Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-02-14

duty OF g. per quarter, without com
pensation to Land owners, enters into
the new policy.
The PRESIDENT MESSAGE The
first M es,agc of President Polk to Con.
gress has excited, ~ may b. readily
supposed a greater amount of attention
in Epglapd than any similar document
from The head Of the American Union
has done for years Public feeling
was directed to the Message long be-
fore it arrived, lis tone. hostile or other
wise. formed abundant scope for con
lecture in The press, and even during
the exciting time Of the Ministerial
crisis, journalists, overwhf lined by The
importance Of our lations with the
y S. stepped aside 10 disc uss the ques-
tipn even in the absence of the Presi-
dent's views. Well, the Message came
to hand in the ordinary course, by the
ship +" Sea-" which made an excellent
passage. II was generally understood.
we may state 10 this place, that the
steamer which left Boston on the 1st
I of December, conveyed copy Of the
Message TO Mr.. M'Lane, the Ameri-
can Minister, but If the fact were so,
care was successfully taken that neither
the spirit or the substance Of the Mes
sage transpired
We have given elsewhere the spirit
Of the English press on this important
document. Our transatlantic readers
will be struck by the absence Of all
irritation in the remarks of the great
organs of opinion in this country, rela-
tive to the Message and this reluct-
ance to give offence, arises altogether
from the praise-worthy desire to heal
rather than TO foment the cause OF diff
ference between us and the United
States respecting the Oregon. Some
of the articles we have given are able
and comprehensive views Of the ques-
| ton at issue, argued of course with an
allowable amount Of national feeling
and prejudice, but presenting, On the
whole, a just and generous standard Of
reason and logic.
Since the Message came to hand,
another arrival has brought us the cor
respondence laid before Congress be-
tween the British and American Min
listers on the subject of the Oregon
The misfortune of such documents is,
that they are too voIuminous for the
perusal of the great world. The Lon
don Times has devoted a series of arti.
Giles to the consideration Of the cor
respondence, more particularly with
reference TO the two points upon which
Mr.. Buchanan insists. namely, first.
the title arising from prior occupancy
and secondly, the cession of the Span
ish claim to the United States. The
paper in question cndeavors TO show
that the maintenance of these two
rights is incompatible +; that if one is
correct, the other cannot be sustained
I"The prior occupation and the after
cession, may be cited as distinct facts,
but they can not confer one title. Two
bad titles can no more make good one,
than two alternatives can make mega
tive"
Upon the whole, then, If the Mes
sage has not given the satisfaction in
England which the friends and well.
wishers Of America desire, has its IA
vorahle point that of free trade. The
pending triumph OF fee trade princi-
Piles will, in all probability. be accom-
panied by an adjustment of that bone
of contention. the Oregon question.
Upwards of ten days have elapsed
since il became known that Peel was
again Premier; aud every day has
shown improved symptoms in the
produce. share, money and other mar
kets. This change appears the more
extraordinary, from the fact that his
future policy is as much a matter Of
speculation as the new comct--even
more underlined, undcvelopcd No
body knows what Peel will do. but
every body has confidence in Peel
The London Examiner says-"The
beauty of the present iuneture is that
nobody knows what Sir Robert is GO
ing 10 do, aud yet every man is salts
fled that he is The man to do--nobody
knows whati"
The Cabinet resumes power with
its PERSONAL but slightly altered
Changes are few, and with one excep-
tion unimportant. Lord Wharnelifie.