The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-15

nssE iasnsa eas at ,he rsssldsaey~Shs bad hasn
denounced as tederaiist, Q fanatic, an abolition.
LIST, and secuted by the South as little lcss than
common traitor Revenge was the natursl result
Besides, the sectional prejudlces-he preJudices Of
education and OF party-ony strengthened the old
man indignant In his purpose OF retaliation.
Al the very crisis when all these prejudice, OF
New England against the South, and Its peculiar
institution were in their most active effervescence
opposed TO the annexation OF Texas, Texas was an
nexed. And il was annexed a slave territory
as balance OF power for the security OF slave inter
ests. IL was annexed under "log-rolng" com
pact between the democrats OF the South ano
North, or upon the PLAIN condition, you go with us
tor Texas, we Will 80 with you tor Oregon. And
now, al the hazard OF war; which the aboltionists
believe and declare would end with the extinction
40; Tor tha exclusive occupation-and for negotia-
lions afterwards We soemnly assert that revenge
npon The South and upon Mr.. Calhoun, and SIMS
Ter purpose oil precipltating the administration into
oncuitles inextricable is, opinion the strong
incentive OF Mr.. Adams TO the recent stand he has
takea upon the Russian line. Why do the abo..
why does Greeley endorse iil-.why does
Tnurlow Weed commend NJ Simply be-
cause war for the whole OF Oregon,
would. IN their conception, preclpltate the extinc-
ton OF slavery, PROSTATE the administration restore
commanding supremacy 10 the the North--a die
satorla supremacy--and lead TO general confusion
and aaarchy, pqPon the scum OF which all sorts Of
monsters would rise into notice and authority. We
retnember hlving heard, pending the twenty-se-
venth Congress, a memorable declaration OF Mr.
Adams upon the hoor OF the Honse, to- Wit: that if4
servle war were to be excited in the South from III
co,tnu-d agitation OF the abolition petition cnuro-
versy, let IT comet" We hope the old aentlsman
may never llye to see it, while we wish him thou.
sand years OF usefulness yet to come.
idr. Adams and Mr.. Giddings are the nuclei Of
The whig abolition division 1pon the Oregon no.
nori Freely Weed, Garrison, Y Co, are the file
iSdoriS We believe that among the wings of the
House, acting upon this abolition policy in voting
the notice, Messrs Adams and Gddings stand
alone Inc other wings voting the notice did il in
good fsitn The opponents (amony the whigs) Of
me nonncaiion, were opposed, partly from honest
npprehensions OF the consequences, and partly that
the houce was a recommendation OF James X.
roiN, hnu therefore measure, however wise and
Judiclous, 10 be resisted, as enc OF the chain of
measures OF the locofoco school and the locofoco
dynasty.
We next come to the division of the Democracy
Is sSim-nilk compared with this cream oil the pot
Inc democracy are split up into two tragments-
Tue Oa hs e and Allen men, and the. Calhoun
the iatterly Tor mastery inactivity" and a compro-
mise upon the line OF 40 The Calhoun men are
charged with bad fah, in deserving or rather in lot
comhg up to the standard OF 81 40, now that Texas
IS safely within the Gordon OF institutions But
mere Is something OF palation for this apparent
ueachery OF The South. There wa, no condition
atdcned 10 the Baltimore resolutions that the South
were 70 stand ~ 10 81 40, at The hazard of war
al me hazard OF pcrpetuation OF the tariff of '42
az the naz ud OF suspension OF the cotton trade
at Toe hazard OF an Eruption of abolition sympa
ihiz"rs into the South at the hazard OF an internal
taxation from the federal government, in addi-
ION 10 It's external lmpositlons; at the hazard of
dexas anoI Of 0fee9P and at the hazard Of the
which was considered as an adjourned question
ior the next Campaign. None OF these condi-
ions were proposed or thought of with the under
land tor an Oliver. But as all these results, In a
greater or lesser degree of probability are depend
ent upon the stand at 81 40, and the alternative Of
war, the Calhoun men, as we understand them, re-
sist the notice, not that 1t Is in itself illumination
OF war; but that In pursuance of the executive
programme, and the plan OF Mr. Adams, it Ia the
inialory measure OF series TO the formal, real,
ciusVe,nndivtded occupation OF the whole territory
and the inevitable consequence Of collision and
the conl agencies inseparabe from such alternative
,.FurtAsrmore, the South would naturally be for a
DIVISION OF Oregon, upon the consideration that
thereby the addition OF free territory brought into
the Union would be curt ,iled Of two or four Sena-
tors IN congress opposed TO the peculiar insttu-
poa. ms, however, is but remote consideration.
Free trade, and an unembargoed market in Eng
land, are the primary objects of the South.
Next come the Oh 40 democrats; and while the
pody OF them are honestly stcklers for the Russian
boundary, from notions OF national honor, the men
oil the WesIhe most ultra of ALL are too far remov-
ed from the dangers of hesitate upon its dis
asters The prices of bread-stuis would be raised,
lumber would be in greater demand, and the Wes-
tern lakes on the Northern frontier, in heavy appro-
priauons tor military defences, would gain grea,
advantages tor the present But the chivalry OF the
WosoSs, dIC luipcHcu ny the puIeI ana
higher motive OF the national honor, and by,
perhaps, not little, natural luminosity to
Great Britain, and a desire to render her
atonement tor the surrender of Detroit, and
Inc massacre at the River Raisin. The great lead
ers OF thus Western divsion,of the democracy are
candidates tor the succession. Calhoun having Sc
cured the capital OF the "inland seas OF the West
the struggle now lies between Cass and Allen fol
the Oregon capital. We think thus far Cass has the
start, and keeps IN the advance But the rivalry il
vel, well contested And we do say that the danger
from precpitate action to the real occupation of the
whole territory, Is more to be dreaded from the
emulation OF these two men to oustrip each other
than from all other sources and causes combined.
Benton having secured the capital from a move
inen tor the abolition Of the duty on salt he can
afford, perhaps, TO stand mediator between the
parties, upon the line of fory-nine. And we ra-
Their suspect that at this very juncture he less de
sirons OF the prostration OF Calhoun than OF keep
ing Cdss and Allen IN the rear, until the proper
tara OF the wheel
With ul these confictinQielements, the admin
a postponement ot the question beyond the ses
sion, would bar the door to compromise, and
nothing but the plan Of Mr. Adams would
avail, or be acceptable, whatever might be the
results Meantime, The House has recommend.
ed the continuance or resumption of negoiia.
lions; and the report Is. that SO faithfully have
Inc hgh contracting pariies answered to the pro-
viso OF the notice, that treaty upon the line OF 49,
with some other conditions, has been agreed upon
and ready tor transmit ssion TO the Senate II such
treaty Is submitted, we believe il will, after long
debate, be adopted by the required majority OF two
hirds But the bell rings, and intercepts, for the
present, any further narrative or commentary.
Respectfully, The DOCTOR