Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-15

them. And none will Be held guiliIess .
his country \ wrong who shrinks Or hesi
sases a such 20 hour. I'm q. Della.
i THE OnEooN. --This is now the alI-im
porlans subject for public speculation, ant
every thing relating 10 il il read with avi
diiy. We have devoted a large portion 81
our paper to The matter heretofore, and va
hope moi without interest 10 our readers
The question, though 80 long debated
is one Of easy solution, were the potent ar.
gumens Of powder and ball not held IN the
back ground. Great Britain, with no pre-.
tence Of title, insists that on division Of
ihe country she shall be The owner Of all
that portion Of il lying north Of tho CO.
lumbia river, which would bring her pos
sessions down to nearly the 45ih parallel
r. latitude, and cut us of from all the
ports Of The Pacific. The United States
government insists that by our own disco.
veries. by our title from Spain, BY the
oyerpowering law Of selfpreseryaiion, we
are entitled to the whole country up to the
Russian boundary -54:40. Another par
~, not inconsderable either in England
or America, are DESTROYS of settling The
boundary on the 49lh deg. Of north lati-
iudo or any where else, so that no powder
may be burned, no ships captured, and
no old ladies in pantaloons frightened.
There are. then, three parties on the
Oregon question. The American party
the 81 40s; the British pariy--the 46s:
and the compromises, or 49s! The Ame-
rlcan party claim the whole but offered TO
divide for the sake OF peace on line far
short Of their rght-lhe offer was con-
temptuously rejected, and, Of course, with
drawn. The British party offered as
compromise that we should give them all
they caimed-which was with promptness
refused. There stands the question:
there negotiation has stopped. Neither
the one nor the other will advance a new
But Great Britain is arming
fully, 10 assert her full claims we are do
ing nothing, and our friends, the 49s, with
a degree of blindness which no one with
out knowledge would nave imputed toihem,
oppose the doing OF anything under the APP
parent belief that they can persuade the
most exacting government on earth to re.
cede from nearly half its claim when it is
by its own precaution and our remissness
n The best position 10 maintain the whole
tits the extent Of folly to believe that the
British government intends 10 offer as
line Of compromise the same boundary
which II has four times rejected when offer
ed by US, unless reasons are adduced so |
potent as 10 convince il that the present
and future interest Of the "greaI aristocra-
~" mperatiyely demand such an oiier.--
such reasons, we apprehend cannot be
ound IN the most eloquent speeches Of
,ur ''neyerto he.equalled and transcend.
INT Senators " The only means of work.
ng such conviction is 10 be found in
proper construction Of the drgumeatum ad
toninen, or as gentlemen of the "iancy"
would term--''lo be on guard for the
snock. down argument" and The 49s will
soon find TO their cost that unless they i'm
nedlatey commence the framing OF the
proper syllogism, they will not only lose
heir case but cover themselves with con-
uslon. The only way 10 maintain peace
s to be ready for war-fair compromises
,an never be made by nations who are
not prepared 10 assert rights, and history
will, in lis stern judgments, never pro-
nounce those great statesmen who wasted
lime in wrangllng which should have been
devoted to action. ~. O. Della