The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-11
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS
From our regular c.uespOndsntI

dra,oing H. chen declined, approved tg me peopIe -
DUeuhss Of and objections TO- arbitration e0asidersd
among 'oh'e. could be unnecessary and prolonged
aHItsty pending Us pTogrts-IJ negotiable ,eilh0ui
arbitration, dhe earlier and spssdisr hk bs.ter.-The
frss'deH acting wisely IN not committing himself
bgrs The tcOrd 10 either srire,ns Of latitude sithsr
49o OF $40 4O'-Ihs .OisdOm Of The Executive ia
kssPtg MS Oion e0unSeis, unless thar disclosure BE-
Demanded by the ertgencies Of the public SeTvies-
The i1iG-.h. Walksr's rsport-Ths tcarshous-
ing system, and commercial REFORM.
The Oregon question continues to engage and in
terest all minds, 10 challenge the discussion and in
VesgatlOn Of all classes Business men every where
ana especially IN this city, anxious for It's fna
ana peaeeable settlement have RETAINED in my cor.
resPondenee from abiding To IL hitherto convinced,
as have been, Of my incompeteney 10 shed any
ne" hight upon the subject which was re-
celIng the serious confederation of the ablest
ana most exalted statesmen Of the country
notwithstanding my inability to handle or to
grapple with It's principles, have vet closely OBJ
served every turn and phase OF the question IN n,
operation upon the public mind, upon the feelings
and views Of the great body Of the people The
res1lt Of such observation, | can, as a correspon-
Dent DC at liberty to give without offence to any
one Others may have also been led from pren1
ises satisfactory 10 themselves, TO different eonclu
sionsequally as honestly and frankly formed as those
arrived at by myself
feel convinced that the great body Of the Amer.
lean people OF all political parties, in the main cheer,
| Ia
sued on the Oregon question. They all believe he was
right IN offering TO compromise the 49th degree;
ana they are equally agreed that IL was consistent
with the dignity and character Of the country 10
respectfully withdraw the offer Of COMPROMISE
! eayIng the English government TO renew n or nnv
other offer Il might choose To submit As far AZ the
oiler Of arbitration waA concerned, many serious
difficulties stood IN the way which the people
are, with equal unaDimiIy, coming round TO ap-
Preciate, and to sustain the President in declining
| the proposition at present.
In the first place, reference to arbitration would
have had the effect TO spin out the negotiations 10
an unreasonable length, and probably TO have IN
| yOlyed and surrounded II with new and perplexing
difficulties. IL is desirable to ALL to have The Who'll
| subject put To rest IN peaeeabe and honorable
manner as soon as possible. Years Of tedious arbi-
tration would be but prolongation Of anxiety and
uncertainty. While hope remained Of settling
the question, and speedily, by peaeeable negotiation
! il would have been unwise TO have cast il upon the
tedious delays and unforeseen incidents Of 40 arb-
tration. Commerce and trade, as well as the busi.
ness and progress Of the whole country, call loudly
for the earliest possible peaeeabe and honorable
adjustment of the subject. IL appears very plain 10
an attentive observer Of the facts set forth in the
public documents submitted to Congress by the
President that he has not committed himself 20 either
49o or $40 40 and Il was wise in him that he should
not have committed hmselft to either parallel an the
sole alternative to the future settlement OF the quest On
He is a man Of too much prudence TO permit
himself to be bound by such alternatives. As the
whole embraces its parts or is equal to all ito parts
negotiation, while unfettered by alternative ex-
tremes OF all kinds, can and ought to embrace all
the parts subject TO consideration. Were the Pres
ident commiited to $40 40' the ultimatum, the
negotiation then would be narrowed down to one
point, and that would be, whether England would
acquesce or go to war II he were committed to
49c, the negotiation then would be unnecessarily
contracted TO that claim alone, and could refer 10
nothing else. While the Americans one body
as one p-. Of all sections and Of all parties-would
unitedy, Lud with one voice, az were, sustain the
President in submitting TO no secession of terri
tory south Of ago, il is not believed they wish 10
trammel his movements, ors~ny future negotiations
thatmay spng up, by forcing him to declare in favor
of a latitude ultimatum, or as an alternative,
He has, so far managed the subject wisely and pru-
IDENTIFY, and, above all, has added TO the character
and dignity of his administration, by the wisdom he
has shown in being able to keep his owr confidence.
No administration which proves Itself incapable
of preserving its own movements and confidential
opinions, unless their disclosure were imperatively
demanded by the exigencies of the public service is
deserving of the confidence and respect of tbs peo-
pie. 1t would be contemplate executive and cab
met, who would feel called upon, or deem
sary, to answer the idle queries propounded by
friends or foes, by individuals of the press or by
public private persons scattered up and down the
country. s..r .... ..-.4
| The next most important question before the conn
try, is the reduction of the tariff revenue stand
demanded by the commercial and all other
interest of the country. 1t is presumed that no re-
duction of the high tariff Of 1912, can prove pal
atable to the interested views of those who demand
its permanent existence. But one would suppose
their own reflection would lead them to desire an
approximation to a scale, which would, by it's tena-
| BILE permanently be more advantageous to them in
the long run, than temporary and fuctuating ad-
vantages.
The Presidents views this question have
met the appreciation Of the great mass of the peo-
pie. They were clearly expressed and put forth
long before any one supposed Sir Robert Peel
intended moving in the British Parliament in favor
of free trade. 1t would have made no difference with
the administration, or the great mass Of the DEM
ocratc party, to what course Great Britain de-
cided upon, whether she decided for or against free
trade, agreed with us differed with us in Oregon
boundary claims. The determination of the people,
who elected the President and of the administration
itself, preceded the whole affair in their declared
purposes of reducing the tariff of 1842. 1t
the force of the doctrines Of free trade in the large
States, particularly of the West which carried the
democratic party into power. Hence, how absurd
to nsnuate that the proposed reduction of the tariff
is thing just got up to buy off England's claim to
Oregon! If there is any fault in the reduction pro-
posed by Mr. Walker, it arises from the fact that he
does not go far enough. Many leading CONNER
cia men think his standard too high on many arti-
cles but any reduction that is likely benefit the
commercial and agricultural interest of the country
is better than for things remain they are. An
other important link in commercial reform is the es-
adjustment Of 'the warehousing system" II is
measure Of great importance TO the trade and
commerce of the country, and cannot be too
strongly urged upon the attention of Congress.
For the want of a government depot sufficiently
large and convenient for the housing entire car
goes Of imported goods from a vessel 80 soon as
she reaches the wharf, that she may with lit
tie detention as possible commence reloadng, 1t
often takes one Of our packet-ships two weeks to
discharge, in which time, with warehousing facili-
ties she could be discharged and reloaded for for
| eign port All this loss of time, and boarding
custom-house inspector on board Of a ship while
tedIousy unloading, is a tax upon the BUSH
ness Of ship owners. BY suffering goods to be
warehoused in bond for year two, for over
hauling, asserting, and re-exportpg, or if taken out
for consumption, to pay duties accruing on them,
with storage fees &c, in cash. the commercial inter-
est would be greatly benefited. Our seaport towns
would become transit depots distributing points,
from whence the various ports Of South America,