The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-05-01

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TIE OREGON QUESTION IL ENGLAND.
House. or LoKps, Tuesday, March Il.
The Earl Of CLARENDON. In pur.
suaucc of the notice gave yesterday |
now beg leave to move for the production
of such correspondence between my noble
friend, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
and her Malesty's Minister a, Washington,
as my noble friend may not think II lncun-
slsteut with public duty 10 lay on your
ordshp's table. ! trust II is unnecessary
for me to assure your lordshtp that nothing
is further from my intention Than either 10
embarrass her Majesty GoyeInmen, or TO
press for any such premature disclosure oil
information on the subject us would inter-
iere with the negotiations which trust
may be considered as still pending. When
we consider the magnitude, in relation TO
peace or war, OF the question now IN DIS
pute between this country aud the United
States when we consider the deep anxlsty
with which intelligence .roinlhe other side
Of the Atlantic is looked for here, and the
influence II necessarily exercises on our
commercial and financial affairs, think II
IS Important that We should not be alto.
+ gether dependant on the American news.
papers for such Information q may be pro.
duccd IN Congress as TO the actual state of
affairs and the transactions Of the fespcc-
i've Governments. For many weeks this
question has been debated in Congress,
while Parliament has now been sitting for
nearly TWO months, aud no al,us,on has
been made to tic subject, except by no.
bio marquis now una'",aabiy absent, and
noble friend near me, on tie first night
Of the session, and also on one single occa'
SION elsewhere. Nv lords, lhuk ihls 81.
lence has been well Judged lhauk II
shows in both Houses Of Parrmcu, pru.
dent determination to lonye her VI lr.ty 5
Government completely unl,ucfed IN nc.
ton, and a desire 10 act SO as neither 10
embarrass the progress Of negotiation nor
to aggrayato angry feeling by unnecessary
discussion. And think lhls course swell
understood and appreciated at home bu'
abroad Il IS liable to miscons,ruction, ana
II mas been miscouslued. 1t IS our duty
10 guard ourselves against tho notion that
We are 50 determined upon peace that We
are indifferent TO preparations for VAR OF
that We are SO ANXIOUS 10 avoid contest
with any other country thn, ", would sub.
nit to a peace purchased by concessions
which are incompatible with national hon.
or. Though the language Of tie two GOV.
crnment-, in their communications with
each other, has been entirely pacific, and
though the Information which has reached
US from America IL Of the same character
yet We cannot disguise from ourselves that
the two countries are insen>lblv drifting
towards war; and the time, thiuk, IS come
when my noble friend may, without ndls
erection, be asked to las such correspond.
cace on the table, or 10 furnish the House
with such Information as Il may not be n.
gains' the public veal TO produce.
We learn from the American newspn.
P'iS 'hf' 90 time siEee negotiations we're
suspended ! Tor ~ht,,. -sst,rt tt,thir,f b, f,,,.
Their from our intention than 10. 49,,
blame 10 her MoJesty's Minister at Vas
Ington, believe, lrdeej, that the Bftst
! interests could not be entrusted to the cart
, Of u Minister moro competent, Intelligent
, and concilatory thun Mr.. Pukenham.
, do not doubt that the grounds on which b,
- declined TO forward the proposal Of Toe
r Government Of the United States 10 thl
p country must be conclusive oud satlslacto
. ~. But Of this am sure that my nob,,
friend, in lnstructiug Mr., Pakenham to re
. new the negotiations, has faithfully repre-
scented the op mons and WISHES Of this couu
try. Ny noble friend, IN departing fron
h the ordinary course pursued IN such cases
and desiring that the question Of tte, a
n well as Of territorial division, should b
. submitted 10 atblrallon-io the nrbitratio
y not Of sovereign power only, bnt Of on
competen, ndlydual-has pursued mos
s ludIcIous course for We have thereby CIV
f en- the best proof to the world that We huv
+. advanced no claim 10 tho justice Of whc
wo are mol abe TO coufide and moreover
}. That however confident We are IN The be
!. lIct that our claim IS we'll founded, NO ar
yet 50 little desirous 0f obsinately alher
+ ing % It hint We are Wiling TO have TIA
!. whole case submitted to an impartla tr,
e bunal. THIS places us IN q proper pos
;. ton. Tho people Of this country will u,
,, engage IN var I'LL your means Of koepln
, peace arc exhausted. They will not TAX
r, upon themselves the responsibility Of bring
/. ing upon their own country and upon tn
!. Uuued States the disastrous consequence
r, Of so unnatural a contest neither will the
J.. abandon the hope Of an nmicabe settle
). meut Of the question tlI they find that o
+. the paft Of the United States there - u de
b. termination to lnJure and insult. In sue
circumstances hor MnJesty's Goyernmer
8 might securely reckon on cordiaI and VI
). tllnchInR support from oil classes IN til
=. ylndcatIon Of our rights. (Checrs.) Iho
20. there should DO such a determination O
: the part of the Government Of the Unite
# States appear. to me little less than n me
$ roI Impoosbllity for there could not b
i found IN tho records Of any nation an nc
,t,rL uJ no . ,n,