The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-22
THE OREGON JURISDICTION BILL.

THE OREGON JURISDICTION BILL.
The report from the Committee on Territories in
the Senate has again brought before the mind Of the
people the measure adopted by the House Of Repre-
sentatives for the protection Of our citizens in
Oregon. The topic comes up in good time. The
events which have taken place within the last few
days have reused and rallied the patriotism Of the
country in defence Of portion Of our soil another
portion Of our citizens now demands our protec-
ton. II is manifest that, before the great outbreak
Of popular enthusiasm, which now cheers on the
administration in It's Mexican policy, the spirit Of
the wing party already stands abashed and rebuked
We augur we'll from this for the fate Of the Oregon
bill in the Senate. The present is not moment in
which the American people will see with patience
any yaelation on the part Of our statesmen in as
sorting and sustaining right to our territory, nor
any unwlngness to extend to our citizens the pro-
lection Of our laws. We quote, as embodying the
views and the wishes Of the democracy this sub
ject the following cogent and spirited paragraphs
from two democrstc journals Of influence and
ability:
From the Boston Morning Post. May ..
The country is now looking for this with earnest
desire and well founded expectation. We think
that the Oregon question stands exceedingly we'll,
and that we can with great confidence congratulate
the President and the country upon the results thus
far, in the preservation Of the rights and the honor
Of the nation without endangering in any degree,
but rather promoting, the friendly relations between
Great Britain and the United States.
The provision by law for giving the notice has
now been made, and with unanimity which is
remarkable when contrasted with the opposition Il
at first excited. The form Der ONES mmaterial
ID - ioa in he nh isa al thsI
message proposed The President asked Congress
for a law to terminate the notice. Congress has
placed the power TO do so in his hands, knowing
that he would promptly exercise it. 1t is, therefore,
a concurrence almost amounting TO unanimity Of
Congress with the Executive in the measure of no
tice. The democrats who differed 10 form, have
substantially united the fact OF notice, and in
this union OF purpose the whole party 90 with the
Executive. Nothing need now remain Of crimina-
ton or substantial difference among the political
friends Of the administration upon the question Of
notice. We took this view when the notice itself
was opposed by some Of best friends in the
House. We never doubted the purity of their mo-
tives and the result in that branch Of mutual for
bearance and kindness has been the unity and
strength Of the party there, and its readiness and
ability 90 forward in eGectlng the other leading
measures Of this administration.
In like spirit the friends Of the administration
will regard each other in the Senate. Those able
and patriotic senator's who go for our extreme right
have compromised no principle, and have gained,
though rot the precise form, yet, in the power con-
fded to the President the entire substance Of what
they sought TO accomplish Those who differed
from this position at first, even far as to oppose
notice in any form, and whose motives we doubt
not equally pure and patriotic, have conceded
their views and united in the action which produces
the proposed result eectually In the end if not
directly as a naked form Of notice, and which
preferred to any other. And what distinctly marks
the strength Of the position Of the President is that
his political opponents, who at the outset denounced
the proposed notice war measure, now almost
unanimously accede to II as measure Of peace. Rare
ly has an admin stration achieved more decided
triumph than this. The President and his friends
need desire no higher approval Of his course than
this which the whole sense of the country has
effected. II is tribute to the sagacty and states
manship Of President Polk, which throws into obi
Won and insgni6cance all the attacks that have
been made on his policy in this respect and all the
attempts to place him in false doubtful position
We are content now to forget that there ever has
| been any opposition to the notice, in form sub
stance and to take it the clearly expressed will Of
Congress and the nation to carry out the measures
| Of the President
And now comes the next important question in
this series, the for The protection Of Oregon
The joint occupation must terminate in about year
/ from this time In the mean time, and after that
time our citizens in Oregon must be protected The
| House has promptly met the exigency, and carried
| out the further recommendations OF the President,
essentially in their spirit and form, observing all
conventional rights Of Great Britain and all
rights Of her citizens, and securing all our own rights
| The action of the Senate is alone necessary to
perfect the measure. And on this point the press
and the couHtry earnestly look to the friends Of the
administration in that body for that unanimity of
| purpose which will forever put at rest this vexed
question, and insure the honor and the peace Of the
| country. Every consideration Of country and Of
party urge this upon the friends Of tho admnistra
lion in the present crisis. We still hope to find in
the contamination Of the supplemental measures the
patriotic cooperation Of very many Of the wing
senator's but nothing in the action of the present
Congress now be more desired by the friends of
the administration than the Union Of democratic SEN
ators in the other measures recommended by the
| President. That he is not tenacious of mere FORM
and earnestly desires to be sustained by the sense of
the nation, is apparent from the spirit of his mes
sage, in which he said
"The recommendations which have made as to
the best manner of securing our rights in Oregon
| are submttad to Congress- with great Difference.
Should they in their wisdom, devise any other
| mode better calculated to accomplish the same OBJ
ject, it shall meet with my hearty concurrence"
| No mode, it would seem, could be devised better
than that which is now before the Senate with the
| strong expression from the other branch Of Con-
gress. Will the Senate substantially concur, is now
| the most important question in issue. The argu-
ment has been exhausted in discussing the notice
| Promptness and unanimity OF action would seem to
be assured, as well to the most desirable, from
the present position Of the question. And here is
a noble occasion for the exercise of that mutual for
b-arance, and disregard Of personal feeling in high
national issues, to which the democracy owe all their
trumphs. We earnestly hope, therefore, to see in
the action Of the Senate cordial unanmty between
those who have differed the first and moai pr ON
inent measures in the series. Nothing ia asked in
consistent with friendly relations to Great Britain;
and 10 stop short in the protection Of rights and
our citizens in Oregon, after giving the notice, would
be worse than to have stopped short Of giving the
notice at all We are sure that the disting
senators who have stood most prominent in these
discussions will win the highest need OF approval
from their constituents and the whole country by
now showing that they have forgotten that they
differed on the form of the first measure, by the
strength Of their unanmity on those that necessar-
| ly follow.
The country is looking to this Congress for Sc
res Of great measures that will eminently distin-
guish it In the annals Of national legislation. The
Oregon stands foremost and then comes the Judi
| cious adjustment Of the tariff TTnanimty on the