New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-02
What about Oregon
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TE- No--cE-The ;r-r which ire Oregon question
b.s t.ken i no, little singular. TIE President in
March l-.5 declared ute 70 me "aoe OF Ofs
clear and urques-onsole" II august ioloNine ne o.!
fr-d England the Be Of is with tie i!ee Ra'eauou u
the Columbia river. On the gTompt arc almost fue
lection nj thst Offer b. withdrew a. o-rs and bs1in a.
serted our JUS, caiu 10 the whole On ne meeting Q!
Congress ssnseless catncr was rsseG seans' nc de
serton Of tha; claim which was rei,ef-ea .! tH s
dent Parties civided themselves into d ~ men on
one side and ~ men OF the other, and not war rsSeo
for mouths Meantime the negotiation was o!Ousu' "
close by the very snfs plan on ihe paft OF 'ae Goss
Mj..,sr OF rejecting all o-ers snd making R0He except
Arbitration The Presiden; and the secretary hfuiy re-
sisted the nsidious offer and still c!aines me noe
Well after of words Of four rnontas IN ou9Aaon'
and the expenditure Of ocean OF ooioquy upon Ne
President by old ladies' and cut OF Congress me
affair ends Join, resolution approving me course ol
the President and requesting him 70 go on d. ois
discretion 20 give the Norce in sccordance WIZ us
advice This OF confidence which l. Is Simply AUG
cssrtv ia then tru,oeted By the 49 signal vic
tory over Whist they pleased TO call tue wal party
We are now told that Eoglsnd IS anxious 20 accept me
identical proposition tia; SIZE rejected at august
this is So the Erst time 10 English history nst 'ne
ion has fairly turued tsi" and snesked out OF rsht
There is however no evidence that IA So ana ~e 90
not believe Mr. Pok viii entertain or even the sen
ate, with lis large conservative interest IIs 's IS
drawing British and manufacturing sslses VII oare !A
iy treaty giving her than tie AZ Iae PROPOSE
tiou 10 treat mu-t come from England Even me
Senate could not preserve the phrase renewed eOrts
=
edy give the Notice al and Congress adopt the pro
per measures 10 throw Government over our ie!io"
citizens in Oregon. The ultimate settlement VIII theh
be left 10 the chapter OF accidents
r Unable as we humbly confess 10 iaihom the
wisdom and craftsmanship Of our present Execu-
tive whether regarding Oregon or things In gene
raj. we are eager not only TO enjoy but to dituse
whatever light may be thereon by the chief lu-
minaries that reflect the radiance OF Polkisn Ac-
cordingly we have copied the above leading arii'
Gle from yesterdays Morning News. That re are
not at all enlightened thereby may be attributed to
our incapacity, our prejudces, or whatever else
may be deemed the true cause. Ii our readers are
profted our own lack Of ediicaton is of small mo-
ment.
But what is the drift of all this flourish What
does Mr.. Polk mean TO do And what is he TO
make Of the Notice In the true answer 10 these
questions. the whole American People have the
deepes, interest. Whether he means TO insist on
. the ,rhole OF Oregon or is willing 10 divide 1t
with Grea, Britain, profoundly concerns every man
who is worth dollar or means 10 earn one. Bust
ness and Industry now suffer, and are likely to sui
fer more from the mystery and doubt which over
hang the Presidents purposes. In this dilemma,
we naturally turn 10 the Administration journals
whose Editors are known 10 be on terms OF person
al intimacy with Mr. Polk learn what is the Pres
idents determination The insight We thus obtain
is aptly shown in the specimen above quoted
That Mr. Polk commenced by claiming all Ore
eon in his Inaugural and directly made an offer TO
Great Britain divide il, the country Is already
quite aware That Mr. Pakenham in turn, instead
OF making proposals ofcompromise, which ne knew
would be rejected offered to submit the whole mat
ter 10 any sort Of arbitration whether Of govern
men,s or eminent civilians mutually agreed on for
probity capacity and dsinterestedness is likewise
pretty well known as is also the poremptory reiu'
sal of our Government 10 listen 10 any such propo-
si,ion How prompt and almost rude was that
rejection by Messrs Polk and Buchanan is, moreo-
yer. matter OF history. Il thus is evden! that the
safe plan Of rejecting all offers has been pursued
just as far by Government as by the other-tha'
is each has made one offer which the other has re-
jec,ed The last oier-certainly very plausible
one-was made by Great Britain and rejected by
our Executive, SO that the next should mani!esly,
come from this side. Yet the News says the prop
ostion 10 treat anew must come from England.
We feel the force of the term employed. but not that
of the logic which accompanies Ii. 1t seems clear
tina, the next offer should come from the party which
rejected the last; and that the mus is no, well
calculated TO draw one from the other side.
The proposition 10 make the time OF giving the
Oregon Notice dependent on the Presidents dis
erection was made bya Wing insisted on by w higs.
and opposed by members of the other party Mr..
Polk would evidently have preferred peremp,ory
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bili,y in the premises bui Congress chose TO give
him discretion well power. we think he is
more in need of the former than OF the latter, and
il the News likes such a vote of confidence il is
most easily pleased. And il is little odd tina, the
serious array of votes agans, this vote of conf,
dence' were cast by the $40 40's. who are all at
least nominally Polk men. If this vote was so tri,
umphant for their side it is odd that they found
it out
We are now told says the News, that Eng
land is anxious to accept the identical proposition
tina, she rejected last August" You have been
told have you We should like 10 know who is
authority for this statement We, too have been
told something like this, but put no trus; in il.
AT all events, the wisdom and policy Of tanning
England with having turned tail and sneaked
out of fight in case she should accept proposition
her ambassador had once rejected, are OF very
questionable order. Such taunts show in wha,
spiri, this whole controversy is regarded and 10
what ends pursued by such patriots and philanlhro-
pists as control the News.
The Senate, with is large Conservative interest,
its lawyers, drawing British and manufacturing
salaries SC, is a Loco Foco body by very de-
cided majority What sort Of Treaty il will dare
ratify cannot say; but it can only ratify such
Treaty ss Messrs Polk y Co. shall have previous
" negotiated and signed, the dare OF the News
seems rather gra.ui,ous. The Senate which is so
confidently expected 10 adopt the proper meas
ures 10 throw government, over our fellow cirzens
in Oregon, may surely be trusted not TO rsriy dis
gracefully Treaty which Ny Polk shall have
framed.
Ba, the ultimate settlement VIII then be left TO
the chapter of accidents viii it o most lame
and inpo,ent conclusion When Congress shall
have done all that the President would have II d.
the chapter OF accidents nus, determine whether
we have Peace or War the whole OF Oregon,