New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-21
THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
The oreaon Treaty-feel and The Treaty.

E-OE1 our fee. Correspondent
wAsH1Ss1cy. July lath, l.;5-5 2 NJ
The foreign news by the Cambria reached tbs
civ by Telegraph yesterday. Fuller de:ss reached
Us in TIE Tribune and other papers This morning =
There is one item OF he news contained therein TO
which beg leave 10 call he st'eation OF your read
ers particularly such honor nv letters viii their
pe7u-al
TIE Administration organs were prsising NJ
Polk and the Cabinet for their settlement O. the Ore
gon question considered their conduct, on this sub
isct so base betrayal of their former pied ses tia;
lei; il my duty obtain for yo1r readers correct
statement Of The Treaty. show that Mr.. Polk had
made about the very worst possible settlement that
could have been made. Accordingly sent you the
correc, amount OF the i've articles Of the Treaty
and TOOK occasion 10 say in somewhat: eI-
tended letter that the Treaty was not only no bet
ter than What Great Britain had formerly offered
Us but was absolutely much worse 70, &c Than might
have been obtained, ii James X. Polk and MS Cabi-
net had not been 50 frightened by the roar Of the
British Lion that ne submitted the opening offer
Of Great Britain TO the Senate il il had been their
ultirna,um. This letter with the Treaty was pub
listed in The Tribune OF JAY Sd.
Thas JAMES K. Polk and JAMES BCcHAyAS, in
place OF making Treaty themselves and submit
ting it 10 the American Senate, offered Queen Vic
toria their Democratic arms and walked with her
into the United States Senate. where she submitted
her propositions directly 10 the Representatives Of
the States.
And this, TOO was done, while land was will
ing TO make Us more favorable offer than the one
which we have accepted The Senate seeing that
the Executive had frs, gone for 81 10, then offer
ed 4oa and lastly sanctioned On offer less than is'
by submitting it TO the Senate glad 10 be able
to find Mr. Polk any where, and recommended ac
cordngly settlement, afraid les, bis next o.er
might be 10 give up the whole OF Oregon.
AS soon ny copy of the Treaty was published
Mr. Richie came oat and denied the correctness Of
my version. In The Union Of July :, the Editor
says in speaking of my letter, We are disposed to
doubt the accuracy Of this description. particularly
as relates the I'd article i; also states that, in
lis opinion its version Of the Treaty mos. cor
rect and II republished lis description in which
it is stated that The treaty allows the common nav
igaion of the Columbia not 10 British subjects
generally bu; to the Hudsons Bay Company, and
this i, is rumored for limited period
In my letter of the next day | said would keep
these statements OF the Executive Organ and com
pare them with the official copy when published.-
The Tribune, which we received this morning, con-
tans Sir Robert Pees version OF the second article,
which was contradicted by The Union. / ask you
10 publish them side by side, hatyour readers may
see whether your correspondent or the Organ OF the
Administration furnisles the statements for the
public | supply the words trading with them,
which were accidentally omitted. II The Union in
its statements above is correct, then Sir Robert Peel
ia wrong az well as YOUR correspondent