The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-12

% do So when We must DO 4 vast Cot and q H.
hazard Of being involved in war;
These views have undergone but little or nj
change. The President has strong inclination io
peace; were IT not 70, he would have told you and
were II not So he would never have offered the ns
OF forty nine.
we trust he will come forth hike gold from the cruel
BILE, scarce any other man could occupy the head
OF party, with hope OF success, or even OF excus
able retreat II Is the tried and approved Polinca
integrity OF Mr.. ,lhoun-hs lofty disdain OF party
trammels, and unyieldIng devotion to the principles
OF his political creed-hs exalted purity OF private
character, his contempt of the chlcanery OF manage
Abdiel, in the midst Of rebellion, and fearless Of the
waves snbmerglng the unresisting small fry
around him-always TO principle
Faithful found. among the faithless"
II is this established character of this great man
who prefers independence to the Presidency, and
ever holds fast TO consistency preferable to sse
gded collar and luxurious ratlons OF party, that has
elevated him to the pre-emnent regard OF the Amer
lean people, which attaches to his name, a regard
higher than the grovelhng motives OF party attach
ment, and stronger than the malignant shafts OF
party dlstrust
Aud we now take it upon our responsibility to al
ledge, that had Mr.. Calhoun taken the stand OF Mr.
Adams, and had Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Giddlngs &C.
cupied the adverse position upon this question OF
the Oregon notice the resolution for giving II ould
nave been ere to-day transmitted TO the PRESIDENT
Tor his autograph
We might as well, as the sage Mr.. Weller says
we might as well speak OF ''werry angular COIN
cidence" rejecting upon Mr.. Calhoun, as we pro-
Deed. Coincident with The "rumor" OF MIR. Preston
king of dishonorable collisions betweenMr. Calhoun
and Mr.. Pakenham, IN reference TO the Texas and
Oregon questions comes as q charge from one OF
our :oadjutors OF similar purpor, respecting late
conferences between Mr. Calhoun and the British
Minister. Now, we are authorized TO state, that
since the arrival OF Mr.. Calhoun in Washington, he
HAL had M nA sftnn he bald
with MIR. Pakenham, save at the table OF a third
party, on one or two occasions, at which neither
Texas or Oregon were alluded to-
We are strong yet, in the opinion that war will
be averted-strong In the strength and sagacity OF
Mr. Calhoun. We expect that it the resolution for
the notice should pass the Senate, il will pass with
the conierring the discretionary power upon the
President; and this dscretion placed in his autho-
rty, may be reasonably expected 10 have an intiu-
ence with the British Government, to an acceptable
COMPROMISE. But the resolution, in such shape,
VIII be, IN effect, compromise between Mr.. Allen
and Mr.. flanagan on one side, and MIR. Calhoun
on the other, upon this vexed question. But, again
II will be a compromise in which Mr.. Calhoun will
gain the advantage-hold itand triumph by il. For,
we assure you that if the giving the twelve months
notice to Great Britain. OF the dissolution of the
Joint occupancy of Oregon be submitted TO the dis
erection OF the Executive, he will exercise such
discretion with view TO an
Honorable compromise
diplomatic half way house of rest"
Now, mark you how the tide is settings I
the stream--on the surface, with its mass of
rubbish sweeping onward TO the abyss Of war-b.ut
the under current swelling in from the sea, and
nolsessly penetrating the rivers channel. The
Virginia delegation, almost man, are strongly
inclined 10 the entire cooperation with Mr. ChI-
houn, not only for suspendlng the notice, but for
compromise upon the line OF forty.nine. Mark the
peculiarly cautious editorials Of the Cnion, with
all their apparent bluster-mark the general impress
sion Of reace--and the absence OF even the nsipi-
ent calculations for war-and then look at the ram
pant grandiloquent, Bombastes Furioso declama-
Hons in the House OF Representatives and see " hat
miserable offerings upon the altar Of 10 Buncombe
they are. The tritest bravado-the lowest Of maud
lin patriotism-the boldest and barest braegadocio
harangues, are those magniloquent speeches OF the
gas-nfated patriots, who 60 for the whole or none
now or never, and prefer war to peace, even could
all b, had by peace, and they were assured of the
tact by the offer OF Great Britain TO surrender the
whole. And then look at the disclosures OF Mr.
Giddings. How he exults in the prospect OF war !!
How his heart dllates with the gorgeous Visions ex
In his minds eye III,
the clash of bayonets, pixies and axes between the
whites and the slaves OF the South-hc sees the mas
ter and his family slaughtered at the hearth stone.
and hears from the neiQhboriDg plantations the
shouts OF the triumphant slaves, as the smoke and
q imes OF ham!ets, mansions and cottages, boil up
from the hills all around, and illuminate or darken
stakeholder PROSTATE, and the bloody banner OF
s'immedate emancipatlon'' Tapping over the citiea
Of the South. Allah-il-Alah! Shall this issue be
II o, d Mo 70 esIhy aspiring geI.
peasng this denagogue rapacity for seat in the
White Housed Is the "fixed fact OF the Presiden-
cy, given the people tor their security to be
the very means of rushing them into war-and In
icting upon them the dangers OF internal treachery,
superadded 10 external hostlities, and grinding and
perpetual taxa,ions tlu6s4e-ersA MIf asait
You may expect next week, to hear Of great
speech from Senator Allen, in which the com.
manding commercial advantages Of the "whole Of
Oregon" will be presented IN all the grandeur Of
the strongest Imagination. II we many venture to
the Oregon north Of whine, its spacioas bays
and harbors deep, It's fine ship timber, and its am
pie capacity as nursery tor great commercial
marine, mariners and fishermen, whose ships and
enterprise shall command the commerce OF Asia,
and the great islands OF the great intervening
He will cxpafate upon the overland route from the
Atlantic to the Columbia, and then over pacific
sea straight to Chns avoiding The circutous routes
either by the way OF the Cape OF Good Hope, or the
straits Of Magelan-and he will date upon the ul.
timaum OF the early future, when the trade OF Asia
Will pour into the mouth Of the Coumbis, snd thence
tinent the surplus for European supplies, being ex
ported from the cities OF the Atlantic coast. Anc
such q consummation will arrive. Mr.. Allen viii
review the title, and, OF course, as be should will
assume the perfect clearness Of our claim and figh
TO the whole territory-he will look at the Presi
dents message. and his recommendation for tn,
notice and will argue that the time for settlemen
passage Of the resolution and the occupation 81 tn,
whole country at the expiration Of the treaty term
He will dwell upon the necessity OF England Il
keep the peace, and the capacity of this Union Il
MAINTAIN war. He viii expatlate upon the spiri
Of the peopIe-the .demands Of the people-the au
,hority Of the pcople-the voice Of the people-th,
honor Of the p~opie-every thing concerning the
people, for Mr.. Allen is the servant Of the people, a,
he is in duty bound to be- Mr.. Allen will take The
right view of the means by which the power o
England is to be checked-it will be only through
check upon her commerce; and marking her com
mercial sagacity, the command OF the Oregon, ant
the trade OF the Pacific.
Mr., Benton, if he speaks. will refer to speech
OF HE made twentyfiv years ago, Gas he did upoy
the Texas anuexatIon,) which speech (,he Oregon
one) goes for the line Of forty nine and he will
perhaps, also refer 10 the speeches oi Mr. Bates o
Missouri, and Mr. Mitchell, OF Tennessee from
which fir Col Renfnn,a con venience from The Gle