Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-24
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pcor Sinks seems 10 have wholly ehs'u -
public mind. We find, however, lll!le oeoa''
IN The House Of Commons, which exhibits con-
,nusd pacific disposition on he rari Of the bF'-
,ish Government. We make lew ea''ao''
Tic OREGON Question again !" i'a an
HorsE or COMMONS, MAsCH ~,
On the motion Tor reading lhe NV. ,,n.,;,n III
,,n;.h he b.d given nn,icc. The honorable gen
tleman commenced BY reading ire following 10
rasraphs from her Majesiys speech ilou. ~" .I
throne a, the opening Of The Preseh. sess.o" D.;
regret that the conflicting claims ei u. sn.;,o,,,
tain and The u. States, in respect o. nc ~tl'y
on The Northwestern coast OF America, ahnoush
they have been made The suhIec! OF ,ePed'su ne
EQUATION, still remain unsettled. lou mdy VI
assured that no effort consistent WIN na,o"a IL.
nor shall be wanting on my pai. ~ o,us ~
question 10 an early and peacei", '. =, 80 ~
The honorable member pioceeu.u, ,u.,f,I
Sovereign addressing her Parliament. UP 10 .ne
nrcsent lime The House had yleiued 10 'ie oo
yc.rm nj a silent and entire cobiueh.c ~ ~"
measures Held not rise eiihef 10 dislu. plna' =.
lence or intimate any dminuiiuh o' 1lId. e ',
dence But, though that House mao apFfrcia'eo
The spiri, in Whit h The Government hdu ae'eu VI
the oIber side Of he Atlantic there was Taiy
WHICH had mi upon The words pronounced oy
her Majesty, and on The suossquen, proceedings
OF The Govrrameni, a constructor! ,iie 'ei{ oflo
site of that they were intended 10 peaI. y "a'
lime England should distinctly assel'. 'hat ""ne
she was ready 10 make every sacI'nIe ~ '"e
maintenance OF peace, consis'eh' WIN n.' "o"o',
Vol ,bat she onIy lie precated war 10 This instance
from feeling that any war in which she should
.n,,pe could i but seriously interfere win Inc
n-ogr,ss Of human civilization. An expression
Of this feeling Should be distinctly made by maj
house. because such an expression woniu 40 more
Than all Inc diplomatic negotiations lo"aius me
maintenance Of peace between this country anu
America. The honorable gentleman concIuaed
nv asking awhelher il is the intention 81 ner Ma.
ie.y's Government 10 PRESENT. this house copies
or extracts Of any correspondence which may
have passed between the Secretary 6. Stale Tor
Foreign Affairs and her Msjesly's Minister al
Washington in relation TO The Oregon territory.
Sir r. Peel do not think il necessary 10
make any observations the general suhIect up
on which the Hon. gentleman has spoken
| (Hear.) Ibeieve that any explanation IS Whoi,
~ unnecessary, because am perfectly convinced
mai lbe expressions used BY her Majesty in The
speech rom he hrcae and the expressions OF
pubic men in This House OF either OF the Pol'l-
cal parties haze realty nat teen n,scOnsTued IN me
/. United States. (Hear, hear) do moi thlnS
any public advantage would be gained by laying
! on The table OF the House, in the present STATE OF
/ the question, any papers relating 10 The differences
| between this country and the United SIales WIN
respect 10 the O-egon territory, or in now making
any communication upon the subject 10 TINS
House and il is not The intention oil her Majesty
Government TO make any such communication
] Al The same line may slate, that The Executive
| Government Of the United States, having dis
| lipct proposition 10 make 10 a branch oil The Le-
| sis.atute OF thai country, has MADE commhhi'
! calen 10 il, containing certain notes when nave
passed between Mr. Buchanan and Mr.. Paken-
| nam; though should no, have thought u neces'
sary 10 Law those notes as communication be-
fore The House, slid, as they have been made pub
| he and as il NAV be necessary they should be
authenticated. Ishall not OF jecl producing those
comnunica ions 10 which publicity has been al.
ready given (aear, hear, and laueh) lreal
| " do not understand what provokes that laugh
we have no other papers 10 produce al present on
The mar, OF the Government; The negotiations ara
not ust b,oupAti 10 con6iusion and il is quite un
nsual 10 produce official dispatches when neeo-
,ialions have no. been closed. BY the ACT Of an.
