Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-13
opINIoNs IN ENGLAND NTHE SUB

icle ON this subject. The following are ex-
tracts from editorial articles of the Times
elm our OPINION no course which leaves
the question of the Oregon territory open aud
unsettled can now b. trusted or even endur-
ed. Even If public opinion IN hnfoPe anu
the United States were not excited on The
subject, there ore Sufficient materials Tor
con1agrstion ia the country it~eli. aud any
outrsg'. committed there on either side by A
mcriCsn or British settlers would render war
all but inevitable. A treaty which rs difier-
emily interpreted by the several parties toit,
and which, ut the best. has bad the effect OF
confoundiDg and suspcndng our respective
claims. rather than that oil defining and ASSET
ting them, IL an instrument which actually
invites disputation; and from the moment
that either party is resolved To stretch il:'
powers IL holds under such convention To-
their fullest limit. il can hardly avoid en-
croachmenton the rights of the other occu-
pant. The time is, therefore. undoubtedly
come when this pro, isional and imperfect
| treaty must end, aud a final agreement for
the partition of the territory must take its
place. IL j. oi little importance in our eve.
whether notice of this actual termination Ia
the convention 81 given b, the Americans or
delayed. For all useful purposes, the sort
of acquiesccnce in joint and doubtful RICH,
lishcd. ceased from the moment when either
nation loudly asserted absolute right incom-
patible with such stipulation. The sover-
eighty OF the county has been in abeyance bat
II can no longer rcmain 10; and we SIC moth.
ing Irrational or alarming in the resolution OF
a large party ia America Ia briug the qucs-
ton TO a final settlement provided that set
Element b., "a IL ought Ia bc, equitable and
pacific. A any rate. IL is an absurd exaggcr-
alton to assert that the termination OF trea.
~ which has ceas ii TO give any protection tn
either party, - n SURF prelude 10 war; and
with view to- the ultimate designs Of lie
United States, the cessation al the existing
state OF things is no lcss desirable 10 us Than
IL IL To- them"
Again, the Times in a subsequent paper
has these remarks:
III ihi, Joint occupation is Ia bc cancelled
Iii they who have hitherto livcd together ss
members OF one state ore bencciorih to b. as
strangers and aliens Ia each othcr--ou what
trims, on what terms alone ought this scpar-
alton To bc Effected ia what terms but
those which provided au equality oi advan-
tage, local or COMMERCIAL TO the two partiSsl
IL - absurd TO talk oi numbers OF drgrccs.
square miles. superficial area aud all those
things which arr hauled into this discussion.
rather, we supposc for purposes Of complex
things of importance No man in England
cares about them aud the Americans know
II. But there il no, al Englishman of com
mon head. or right ieSling who does not know
that suy pafliiiono OF The territory which gives
io the Americans the exclusive use OF the CO.
lumbIa aud its haIbprs would b. d,sbonorablc
to his country. and degrading to her coionists.
No. Give MP twice the extent OF barren or
ing'd soil To- your rivals. Abiicatc the un-
profitable osteDt'tion Of a vast western en-.
Plrc. Absolve yoursilyes, II you will. from
TIC cost oi a great and snowy responsibility.
DO not hala,lc about TRIES. But take care
OF ihis-that no tnraty which YOU poopose, no
which you sstity. ,ransic n your on a
trade with your owu dependencies into for
eign hands. or make the Hudson's Bay Com
pany tcnants-at-will IA their principal settle
menl 10 the new soyercigns Of the Oregon. -
Abide hy Just aud legitimate claim. Allow
the A9th parallel, which II for ~ many hun
d"d miles tic boundary OF the United States
To be extended as their boundary across the
Rocky Mountains, aud make IL the landmark
oi your territories until IL FIRST reaches the
sra. 80 a. to icavc YOU in possession OF hsr-
Dor Tor your shipping aud an access to the
Columbia IL SIS clear. distinct, gcogTa phi
cal mars. IL J. no nDre decisive than blue
oT ret iine ia map IL admits OF no contro.
'erSlcs. IL will eniyour strife, by defining
your possessions. IL will confirm your ami.
", hy presenting 20 both claimants equal aud
rcclProcaied means Tor the iuriherance ol those
noble projects, and the diffusion of those pure
blessings, whicht has been the choicest priv
ilcge OF oar common race 10 spread among
The nations of ttlc earth"
Lord MorPeth ins speech made 10 the
eiecion, on hts election To Parliament. said
They may talk Of black cloud in The
west; bur the harvest sun has raw warm
enough Ia scaiterIt. Enthusiastic cheering. !
know thai on the other side OF the Atlantic.
They are uitering big words about Oregon. aud
we hear that the inhabitants of the western
states OF the American republic talk pa.ticn.
lany loud on the subject, and that they are
anxious 60 have brush with uS; while IL
seems that the inhabitants of the eastern
states are more pacific in their disposition.
why - uns, gcnuemen3 II il not ia the
natural order of thiags That men should grow
more waflike a. they live further west. Nc
lit y because the Inhabitants OF the casters
states have long sea-bound coast, large man
ulhctunus towns, snd ships, and harbogs anc
commerce. They do not like To- nsk thos.
things, and therefHe they say, naturally snC
very lsudably. they are inclined Tor peac,
western states. In the first placc, they can
not he very easily got at; in the next plAe.
They produce nothing hut agricultural produce
end they know tlIst II besides living 5000 @
5000 miles away from u.s. tho qua rter OF wheat
which they might b. inclined To send over
shall have to pay duty OF 20s when IL arrive.
/ they would not bc able To- get rid OF a sinel
busliel OF ~ aud therefore they fling an tbei
caps ior war cloud ciccrs.) Eat give Then
the same motives for peace which the inhsb
itsnis ol the eastern states have. and Is.in,
sprung rom the same stock az their hfetbre,
oi Boston and New York and Phila,leInhis
De'nS The suns Of puritan. and bfoadbfim
themselves. they win be aCiuatcd by the :, m,
motives a. their more sedate and sober fellow
citizens, aud instead Of wishing themseIye. I,
go athoussnd miles further, where they wo,,l,
meet more new tribes OF red Indians To con
tend against than drsughts Of water by an
way and when they arrived there to go so wa