Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-10
The Oregon Adjustmcnu.

The Oregon AdjustuscnI.
In many Of the Jocofoco meetings recently held in
the Western Sh,es for the purpose of nominating candi
dates. uc,y by which the Oregon controversy
settled upon the line OF 40 has been unaua6sdly
domned, aud the conduct OF the President in yielding his
assent - that treaty. harshly denounced would be
naTkabc. indeed. were Otherwise because, in the rst
place. II well known that the people of the Western
States, without distinction OF party. thoroughly infect.
Cd ,h the Oregon eyor and IN the place, because
they had received the strongest anterior well
subsequently the election OF Mr.. Polk. that
inch OF that territory should under any be
ronguishcd Great Britain Indeed the Loeoioeo par
had aruy awaited itself OF this question strengthen
Mr.. Polk in the West, they had Of the Texas question
augment the number OF mis- friends in the South, and
OF the Tariff win support in South Carolina by repre-
sentng him the Incorporating opponent Of the pro
eoyc policy aad in Pennsyl by affirming that he
decidedly favor Of that policy than Mr.. Clay
himself. They all things until all men. " Ills not
surprising therefore, that many have been grossly deceived
that they should manifest strong towards
those by whom they have been thus duped.
During the summer of ls4i there was at Washington
city eeetoneerng Congressional committee, At the
head of which was Mr.. Walker. now Secretary Of the
Treasury, aud Mr.. Bidack, Minister Bogota. This
committee ranked 10 the various sections OF the Union
eeeonecrng documents, by the million. skifully adapted
the meridian in which they prepared Tor circula
tonstrong arguments in aver OF ihe whole of Oregon"
Tariff Tor Pennsylvania. In the last Ohio papers OF
those sold documents which scattered throughout
that Snte thick autumna leaves, repubshed. 1t
one the textbooks of the Locofoco stump speakers
that region. Walkers Letters Texas
were in the South We make single extract from it. to
show the ground then assumed by the friends OF
Mt Polk in that regon-and then ask the reader
with the final settlement OF the Oregon question:
which champions of the Executive contend enutle
gentleman much credit. The pamphlet says:
"Whethor Oregon shall remain be surrendered
Great Britain Of the questions 70 DC settled the
Presidential election OF 1874; for whilst James X Polk
pledged retain the whole OF this great territory Henry
CLAY aiaO pledged surrender nearly one-haf Of
England In his letter Of April % ls44, J. X. Polk declar.
ed that hs authority and laws OF the L. States ought
be established cnd msntained in the Oregon Territory
let the fixed police Of Government be- permit
Great BHain any other foreign power plant colo
hold dominion portion OF the people Ter
rtory" Here. them James r. Polk stands pledged OPP
pose the surrender OF Of the people or Tern
ot Oregon" and pledged extend over 1t ihe autho
and laws the United States" The Democratic Ma
tOnal Convention oi Baltimore which nominated Mt Polk
for the Presidency, unanimously resolved That ;e
The WHOLE Of ne Territory Of Oregon u Gear and un
questionable that OF the ought 10 be
ded England other power On this subject the
Wing Convention which nominated Mr.. Clay passed no
resolution, and expressed opinion. The votes and
speeches however OF nearly all OF their leading friends in
both Honses Of Congress stand recorded against this
great question:"
Again; The pamphlet says:
4" Mr. Walker. the Democratic Senator from Mississip-
p al his letter OF the sh Of January last lS44
since Ihe death OF the patriotic and lamented Linn
the Oldest surviving member OF The special committee Of the
Senate, which has pressed that body for many years
the immediate occupation Of the ORR
CON There np2n the shores OF the distant Pacific, IT
o'o eau accomplish a. shall be planted the banner OF the
Union; and with my urvEE suILL ~ suEHF~nER-
IN SINGLE POINT OF IFS COAST AN ATOM SOIL
DRor OF WATERS"
These declarations unequvocally reiterated by Mr.
Polk IN his Inaugural Address, and subsequently by Mr.
buchanan in his
What stronger pledge could have given West
ern people that not foot OF soil the Pacific should
be surrendered Great Britain And yet Mr.. Polk with
the doubtless Of Mr. Walker who boosted that the
mantle OF Linn the great pioneer in the crusade for the
whole Of Oregon had fallen upon his shoulders has done
precisely that for suspectng Mr. Clay intention 10
do which the Western people invoked cast their
votes for the former aud against the latter And what
still more remarkable, MIR Folks friends in South are
claiming for him all the credit for the "peaceabe and HON
sStBI" settlement OF the Oregon question by the surren-
der Of onehaf Of the territory title the whole Of
which he had soiemny asseverated clear and I'm
quesdonablo"-while in the West his friends e1tenuate
what they dare defend, by affirming that his signature
10 tho treaty sorely against his convictions and
feelings, and forced upon him by the eaehorous B
fish Wings" in the Senate!
We have adyerted this subject now not for the pur
pose OF renewing its discussion much as TO expose the
deceptive rcsorled tho canvass Of ls44 and the
Mr. Adams early in the late session Of Congress- from DO
siton assumed originally by the President as we believe
from vague and imperfect conception Of the grounds Of
the conrovcry-but which, IL taken with clear and &C.
curate knowledge OF those grounds could not have been
abandoned by him without deliberate and disgaceful sur
render Of our rights a nation.
The hrs' banch Of the alternative we have no doubt
tho true one. Mr.. Polk, in claiming tho whole Of ore
Ron," did without having fully investigated or clearly
conprehended the subject. That 40 is the line Of
right" we think indspuably established by Senator
Benton IN his unanswered and unanswcrabo argument
from the stunning effect Of which the fifty -four ortic have
not yet recovered For the sake Of preserving show Of
personal consistency however, Mr. Polk submitted the
proposition Of the British government the Senate for lie
advice, pcdgng himself beforehand TO abide by lie doc
son but with the full knowledge that hat decision would
be iniayor Of be- acceptance lie sought Interpolation
90 diYcst himself Of responsibility which he was too md
20 assume. aud onabo him its advice ne shield
10 protect his laundering Stacsmanshp from the criticism,
oi his Western dupos-who, by the way arc themselves
Tess 70 be houofod for tho hrmncss with which they censu.
hs duPcy, ian ptod for tho seryiIity with which, in
despite Of tho deception which they dcnounoe they cont
nue. % sustain the men by whom they have been BETRAYED