Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-01-10

have a clear, and indisputable right to Inc ""'',
country will bo made apparent to the wor'd' ana
TIM, we should give way to, or crouch ee'o'e '"'
cncroac hmenis Of the British is what no American"
a, lover of bis country will admit.
The following extracts, taken from some -
the leading journals Of the country 'no0g" Tue!
differ in some things, all induce US TO oel'eVe
.ha. war is highly probable.
The course Of our Presiden. in this matter,
has met with the decided appreciation Of the coun'
,ry. lie has only asserted the igAts OF the Unit,
ed States. and in maintaining that right, he will
be supported by the united voice Of tire Amer''
can people.
Tho New York Evening Post, whose veteran
editor is again al its helm, remarking upon The
rcnor,s of active preparations going on at the
English dock. yards, Of which probably, having re-
Gently returned from Europe, he has had some
oprortunity of personal observation, does not at
tach so much importance TO them as others 20 ia
reference 10 the existing dispute between The
United States and Great Britain on the boundary
question. But he takes advantage OF the occasion
10 administer to his Democratic friends The iol'
lowing salutary md timely udmon'tlon:-M's'
sosri Heekly Republicans.
Ru,. although we think Great Britain in no
ba SIZE TO engage in hosilities with the unl'ed
S,o,es. inst rs we believe that our own govern
mani il not disposed rashly 10 precptate the coun'
trv into war, there is yet something 10 be learn
ed from her example. If a war should unhnPpiy
prow out of the controversy, Great Britain VIII
he prepared for tour own country, unless Con-
rress gives the subject its immediate and serious
attention, will not. Our seaporls will be found
without defence, our coast unprotected, and our
commerce will offer a rich prey 10 the enemy.
VaIor we lack not, but it is vaor unorganlzed and
undsciplined; means and resources wo have in
abundance, but the means are not ready TO be "P'
pied ard the resources ore yet to be called or'h.
II is for Congress to be,hnk Itself, before the ses'
sion closes, how our populous and active scaports
are 10 be protected against descent from the en-
cmv. The mos. judicious preparations that we
can hope to make would still leave the dIsadvan'
,ope on our sido at the commencement Of the con.
test. though we might expect that when the spirit
Of the nation was once reused, all deficiencies OF
this kind would be speedily repaired and all dis.
asters retrieved.
Probabilities ofa War.-The friends OF peace,
arc, fear, (says the Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Mercury,) catching at stra~s.
There is no ground for the rumor Of the recall OF
Mr.. Pakenhnm. no reason for the suppositon thai
Great Britain will offer new propositions and GER
,anly there is nothing in the temper of Congress,
of the people, or of the Administration that usti.
fes the belief that the United States will recede
from their present position as to Oregon
Peace or War.-The Now York Courier says
,,y ,fnnorr Is oy rne iJo OF Observation-Disclosures
to the consideration Of this momentous issue, and
that extreme anxiety is evinccd 10 ascertain the
probabilities in other ovent.
j After quoting from tho Washington papers on
this subject, the Courier adds:
Meantime we feel bound 10 say, thai our atvccs
from Washington tend 10 this resut-that the
measures proposed by the Presiden, in regard to
Oregon, will not meet with serious opposition in
either House. II this be so, they will of course
prevail, and our renders must then Judge for them.
selves what the probable effect on England ofsuch
legislation would be. We have said before that
Of themselves no one Of these proposed measures
NOR all of them together--wouId be in violation
of our convention with England; but il adopted
with the nvowed design. at the end of the twelve
our claim over the whole of Oregon up to 81 deg
Az SeC's tIcy u1hS pIoNohV IiLtucuiato IeSlStuuCo
on the part Of England.
We have seen many private letters by the Cam.
bria. all Of which speak more or less Of Oregon,
and all evince anxieiyns To the tenor of the Pres
dents message.
There are expressions III that message which
will produce evaporation in England, particularly
this very unnecessary paragraph;
"At the end Of the years notice, should Con.
gross think il proper 10 MIKE provision for giving
the notice. we shall hnve rcnched re,ied whcn
the national rights TO Oregon must either be aban.
doned or firmly maintained. That they cannot
be abandoned without sacrifice of both 1a,on,I
honor and interes, is too clear TO admit of doubt.
This looks SO like defiance. as--udg;ng from
what we feel would be the effect of like language
addressed to us--to render us not little socitous
about its effects upon people not less highspiri,ed
than n ourselves.
The National Intelligencer, paper 10 which
all will concede great judgmen. and shre wdness,
thinks from evidence which it deems satisfactory,
"that war, as a means of adjusting, the difficulty
with England. IS not within any rational calcuIa.
ton Of probabilities" So may it be.
The Oregm.-We may safely conclude that the
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