Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-06-20
THE TREATY RATIFIED.

1t is with uniegned pleasure that we announce
to the public the ratification, by the Senate, of the
Treaty for the settlement of the Oregon controversy
The injunction of secrecy has not been removed
by the Senate, but enough of the proceedings is
known, and certainly known TO enable us to state
that the ratification passed by vote Of forfy-one
to fourfeen-a majority we believe, unequalled on
any important treaty except the treaty of 1912.
Let all beside be as il may this fact must spread
little light over our public affairs, and cheer the
heart of many true citizen gladdened and grateful
with the thought Of avered desolaton--of the hor-
rors and crimes Of war escaped.
The occasion cannot but be one of wide and
deepfet public joy, let who will attempt to check,
and let what may remain to dash it. It's moment
of restored goodwill, of renewed friendship, to-
wards that great body Of mankind to which custom
and all its conformiies kindred and all its sympa-
thies, commerce and all its interests, bind the
most and wo betide the man or the homicide
faction, who at such time bankers still for strife ;
who will not suffer even just and honorable and
benefcent peace to Danish, between two great and
generous nations once more freshly drawn together,
dsgraceful and pernicious rancors, which they
have wisely put aside!
Such settlement with England offers on all
sides las it seems to us) for congratulation.
1t secures not only our mutual peace, but that of
the world, largely endangered by any contest be-
tween us. 1t promises new permanency to that
pacific policy of which civilized nations have at
last begun to taste and to esteem the blessings.
1t has proved that at present mere pride and pas
sion can no longer plunge Governments into fatal
wars.
AT home, this composition with Britain renders
us secure from tasting, and able to inhict on an.
other, the scourge of war. On that side, we shall
feel it only in form easier to bear-expsnses that
will be bloodless at least if heavy an nvigoration
of the Executive powers, of which fast
growing insensble; violation of all our own
maxims, which none on this continent are strong
enough TO make us remember.
To us, in particular, who were the earliest to
withstand that headlong course into which this
matter-now so happily adusted-at first threaten
ed to be driven, the issue is full of encouragement
fit to re-animate our confidence in the strength of
public prudence and the redeemng force of the
sentative part of our institutions. A little twelve
month ago, and we were set upon by the minions
and mouthpieces of power and obloquy here, for
daring to speak what has been nationally
affirmed. Never moved to any keener feeling than
contempt by absurd or venal vuperation, we shall
ask no vengeance beyond the innocent one of see
ing what hymns Of praise will be pealed to the
Treaty, from the very organs that called traitors
for venturng to think that such treaty could be
made.
None can have forgotten the gloomy aspect
which this question wore during the earlier part Of
the present session of Congress. Every thing like
reason or moderation seemed to be overborne. In
the Lower House, on question itself SO open to
compromise and often before offered to it, almost
every thing but violence was silenced, and he only
the patriot who, setting at naught every former
recognition, trampled upon the adverse claim and
breathed the lowest defiance. The bad strategy Of
party deepened the danger which it had at first
ted-he one driving on, and the other not ventur-
ing to decline, calculated extravaganza and in
this manner the question passed, in the most peril
form and by extraordinary majority, from
one House to that other, where alone it could now
be saved.
TWAS tneh las our TedueTs must remember that
TO overbear and intimidate the gravity of that
body-our last refuge for prudence and peace
they whom we need not resorted to hypo-
thecal denuncations of those fathers of the State
themselves; spread warnings of medtated treason
against them and raised, if they were an
assembly of Arnolds, the cry of, Look TO THE
SENATEr'
We answered that cry, in its words af
frmed that the country did look and might look
to that body, with mistaken confidence and now,
when it has made good our prediction, we call upon
the country once more /" To look to the SENATE"
and bid it Hail!
General GAINES, accompanied by his Abide