Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-07-02
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The Union Of Saturday night, in an article ON
the treaty. has the following language:
The wing presses, we observe, are nttribu,np
10 'he course OF the Senate the formation of the
". NOW, we venture to assert that when all the
iacs OF the case shall be presented before the public
INC course Oh the President will appear clear and con-
sstent throughout. Had not ne Senate taken IN
Pmt me negotiation out ofhis hands, zoe haze no
ao'.ct ne scoeid haze obtained better terms from g.
Drtans' eren than those ,chich are contained IN the
treaty. Bm these terms, such as then are ,copld
neoer hdce been conceded to us, had not been for
me J"m ana energetic, though not Q6ensire, stand
taken By the President.''
we quote these words for the benefit of our De-
mocratc friends, because if, as we take it, the
Onion mere gives us the cue of the Presidents
zane, they may be profited by discerning it--Mr.
leho hihSe against two sets of Disseminated allies
10 one oil them, the peace party, the word has al
ready been given that Mr.. Polk has established
peace, which is all they wanted. The other fac
ton, however, require more delicate management.
and accordingly are told, had not the Senate taken
IN part the negotiation ont Of his hands, he ,could
haze obtained ercn better terms. And to meet the
case Of some, who may think the terms we have
gotten the best we ought to expect, the Union as
sumes that these terms, such as they are, ,c0uld
nerer hare been conceded to as bat for the firm
ness Of the President.
such is the scheme upon which this s'brillant
administration builds its hopes of public favor.
with ready plea to suit the views OF every Objec-
tor 1t hopes to make it appear that i'm this Oregon
matter its has been both consistent and no
norabe In our apprehension, nothing was~want-
ing TO prohibit both conclusions but the subsequent
justification which has been urged IL it be true
that Mr. Polk has been the of the peace and is
entitled TO the praise of efectng it, it neither con-
slsent honorable to say that the Senate took the
of honJ ~
obtaining better terms. II the Senate is response
bic to the war party for the acceptance of compro
mse 1t is surely its right to enjoy the credit which
the peace party is ready to award for the glorious
contamination. But such has ever been the man
ner OF this administration. 1t came into power up
on the faith of letter which was written to be
doubly construed. In its management of the Ore
gon question, it was decided enough at first but as
soon as It's views became unpopular, it commenced
process OF vaclllation between two opposing fac
lions OF It's own party, and at last, ratified treaty
IN direct contravention of the rules which it had
most solemnly prescribed for its action.
AS to the argument that Great Britain would not
nave conceded such terms as she has offered but
10. the firm stand of Mr.. Polk, it means, that by
bullying he has done more than he could have done
by falr negotiation, and admits that his first preten-
slons were hollow and not intended be ultimately
insisted on. The avowal of such principle i'm our
dealings with foreign nations only tend to ex-
cue thelr Just suspicious OF sincerity, and rem
der them wary of trusting us hereafter.
But 1t is not true that Great Britain has Welded
anything which she formerly claimed as indispen-
slbie to satisfactory settlement. She has retain
ed Vancouver's Island entirely, and the free navi-
CATION OF the Columbia long as it can be Of essen
al service TO her. AS to the territory between the
Columbia and the 10th degree, we have long been
assured that she did not regard it important pro-
vided the property Of her citizens therein was Sc
In ccbo hoe. IloJ
the pretensiOns of Mr.. Polk. The settlement is
substantially that which has been looked to by the
consderate statesmen of both countries for a ong
time past. The insinuation, that great nation.
with whom we are just concluding an honorable
negotiation has been ugged out of its pretensions
or Its rights by threatening assurances on the part
minlstraton, and is an insult no less to the mood
sense OF our own people, than to the pride Of the
British natlon.-RichmOnd Times