The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-19

Of speech towards that journal, we seriously advise
it to recover lis good IN Its future comment.
upon our articles II is courteous enough journal
in the main. But il sometimes forgets ITSELF and
trips and then we have to rap IL over the knuelss,
as we now do. Let il be more careful with US
for the future, and SO our discussions viii go on
more quietly
The other assertion Of the lntehgeneer, la the
above extract is that we have MOI ''refatod OF at
tempted to rsfute," its objections" to the course
Of the President in respect TO the arbitration.
We plead guilty. We have not-and for this
plain reason ps hare not seen those objections. We
know the Intelligencer is in favor Of arbitration;
but we do not know phy. We have seen in that
journal, as we remember, nothing like an argamsni
for misunderstanding like statement Of the
sons for its faith in arbitration as wise, fit, legu-
mate SAFE and expedient mode Of settling the Orc
gon question. This may be oversight in US. II SO,
we are ready to repair it, and whenever we see in
the Intelliseneer such statement Of reasons, We shall
give il due notice.
But in addition to these two assertions, the Intel
ligencer is NICE elegant and courteous enough in It's
phrases call article ga perfect aaies Of coarse
and rude aspersion upon the friends Of the honor
and true interests Of this country, which eompro-
mitied and put IN jeopardy" by The "act" "of the
administration in rejecting the hbersl offer on the
part Of the British government" -
Now, be it observed that in our article We careful
ly confined our censvse to Mr.. James Watson Webb,
and those who pae concerned pih him in the AR
BITRATIoN PLOT as revealed in the Courier Of
January 18th. We carefully and repeatedly OK
esptsd the other leading men and journals Of the
whg party from our censure; and in censure,
well deserved and true as il 10 the letter. used
not one such refined and cleanly metaphor as the
Integeneer has the good taste to resort 10 in talk
ing ofs perfect sluice Of abuse" We 20 further.
We defy the In,egeneer to show one sentence in our
article containing anything half so abusive, or a
thousandth part so wholly and grossly unwananted,
as is assertion made in this same odorous sentence,
that the administration, in rejecting arbitration, put
in jeopardy the honor and the true interests Of the
country" And now, in conclusion, Let us tell the
Integencer that, in defending what is revealed in
the Courier Of January 2sth-however indirectly
and guardedly 1t may sct-it brings upon itself Sc
rious peril It's past in relation to the con-
troversies Of this nation with foreign powers---its
as to the interference Of England in South Ameri-
ca-and, lastly, as TO Oregon, is already in too
good repute with the people Of this country. Does
it yet wish 70 establish its participation in the PLOT
stamped J. w. W. II so, the task 10 perhaps
quite easy. The people will very likely not be slow
To believe, when the Ictegeneer itself shall bring
the proofs, "Faeiiis desetnsus surni" Sed repoeas
gradsm ---H Once there, the lnteligencer will
hardly get back Men will pass on" as in Dante's
Inferno, and "look" but speak not"
One word more, and we have done The "Intel-
geneer' rakss up an old matter against U.S. in which
we were right at first, (though some Of our friends
seemed for moment to misapprehend us,) and in
which we have carefully kept ourselves free from
any Misrepresentation ever since. The "Intelli-
genccrs" charge against us is as follows
"Did not that paper (the 'UnionO say only
twenty days ago. that snch yropnxsi s.the part Of
the British government as that which this sdmnis-
tration has heretofore nude TO Great Britain (neary
the same tina, lately suggested by Mr.. Gallstin)
would make erery friend Of just and honorable peace
in this country ard throughout the world, breathe
frcer and deeper" Did not that paper then, and AT
that time further say, that it would not be unreal
sonable on such proposition being made, and car
red out to a more ample recognition Of just
claims, to hope that further negotiation might yet
build peaceful monument to the enlightened moder-
alton and justice not of the United States alone, but
Of tieo great natons''
sand what has the National Inteligencer' or
the journal Of Commerce. or any other honest and
truthful journal IN country ever said more Brit
ish or more against the United States than this
1t won't do. The lntelligencer gives an untrue
color to our meaning, by suppressing material points
of our language. But 1t is in vain. The attempt
bring this paper into the unio of the Journal Of
Commerce, the Intelgencer, & Co., on the Oregon
question, must break down. Respectfully, but very
firmly, we decline the honor. We ave not Of that
set, and the whole country knows it. What we
meant to say, and what we did say in substance
upon the occasion referred to, was, that such pro.
posal made by England, as preliminary to yet more
fair and just proposal on her part, would, in our
judgment, indicate in part better and more reason
able spirit on her part than she has yetshown, and
might, if followed up in such spirit to the recogni-
ton of our just rights, give hope Of peace
full settlement Of the question. This was the
substance Of what we meant to say, and said
With all due Difference to the Intelgencer,
it ,oas moi to our humble thinking quite so
"BRrTlSH," or quite much AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES" as that extraordinary assertion of the
Journal Of Commerce in September last, which the
lnelligencer caught at eagerly, and quoted and
dorsed as grave and timely"-"Ths claim of Eng
land north Of ago is better than our claim" That
word we rebuked when j, was spoken. That WORD, ,
when it was thus spoken, and quoted, and endorsed,
was word to be blushed fora word--we write
this in bitter sncerity-which was a shamean dis
grace to an American journal. Neither the Journal
nor the Integencer has yet recovered nor will for
long time recover, from its discred and It's odium
But enough and more than enough Of all this.
Let the nelligencer get back 10 cirfy again in its
manner towards soon as possible. We have
really wish to discuss matters in harsh terms with
any one, and certainly with the InellIgepcer lit
tie as with any one Meantime, il that journal
wishes TO see more Of public opinion on arbitration,
here is strong article worth its perusa from the
Boston Poet.