Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-03-14

ultra Oregon party has been compared in some Of
the papers 70 the unexpected explosion OF bomb
shell. Upon no one was the effect OF that speech
more astounding than ON the editor Of the Execu.
tive organ, the Union. Him il seemed TO use Q
quaint Western fgure) absolutely to have !" knock
ed into cooked hat" Reposing SO long on the
Presidents declaration Of maintaining at all hazards
Giy5cxr forty; scouting all idea Of compromise
denouncing Britsh-bought traitors those who did
not toe the mark Of all Of Oregon or none - then
all of sudden to hear il proclaimed in the Senate
house, authoritatively and confidently, by fast
friend and supporter that the PRESIDENT had ceased
to occupy the extreme ground Of" all of Oregon or
war; thathewas actually willing to compromise, and
no mistake; willing to come down to forty-nine---
almost to Cape Flattery;' that the organ Of the
Executive, the keeper Of his counsel if not his con-
science-ahat he should be in darkness as to the
Presidential mind that he should be left in the
lurch Il twas not TO be believed; 81 Mr. HAYWOOD
must be mistaken = he was not SO understood -
nobody had right to speak for the President -
Did not Mr.. ALLEN contradict Mr.. HAYWOOD ~
"Did not Mr.. HANNEcAN interrogate him p I. The
President would defend the rights Of the coun-
fry;" he would never yield an inch.'' E" We
won't run, Sir Lucius. All very true; but still
that ugly silence Of Mr.. HAYwooD, and the still
more ugly silence Of Messrs. HANNEoAN and Al
LEN since! Have they not yet ascertained whether
Mr.. .HAYwooD spoke with authority Do they
still doubt! Alas, no. The editor of the organ
would fain believe SO, but his heart fails him he
hopes, but it is hope mix'd with killing fear"
In Short the state Of the organ, since that fatal
Thursday, has been painful to witness has suf-
ferings" do indeed seem intolerable,' and they
betray him into the most amusing contradictions.
One day he hangs out his banner on the outer wall
Of Jyfy5our forty; the next, fearing that he may
be there left in minority, dreadful of old to all
his sensbilities,) he descends little, and seems
willing to coquet with forty-aine them alarmed at
the idea of concession, abuses the Wings, bounds
off to the north, and talks Of sirty-one. Thus,
in painful incerttude as to the ultimate action OF
the President he vibrates between the extremes,
settling at no point but mere thermometer, indi-
eating from day to day the varying temperature OF
the Oregon feeling and prospects. The annexed
remarks from the New York Express, on the same
subject, will strike every reader pertinent and
forcible
The " Washington Union," in order oyerwhelm the
noise Of mutneers in its camp and rails the
Wings for the they pursue in the of Oregon
To hush thu mutiny there, it makes all sorts Of faces and
: calls all sorts Of names
Now the Wings this business Of Oregon, have
ID all Wings Some go way, others another, but all
cfue to make party question Of s promise stand By
ibeircoy incass Of war; and all holding The Admin
af'ss 10 sssfy ssl Il az nzge6asz
we principles naturally for peace, fot order, and fcr
lettering tho condition Of their felow-men BY the pursuits Of
peace and comes, in spite Of US and is not
70 be Of our creations Of national do chose
MAKE party question. Such puzzles the Union
It can make no political capital of it, The'Whg
does allow Mr. Polk keep up prodsious outcy for
his personal benefto bring the country to the Of
precpce and keep quvering il but compels
him show his coo TO be for peace prepare for
Hence ready increase the navy nay if necessary
strengthen the army, to keep up add to the tariff to lay
tares to make loans; in Short to do any thing to
cue the country from the ruin and disgrace of being paged
the first year Of a war; because mad to run
into il without preparation.
But millions Of dollars would pay for the mischief the
Union has done, from the first outcy made, prior TO the
opening Of Congress, for the whole Of Oregon"
down to the present hour II has business il has
checked impostons and expectations has frightened
borer and even here in New York. where the gambling
politics of the Administration through and nobody
believes there any real danger Of war; the tmd capitalist
is frightened and boards up his instead Of putting
them into active service for the common good.
The course Of Mr.. Polk, understand it. is about
equvocal is possible for that of high funconay to be-
His friends in Congress represent him. SET Of 40
and another Of 81 40 and he has the merit of playing fast
and loose with BOTH and Of denouncng all He stands hest
BOTH and, privately If not publicly, denounced by both
The Union gavey tells Senator has right to speak
for him, IL there a merit in decryng the friends that
elected him, and allowing them pick and hack each other
in debate like cocks in pit Nay. we see Mr.. Polk
freely offering the line Of 40 to the British Government but
when when he portion Of his party denouncng
him for il, shrinking from the responsibility, and covering
before the rebukes Of bragga parsans he had done
thing he ashamed Of and would, that done,
: gladly retract from it il he could.
For the Union TO represent such this preferable
to the Of Wings only shows that organ
is especially established and paid blow the trumpet Of
employer.
The law recently passed by the Ohio Legislature revising
the State basis is very important advances the
basis from 1876 $50 millions Of dollars and places the
ability Of the State beyond all doubt II will furnish ample
pay her interest and gradually to qudae the State
debt. tft
The Philadelphia Gazette has the following explanatory
paragraph in regard to the vessel which lately captured
the African coast whilst engaged in the slave trade
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