Washington telegraph., 1846-03-25
FREE TRADE AND OREGON A.
GAIN
THB EMBRYo SCHEME.

SCuSAhOS ~
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 1916.
| perceive it stated in the foreign news
that Mr.. Secretary Walkers free trade re.
port, which the British House Of Lorls
liked so well as to order the printing of the
same "a British compliment never before
paid to a British hating or any other. mem
Der OF the American CabinetD was forwar-
ded TO and received by the Government of
Great Britain, long before ii was commit
ted to the proper committee of the Ameri-
can Congress!
Can this be trufl Is it necessary for this
Ana British Administration to commun-
cate a iOrdshadowing of its contemplated
measures TO the Brush Ministry, before
sending the same tc the American Congressl
Ii so, what ought to be thought of the hol-
low hearted proclamaiions of modern dem
ocracy," the WhigS are the friends of the
British, in alliance tciih them, while their
opponents mos, cordially hate the British,
and would rather go to war than coaIesce
with them in any manner, or do any thing
to forward their interests or grattiy their
desires!
You may rely upon it, this British hating
Administration is resolved TO buy of Eng
land from insisting upon her clam To the
Oregon territory Yes, to purchase OF Eng
land portion of that territory which II pro
claims is al ours, with ''cear and unques-
Iionable" title vested in The United StaIesl
And how, and at what price does The
Administration design 10 purchase that of
Great Britain which the said Administra-
tion declares is already ours! What will
England require in this bargain as a sutfi-
cienl compensation for giving up her CAIN
10 Oregon! What will she take! W ha,
will CRAFTY her most! What Is the darling
cherished object of her heart in this mai
teri The breaking douH OF fhe America"
Tariff, that !giUeS acttre business 10 she A
merican people of all classes and cdttiAgs,
and fills the American Treasury Nth tie
meals of paying all our obligations and
keeping our cSedit hoaJrsd: Tins is what
England desires This Is what she will
take in exchange for her preIensions TO
Oregonl And what will be the cost Ay.
there the rubl What will be the cosi ul
this purchase of that which MIR. PresiJent
Polk has soIemnly declared is ours already!
MIR. Walker estimates thai his Tariff bal
will yield revenue of twenty-five millions
of dollars annually. Ii viii probably yield
sixteen millions; but even il the sum we're
10 reach twenty two millions, ii viii not
then be large enough by about Ieu millions.
To meet the annual expenditures o. ne Gov.
ernmenI How Is the deficit to be neil
A deficit Of ten millions of dollars a yeas
for theen yeaFs-snppusinE the design To
be to break down the Tariff and keep Il
down for that itn-ti Of tine-woud a
noun 10 lie lii.e sum ct 03e hundred dRd
ftiy millions of dgiiarA And this Is t. bc
supplied. paid into the Treasury from the
hard earnings nt the ia.IeIs, mechanics
and other iab,ring men Ut the cOanify, b.
means ~ a direct taIi nr B0ERowED and
FUNDlD DEBT created and ehIIi.ed upon
those who come after u.s. Is not this pretty
price for our set y.ed Democratic admin
IsjraIion to Contemplate gis ing TO Engiand
for nothing! for her claiiu to territory
which The purchasers positively declare she
is not in The least entitled 10.
Who truck.es 10 the Brt.s.. in this maj
teri Who callers, nIanCeu'ers and gets up
British TLrD Reports, tALt give the Brat
ish Ministry great pleasure a..d salts action.
and which that delighted Ministry have re
printed and circulated over the Queens I'm
pire! Who indeed but the very politicians
ahd party who have been eveslasI.ng.y pro-
claiming that thei: Oppane.lis are British
Wings, and friends of the Britishi
Look at this ma;ter--urge the people to
LOOK at it-in ali its bearings. The in
structions that Martin Van Buren,. when
Secretary of State, gave TO our Minister.
just sent TO London, TO represent The dOnl
mani party IA This country, and 10 assure
the British Minister. that the change in The
Administration, which had been recently
taken place in the United States. could not
but be favorable 10 Inc adoption of measures
by the two COVE nments, which would De
mutually beneficial, are not, cdna1t be lOr-
gotten.
That same Minister has been sent b,
this Administration to London once more.
He has ability, pruieace, adroiness, an.
above all experience. lie has been there
be. ore, and been requested 10 pace his own
political party at home ia favorable, and
the opposite party in an uniavorable iIgaI
before the British Ministry! For such in
struclious Mr.. Van Buren,, when sent sub
sequenTly himself as Minister 10 England,
was rejected by an indignan Senats!
And what now are the instructions IoMr.
McLane in relation to the settlement Oi
the Oregon and Tariff q,estionsl Are
they not, that he shall represent hlr. Polk
and his party as coinciding with Their Brit
ish Lordships most harmoniously in a desire
TO break down, and keep down for q term
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