The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-03-14
The Tariff and oregon.

From a close observation Of the course Of
things at Washington, as indicated in speeches
in Congress, in lhe shrnmises and opinions of
le~tter-writers, and in the tone Of prominent
democratic journals al the north, We are inclin-
edto believe that the questions Of the Tariff
and Oregon, however dissimilaria their real
character, arc about to be made BY this strange
Md tortuous administrator 10 assume 4 nm
tut dependence, and together "a furnish he
chaSce Of exttication from the labykAtb 81
difficulties into which It has fallen.
Th6Vons Of the official Editor, ii will be
recollecNd, was suddenly changed after the
receipt Of Me news Of the Hibernia, and he,
who had previously breathed forth nothing but
defiance, bectme full of gentIeness and peace,
and he has since, ever and anon, intimated lis
opinions Of thecontinuance Of amicable rela-
tons between the United States and Great
Britain. How Undesirable result was to grow
out of the existing attitude Of those relations
was a mystery to the spectators, who, placed
before the curtain, were compelled to be salts
fed with the welcomed and sometimes fin.
PANTY delivered Speeches>of the actors-not
being permitted to know any thing Of occur.
rences and conversations behind the scenes
Busy.bodies, however, and even the initiated.
are beginning already to make revelations 81
the secrets Of the Green Room, and we shall,
have, ere long, we SUSPECT, the denoaea1eht q
this ''strOnge, e%yentful history" t''f
The Washington letter-wfiters, a much
abused-set, are terrible fellows al finding GU
a secret, and, wien they obtain possession .
it, they are 700 ahiable to keep it to them
selves, Among those Who seem to be exceed
ingly well-informed and whose predictions hat,
been sometimes fulfilled to the very letter, ar
the correspondents Of the New York TeleSrap!
and the Boston" Atlas. IN reference 10 tn
union of the Oregon and Tariff questions, w
find the following assertions in a letter Of tn
former, Written at Washington on the 18th 0
February.
ut may appear remarkable that the contro
versy in regard to Oregon and the re-organiza
ton Of our Tariff, should be considered by tn
British Ministry on a joint view, and that the,
should be willing to. adjust a title Of %territOr
by a standard Of revenue, But, strange as
does look, ! believe tito be none the less true
A decided impression has been made upon m
mind, that all the prominent characteristics .
the Bill, which has Just been transmitted I
Congress BY the Secretary of the Treasury
we're forwarded to MI, MpLano by the Hiber
MIA, on her retnrn trip. will not say this re
modelled Tariff was presented by him TO tn
Ministry as a quid pro quo for an abandonment
of . large portion Of the English claim upo
the territory in dispute, or that it was to const
tute a part of the negotiations at all; but "
all know il would carry equal importancI
whether submitted officially or otherwise"
If this assertion be true, ia what a humilia
ing attitude does it place our Government
The spectacle il presented Of the Executiv
Of a free people sending out "the prominer
characteristics" Of q revenue Bill to DO sui
mitted, either formally OF Informally, 10 ii
British ministry, as q means Of inducing the
to abandon their claim to a portion Of this col
tinent, to which he has repeatedly declared o,
title to be "clear and nquestionable;" an
this, too, before the bill has been presented
our own Representatives! This act, if it
a fact, may account for the delay that has o.
CURED, Notwithstanding the ,exertions Of var
GUS members OF tho House, on the part Of Il
Committee Of Ways and Means, in maxim
their report o. the subject Of The tariff, a.
they waiting for the arrival Of advicss fro
England, that they may shape their bill a
cofding to the behests Of the manufacturers
Manchester and Birmingham?
The following extract, on the same subjec
Is from d Ibtter Of the Washington correspoi
ddnt Of the Boston Atlas, dated the nth Ill
"There are strong and irresistible facts,
warrant the conviction that, at this hour, (;