Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-09
THE ENQUIRER.
RICH MOND, V a.
Saturday Morning, June 6, 1916.
THE OREGON POLICY.

said, al first, that The NOTICE. Ia any ioi
be cause of war and "endless Woe Inc tfouse
OF Representatives passed resolution OF Nouee'
accompanied BY aprovision that II should hol IN,
terere with future negotiations. Inns we iooheu
upon as conciiatory in lis nature. 30 me 5" ny
rress reearied il al The outset-but whenthe wing
leaders in the Senate declared thai II was ho' sur
fcienlly conciliatory their journals look Up '"e
cue, and maintained, that The only hope OF pre-
venting war was 10 adop. still more conciiia'o-
ry FORM This was done, and The wings, oy a.
mos, an unanimous VOTE passed The Nonce,
which their presses had once denounced as Ger
tainly leading TO war. Inc wing Jou'"a''
crowed over the Senae's form OF notice. as nav
ing saved the country from coll'sioh WIN E"s
land. Well The Notice goes 10 EnSland-lhe
leading parers there receive II as pacilc, am Do
tending IL !, snee,y settlement oil the controversy.
Moreover, they declare that Inc J@m u 'iie
Noice Resolutions was of no importance, ds
every thing depended upon the manner 10 Wh'ch
The President would communicate II 70 Ene'ahu
Had The Senate adopted The House resolution
and the President had transmitted the nolice, as
we presume he ha. in the present case, with e1-
preston of wish for pacific settlement, is II
not clear hat,he same happy results, that We look
for from The expected negotiation, would have
followed And does not the late intelligence
prove that the Wings were not Jnstifed IN their
hcas,ing over the peculiarly pacific character OF
he sena-'s Noice7 We cared little Tor The
form OF the Notice resolution, provided II were
no, couched in language that precluded nesoila-
lion and settlement We were anxious Tor ne
Notice iself-lhe form was immaerial. IL mas
had The good effect attributed 10 il, Of inducing
speedy negotiation, and, We nope, pacific settle
men, Of our Oregon difficulties.
So much for one point. The other is, that Inc
giving Of tn. notice will. according 10 The promi-
nent British papers, effect an infer OF terms from
Great Britain herself Ii will be remembered,
that when the presiden, rejected the proposition
10 arbi,ralc, his opponents cried ont agains, his
"mischievous" policy. They said, that il had
cut of all neeo,iation-hat Great Britain would
make no more offers but they must come fFom
the United States. We are now informed, tina,
the next steamer will bring an offer 10 Us OF Great
Brilain's ultimatUm, and We have strong hopes
that il will be OF an acceptable nature and that the
controversy will be closed.
To Judge, then, from what we see in the late
intelligence, The notice promises 10 be productive
of an early and pacific settlement. In spite Of
he gloomy predictions of the Wings, ii has been
received in Great Britain as measure Of peace
and has induced an offer on The part of Great
Britain, which may wind up the Oregon drama.
Should such be the happy result il vii disapponl
the anicpalons of The Wings, and win for Ibis
"veak and imbecile" administration new ldnrels
for lis foresight moderation, energy and lauIahle
hrmness. The Mexican victories have silcnced
much OF The Wing clamor The settlement Of the
Oregon question will be triumphant response 10
the exlravagant assertions OF The Wing press.
The Wing paper, complain that the Demo
cratic press should criticize the mischievious and
censurable course Of some OF the Wings, in de-
nouncing The war with Mexico and unjustly as
sailing the Executive who is charged with lis
management, ard who ought 10 be supported in
his patriotic endeavors TO bring ii 10 close by
all the moral and physical force OF the coun-
nv. II the war be an unjus, one and brought
about by the President for selfish encs--f
the Administration be rash and imbecie. as
the Wings represent, would not this Of itself
be sufficient 10 damp The ardor OF the conn
try, and paralyze The noble movements OF our
citizen soldiers? But the spirit which ANNA
les The whole country shows that the peo-
IL h,,f hp mi
and partizan assaults Of the Wing press. The
events Of the last few weeks demonstrate thai the
mass OF the nation look upon The war: not as ina
Presidents war; bu, as 'ihe counirys wal"
foreed upon us By treacherous Mexico The Pre-
siden, has done his whole duty, and the nation will
Justify his prudence, vigilance and patriotism
And. because the Democratic press defend he
Administration from unjust charges, and vindi-
Gale the Justice and propriety OF The present war,
thew are assailed b. the Wings as raising the
question Of parly Does not this cry oil party
come from The other side Of the House? Let him
who doubts read the following absurd and wanon
trade which we find in the Knoxville Register,
Wing, furnished by its Washington correspon-
don't. Such baseless charges may be found cir
culating ln,e~sh The majority of the Wing papers
uMr. Polk. who found ina, lie parry was lolier-
ina 10 lis fal hy lis divisions and disscnsiune,
and that his rivals for the next Presidential race
were LAYING him in the shade, has al last got the
country into war with Mexico. lie has done
il scalthy and Willingly, and without consult.
inc Congress on the SUBJECT, which branch OF The
Government, is vested by The Constitution with
the exclusive power 10 declare war. By this war,
which Of course will cause the people 10 rally 10
the suppof, OF the Executive and all wholesome
measures for carving The war on 10 successful
termination Mr. Polk has already caused the
loss of the lives Of some oil our most brave and
worthy officers and men! But what does he
care for thai, il he can thereby force the people
TO sustain him and better his chances for re-
election? James X. Polk is not over-burdened
with too generous and maenanimous heart
What cares he, if millions Of The peoples money
should be expended 20 carry on me war he has
brought abou-valuable lives be lost-and The
general prosrerity Of the nation midewed, ave,
prostrated7 Is he not improving his prospects Of
re election ?"
To retu,e these unfounded and wanton attacks,
we quote the following passages from another
Tennessee Wing paper, (the Nashville Whig)
It will be seen that the editor looks al The true
merits CT The question, and though an uncompro-
missing Whig, fully juslifes the movement TO the
Rio Grande, upon which 50 much Wing violence
and injustice has been avished. We have her
Wing rs. Wing Our readers will have no diff
hcully 10 deciding, which one displays the most
justice and love Of country, over love of party
"Bu, i, is alleged, ihatihc question Ct boundary
| being disputed enc MIR. Polk ought mol 10 have
| sent an army 10 The Rio Grande without consult
Ing Congress Well, supposins this 10 be 50,
| what bearing can it have upon The question be-
tween Mexico and the United States-,he ques-
ton we are now arguing2 We assume, and we
challenge anu man of anu party 10 controrert The
assumption, that Mexico has pursued course to-
wards the United States which rendered 1t impera-
tipe upon the latter 10 force her 10 settlement Of
the erievous difficulties existing between The two
countries. and we assume further, that the very
best coercive measure which could be resorled TO
for that purpose wasthat oforderins army 10 the
Rio Grande, with strict orders, as were General
Taylots, mol 10 treat Mexico ''asan enemy" IN.
less she herself should commence hoslilites.-