American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-21

#DDITIONAL NEWS BY THE UNICORN.
The OREGON Observation-Disclosures
OF A New MINISTER RECOMMENDED TO
SETTLE THE DISPUTE.
We find in the papers by the Unicorn some
ditional articles of interest, on the subject of
regon. The following are the most impor-
: init
from the London Times, March 1871
| The language of Lord Clarendon and Lord
berdeen, in the short discussion which took
ace last night in the House of Lords, on a mo-
Pn for the correspondence relating to the last
rego. negotiation, reflects honor on the tenn
|r, judgment, and good feeling of those emf
Pnt persons. That every exertion consistent
18th the national honor will be made to pre-
rive the peace, was the gracious declaration
ade by her Majesty from the throne, and no
he i'll this country has entertained the least
Pubt that it will be strictly adhered to. That
surance scarcely needed to be emphatically
peated for no distrust has ever been express
4 upon the subject But we have now abund-
1t evidence from the United States that the
oderation of this sentence in the speech from
c throne, and of the brief remarks made on
e subject on the first night of the session,
ave been grossly misconstrued by the party in
pwer in America. Their demands and their
Epectations have risen, because we scarcely
pndescended to give an answer to them, or to
BIT in a counter plea Incredulous of their
xtravagant passion for this territory Of Ore
pm, convinced Of our own right, and unable
believe in propensity to war, we have
cen supposed to act as il we intended to sur
nder the territory or TO shun the contest
his excessive moderation of language has de-
bived the Americans more effectually than if
70 had employed all the arts of diplomacy. Of
he members of the Senate who will vote Tor
be abrogation of the convention, a large pro-
brtion are convinced that England will not
1ly now accept the terms she rejected before,
ut that she will accept terms even less favo-
qble, and they have taken up their position in
pnsequence.
They are grossly and dangerously mistaken.
Whatever reserve may be imposed upon peers
Parliament by courtesy or by official pru-
ence, we are confident that not one of the
English statesmen who spoke last night upon
his subject, contcmplates the abandonment of
territory i'll which our rights are equal to
nose ofany power. The time and the place
hight not be fitted to more precise and en-
hattie declaration of the views and intentions
England, but it would be absurd to suppose
hat they are whit below the level which the
nterests and the dignity of the country pre-
cribe. 1t would be foolish to overstate our
pst pretensions, but it is dangerous and unwise
b allow them to be thought less than they are.
Ne have offered to submit them to any fair ar
itration; we are ready to assent to terms of
EQUITABLE partition, on principle of equality.
But arbitration has been rejected, and parti-
ion itself is scarcely compatible with the claims
advanced on the other side, since they are alb
olute and paramount Nothing in fact re-
mains for US to concede, since divided right
all we are contendng for, and the very prin-
tiple of division is not yet admitted by the A
nerican government.
The declaration which it now becomes us
bmphatically to repeat is, that we have "rights
IN the Oregon territory, which we are resolved
hnd prepared to maintain" That expression
bf Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen was
certainly not Incorporate and i'll considered;
and we have no doubt that subsequent events
have not in the slightest degree diminished
Aeir resolution to adhere to it, and to all that
ID was understood to imply We see nothing
n the present posture of affairs which calls
or, or can Justify, a more subdued language on
the part of the English government; and we
hre persuaded that the false construction which
has been put upon the very guarded decara-
lions Of the English Ministers is one of the
circumstances most calculated to mislead pub.