The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-03-17

IL inlI ht be 10 give nollce ie9iiiuia'c'y ai'"
consliluiionaly, we have nothing TO do win
it. Ii is prerogative which properly ana
legiiinalely belongs 10 the Executive de-
parlment Of the Government. This House
j. nu, constituted an advisory council TO The
President Such advisory power, ii may
so call ii, belongs to the Senate, az co-or-
dina:c branch y! the Executive department
IA the treaty making power. Ii could moi
have been contemplated in the treaty that
asy legislative action would be required
in order 10 invest the President with author
itv 10 give the notice, whenever: in his ludg-
men, the public interest should require The
a5rog gallon OF the convention.
| agree with gentlemen that this Oregon
QUESTION is one OF national character and IN
irresi that il should be considered and dis
cnssed, when considered and discussed ri all,
in liberal and national spirit. For this
reason, il is a matter ofregrct, rs it was an
net of folly, that the attempt was ever maze
10 adopt il as the peculiar creed, and 10 IN
IDENTIFY il with The action, oil either oil Inc
political rarties Of the country. And whOev-
er would be controlleIor influenced IN his &C
ton upon il by any narrow, sectional, OF par.
iiSan considerations, would prove himself
recreani 10 his obligations as an American
statesman us an American citizen. be-
lieve appreciate as highly as any gentle
man the importance Of that country 10 us in
a commercial, political, axd national point oil
view; Believe, with The learned eloquent
gentleman from Alabama, MIR. HlilIard,
iuat the day is not far distant when railroad
will epan this continent, unillng the Atlantic
and Pacific shores, and which will thence
forward become the great highway and
l-T - ~. nj II
differ al all with the loudest and iercest
champion of Oregon, it is only as 10 the eX-
lent Of our title there, and as 10 the best and
sureest mode Of ultimately, if not Immediate
". obtaining exclusive possession and con-
troll Of what rightiully belongs 10 us. IL The
question Of Title or boundary should finally
he settled by negoiiaiion-a consurnailon
devoutly TO be wished by all good patriots
and the 49fh parellei should be fixed upon as
the line of division. doubt not that il would
he entirely satisfactory 20 the American peo-
rIe. The possession of he country south 81.
that line would give us I'll the practical ad
van.ages we should derive from the posses
sisn up 10 81 degrees 40 minutes. Beside,
| lear not TO say, it would give us all TO which
we have any clear title. While am sails
fled iha, we have the better title 10 that por
1ioa ofihe country drained by the Columbia
river. am equally satisfied that England
h4s the better title 10 the portion drained by
FraZer's river; and the A9lh parallel would
he as fair and equal a division between these
respective sections Of country rs could he
drawn BIZ straight line. Such division
would give 10 each party their Just proper
lior. according 10 their respective tItles; and
this is the line 20 which the parties ought 10
come. and must come, at last, il They will
settle the dispute between themselves.
doub, not the earnest desire Of tie British
government for an early and amlcable set
Element OF this question:; and, that DISPOSE
ION be met by corresponding spirit on the
part Of tbs Government. il may he sitled up
o. iusl and equitable basis. ] would re-
ioicr. even, That the present Administration
should reap the reward and the honor which
would belong 10 such ri adjustment Of This
ancien; controversy The event wOuld eve
rywhere be hailed rs the harhinger and The
promise ofpeace.
Is is The desire aud the policy Of the reo-
pie OF This Government 10 malnlain peace
with all nations. They do not desire war
Tney do not believe ilicre is any occasion
for war; and above all, they deprecale that
folly and ioolhardness which would incul-
cate n spirit oi'war in The public mind which
would prepare The hearts Of The people for
war" The sentiment is more worthy oil Il
past and barhirious age, Than of this en-
ligh;cncd republic. ] will not stop 10 eXpa-
tisic upon the evils end the horrors OF war
however inviting theme Tor defamation,
nor 10 speak Of lis iEilence upon national
character and public morals. II is enough 10
say that The spirit Of war is in its very IA
infe, hostile 10 The spirit of Republican lib
ery. IL is Il spirit which but TOO often de-
generates into al unhrindled lust for blood,
and r7lpiae, and plumber. We have read IN
Y lin ihe history Of other nations, if we have
n; learned that it WAS a kindred spirit
which hlo,tcd out of being the rCpuLlirs oil
"oidca lime = which have slept in the tomb
Of night these two thousand years, and 'the
morning of whose resurrection has not yet
dawned upon The world :; That it was 4 kin
drrd spirit which filled with rapine and blood
the modern republics of Venice and Flor
ence. The teachings OF history have been
il vain Ia Us, If we have not learned that II
was kindred spirit which infatuated 10 lis
hlarkest deeds of atrocity the Jacobin fac
tinns. and tie sans -cuioiies democracy OF
revolutionary FraHce, and which built up.
upon the fall Of liberty there, that imperial
ard military despotism, before whose cclos-
Hstl lpHtT lut MbilI lScil SlObu iittet, liltlt
il was Il kindred spirit which tore in sunder
the laic republics Of South America, and
struck down 10 the dust the flag of liberty
which had been reared from the summit OF
her ADDE'S. Let This spirit become The pre-
dominant spirit of our couatrymen, and il
needs rot the ken ofprophciic vision to ad
mpn;sh us that this young republic has =
ready reached the years of lis decline. Let
This spirit prevail here, and stand upon the
authority of the vorld's history, and pro-
claim TO the American people that their des-
tiny is lnreslladowed in The fate Of those 9th
er republics that have fallen before US.
The spirit of war; thanks 10 God, has slurl
bcred upon the Garth for the last quarter of
a century. GIuued with the spois, and ex-
hausied by the ravages of a thousand years
it hailed in its march Of death, and reposcd
from ifs work Of desolaiion, on that Dread
night when the sun went down in blood on
The field of Waterloo. Heaven grant that
the slumbering giant be uniisluTbed in his
repose Tor other ages 10 come. The world
has had time 10 take breath The trnit OF
Peace a peerless, and eoilike form-rose
erect, and with steady ali triumphant step
Advancing over The earth, has dispensed,
with m abundant hand hIrxe;,,,s n i l,oD,,-