Democratic banner., 1846-05-09

The conventionf for the lst Congressional Dis
trict met, at Fredericktown, on the 9TH inst. W.
expect to hear of trouble in that district, asthert
were two sets of delegates sent by the different
Idirisions of the st. Louis democrats to the con.
~vention; one pledged to vote for BOwlin, and the
other against him,
The Washington Union Of the 18th ult., says
that the President in the exercise Of his discre
Ition will Immediately gire the notice to England
The election in Va, has been close, but the
Union thinks that the democrats willhave a small
m~ajority-enough we hope 10 enable them TO e.
lIect a Senator TO fill the place Of Mr.. Archer.
Through the politeness of our friend Mr.. Os-
born Of the firm of G. w. jerks & co., we have
received an extra Republican, from which we
extract the following. though we can scarcely
think it correct.
From the .NeU York Journal Of Commerce.
THE OREGON CONTROVERSY SET
TIED.
Letters by the Great Western, froia high sour
ces, say that the Oregon question is settled: AMI
give the details, viz: latitude 40 to the straights
of Fuca, and thence through the said straights to
the Pacific, leaving the whole Of Vancouver s Is
land to Great Britain, the navigation Of the Co
for term of years, &c. We understand
the fact to be that the arrangement made through
the medium Of several gentlemen at Washington,
and which we announced perhaps two months a.
go, but which was retarded by the uncourteous
in which the offer Of arbitration was re-
iected. has NOW been recognized and confirmed.
The forms of diplomacy will be gone through
with at Washington, as we presume, Flor the
formal negotiation has never by our government
been committedto Mr.. McLane, though the gen.
erous confidence existing between him and Lord
has doubtless enabled him to render
aid in bringing the controversy toa favorable is
sue,
We are glad to see that our little friend
of the Democratic Expositor is not yet
dead, but is still in the land of the living,
battling for American rights. Of the Or
egon question and himself, the editor dis
courses as follows
Our readers will see by this days paper
that we are still alive and ready to do battle
in the service of the people, firm in our
principles and fearless of consequences
We stand where We yer have stood, upon
the limits of our country, whether east or
west ofthe Rocky Mountains; whether run
ming back of the Russian settlements, or
stopping short at the line of 81 40.
The soil Of the Republic is sacred and
should be held free from the tread or touch
of the usurper. 1t is dearer to the son of
liberty than the plains of Marathon or the
field of Waterloo. He who gives up his
country without a struggle deserves the
iron hand of the mail-clad knight, and the
iron rule of despotic power. In the morn
ing of our country we broke away from the
mother kingdom because she dared to taxi
US two pence on apound of tea to enablsI
her King to build a princely palace for the
line Of Hanover. Shall we now, when the
little one has become a ORGANIZATION and the
handful a thousand, tamely submit to dis
memberment, and quietly put on the mana
cles which our fathers burst asunder? Ne
have but a poor opinion Of the land of tie!
of the Clintons, of the Jeffer-
sons, and of the Jacksons, if such be our
conclusions in relation to our country andI
her citizens. We believe a great error has
been committed by those in power-Execu-
i've and Legislative-in naming any paral-
as the boundary between our country and
Great Britain. We should have promptly
given notice to Great Britain to quit, and
hen, after such an announcement, we
should have proceeded to investigate our
title to the northwest coast. In settling
his title, what appeared to be strictly A
n~erican, positively our own, should have
,een claimed and taken into possession, and
What did not belong to US should have been
surrendered to the rightful owner, whether
Spanish, English, or India.
Whilst a Republic, reposing in glory upon
Ter rightful possessions, should be ready to-
lefend and bold TO attack any invader, she
hould be equally ready to divest herself
f that which never was hers, and by her
loble example to teach honesty and virtue
o the great robber-nation Of the world.
The western pilgrims were not robbers 7
were honest, ~virtuous sober men, c
let their descendants then, notwithstand Q
the distance between them and the. old !
gorld has been reduced from months to !
avs, prove to mankind that they have not !;