Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-05-14
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nation Of the Peel ministry, Palmers,on
avalied himself Of the Easter holydays
TO make a visit to the French melropo.
lis, where he still continues, for the
purpose, it is very evident, of reconci-
ling Louis PHILIPPE to his restoration,
he has been most kindly received BY
Monsieur Guizot and the other mem.
bers Of the cabinet, and his mission
doubtless will terminate successfully.
Ills sentiments with regard to France
will hereafter be entirely pacific, be-
pcapse his continuance in office would
be of but short duration were they to
become otherwise; but Ihave an awful
toreboding that our country is to find
IN him an inveterate deadly enemy
In his newborn zeal for the welfare
OF France, he will at once seize upon
Gulzott's balance of power doctrine
IN North America, and use his posi-
ton and his talents to consummate the
most desperate purposes at any time
contemplated by England or France to
check our growth or diminish the in
huence which our institutions are ex-
efcising over the other nations of the
earth.
81 most sincerely regret that there
should be SO slight prospect for ad-
Jus'lng the Oregon question before
Peel's administration is at AN end
Such an. event could have been con-
summated, if there had been even a
moderate degree of good management
IN Congress. Had the notice. so
sincerely, and may add so patrioti-
cally urged by the President been
promptly authorized to be given, with
the elevated ground upon which our
title was placed by the correspondence
which accompanied the message, there
is not the shadow OF doubt but that ev-
cry thing could have been, before this,
amicably arranged, and to the general
satisfaction of the people of the United
States. But | distinctly foresee that
such result is no longer obainable by
negotiation. Starte not, when state
to you, as my candid belief, that even
should the notice arrive by the 25th
inst. under the House resolution, no.
thing like the clear line of the 49lh
parallel can be secured! Peel could
not be prevailed upon to settle at that,
just as he is going out, if the notice
was now before him; and if we were
disposed to compromise on that boun-
Diary, Russell will hesitate long, in my
opinion, before he will offer it.
@sThus have we been carried, by the
timidity of the Senate, to the brink of
precipice, where war with all its hor-
rors--its demoralizing inAuences-is
beheld in the distance. The argu-
ments against our claim in that body,
and the various propositions made
TO adjust the question definitely, re-
CARELESS of the opinions of the Execu-
tive, have rendered diplomacy upon
the. subject mere mockery. Added
to these difficulties, which the admin
istration has TO encounter, is the press
of the opposition, which seems to have
no holier object than to invalidate our
ownership of the territory, and to i'm
pagn the notifies of the President for
insisting on our rights. Nor do they
stop here; for they are vastly augmen.
ted by The pens of such restless and
misehieyous spirits as ~ and ~
Under such adverse circumstances, !
ir:ankllXconfess to you that cannot dis
III ayer solitary ray of hope for main
kining our rights in Oregon, except
H. the last resort-the ultima ratio of
nations. tits melancholy reflection
! TO me, one which bows me down with
load Of grief, but one which cannot
dismiss from my mind since '
'. How differently did
view this matter before left ourcoun-
try! / then imagined that Pee was
secure in bis place, and that England
would yield all that she could. c'nsis-
tently with honor, before she soull
have the temerity to strike. | now
perceive, however, that she regars the
executive power of my country, uerly
paralyzed by the action Of the Saa,e;
and. intoxicated almost to innity
with the recent success of her ATS in
the East, the pacific sentimentslhich
nreyailec in the public mind, asllates
ihe United States, are rapid CIV
mo way to those of hostile andeliig.
erent character.