The daily union., 1846-05-01
To THE PEOPLE.

we marked out our course at the eommeneement q,
our enterprise; to review briefly our past labon .p
to say something of our purposes for the future.
1t will be seen by our prospectus, that we prO
posed, at the outset Of career, to labor with AO
esty and singeness Of purpose in the promotion d
the union, harmony, and therein of the eonlnusd
success and predominanee Of the democrats pan,
to support TO the best Of ability the true prime
pies Of the ancient and well-established demoeps
creed; and to sustain with cordial and unceasin, =,
for the present administration in so far as il sAOU
be true To those principles and 10 the pledges und.
which il was elevated to power
In looking over our files for the past year, We a,
entitled to claim that these our purposes and p,cu.
ses have been TO the full extent of our humble .h
y carried into effect. On the great issues to wAia
this administration has been held to be commiust
We have shown ourselves, We trust, neither IA.
nor lukewarm in It's support. Nor can We call d |
mind any instance Of our course upon any questiO.
in which We have not kept steadily in view Il.
preservation OF unsnmity and harmony in the den
oeratie ranks.
IL has been our purpose to advocate with fairnsu
and eandor the .fnuiean view Of the great topss
which have successfully come up before US. N
this spirit, we have approached and conducted d,
whole discussion Of the Oregon question. Our
views upon this subject have indeed besn often mi,
quoted and misrepresented. But we fearless,
claim for them when fairly read, the merit Of .nar
consistency, both with themselves and with Il.
wise policy Of the message. We took our posidO.
upon this question from the first with all due dsb.
ration. We have seen, and we now see, not IL
slightest occasion TO modify or TO change il. W.
have always treated the question in a psak
spirit. We have always sought It's peaceful C.
tlement on terms compatible ,cih our nsts.
al honor, and duty, and interest. Determined
advocate no adjustment in relation to our 0r.su,
territory which this country may not hty and hoo |
orably accept, we have always sought to preseu
both the claims and the purposes Of our governmsn
in such light as might impress this conviction upO
the minds Of British statesmen, and by so doing 10 &
ctste and promote suitable settlement Of the que.
uon compatible with our rights and our honor ",
seize the present occasion to reiterate in formal .n
emphatic terms, the expression Of our deep esrx
that the resolution Of notice should not have passed
with great prompttude and great unanmity, bOa
houses Of Congress-, the same shape in which va
adopted by the House of Representatives. By such
a result, as we firmly believe, the arrangement d
the Oregon controversy would have been sisnaIy
promoted. BY such result the wise policy Of d.
message would have been clothed with It's whok
well-deIiberated and safe moral efficiency At he
same time we profess to believe, that the resou
ton might far better pass in its present shsp
than be altogether lost; and, in this viea, VI,
have not hesi,ated, and we shall not hesitate, 10
speak Of its passage as an avoidance Of greater
evil; and also measure which may still permit the
Executive to discharge his duties to his country
We trust that the other measures proposed by the
message in relation to Oregon may be carried out
in order to promote the final adjustment of this long
protracted controversy, as well as to extend to our
citizens now settled in, or emgratng to, Oregon tn.
protection to which they are entitled. We trust th..
now, upon the final disposal, for the time, at least
Of the much-vexed question of the notice. the demo
cratic party, one and all, in Congress and in the
country, will continue to remember its ancien. ale.
glance to its ancient party creed-wil come back to
will carry through, with sngeness of purpose, and
in forgeuness of personal and local differences, the
great measures which the Executive has presented
to its consideration, the cardinal principles to which
it is pledged, and for the accomplishment of which
| it has come into power.
We cannot omit, in this connexion, to refer for
moment to the settlement of the first great measure
which forms part of the history of this admins
tration. We speak, Of course, of the annexation Of
Texas. Who can doubt that the whole country,
almost with one voice, now raii6es and approves the
stand taken by the democracy on that question
Who can doubt that the policy of this admlnistn.
ton in respect to it has been at once sgnaly worthy
of the government of this republic, both in its fer.
bearance, its efficiency, and its concil,atory spirit
towards Mexico' That it has been successful
policy thus far, surely can question Against
the opprobrious opposition Of party journals at
home, and against the alternate vacation and vio-
ence of Mexico, our boundary of the Del Norte
has been protected and our new Texan territory
accruIng to us by the highest possible title--the
free consent Of free people-has been preserved
entire. Our difficulties with Mexico remain indeed
unsettled. The short-sighted and reckless course Of
that government in refusing all our overtures and
efforts at Cancellation, and in forecIosing nterna-
tional intercourse with US at a moment when large,
and just, and liquidated claims against it yet re-
main outstanding in our hands, has presented, and
still presents, our relations with that country in an
unsatisfactory aspect, and may soon demand, both
of the Executive and of Congress, prompt and ef
fcient action. a...
Our prospectus refers particularly to the reforms
in our internal policy, to which we intended to de-
vote the columns Of the "URon.n Among
these stands prominently and conspicuously
the second great question Of the day. Upon
this question Of the tariff our views are al
ready well known. We feel that we have already con-
trbuted through our columns something of value 10
the discussion of that question in pointing out the
enormous errors and abuses of our existing tariff
legislation. During the last autumn we looked
around us for able champion Of the Faith. to as.
sst our own efforts, and we selected the man whose