The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-20

the Enghsh tariff a. fully IN accordance with the
sentiments Of the democracy Of this country
/ England, heretofore pre-eminendy the country oil
the restrictive system, Ia now leading the way 10
the better policy Of commercial freedom. IL il moi
for US 10 be outdone in such careers career in
harmony at once with our institutions, with the
varied productions add the extended area Of our
country with the demonstrations Of political science
and with the recognised, welIsetllsd, and author.
tadye political creed Of the democratic party.
The tone Of the British press and Of some of the
leading men in Parliament in relation 10 the Oregon
question, seems to be pacific. The tenor Of the
journals by the last arrival led to expect thai II
would be so. England has been made to feel, by
the stand taken by the President on that question,
and far triumphantly sustained by Congress,
that fully in earnest This is the great point.
This has nsrsr been Jth in the Oregon negotiation
bttors Conscious that we are fully in the right,
and that we have demonstrated ourselves to be SO,
and that the country is coming TO feel az one man
on the subject, the tone of England may well De pa
cife. Il may seem to some men a rash prediction;
yet we venture TO say that when il is known in
England that our government declines to submit the
Oregon question to arbitration, and is fully and cor
daily sustained by the country and by Congress in
that decision, the tone Of the press and Of public
men in England will not be less pacific than il
now il. IL this effect shall fail to be pro-
duced by that intelligence, have no hesitation
in saying tina, the failure will be wholly attributable
to the efforts made by the reckless portion OF
the wing press, to create the impression on the
English miRd that the public sentiment Of this cOun-
try is divided the rejection Of the offer Of srbitra.
ton. II we stand firm and united on that point
and there Is no reasonable doubt that We shall do
so-we shall hear little Of threats OF from
England. The statesmen OF England will be the
first to perceive that the offer Of arbitration could
not with any propriety be accepted by this govern
men They will no, fail to perceive that this fact
may easily be made apparent TO the world. The
firm stand Of our administration on this point will
be in the eyes Of England s test question Of lis firm
nts in the ThOIs controversy. And the doubt
which has heretofore prevailed in England
doubt growing out Of the whole history OF the
Oregon question, and nightly enhanced by the
negotiations Of l542-this doubt Of England as
to the fTmness of this government in the mante.
of its rights in Oregon is the true reason why
the question is Sull unsettled How could il be
otherwise, when government like that Of England.
saw administration after administration put away
the evil day Of awakening the question, and Con.
gress after Congress sit and rise in vain efforts to
give our citizens in Oregon a government What
was there in all this to cause England to take pa
ci6c tone' But now the whole face Of things has
changed. We have already begun to see the re-
suit Of the change in the tdngs that come to us
over the sea. Wait little, and that result will be
ye, more apparent. This intelligence only confirms
the policy OF carrying out the measures Of the mes
sage. Let carry out the notice firmly and prompt
conciliatory relations with Great Britain, and TO
preserve an honorable peace. But we must defer
further common, I'LL we give our foreign files
a more careful examination.
Especial EXPIRES. for the Baltimore SUM-
FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP cAMBRIA-TwEN.
TYTwo DAYS LATER
Great change in the Commercial policy Of Great Brit
tain-Sr Robert Peel in fapor Of a total Repeal Of
the Corny La1s-Grea ereitem<rt i,t England
Meeting Of Pariamsnt-Paeifc feeling erineed To-
yards IN. United Stdtes-Reespfion Of the ,oar speech
chuge Of an Interference in the affairs Of Tsras-
Difficulty becesn Mr.. King the .gmerican Minister,
and W. Guizot-Staie If The Markets, &c.
We received this morning, between four and FIVE
O'Clock, Ivy special locomotive express, the by
the steamer Cambria. The locomotive len Phila-
dephia for this city at o'clock last evening, under
the command of the energetic and enterprsing Cap
tain Wolfe, who braved the greatest storm Of the
season, with all its obstacles, and succeeded in
reaching this city at o'clock this morning. The
impediment to the track from the of snow and
sush, compelled him to abandon the locomotive
when within a few miles Of the city, and he finished
his task on foot arriving as above stated.
The news cannot reach this city by any other
conveyance until late hour this afternoon.
The news is Of the most important and gratifying
kind.
Parliament had assembled, and the Queens
speech, as well the tone of the press, with re-
gard to the United States is of the most pacific char
acter,
Expressions Of regret are are made on all hands
that the difficulties between that country and the
United States about Oregon, are yet unsettled.
From Wilmer Smiths European Times, Feb 4.
The steamship Cambria, commanded by our ex-
cellent and esteemed friend Captain Judkns, takes
out to-day the most important and gratifying inte
gence that left the shores Of Great Britain. Sir
Rober, Peel-Engand'a powerful and brilliant min
ister-has developed his future commercial policy.
1t is at once simple and comprehensive; and under
its operation the exchange Of commodities between
this country (England) and the United States will
be carried to an extent and will be mutually produc-
tive of advantages greater to quote not irreverently
the words of the sacred volume, ethan the eye hath
yet seen, or the heart hath conceived" The new
scheme embraces, with full sense of their impor-
lance, the principles Of Neutrality-suspicious. all
protection for commerce, manufactures, and agricul-
ture; admits duty free at the end Of three years.
with scale, in the interim, which will probably os-
cilate between four and six shillings per quarter,
and at once admits Indian corn and buckwheat free
of all duty whatever.
To the details Of this great measure we earnestly
entreat the attention Of our commercial readers.
We beg to refer them to the speech ITSELF and to our
remarks upon it, Great Britain, at the present mo-
menr, is in blaze Of excitement; men talk and
think Of nothing else; they have set their hearts
upon securing the great fiscal scheme for the regen.
Grafton Of the country which the premier has laid
before Parliament, and they desire to curta the Pc
Rod fixed for the total extinction of the corn-laws
The friends Of peace and progression on this side
Of the water hope-earnestly and sincerely hope
that the policy will bind America to US by the
ties Of amty, brotherhood, and interest, and that