The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-17

Al ksTx III ,.ks oosas.oa 10 sassx~. tA.s -.
sasM say 10 ihSs connexbons a. seii 90 vs.f hss
been s4Id by o<Asn ksss a b~s< sst ,d~ snd ysxu.
conjecture deem Lhls syossl nsc<zs~xy, foe feal
may be supposed 0y some OF my eo~ssl1<nss thai
l xas IN poxs<Sssoa % sone facrs saksosa % Ihsm
| on wh5ch predieaie ny Oplasoa- Ror rneH Infor-
maLsoa may aol be sml<s 10 sfAa<, that know no
moss about the matter Than shal h~s been p46li.h.
ed and sent iOEsh 10 The sord, Asd spus shiSh
hey can speculate mach, and p<zh.ps mo<e Ger.
,ainty than can ~h MOI s.op 10 Inq4lrs ~assh-
CO the mere gr1as The a0ues yss< s1A4ss of var
( eOnslder the noSoe - prslmlnsry Only TO the
| AtOPSOa % ssch measures a. nay be necessary 10
msinlaia oar rishrs, ~Aztessr Iksy may be u Ihs
Oxugoa LerutaEy. Ii a sSral tAzk NE Prz=aleaG
regards Il, shea he says N has Bs~~se, --sk IN.
| and Of Inc years nOSses, sAosid Coasre~s thInk
proper - make pfOslzlon fo< glsins thAf nooes we
shall hay. rszGksd q PERIOD -sen rhs n4noasl
rights N Oregon mast sItber be xhAndoned or krm-
~ ulal. tanned" IL - the edses, therefore, Of the
asszsores shsch fOlio. In a0tlos, snd sIih-
Oat ~hsrA the noSSos ~oaAd be an idbs aseksEy,
and nOt Of The 1Ooes Irssf 20 ~A<h se uast dirses
or atlrots6, when ar<1in< The psooGi. oooseS1ea-
ees Of oar eOn4acr N this EuAfsss. IN. Dsrioa o.
EAzf teulory - ~hich n<y lsy claim, and the
co1r.e shBeh .e 70 Dors1s m order esl4bllsh
oar sxeiusSe soiAoDiy N 4, ere ths prvP>s eoassae-
rstions 70 be taken u the .ert,as sh<G We anter-
var. And here ~O1A observe, mat my opinion
Ihis 4assSOa = entitled N bat hEris Weighs when
pot opPosion 70 The Opsnhoa Of the hambesr
req N tbs Country. UnsophsIeaied N The ars Of d.
DlOnacy, wholly unaoq1anted ~IIh the srtI Of Graf
" pohucIans, AcelstOasd IN look al thinxs - sec
shs, Ard hear :hsm, and read them, and 10 form my
OplnsOn accordingly, may DC that | am deceived
BY false sPPsas0css- But Il nOsh that See, and
hear, and SsAd, 10 not nlend.d for Other umes-Eos
the year lStc, fos nstahoe-if thsre DC ROthI1S Of
sornie effect N all that strikes my VISION, shOald
say that the prospect Of ~sr between rhs eOGasry
and Great BStaiu AbO1I this Oregon LsrTilory We
~ far from beng VISIONARY add ehimSrSesL do
not say that ~e 10 have u the EsXl ~esk, o. tie
n Il mOoth, nor perhaps the next year Bot II II
shall not eome before too years 4 cGnnOl bat Be re-
Eartet as InmEnsnS and impending, EnS It oil lake
until tAat Tune TO get ready for H. Wsen say that
The PrOspees Of var = far from beng TislOosry,
AXE IoC Eranted that To 20 IN foS the whole
krutoTy-oothIns mors nor nOthIng less- A MAJOR
ty Of the people are for the WhOIs Of ia majority
Of lkeir representatives. beeye, are fox the whole
Of H-snd the PrezIdenG spp>ars % be for the
whole Of - nor do oe4beye that Ise Presideng
~Il sccePS shy tang Short Of the Whole of - Can
any pesoa b<iisye otkerxIse Of hEs views, Ssr,
! have great eonktenos that ossoeS-mofe
than al, l have great eOnk4enoe IN hIs eandOE,
q quality which has aid bod on the feelings
Of the people; and which, IS much - any
other,. and, perhaps, more than al Others he pos
seEses, has gwen ham abSdIng place IN the very
afeeiiOos Of IN. people He declares that our tise
IL tue that IN Obedience 10 the scflO1s Of his pre-
teeessors, he slbHIirHet a Inc Of boundary 20 the
British E0TsTnn@ns, ~hIeh, II accepted, Eo1A have
gwen Is less than the ~hOle country Bat no soon
= the otter r.Iertsd than h. instantly puts an end
to farJher negotiation re oieed that be % nd Of
the trAmnneLs by xhich he q surrounded; as Il Elad
that he = AT ass thrown Hpo1 has own resources ard
Ell 20 follow the dictates Of ms own JsSxmenI-
From Considerations Like these, DO not belieye hat
the Pressdens VII seosp, anything short Of the en-
tire country. And Il ws are 10 Take Po~s<xsioa Of
the whole Territory, geut<men be really
in the deelsraion, oh made and of repeated that xe
are TO have ooodScta Can members bsinx them
