The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-21

uer, upon the expiration Of the rights they now
hold under the British crown, When we have IN
ken care that no BRUSH nterest is sacuhoed or i'm
paired, and no British possession eeded without an
adequate consideration there is more Of hosor and
true policy IN government which can afford TO deal
with questions Of this Kind in liberal and magnani-
nous spirit than in the higglng and graspng arti-
hees which commonly oyerreaeh themselves, and
saernee character 10 gain what is OF Infinitely less
value to nations. The district Of Oregon contains
vast uninhabed and uneultiyated territory, and two
points OF peculiar interest TO maritime and trading
natlons-the river Columbia and the straits of Fuca
The Territory Is moi unequaly divided nor Is Il Of MUCH
Importance Ohdi The division ofths soil Is. Both efs
other points share equally 10Th The United Stass
the navigation eth Columbia being perpsiually, not
temporarily as has been sironsOusly asserted BY the
frsrlean prinis-seered to US; and the middle Of the
straits Of Faed being the boundary ns 10 the south Of
Fort langley doom 70 the ocean ...
In point Of fscr, therefore, no ee.sion has been
made OF any portion Of the Oregon territory which
4 was our interest or our duty 10 keep. The treaty
Is what every compromise must bean arrange
ment by which each party submits TO a certain
amount Of diminution in its claim for the sake Of
securing what Il holds, and, above all for the sake
OF preserving the sacred interests Of peace. Upon
that principle, and in that cause, il England has
made any sacrifice, the world, which knows thai
she never was more able TO exert all the forces Of
her wealth, her armies, and her fleets, will not admit
mat such sacrifice is any disparagement 10 her
fame and her power, but rather an additional proof
OF her sincere devotion To that pacific policy which
she regards as more conducive 10 her present and
future greatness and prosperity than the numberess
trophies OF her past wars. The terms upon ohieh
this treaty has been negotiated and concluded are our
otVn They are the deliberate proposals. Of The Brit
lsh government and IL speaks we'll for the spirit OF
the American government, and the American Sen
ate, that no attempt was made TO nterpose any fur,
ther delay In the settlement Of this affair by en-
IN ak.ga in
them. The honest ana straightforward character
OF the transaction was obvious England offered 10
terminals the dispute by liberal COMPROMISE; the
United States acceded TO the offer, though il was
below any proposal they had before entertained,
with promPtitude which does them honor, and
pays the highest compliment TO the nation with
which they were dealing
II il needless TO repeat what is selEeyident that
u ever there was a moment in the history Of the
United States at which hostile or even an adverse
power, might have pressed its claims with the
utmost certainty Of success, and ayailea itself
OF the Mexican war to plunge the Union in a
most embarrassing situation, this is that time.
We have disdsined 10 take any advantage
from this untoward coneourse Of events; and
deeply as we regret the Mexican war and the
unjustihable policy in which il originated, the
misfortunes Of Mexico have nothing in common
with the policy Of England and these events
have not exercised the slightest influence on our
Pretensions. We trust thai no part Of the Anerieu,
community OiH egTegiotsiy misintsrpret the con
suei 0hs British government Vi reference 10 the Or
egon territory, as 10 suppose, that IN our solieude 10
remove that auBlbtng-bLoek disposed 10 overlook
or eOnnirs al the Of aggrs,sips and rapseOus
policy. The operations Of the American forces in
the Gulf of Mexico and on the Pacific, but more
especially upon the latter station, will be watched
with vigilance by this country. The rights Of war
have their limits, especially when they involve con-
sequences Of the deepest importance 10 all neutral
maritime nations; and after the signal proofs Eng
land has gwen OF her desire 10 avoid a rupture
with the United States, for any unworthy cause we
trust that act Of violence, and no fresh schemes
OF aggrandzenent, at the expense Of any neighbour
ing states, will impair the good understanding now
happily restored between the two greatest kindred
nations Of the early
From the London Morning Chrsncls, June %.
The Oregon question is settled. The announce
ment OF the peaceful upshot Of tempestuous nego-
uation has been received with reclamation through
out the States. The more reasonable views of the
moderate men have prevailed. The exaggeration
Of patriotism has subsidized Truth has won for H.
self a majority--commerce is finding its way
through its usual ebannes-and, sim peously
with the absence Of all fear Of any threatened inter-
ruption, the great organic change that has taken
place In the tariff of Great Britain Is in fair way
of taking its full development under the fsvoring
conditions of peace with ali the world We s.1
from the sna cloud In the psst, that the calamies
Of war have of late threatened England. This has
now blown over. Let ii only be hoped that il
English Intervention take place in respect to the az
fairs OF Mexico an upshot equally pacific may be
the result
Sir Robert Peel las, nigh, announced the terms to
be as follows:
1.-THE boundary to be the 49th parallel; Grea,
Britain to have the free navigation of the Columbia
rver during the charter Of the Hudson Bay Com
Pany, which expires in 1863, and its recharter if
one should be granted; the whole of Vancouyer,s
isandi the right through the straits of Fuca to be
common to both parties Any British settlements
south OF AZ degrees are TO be purchased at fair val.
uation by the United States government at any time
when they think 1t desirable to possess them while
the British government stpuates to do the same by
American property north of 40 degrees, if there
be any"
All this is plausible, and no doubt will conten, the
people OF England, who have other and more mpor-
tant objects TO think out On the part of America
the popular feeling is favorable to Great Britain
The whole Of Oregon men are at discount
Swamped In Congress, they are also swamped amid
the nation at large II required but little foresight
to perceive that even the western States of the
Union had more to gain from peace with England
than from the occupancy of the northern Oregon
10 convert their country into a thoroughfare, by
making 1t the highway to the Pacific, instead of
c de sac, was undoubtedly ad yantage; vet it was
greater advantage to find vent for the breads,uls
of the enormous valley of the Mississippi at once
oyer-productve and under-peoped. For this last
object an equitable peace was preferable to even
glorious war.
The american government has certainly been dslodesd
from The oper.statements of its earlu claims, fhr
Presidents message is read dackwads. The President
himself has cried 'peccapi." If he has not done
this in direct and strag htforward manner he has
done SO by the subterfuges that he has had resort
to. lie has asked the advice Of the Senate, and, by
the appearance of taking council from that body
shifted upon its shoulders the responsibility of his
own inaugural extravaganza.
The date of the settlement of this important cues.
ton is well-fimed. Whether the position to which
Great Britain is now limited be above or below her
just claims, is undoubtedly the result of conditions
anterior to the late events on the Rio Grande Even
American vanity will be unable to discover in Mr..
Pakenham's propositions sign or svmptonn of his