The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-01
90 Relations with England.

Pakenham and Mr.. Buchanan, which took pla
be last summer when the proposition Of the Amerc,
Government was Withdrawn, and up to the prese
period. the mystery has only been increased.
ON this subject we have received the followir
y private communication from correspondent
Washington =
have ever regarded you person of sound. excs
lent sense and clear Judgment; and in condnctin ~
Herald you certainly first in procuring the Ca6;n
Information Nevertheless you are occasionally led 4
TO error Aou
During the p7st week, have noticed in vour nansr
.htmation IRON private advices undoubted author
Nc oi e Gregon negotati,n having been re-oper
the trath OF the statement ~ 'P.iSi' ichahce o
hw ,Sa r D. am constrained to tax your sincerit,
r fi man 10 question your judgment Your CORE,
ponasn's may all be good men and true-withai ,rr
IN ana sagacous persons, enjoying full con6denc
hand IN glove with Mr.. Pakenham-yery c"nsncna.,
se'emen 100 as much loungng about bar roam
fact diving ~ vana avenue can make them-i
M, aeep INTO the secrets Of the whole commun
,-out with due Difference for their reliable somrca
oed - humble individual having hopes Of beng en-
tne report, wind-mere wind sir y p'onouho
ia; M me your ear, Mr.. Bi say the Oregon nepot;a
mas nor neen re-opened, either here or in To5Jn
nor is there the remotest prospect of Il IT, p,
will not yield the right to navigate the Co
lumoia and entertain hopes of peace7ui arren,
ment' except through arbitration or mediation "a"se
and OF our government has been too plainl,
Course sae known to admit Of a doubt as to ths
far m
,a STANDS thus England must recede-the fTn;tae
'' Te mus, recede, or both must fight
mugs are wearing most serious asnoct ord ..ou
pe no false reasoning in the minds Of any stor;a
Saa caoie adjustments SC, may lull the public into
Will possibly dissipate the mist and rive hint ~ ~
line 70 onr upon the visit of twenty sail Of the
beiieve, Mr. B., that stranger things NAV hanna, o.,
40 not rldicule these ideas of - sffS' "'''
The last Washington Union has also the follow.
Ing paragraph
IT, from the Washington Union Dec 2sJ
the a e sso YORK NeDs. reported from Washington to
ara .;eot eat settlement of the Oregon BOUNDARY
question had been concluded in London betwssn ~
a, cove nment and Mr. McLane on the basis of the
for ues rec the proposition having come from the
c, AS we are at present advised, this report is not
the same h Tumors are aioat in the papers, touching
ton. 'f'""! oesutute Oh iounda-
'he washington Union had not, during the last
SUMNER and up to recent date, deceived the public
ana violated the truth in several respects relative to
me movements OF the government, we should have
been more ready 20 believe its assertions now.
bui what confidence can be reposed in an organ
that impudenily denied the fact that Mr.. Buchanan
offered the 49th parallel of latitude Int summer 10
Mr. fakenham, .or that Mr.. Polk had sent Minis.
ter to Mexico, at the time when these two state
ments were true We very much afraid tina.
the statement OF our correspondent, together with
that OF the Onion, both precisely the same kind
OF myslfcation and special pleading, intended TO
deceive.
we VIII now state what we believe, from all that
we can ascertain, to be the position OF the ne
gotiatlons between the two countries
When Mr. Buchanan withdrew the proposition
OF the 49th parallel from Mr. Pakenham, the latter
minister sent by the next steamer to England the
w nj fha pJano ,Lo, Lal
between him and the American Government In
consequence of some negligence or delay, Mr.. Blu
chanan did not, al that time, apprse Mr.. McLane,
our minister at London, OF what had been done in
Washington, relative to the Oregon question AS I
soon as 1.-THE British Government received their
dispatches from Mr. Pakenham, an informal init
nation was given TO Mr.. McLane, through Lord
Aberdeen, of the peculiar position of the matter
between the two governments, and its abrupt termi-
nation. This lntmatIon was accompanied by the
British Minister with some regrets, reflectngon the
abruptDess something OF the same nature oftheir
Minister at Washington, leaving impression
the mind of Mr. McLane, that the British Govern
ment would be glad 10 make settlement OF
the question, the compromise offered by
Mr. Buchanan, or something approaching that line.
Mr.. McLane was thus apprised through the British
government Of what had taken place at Washing.
ton, before he received any ntmation OF the facts
from his own government. He wrote several let
tiers TO his friends in New York and Baltimore, ex-
pressing regret at the conduct of his own govern
ment, and the unpleasant position that Mr.. Bucha-
nan had placed him in. II will be recollected that
about that time several statements appeared in the
newspapers containing the sentiments OF Mr.. Nc
Lane towards the American government.
BY the next steamer, however, MIR. McLane was
put In possession of the abrupt termination of the
negotiations at Washington ana the whole cores
pondence. Either about that time or shortly after,
one or more informal conversations took place be-
tween Mr. McLane and Lord Aberdeen, IN which
notice was taken OF the abrupt termination
OF the negotiations at Washington The Bri-
fish Minister expressed a great desire to
settle the difficulty on an equitable principle of
compromise, but not mentioning what those
particular points would be. 1t was general decla-
ration of an earnest wish the part OF the British
Government to settle the matter amicaby with the
American Government What the express terms
might be was lett to conjecture. Mr. McLane COM
municated this important information OF the views
OF the British Government, TO Mr. Buchanan, by
the last or the previous steamer And shortly after.
wards Mr. Pakenham had an interview with some
members OF the American government, on ule
same and other subjects. Out OF these facts II was
very naturally inferred at Washington, that there
would be difficulty between the two governments
and that some point of compromise would be
agreed upon between them, commencing the ne
collation. at the forty-ninth parallel, where Mr.
Buchanan had LETT 1t off. These friendly feelings
and views were communicated by Mr.. Pakenhan
al Washington to many of his friends, and also by
several members IF the Cabinet TO their friends
On these communications many persons natural,
jumped at the conclusion that negotiations were re
opened, and that there was e'ery prospect of the dit
ficulty being terminated in a saort time either ii
London or Washington, but it was generally suppo