American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-01-12
aatertcart RepuDatcan,
AND BALTIMORE CLIPPER.
MONDAY MORNING, JAN. IL, 1916.

MONDAY MORNING, JAN. IL, 1916.
No WAR How is it possible that any per-
son can suppose that the Oregon question W i'll
produce war, when every member Of Congress,
who is for the "whole of Oregon or none"
processes the utmost desire to preserve peace,
and the firm conviction that there will be no
war; They have made up their minds that the
land is ours, and they cannot believe that Eng
land will be so unreasonable as to dispute our
claim, especially after we shall have resolved
to take possession Of the territory.
1t is really amusing TO examine the debates
in the House of Representatives on this sub
ject Of Oregon, Democrats expect to make
political capital by insisting upon having the
whole territory wings adopt the same course
in the hope that war will PROSTATE the demo-
cratic party-and Mr.. Levin, (native,) follows
suit, lest Europe shall populate Oregon with
foreign subj cts, who i'll time will rule Amcri-
ca He is opposed to war like all the rest of
the speakers. He says--"ThCre is but one
voice in this couatry that asks for hayoc-thera
is but ono party that is anxious to let slip
the dogs Of war-and that is, the foreign party
ofrcpoalers, who think that il they could IN
volye US in war with Great Bn,ajn, it would
enable them to accomplish Irish repeal, and
thus nerve Daniel O'CouneH in his effort to
bring down the American eagle il It's pride Of
flight"
We doubt whether war with the United
States would benefit the repeal cause in Ire
land, especially as the leader of repeal (Nlr,
O'Connoll, stands pledged TO sustain the Bril-
fish government against our country But if it
should produce the result intimatee by MIR. Lo-
vim, Mr. O'Connoll would find it a troublesome
Job ''to bring down the American eagle in its
the United States, we presume, who would not
sustain the American eagle even in opPosi-
ton TO Daniel O'Connell. At all events, we
have no fears that the eagle can be either kill
ed, or have any Of its feathers plucked by Mr..
O'Connell, or by the whole British empire
And yet we would not give just cause for the
effort TO be made; and hence we differ from
. those pacific members Of Congress, who cry
peace, whilst urging the very measures which
will produce war. We believe that any at
tempt to take possession Of the whole of Ore
gon, will result in war-a war disastrous to the
prosperity of the United States We adopt
Mr.. Calhoun in this matter, as a much safer
guide than any of the hot Drained members of
the House, and even of Mr. Adams. We be-
lieve that war is an evil to be avoided by all
honorable means; and we think that such
means have not been exhausted. If 1T was Just
and honorable last year to offer TO England the
49th parallel of latitude as the boundary line
between the tW countries, we cannot perceive
how it can be dshonorablo to adopt the same
line at the present period. Was Mr. Polk will
ling to sacrifice the honor fhis country? No
his conduct in making the offer mentioned has
been sanctioned by his political friends as well
as his opponents. Let, then, negotiations be
again opened, that the dispute may be AMIGA
bly, settled.