The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-11
Observation-Disclosures.

IL is becoming very manifest, that far the most
influential portion Of the wing press control the
opinion and action Of the party the great point up
which the administration is to be attacked is that
furnished in the rejected proposition of the British
minister TO leave to arbitration the settlement of the
Oregon controversy This is certainly to be the first
great point ofattack Upon the question of arbitration
or no arbitration the wings will firmly rally, as best
they shall be able, to exert their whole party force,
and assa with the expectation of the popular con-
| cuIrence, the administration Of Mr.. Polk. With a
plentiful lack Of that sort Of sagacity denominated
common sense it is believed by the opposition that
the strongest popular reproof awaits the President
for having preferred the keeping in our own hands
the settlement of great territorial claim rather than
trust its disposition to the caprice paraities OF
an arbitrator almost certain not be in an equal
| sympathy to the parties to the quarrel
! Let the wings make this issue with the admins.
trstion, if they please. Before the tribunal of the
American people, thoroughly informed, as they now
are, with the "unquestionable character of title
to the territory Of Oregon we have not the slight
| est apprehension upon the subject. The admins
tration will be sustained in its determination not to
allow TO a third power the decision for of ques-
ton which, on account of the political isolation and
peculiar institutions of the United States it would
be peculiarly important to them should never be
placed beyond their own control . ...
The National Inteligencer, the New York Tri-
bune, and the Express Of the same city, together
with every other print of kindred politics and the
| same purposes, may cant about American asstnnp-
| lion displayed in the attitude of the American
President, but they will cant in vain. The conduc,
Of MIR. Polk in rejecting the offer of arbitration may
be inveighed against arrogant and ndefensibe;
but the candid and discerning of mankind, and es-
pecially our people, will see nothing in the po-
sition he has taken but wel-founded disrust that
any umpire can decide this Oregon controversy
without much greater hazard to us than to Great
| Britain.
| Let us suppose that this controversy about our
title to Oregon were before the king of the
French, or any other king for decision, and we in
quirc, without any consciousness any belief that
by so doing we betray the conviction that our rights
are not placed upon the most impregnabc footing
would any man in the United States, with all his
respect for the king of the French, suppose that
we should get much, and especially all of that
which we consider so essential, as we may obtain
by keeping firmly in our present position No one
can seriously believe this position, who has been
observant Of compromise results. If our title be
MS "clear" as the friends and opponents of the "no-
tce" have, for the most part, regarded t-then Vat
tel, the authority Of the National Integencer, does
not require the submission which the In,eIlgencer
| itself exacts.
The people are prepared to stand by the Prcsi-
dent in what he has now done. He will, in de-
spite of the opposition, and with the cooperation Of
Congress in his measures, preserve honorable