Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1846-01-29

asks the public cODdonance, Tor that un-
der this bondage he had offered, what
II was known by repeated trials, would
no, be accepted. To make amends for
this sell-imposed indienity, he declares
that the day Of compromise is now over.
All attempts at compromise having
failed" MIR. Polk recommends that no
'ice should be gwen TO terminate the
Joint occupation Of The country that the
laws and institutions Of the Union should
be extended 10 the American settler in
Oregon /; and that military posts should
be established for their protection. AL
formidable enough, could we believe it
possible that any civilized nation would
really plunge into SO fatal and suicidal
error, as 10 defend by war The mere right
Of occupation, and The sti more imngi-
nary claim 10 which Mr.. Polk also refers
the antecedent right OF the Union to
all the unsettled and undecided territory
on the North American continent. The
declaration is too premature, however,
to be really alarming. 1t proposes to
bring things 10 an immediate issue, and
that immediate issue must be one Of ne
G citation, not arms A slower course
might have been more insidious and
more certain. Mr.. Calhoun's policy of
giving no notice, bot pushing the un-
doubted right Of joint occupancy to the
utmost, could hardly fail, in the course
Of ten years, to result in repetition OF
the game OF Texas, or rather OF the orig
inal Declaration Of Independence. Ore
gon, should the American population
ever attain a substantial pre- ponderance,
would not hong remain British Colony !;
hut occupancy, though an irresistible
po'rer is not right, and depends on
numbers, moi arms.
The terms Of The Message imply, then,
he alternative Of war, or conclusive ne
goiiation. War is too monsirous to be
thought Of for a moment, except after
every effort at a compromise has been
exhausted. Britain and America must
be too sensible of their mutual benefits,
mutual depe ndeDce, and mutual respect,
to peril the substantial blessings they
new enjoy, and are daily multiplying in
the relations Of peace, for the bloody and
P'' WI "VI. ~ ~ ulI Out
impossible that two great and kindred
nations, after healing so wide a breach,
and helping one another to so great
common prosperity, should become a.
gain mutual and unnatural destroyers
Tor mere point Of honor, for a remote
wilderness, separated from both by a
journey Of many months, by stormy seas,
and almost impossible rocks and deserts
Unless Mr.. Polk is merely trifling with
words, and secretly scofling at the uni
versal sentiments of humanity, he is him
SELF incapable Of so great an outrage and
injury on the country of. his ancestors,
on the land Of h's birth, and the whole
race Of man. What means he by say
ing that he has adopted the maxim, d" to
ask nothing that is not right, and submit,
to nothing that is wrong !" and his
further boast that it is his anxious de-
sire to preserve peace with all nations ~
That the Union should he anxious to
heal this sore, and should think i, IN.
manly and impolitic to bequeaih quar-
rel TO posteritv, is natural enough. That
they should think to strengthen their
claim with strong language, is also in
conformity with many examples. But
if the decision is TO be speedy, it can
only be by negotiation, either by refer
ence, or by a recurrence TO the method
which, in the case oflhe disputed boun.
Diary on our Canadian frontier, proved so
entirely unsucc esslul."
The London Morning Chronicle, the
organ of the Wings, fully sustains the
President in his free trade notions, and
recommends a commercial alliance.
The London Examiner, Liberal }
says -
The political economy ofthe Message
offers a pleasing contrast with its politics.
1t Is as large as lis diplomacy is narrow
and treats the prohbitionists of the North
with as little ceremony rs the diplomatic
portion oft does NJ. Guizot or Sir Robert
Peel. The Presidents statement of the
financial case is clear and irrefrag able.
He denounces protection as the robbing
of Peter to pay Paul, and denies that
manufacturing products have more righ,
to the title of industry than agricultural
ones lie declares the present prohbi-
tive tariff perDlcious in spirit, aggravated
by the jnggle of minimum of value and
OF false estimates, placed on, and taken
off, all manufactures imported. These
he proposes to abolish, substituting a tair
od ralorem duty for revenue, and nothing
more.
How lamentablc is it that we have
not already responded to such an advance
on the part of America, by flinging our
ports open TO its corn, with the prospect
OF their remaining permanently so
The Manchester Guardian remarks =
But, whatever faults The Message may
have in reference TO the Oregon dispute,
there Is one part Of it which uiH be read
IN Mls country riM uSMNED sATisrAc-
TIoN. We alIude to the rec ndaiion
to place the tariff upon footing more
consonant with the principles of Gce
trade
Tia / al.