Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-01-02
THE OR ECON QUESTION.

On this subject the European liverpool
Times Of the 4th instant has the following;
"The news from the western shores Of
the Atlpntir. recently, has excited more
han ordinary interest. The Grea' Wes-
tern, ,enn'her lasttrp, brought home docu-
meutwhich created nearly as much amaze
me,t: as if a shell had been Unexpectedly
thrown, with hostile intent, inVo TREND
Nv citadel. The number of the Washing
ton Unon Mnich-ctaimed the Dhole Of Ore
von for the United States, and rcrudidtPd
all meeotalion'or' tise subject, was scanned
with painful tpeiTgs-wNs presumed to
spedk the sentimsit,s Of President Polk,
and to inreshadoW The tone Of the forth
coming message. The effert was suCh as
we have described it. War and all its odl-
ous horrors starred every one in the face.
There appeared 10 Ne M 'eScape from it.
no toop-lole left hy which antonorNhle cx-
Il could be made. Men nove'in misses
mink and sympaihzP in nherda-'&>' thoughts
that breathe and words that turn, t@sung
simultaneously from thousand lips, snow
how readily, under provocdtion, reason IS
suhservient TO passion.
"The Caledonia arrived on Friday, with
intelligence a week in advance OF the
Great Western, and the nature OF her des--
matches had an emolHent effect on the ma
-tioral pulre, which now beats again with
comparativp coolness. twas ,hpn found
that the article inthe official paperwas not
understood by those on'the spot ohave an
official character--that Mr.. Polk had not
wei thrown away the scabhard--thdt the
Wings with theirthree P.'s-'peace, pros
l'peritv. ond proqression'--wer lnmical to
''wer, and that Mr. Webster, at Boston, had
made speech OF pacific and elevated
character, in which an appealtophyslcal
force on the Oregon question was denoune-
,eG as folly and madness.
awe have before stated, and the repeti-
ton at the present time sa'most s'Tperifu-
'ens, that, as regards England, people-care
little in what way the Oregon dispute may
he patched up; the value of the territory
is hardly rated beyond pins fee, and
right glad would the thinking intelligent
porton,of the country be If the 49th par
pleI Of latitude would hit the views and
the taste Of the American Government and
people. The annoyance, the irritation,
arises out Of what is conceived to be the
bullying spirit with which the United
States claim is advanced, which naturally
wounds our national pride, and creates a
frame Of mind little calculated to produce
amity or end in forbearance. The refusal
of the President to refer the dispute to ar
bitration looks Ike 'lorgone conclus'on'
and is pointed to as proof that the wors
may still be urprehended from obstinate
councils.
1T has transplred during the last day oI
two that Mr.. Polk has repeated to the Eng
lish Cabinet the offer which they have re-
;ected two or three times durirg the las
quarter Of acentury, namely, to divide the
territory by the 49th parallrl-ot rorth Iati
tude. and that they stiI adhere to making
the CoIumhin the boundary, each nation be
ing free to its waters,
4, our course TO have monopoly o
some hind or other ways 10 hght Tor
or to defend some vested ia'erest, HboO
which the people in the aggregate Know
aud care ss much ss COW does Tor ss'
! ironrmy. The Ration, Il Roses %
been counte6, wouId have accepted ths
A Offer by an ovsrw%elnGng Maa"rs'V. f"T
:, Then the Interests ~ she p"~S'as' and IN
intos.s-. oG RaE~E'nA incorporate"
cOmPau, di'e'S-, saa Ibe GOse'Uu't'l'