New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-20
FROM The EDITOR.
a. 9.

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o.t concluded by President Polk. the basis OF lat
49, is subject of universal rejoicing. The vote OF
the Senate 81 to very nearly threeto one and
had Col Cilley arrived from New Hampshire 10 lake
the seat still cluug to by the superseded MIR. Jen
ness, it would doubtless have been rather more than
three TO one believe this the largest vote
ever taken in the Senate. How triumphant Is Its
vindcaton OF the Of those who. IN defiance oil
cslumny, obloquy charges of Toryism, treachery
&C. DC have stood firm for Cancellation and Peace
throughout the progress of this Oregon Controversy
How completely are the Wbigs justified, even their
enemies being judges! How pontess and harm
less fall the shafts of calumoy hurled with vndic
tive fury at Mr. WEBSTER and his colleagues for
their adjustment of the Maine Boundary by the
Asbburton Treaty of 1912 How thorough is this
justification of the great mass CT Wings In insisting
that Mr. Polk should DO clothed with power TO give
the requisite Notice TO terminate the Joint Occupa-
tion Of Oregonl Had that Notice been defeated by
Wing and Calhoun votes, Loco Focoism would have
gone on clustering for the whole Of Oregon aud
probably carried another Presidential Election upon
IT, The Notice brought the whole business 10
focus al once Ados,m ent or collision become inevl
table, and the former has resulted, we steadtGsly
believed and predicted. Who can longer doubt that
the course pursued was the true onc7
The Union peremptoriy contradicts story that
had got aAoat that MIR. BUCHANAN had refused 10
make or sign the Oregon Treaty, and intended to
leave the Cabinet on this ground The jealous
organ insists tina, Mr.. b. and the hole Cabinet went
into the matter heartily. The Ministers will not be
allowed to make personal capital at the expense OF
James X. Polk, if Mr.. Richie can prevent ii.
hear that in the Senate debates in secret session
the pretence of claiming 10 extend our territory to
$40 an was handled with merciess severity. The
whole or none gentry were challenged to state, on
their character as lawy ers that we had any title 10
the Frazers River region which they would venture
to advocate before intelligent jury. 1t cannot be
pretended by any impartial urist. Yet for that sser
lie, frozen. desoate region great Party proposed
TO plunge the Country in horrible and devastating
War which would probably have devoured One
Hundred Thousand Lives, and Two or Three Hun
bred Millions worth of Property, although it had
lasted but single year Was there ever such
guilty madnessl
1T Is now high time that the Party which has
done and medisated so great mischief should be
held to just accountability. We have indeed
escaped War, but how escaped Had not the
Whiga done every thing for Cancellation, cheerfuly
encounering all possible responsibility, War would
indeed have been inevitable. We had only to say,
'Messrs, Polk & Co.. you have asserted that our
title 10 oil Oregon is incontes,able-we hold you
ito that assertion we will agree settle short
of $40 4V. and we go for Immediately extending
our Jurisdiction over the who!e-and we should
have swamped the ruling party, but at what cost
TO the Country! Yet this would have been doing
far less than they did, wan,only and without a
shadow Of excuse.
Let Us look back now-for it lie ,ime-to the re-
solve Of the National Convention which nominated
Polk and Dallas that title the trhole Of Ore
gon is clear and unqueslionabe, and that the re
annexation of Texas and reoccupston of Oregon
are great American questions" &c. Reoccupa.
iionr At that moment, thousands OF our people
far more Than at any former perod-were peaceably
eettled In Oregon. governed by their own laws and
not desired to submit 10 any other. Hundreds
more were then their way thither, sure OF cor
responding reception. That title the whole of
Oregon wns not clear and indsputsble, is now set
tled by the ascent of Mr. Polk bis Cabinet and two
thirds of bio supporters in the Senate including very
many Of the men who passed the Baltimore resolo'
tion TO take little ifsny the half OF that terrific.
~. Add If This were indeed srea, American ques-
tioa.' why wa. it dragged into Party confess, 2
What did this resolution mean, II not to tell the
Country that the Wings if in power, would COM
promise and take part of Oregon. while the Locos
would s,and Arm for the whole7 Those interest,
ed 90 understood it, and Polk doubtless received ma
ny votes in consequence What say the voters
now7
Mr. Polk was elected and in his Inaugural refer
red to Oregon. spoke Of our title TO it as unques
ssonable, and though he did no, expressly say The
WHOLE he made no limitation. and his language I'M
piled the whole, and was understood. he soon
after made an offer to settle, utterly ncon sis,ent
with this claim saying that he did 80 solely in de-
ference TO former offers and would have insisted on
tho whole bad the question come before him osigi-
nally. (Bat these previous offers TO compromise
were Just as well known when the Baltimore reso-
luton was passed, and when his Inaugural was de-
livered, as when he made his Offer His PROPOSE
ZION being declined he promptly fell back on $40 40
and bis Message minated that he would neither
offsr nor take less The whole of Oregon or none =
exclaimed the Organ and the party Justify respond
al the whole or nonep To intimate that our tile
WAS not good 10 The whole was to brave ,orren,
of obloouy and charges of moral treason Great
Rr;,sio offered to leave the whole matter to Arbitra
lion The arbi,ers to be selected in almost any man
Der or from any body we might choose but the
,ffsr was haugbsily rejected on The ground that we
,oud no, adi, any doab, TO the completeness and
.,earnes. of our title. Ye, but few monihs have
PASSED and Treaty is already made and ratlfied on
,ur part surrendering all of Oregon above 4ss WIN
,ery important concessions South oftha' line " no
viii hereafter put faith in Baltimore resolutions ana
'slk pre,enoss' 10