matter. He has collected here
considerable number Of Loco Focos-maialy Gus
tom House 0fficers-who are dges,ng the details
OF bill. infer tina, it is not to be in any proper
do hos,