Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-05-08
THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

pected that any new light would be thrown upon
the probabilities off its speedy or pacific ADJUST
mcnt, by developments in London. We must
now, for a brief period at least, look TO Washing
ton for signs Of peace portents OF impending
war. The settlement of the controversy is, for
tho present. in the hands and under the con.
troll Of the President and his constitutional adj
visers, and Of such others as he may think expe-
dent to consult in regard to his ultimate determi
nation. When he shall have given the so much
talked Of notice. (Which, Tor aught we know, by the
way, he may have done already,) we may then
turn eyes again to the other side Of the Chan
mel, TO learn in what temper il has been received,
and TO what additional proposition il may lead. In
the mean while, however, there are, in the recent
ndvices, few indications, from which we may
infer the one and conjecture the character of the
other.
The notice, if given by the President in the
same pacific spirit by which the resolution of
Congress is so emphatcally and designedy mark
ed, so Ear from being deemed offensive, or in
itself cause Of war, WILL we have no doubt, be
received as an indication of the anxious wish Of
Congress, in giving it that mild and proper "form,"
and of the large majority of the American peo-
pie whom it represents, TO maintain the friend
ly relations now subsstng between ''the Mother
and the Daughter" Ito use George Canning's
felcitous phrasc,) unmpaired and that it will be
met in corresponding temper, do not for
moment question. Regarded too by the British
Government as an expression of the non-appro-
baton Ito use mild term) by Congress, of the
extreme position assumed upon this question by
tie Erecutiue, and of the Incorporating tenn
per exhibited in regard to it by that branch of
our Government, and by leading men presumed
10 be in its confidence. land it PROFESSIONALLY
may very properly so regard it) it will justify
the British Ministry, without any sacrifice of self.
respect, in 4 renewal of the negotiation by sub
uniting another proposition il in that step it shall
not have been anticipated by the President And
that must Oinecessity bring this long pending con-
iroversy 10 a speedy termnation--we hope a
peaceabe one.
The London Times indicates, as the Quarter
ly Review had previously done, the terms of ad.
iustnent contemplated by the British Govern
Inent-to w.t. that the 49th parallel of latitude
must be the basis Of the arrangement, but, in the
language oithe Times, with more extensive con-
dtions than those heretofore annexed to it bv the
be permitted to retain 'the whole of Vancouver's
Island, the navigation and harbor of the Straits
of Fuca, the free use of the Columbia and its
northern branches down to the sea- and an indem.
nifty or compensation TO the Hudson's Bay Com
pany for the posts they will be called upon to sur.
render" These terms will not be assented to, i'm
our opinion, by the Executive, nor do we know
that public sentiment in this country would be
prepared to yield TO them, IN all their extent.
But, while we aware Of the weight TO which
the remarks Of the London Times are entitled
particularly in its articles the relations Of
Great Brltaih with foreign nations, we have
strong hope, that, if Mr. Polk shall consent to
abandon his claim to the territory between the
10th degree and the Russian boundary, these
terms will be considerably modified, and that the
incidental conditions" may be finally satisfacto-
ry adjusted. Nevertheless, it is not to be denied
or concealed that the difficulties to an amicabe
adjustment Of the question are far from being re-
moved; and, although it is unquestionably now
the general opinion, both sides Of the Atlantic
that peace will he preserved, we confess that to
our minds il is apparent that THE DANGER NOT
YET OVER. We repeat, that in this apprehension
we seem TO stand almost alone and, in giving it
uiterance, therefore, we feel that we are striking
a chord not at all in unison with the tone Of pub.
lic feeling. We shall most sincerely rejoice if
subsequent events shall show that il 10 without
foundation.
The attempt upon the life of the "Citizen King"
Of France indicates the prevalence in that king
dom still of designating and revolutionary OPT
mons, which may be expected to develope them
selves inextensve popular connections, when
ever the de ath Of Louis Philippe, (who indeed
seems to bear about him "a charmed life'') shall
occur. Had the ball of the assassin been directed
with a truer aim, few weeks ago. it seems to be
the general Impression, that rising of that large
portion Of the people, Republicans and Legti-
miss, hostile to the Orleans dynasty, would have
taken place-the former because Of the failure Of
the Citizen King to fulfil the pledges exacted from
him by their leaders in the Three Days Revolu-
ton, when they placed the diadem upon his brow;
end the latter because they look upon him, not
outstanding the Princely blood that flows in his
veins, as scarcely less usurper than Napoleon,
and have consequently been long an1iously await.
ing the period Of his demise as a favorable mo.
mcnt for the restoration ofthe elder branch Of the
liourbons, in the person Of their Legitimate
Prince" the young Duke Of Bordeaux. It is not
improbable, however, that the extent Or the dis.
affection to the Orleans dynasty in France has
been exaggerated, as il certainly seems to u.s. at
this distance from the scene, to be most unreason.
able FOR never, at any period, has France been
governed 50 wisely as during tho last ten years
and We doubt, IL at any moment, since the down
fall Of Napoleon, that powerful kingdom has been
N condition Of greater internal prosperity or has
presented 60 lie enemies front better calculated
10 command their respect and TO hold them in
check. "The Napoleon Of Peace" as he has been
justly called, LOUIS Philippe has nevertheless won
that apPellation not by any sacrifice Of the honor
az rights Of the nation, for the government Of
which he possesses such rare aud admirable qua
lfcatons, nor by unmanly concessions to the ar.
rogant pretonsions Of some Of his brother Mon
archs 10y whom he has been always rather coldly
treated ~ an intruder into the charmed circle Of