Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-26


mined, yet dignified, moderate and pacific rur
pose on The part of our Executive, and at once
she exhibited more willing disposition 10 selll,
the question finally, and upon more REASONABLE,
terms, than she had done previously. Never be
fore has she yielded SO much; having, on the con
trary, again and again asserted her right, in The
strongest terms, to The Columbia river, and pro
claimed The impOssibility Of receding from that ri
yer up 10 the 49th parallel. The Union says:
1.-THE country between the Columbia river anc
that parallel which the presen, treaty is said /.
stpulate, has not yet been carefully surveyed o.
measured. But no doubt, We believe. is enter
tanned, that al least two large States may be form
ed out Of it. However this may be, the treaty
as rumor describes il, gives us about three de-
srees OF seacnast on the Pacific, with the eventu
al exclusive navigation OF the chief river on ths
Western slope of our continent. The treaty al
lows the common navigation Of this river not Il
British subjects generally, but TO the Hudson Bay
Company; and his, i, is rumored, for limiiet
period"
The New York Tribune "soemnly believe!
the terms 10 be as favorable as any impartial ar
bier would award u.s." The French paper in n
York, the Courier des Eiais Unis, thus speaks
OF the concession on the part of Great Britain
at cannot be denied, indeed, that il the Ameri
can Union obtain the 49lh parallel in Oregon
the concession will be altogether on The side o
England. Up 10 The day OF MIR. Folks in
ausuraiion, The pre,ensons Of The Cabinet
Washington never extended beyond The forty
ninth degree, and The Cabinet Of Saint Jane:
has always unqualifedly repealed these PIE
II, clo h;cb
But il is too much 10 retreat al the same time ir
sent no example OF such pruderces. Ii she no"
gives it TO the world, il is because the public eye
has not yet been able to falhom all the depths q
her interior wounds; il is Ina, this eye has nO
been able 10 appreciate the strength of The cord
which binds her arms"
Such CONCESSION, then, we maintain, has been
secured to Us by the prcmplness, ifmness and
wisdom of MIR. Polk. This is not an argument
made up for the occasion. In advocating the
"nolice," we have expressed the Identical views
We pressed that measure as powerful engine
for speedy, pacific and satisfactory settlement
Events have given substance 10 our predictions
Had Congress refused 10 give the "noice, we
should have been involved in inexlricable confu
sion. Troubles would have broken out on OUT
frontier, and, coupled with The Mexican war, we
should have been plunged into alarming Difficult
ties. But the "nolice" has saved us from wal
with England, and, at the same time, secured a
more advantageous adjustment than was ever be-
fore rendered to us-an adjustment which, under
all The circumstances, will meet the appreciation
Of The country. The following from the Bali
more Sun, neutral paper, always true 10 The no
norand interest OF the country, speaks language
to whicha vast majority Of The nation will cor.
daily assent:
"a review of the progress Of this affair will
be Sufficient, We apprehend, 10 satisfy every in.
tellgent mind tina, we should never have settled
il upon such advantageous terms TO the United
States without recourse 10 arms, had mol MIR. Polk
so frankly and fearlessly laid before The people
his own views AMI sentiments ,hcreupon. By
doing this, he elected corresponding opinions
from both political friends and adversares in The
highest places OF ihe Stale; and what was OF in
finite importance 10 The present result, he brought
all The resi- of The nation as one man, up 10 the
parallel Of 40 degrees. Thus, ihen with some
concession on our disputed claim, and liberia
one on the part oil England, with The honor OF The
Two nations untouched, the Oregon Treaty. re-
stores peace 10 their intercourse, and removes
from US The burden Of doubt and peTpleyily, which
has for The past year or two obiruded It's shadow
on The business and enterprise OF the age"
As a portion Of The curious history Of The
times, we extract from the National lnlelligencer
a few passages OF the proceedings OF the friends
OF Nj ajor General Scott al Gettysburg, Pennsyl
vania, assembled TO express "their views upon
the unworthy cflor, now being made by tad and
nlnserupnlous parlisans, 10 tarnish he fair fame o.
Americas best and abesl soldier
We were in hopes that The true friends oil Gle
neral Scott would lave suffered The late conlro
versy 10 sleep. In Iaking it from The ashes, ant
attempting 10 injure the Administration, they ex.
hibit but poor friendship for their chiefain. Or
no point have we seen the American press, OF al
shades, more unanimous than in juslifying the
Administration for its laudable course toward:
General Scott The country have read the extra
ordinary correspondence, and have made up their
opinion. No violent pariizan attacks can unset
lie their verdict. As an evidence of the extreme:
to which personal interest or party antipathies
will carry individuals acting under excitement
we quote few choice expressions adopted BY The
meeting.
After stating that The President has refused 10
General Scott The command 81 The army intended
for the invasion of Mexico; and that the respon
sibiliy for this unprecedented step. which PRO
pery and fairly belongs 10 The Administration
alone, is unjusily and falsely attempted to be
fastened upon General Scott, they resolve "ihat
We not only justify but commend the conduct oi
General Scott in his late correspondence with the
Secretary Of War, in which he informed thai
funclonary, in plain and indignant language
that lie was not The dupe o. the sehcmcrs who were
plating the destruction of his reputation, and en-
deavorins TO deprive him Of the command OF tie
army, to which he was entitled b. his rank a:
ommander-in-Chef"
After a careful examination OF all the facts,
they recognise in all, with feelings of the high
est admiration the same noble conduct and qua
lilies which, as man and soldier, he has al.
ways displayed, and which have so much endear-
ed him TO the American peopie-namcly, a
courage which fears mol 10 cast into the teeth OF
power It's nlranness and ,njuslice-and chival-
rous generosity which scons to deprive another
Of a single laurel goriously won"
They then denounce The Administration as moi
only equity of great injustice 10 General Scott
himself" but as having "wronged the country, by
depriving ii of the services Of its bravest and most
experienced General, in lis refusal 10 give him
he command of The army destined for the inva-
sion Of Mexico, through mean JEALOUSY of The
glory ,riieh he might acquire al lis head" They
next declare that The Withholding The command
Of the army, and the ungenerous attempt TO legis-
late him out of his commission, "betray the e1.
len, to which they Uhe Administrator envy his
reputation and fear hispopui0rip, and the unaro'-
hv arts Of conlrivance to which they are prepared
h resort to ,enorc riral from their path" and
they resolve, "lhat we recognise in this eonspira.
~ 10 destroy General Scott in the estimation Of
The people, the working Of The same spirit which
noured on, calumnies upon Henry Clay, and pro
t.~..r M ;mhpclity and coWardice