Other Government, certain communications have
been made public; The House has light 10
have them authenticated, and though had NM
intended 10 produce Them, yet, if il should be the
wish Of The House that they should be laid upon
lb- table will defer 10 that WISH (cries OF No,
NOR bur cannot undertake 10 produce any
others.
The tone OF some OF the British press seems TO
have moderated a lillle:
From the Times Money Market Article, 2slh NATl.i
"Thc details or;hc India intelligence published
in the Times cr,o-iay, and the news from AmeFi-
ca hr The Mun,ezuua, were read with erea, inte-
rest. The later was considered more able
than olhe, wise although not very decided in cha
raclcr the debate in Congress not having come 10
| termination, and lie improved appearance OF
! The Uned States money and Stock mar kets is al
tribu,ed 10 growing confidence as 10 an ultimate
NAV be attributed the heller appearance OF the
market .or English securities, which opened firm,
and improved as the day proceeded"
The Morning Chronicle, one Of the most bel
iserent CT the English papers, is evident
" afraid that the British Government means
10 propose settlement upon The iorY-nin'h
parallel Ills deeply offended at an article in the
Quarterly Review, which adopts the plan OF
compromise proposed in the House of Represent
a,ives By Mr.. Dargan Of Alabama, and which ex-
, presse. The hope that "the British uliimaum
NAV be found in it," "Mr. Dargan's scheme,
SAYS the Chronicle, means the 49:h parallel, with
half The Straits Of Fuca, and the Southern third
of Vancouvers Island" reserved 10 Great Britain.
This Southern third of Vanceuver's Island the
Chronicle decidedly objects 10, because II, is moi
worth The survey tina, would be necessary 10 fix lis
boundaries" The same paper diskes The CO.
Incidence between the American statesman and
tie British Reviewer, and says that the Oregon
question is badly understood in England, The
public being ready 10 catch any second nand OPT
MON on he subject II adds:
"Le The reason Of III. reviewer stand in its true
light. The 49h parallel IS NIL he Americans icH
leu rs hare. This either consciously or nncon-
sciously, is his meaning; and the less said about
the national honor, in connection ihere~iln, me
heller. Wilhou, critcising, we are salisheu WIN
exposing IL OF disncpmherins Il Of lis seogfaphl-
cal, historical, and International draperes and OF
showing i, as il rcallyis. It's merit is that II suits
America. In Ibis respect, however, the ces-
sion OF The whole territory wonld he an evident
amendment The proof !a il Is nothing more
than this is funnd in the answer TO the following
question What do we get fof ;ae difference be-
tween our previous Offers anu The propoaed ones;
il being granted that The previous ones were no.
only !air, but liberall Nothing"
The following long extract from Dickens new
paper, the London News, Of April The 4h, may
be regarded as exhibiting much more favorable
tone. That per has been one OF the most VIC
lent in raducing our institutions and depreciaing
our claims TO Oregon. |, now seems TO incline 10
a settlement OF the question upon much more
reasonable ground>-cares very lille for The na-
yiga,ion Of The Columbia, and refers with appro-
baton to a ra;,ion Of the territory upon Mir.
Gal!a,in's offer. This fact, taken in connection
with The declarations Of The Chronicle, strikes US
as proving that the public mind Of England is
looking 10 a settlement upon the 49h degree, and
that this impression must have been taken up
from The expected action OF The Government. On
the whole, we look upon the indications as lavo-
rable OF tender BY Great Britain Of The 49th de-
gree, aud lis being made The line OF settlement:
From The London Daily Nens]
The hope was not 10 be entertained, that the