The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-26

lie press upon the recent transactions OF Congress.
\ We should have submitted them with thai repubh-
can painness which is surely not incompatible with
the sincere respect that We feel for the Senate OF
the United States. There is nothing in the hasiy
card Of our friend IA democrat Of he senots," TO
change our purpose. We shall not pay so poor a
compliment to the Senate Of the United States to
suppose that they require nothing but incense to be
burnt in their honor, and that they cannot endure
the Independent remarks Of a free press.
4 From the N. q. Daily Delta March IA .
THE OREGON NOTICE.
\ Yesterday, by special grace, we received a mail
4 from the North, which fortunately brought papers
Of isur days OF The seven that were due. We con
hdenty expected that news would be received OF
the passage Of the Oregon notice by the Senate but
we were doomed To disappointment. Nothing has
been done. All is talk, talk, talk. The hnce-told
tale with which every man in the Union is familiar
continues TO afford subject for grave senators 10
| declaim upon, and they use it most effectualy,
not because they believe that anything which can Ce
said will change or convince solitary individual Of
the twenty millions which they represent but for the
apparent purpose Of delaying any decisive action on
tho question before them. For two mouths and more
this discussion has eontinued-asd what is IL about
| Why, simply, whether we should dissolve a con-
| tract which all consent longer be continued
! without danger TO the public peace, and aRabandon-
ment OF tbs protection which the government s bound
10 afford to portion Of citizens settled in Oregon
And this question, plain in ITSELF American sena-
tors hesitate TO answer, though the answer which
should be given Is dictated by every eonsidcra
ofjnstee, patriotism, and policy. And why' No
reason has been attempted TO be given except that
\ sach action might be offensive TO England! What a
pity Il was that the Congress which declared the
| Independence OF the States net governed by
such prudential motives! .
Instead Of looking anxiousy TO every
| arrival from England, and shaping our course by
articles in her scurrlous press, or the ambiguous
and cunning phrases Of her parliamentary orators,
we might have been relieved OF all labor and un-
certainty by listening 10, and implicitly obeying her
DEGREES! IL English opinions and English policy
10 direct the action Of this eounryif our states
men are to consult English feeling instead of what
is right and just--if to abandon all feelings
OF sef-respect because we may be threatened by
English power--if, in short, are take into
consideration what England will say or think at all
when the honor and interests OF our own country
are concerned, il would be better TO lay down our
preensisns TO independence, and once more quietly
assume the bonds Of colonial vassalage. IL Is
| enough to disgust every right-feeling American to
bear this constant appeal TO foreign opinion and
probable foreign action. What is il all to us' We
have only to do right, and IL other governments
take offence why LET them, There is want Of
dignity, want OF manhness, want of patriotism
in the course we are now pursuing. What other
government under heaven would have debated two
months whether il should dissolve a partnership
which had become intolerable' And in what DELHI
erave assembly out of the United States would one
have ever heard il publicly urged as an argument
agains the dissolution that it might forsooth be UNI
pleasant to the other partys .
| From the Mobile Register, March To-
There seems to us to be a struggle among lead
Ting men IN Congress to get control of this great
question: and to take the lead in debating the terms
Il oh IN Ire
tiaton which IS supposed to be in progress, about
to be originated. The real character Of the effort is
to have Instructions given publicly in the halls of
Congress by which our negotiators to be guided
in their diplomatic duties. Our adversary, shroud-
ing his own purposes in impenetrable silence,
maintaining wise and austere silence, listens and
profits by all the signs of discussion sprnging out
of the inevitable conflict of individual views and can
commence his approaches with full knowledge Of
the ultimaum ofconcession to which Congress can be
brought In the Senate now the great effort appears
to be Great Britain thatf she will repeat the
offer of 40, the President will be urged by the Senate
to accept it. and consequently it would be folly for
her to offer more, and hopeless for the President to
seek to obtain more against the sense Of Congress
declared in advance, trammelling his discretion and
making his executive functions powerless. He must
conclude treaty on that basis, or place himself at
once in collision with his constitutional advisers
and be held responsible personally for the conse-
with the avowed purpose Of Fastening the intel
ligence Europe of the opinions Of the Senate in
advance Of the action Of the President as the con-
stitutional organ of communication on foreign az
fairs, are, in our judgment, uwise and ill-timed--
calculated to prejudice our cause and embarass the
Executive in the accomplishment Of the adjustment
of the controversy. ....,-'. ~ Il
From the Columbus (Ga) Times March is.
oREGoN.--Our Washington correspondent speaks
of warm speeches and hard feelings among some
OF the democratic senators upon the subject Of
Oregon. a
/ To the people at a distance who regard the ques.
ton before the Senate, it Is, with eyes undimmed
! by the personal and party considerations which
affect the visions Of senator's engaged in the debate,
this will cause surprise. What, we ask, should
cause dscordance of feeling and contrarety Of opin
ion among grave senators upon question 30 truly
American. and 30 obviously simple in its proprety
and bearing, whether the 'notice" shall be given
TO England that this government will terminate the
conventions that provides for the misnonner of
"joint occupancy Of oregon' All the difficulties
that cnveloped the questionable the dangers which
grow out Of il, made when the President recon.
mended it, have vanished before investigation, and
4 by the lapse Of time. At first il was loudly urged
! that war would follow the ''notice." The first
steamer from England vetoed that 'cry" and proved
its faleity. ~ 'f7 81.
/ So far from being the cause of war, England has
herself had il under consideration to give the tno
tice," il do England believes, with our gov
eminent, that the time for the settlement Of dam
gerous dispute has arrived, and the policy Of a
"mastcry inactivity" is perous to the peace Of the
/ two countries. a
! Where, then, is the obstacle to the "notice" in
the Senatei What the stumbling block in the wayi
What prevents that body Of American statesmen
i from quickly, boldly, and unanimously sustaining
the Recommendations Of the Executive, endorsed,
as il is by the noble vote Of the Representative
branch of Congress'
From the Harrisburg Democratic Union Of March a.
OuGHT THE NOTICE TO BE GIVEN Pin the midst
Of counsel there is wisdom; but while we assent TO
this saying, we inclined believe that the coun-
try has been fully advised by the protrac,ed and able
debate in our national Legislature, on the propriety
Of giving notice to terminate the joint occupancy
der the convention Of 1897. In our estimation, the
time has arrived for doing So and whether the sub.
sequent issue be peace war ia not matter for
consideration. England desires peace, and although
she would probably resent any injury upon her ma
tonal rights and honor she will not seize upon any
j instfahle and LEGAL mnuement nnnn aI,r narf m