selves really To believe that Great Britain vii suffer
her riirzsns to Dc qosey, pesceably, and snoer-mo
nSoGsly dEspn-sesssd Of Their present position
efs~s 10 sussain th-rD--~iti,cu rxissng much rs
her rxht In order 70 STAY the hand Of the soE-
e.. They who thus count upon her tame submIs-
400, and most speeSy establishments Of her preten-
sons, seem 20 have foggotten her prSde-her snbi-
tor-heE ayarsee for territory. They bIfpdIy close
their eyes 10 shat the events Of the few Iasi wears
cannot have fakd 10 nrpress vpon the govern lsnt
Of Great BcaIr-and thai ~ ts.s %aouer OF later she
vii have 10 strike Bow for even fooShoi on tbs
North Americsn ooatInenr; ray, that So. VIII have
To strike il now strike for Oregon or submit soon
see the scep;Fe Of her power forever removed II
she fslter no1, her doom Is seaIed. This she can
not fail and TO feel and seeing and feeling de-
pend upon i, this taking poslsSsIoa Of the whole Of
Oregon vii be no holyday business, ~ a dis,in-
guIshed senator, Mr.. WEssrEs,l oGes said, when
sneountsrng the popularity and power Of the hero OF
New Orleans And, sr II, after notice consent To
limit claim by the 18Th deg, stN have my fears
that even then var . rot improbable I am aware
tia; the press Of this co1ai-y and the politicians
hare expressed AcP<, and ulany OF them belief,
that the differences viii all be amlcabty adjusted
We have also, within xeek or twO past, heard
from the pres Of the other party, and
they, too, express the hope, ard most o.
them a belief, thar the two countries vii We,
peaceably settle their present controversy. This,
sir, credItabbe TO the humanity OF the two peo-
pie. But when the press and the politicians Of the
respective parties stlenp, to specify the manner in
which 1t may DC peaceably eorpron lsed, you al
perceive thai their hopes are iei1slve- On our
side the 18th degree seems TO De the uliratun with
each party and with every On The part ofGreat
Britain il Is the t9h degree, with Vsncouvers STAND
and the free navigation fine Columbia. This, SIR
IS the difference, with some variation, which has
separated the TWO countries for the lat twenty-five
or thirty years. Ard the question: still occurs,
which viii receds from its pretsnsions' Can any
one propose that our country shall rece6e further
than the l9,h degree And who can say with any
certainty, or probability even. that Great Britain will
curIail her demands The free navigation OF the
Columbia appears to be the si.< gus nau Of al her
offers TO compromise, and thaf The President has
declared he cannot aeeede to; and for this determIr-
alton believe he viii receive hearty and almost
universal response from the whole American peo-
pie Gr.sI Britain may rsceds, and I sincerely
trust she will; but yet have seen evidence OF
IT, OF this have my fears, ard upon these fears
rest my apprehension thar his matter vii sooner or
aisr interrupt the peaceful relations ofhe two gov
srurnents.
On our side, also, there Is rush whith has Trans
pired Of late which "a calculated to prepare the
minds Of the people for, and TO hasten on, con-
aIct between these two great and powerful govern
ments. Irritation has succeeded irritation, and az
gressaon has followed aEgrssslon, until our penole
seem 10 Be not only ready, but many Of them anI-
'ous, for CT uaict with that naughty power In
the krst place. the people Of the United States look
upon GreA; Britain haTing Ovsrrsached in
the settlement Of the northeast boundary and that
too. by fraud and imposition. They have not for
gotten that her statesmen held up IN the British
Parliament before the face Of The whole world, q
map which IN their possession during the ne
gotIatiou, in order 70 show what they had gain
ed over u by management, and Art, and as svi-
tsncs Of our ignorance OF Of our Submission.
THIS fact has sunk deep m the bosom Of the Amer.
lean people, and disposes them TO anything rather
than backing out Of thsr prsisnsioas to the
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