The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-07-04
From tho Vermont Phoenix
The Oregon Controversy Set
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All the preliminary steps for the settlement
of the Oregon question have been taken, ana
tnow only remains that the Treaty, winch
has been signed by our Secretary OF state
and the British Minister, be ratified by the gov
eminent of the latter.
Afieran uninterrupted and ruinous excite
nant of more than a year, this controversy
las at length been brought TO n close. Even
the same Loco Foco papers, that few weeks
ago proclaimed in glaring capitals that "our
tille up To 81 deg. 40 min. is maintained by r.
Tefugible facts and arguments" now openly
approve ofthe settlement, or at lenst quietly
Rcduicsce in il. With no particular reason
why they should longer maintain position
which they have always known was uniena-
bic. they now come out and "swear they new
or said" any thing about ''the whole ofOregon
ar none,n and thus the matter ends. The
humbug has served the purposes for when IL
was intended--James X. Polk was elevated
10 the Presidential chair by it, and Northern
and Western dough faces were gulled into
support ofthe TeXas scheme by the promise
ofOregon az an oflset---and now they can AZ
ford 10 he honest. There is no longer any
object to be gained 10y keepngup the decep--
ton. Public feeling, (which has been excited
90 n high pitch ever since the subject was
first ngitn,ed, will now settle down on us
proper level But for this we give no credit
10 Mr. Polk. lie deserves none. He has nlull-
ilcsted no disposition to preserve peace for
the sake of pence. lie has brought this dis
pute 10 peaceful issue because he hns been
forced to do it by expressions OF public oPIn-
ion not to be mistaken or dsregnrded. ms
tortuous course is sufficient proof of this.
Ont of Difference to his predecessor, he FIRST
offered the 49th degree as boundary line,
l., I'LL
our claim TO the whole--then refused arbl-
tration because "our title was clear and I'M
questionable" and that course would he IN
effect an invitation To the arbitrator TO divide
the territory--nOw he has swallowed nll ms
former assertions aud compromised on line
less favorable 10 us than 40! We say again,
he is deserving of no credit that the matter
Inns nj length been settled; for ifthe language
of his annual message meant any thng,he Is
guilty of basely yielding up to england
portion of territory which is as clearly our
own as is the State of Vermont.
In the Baltimore Convention the two q'les-
,ions-Texas and Oregon--were coupled
together. the one rs an offset To the other.
The Northern and Western portions OF the
"Dure Democracy" were hardly prepared To
70 in for the Texas and Slavery scheme;
which they had all along declared was "as
black as ink and bitter as hell" without
something 10 counterbalauce on the North;
consequently the Southern managers hcid
out OREGON as a bait. 1t took admirably.
"Hurra for Texas aud Oregon" was the cry
from one extreme ofthe Union to the other.
The deception which had been Pracised
upon the North was kept up until Texas was
admitted. then the mask was thrown OIL, No
strength would he added to the "peculinr in
stitutions" ofthe South by the ''anneXatlon'
of Oregon, hence it was not worth the trouble.
Though the Northern dough faces have been
cheated and humbugged at every step, they
have coolly pocketed the affront without dur
ing even so much us to enter their protest n
oainst the course of their Southern masters.
The Western Loco Focos have manifested
some faint signs of rebellion, but they are
gradually dying away, and before another G.
lection comes round they will he as ready as
ever 10 follow the lead of the South, whether
il be for California, Mexico or Cuba. There
seems to be no limit 10 their iorbcarancc and
base subservency to Southern dictation. The
Northern presses of the party dde not speak
out upon any measure which has been once
endorsed bv the South as orthodox. They
are at this moment rejoicing over the conquest
gilmore sJoue territory in Mexico, while they
have not a word ofrehuke TO administer TO the
Executive for giving up portion otFee ter
ritory, which they have labored long and hard
TO prove to their readers sis clearly and un-
questionably" ours.