New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-23
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creranc, q hich seems TO us TO be presee'eu W se
a,,od.. of ,b. Courier and Enquirer with regard
- OREGON and that which it has recently seen Mt TO
,svny,e respecting California Oregon, TO be sure,
lies rather North OF California, which accounts ior
the fact that somc patriots who in regard to the ac
ouj.,ion of Texas were like Mr. Riches young
Vi,pinan n Office seeker as ardent as southerh sun
,,I3 o,l,c ,b.ro are not quite so ardent iof nofc
-t, "a lions OF Territory. The Courier
i,,,'oror ia not. in location precisely Southern
-, ,boopb its mpionship of the peculiar
;.s,i,o,ion might justify contrary presumption
When. therefore it denounces as 'hnaves OF oois
all who profess to think our Government may Is
veil prepare to give Nolce To Great Britain to Ter
,,;oate. wear hence, the Joint Occupancy by
T,ea,v and treats as demagogues all who manifest
an anxiety 10 assert and vindicate unquestion-
cd rights in Oregon cannot help reyertng TO It's
recent declation that Great Britain must be pre-
vented. at all hazards, from acquiring CALIFORNIA;
country TO which we have no shadow or pretencc OF
cairp-yhich is as far from our actual possessions
as it could well be placed in North America-and
on which Great Britain through her subjects, has
at this moment heavy mortgage we WIZ ooy
.or somehow acquire California, says the courier III
substance; nobody has any right TO OBJECT oo. II
another nation does co. we Will, we must ihiAe
Warunop her. and wresi that fairly purchased
,,,-;,r,, from her grasp This is the language OF
4 journal which protests against INC "d'iiAc ''He
and tendencies OF Tie Tribune respecting oregon
Tho las, number Of The American Review has
l and labored article the subject OF California
from The pen of The principal Writing who Is not
the Ficbting) Editor of this same Courier and En-
opirer II is filed with Wanting spectres gorgons
and cbimeras dire, of European hostility to the
Growth of our Country and the spread of its nstitu
tons aud is especially savage on British intrigue,
rapaciiy and aggression We quote the following
conclusion Of this article not only because OF the
intrinsic importance of the matter presented but be-
cause the doctrines avowcd seem 10 us to afford a
pungent commentary on the weakness oil the same
writer with respect 10 Oregon. Mind you, re
oppose War whether for California or the disputed
portion of Oregon.) The Review article says:
We have endeavorcd, in the course OF this article,
to show.
l. That California region of vast resources, and
destined at no distant day TO hold important rela
,ions 10 the commerce and politics OF the world,
husband ought in the natural course oil events
and for the general good OF humanity-pass from its
present dominion into the hands of another race,
and under the sway of another political system.
. That Great rain is seeking the establishment
of her sovereignty there, being moved thereto. not
only by her general lust for colonial possessions but
by the necessity which, IN common with the othcr
of Europe, she feels, OF lnterposlng
barrier TO the growth in wealth. dominion and pow
or. of the American Union, and OF thus checking
the progress of Republican Liberty, by which che
believes her own Institutions and the position oi
the family Of European sovereigns, 10 De seriously
menaced.
3 That the accomplishment of this design would
be inconsistent with the interests aud the safety Of
the United States; that il would be in direct hostility
TO fundamental principles they arc pledged 10 sus
tain and that the paramount law o sell preserVa-
ton will impel them TO assume that, like The Euro
pean occupation of Cuba, it is All event which they
" CANNOT PERMIT IN ANY CONTINGENCY WHAT
EVER
I'm all is aspects and relations, and from Whatever
poin, il may be viewed, this is preemineny an
AMERICAN question-one 10 be decided in the light
If the future and upon the broadcast aud most essen
ial principles OF that American system which Is
ully discussed ia another portion of this Review
We have not allowed ourselves. therefore, 10 make
he rcmoiest party reference IN any part OF our re
narks-though our citations from American author
ties AS will have been seen are entirely from sour.
es connected with that party with whose principles
md welfare this Review is fully Identified. We
,opc md trust that timely purchase of California
questions Of difference between our Government
md those OF Great Brlaia and Mexico, will avert
he necessity of appeal TO the terrible arbiicr oi
rreconcab!c International disputes. Should such
IN appeal. through the madness or selfish ambition
II anv of the contestant parties, be finally taken,
he struggle as has been remarked by distin-
usbcd Senator of the United Statcst will involve
ar more than the questions out o which, as pre- |
ext. il NAV grow and not only will the entire ter.
itory bordering on the Pacific coast, from the Gull
4 California To the Russian frontier extending over !
,renty three degrees of latitude, and embracing a
egon capable OF becoming more popuous aud
powerful than is France the United States at the
present day become the prize OF concndinS nations
,ut a contest will ensue between opposite systems
VI political eXistcuccsy stems III their nature essen
tally hostile, and between which in the Judgment
,f many men of foresight and wisdom, there Is yet
% be a final and for one tho other a fatal coils
sion Most earnestly and sincerely do we hope the
prophecy may prove talacious, and the contest be
forever averied. Should, however, the irresistible
progress of events throw It's tremendous weight up
on us il will not become the American nation, rs
the only republic OF mark the face OF the earth
with timid, shrinking unmanly fear TO decline H.
or 10 trembe for the result. OF its probable issue
we have neither desire nor occasion TO speak We
would avoid those swelling words OF national vanity
which, Homer tells Jove never tails to abase ana
bring TO shame sedulously that craven spirit
which covers in the presence of foe, and hugs Its
wealth with its chains and shields its persons by Its
shame, from possible wound or spoliation This,
however, cannot be amiss: the " Iron Duke OF
England is reported 10 have said that a war with
America must be a SHORT war" Authentic or not
The saying is worthy It's reputed author. Rem te;t-
git Gcu |, touches the heart of England's policy
and necessity Her power and resources are pre-
pared for au onset terrible ,hunderbolt. Ours
on the other hand yet in abeyance. Time, an
cxieency and the chivalrc pulse OF the nations
heart, would call them forth; and, therefore, upon
us does it fall repeat that previous declaration OF
the same stern warrior in the British Parliament that
a war between this country and Great Britain CAN
NOT be q SMALL war.
For such n struggle long short, ardently
hope no necessity may ever arise. BY no unmanly
concession, however-ty sacrifice OF true honor,
which is nobly defined by Wordsworth, as
The finest sense
OF JUSTICE which the human mind can frame
ln,en, esch lurking frsilty 10 discaim
And guard the way of life from all offence,
SUFFERED DONE
by no timid shrinking from ali the responsibilities OF
our conspicuous and and perious position but only
by prompt adherence TO the principles OF justice
and the necessities of sci defence, can j, be avoided
or aver,ed In the course of time, and by the natu