New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-09
Our Foreign ReIatrony-0regon.

The recent Correspondence between our Execu-
tive and the British Minister the subject Of ORE
CON was at length communicated TO the House on
Saturday, and its substance is given above but
for the practical monopoly of their first use of all
important Documents permitted to the Presidents
Printer to Congress, we should have been able to
present the official letters in full, but the summary by
cur vigilant Washington Correspondent may be
trusted.) We hope the whole will be thoughtfully
considered by the Country.
We have here n farther demonstration of the
baneful influence on our National prosperity and
peace wrought by that dishonest trick OF political
gamblers, the Oregon manifesto of the Polk-Balti-
more Convention, asserting that our right TO Tie
tchole territory up to $40 40 is clear and unques
tionable' This declaration made respecting
bhousandsof square miles of rocky wilderness which
had never even been seen by citizen of this Coun-
try. concerning the whole Of which we had nego-
tated and argued for thirty years preceding that de-
claraton as Spain and Great Britain had done during
the thirty years preceding and of which nine enths
bad been in British possession, so far as any civil
ICED power had possession of it, for the last quarter
of century, under the sanction ofrepeated Treaties
with these United States Year after year of this
whole period have efforts been made to induce Con-
gress to do something by way of asserting practi-
cally rights in Oregon and in every under
the ascendency of whatever party, the movement
has been defeated. AT length desperate party,
seeing in this question the means of healing its Zero
ious internal dssensions and Of winning the votes
{ the grasping and reckless, raises the war-whoop
for the whole Of Oregonr Aided by this issue it
riumphs and Mr.. Polk is elected President He
reechoes the war cry in his Inaugural, though inn
mediately thereafter he offers to Great Britain q
compromise conceding 10 her one.haf Of the terri
tory of which his party had just claimed the rcho,
as our clear and indisputable property. His ten
der being less than we had offered and Great Brit
ain refused years ago. is declined. And now it il
the turn Of the rival claimant to make proposition
She does 80, and makes which all candid, peace
loving men must pronounce a manly and fair one
She says in substance, Since we cannot agree II
divide the territory, propose TO submit the Who'll
matter in controversy 10 competent mutual
chosen Arbiters selected in such manner yo
shall deem just and abide their decision" Messrs
Polk and Buchanan poin,edly and repeatedly rcfus,
this; and there the question now stands.
And ,cAy is Arbitration refused On the assump
ton that the tchole is clearly indtsputa6y ours an
ing,on City. But this assumption is refuted by on
long land quiet acquesccnce in British possession
1.-THE land now in dispute-by our protracted neglec
of the whole region West of the Rocky Mountain
-andby our repeated offers Including MIR. Folks
TO divide the whole territory in dispute. Howeve
pausbly defended in Mr.. Buchanan 8 logic the refu
sal of our Government TO Arb,rate places us clear
in the wrong. and such will be the Judgment OF n
impartial world
Great Britain we presume, will hero rest. an
await the next proposal from us. That Mr.. Pol
would promptly make one, if he did not fit 10 al
cept that made to him, but for the labyrinth Of IL
EQUITY in which he has been involved by the Bait
more juggle, we cannot doubt, He is naturally
man of Peace and has the bulk Of the Cotto
interest at his back But crippled, loaded as h
is we do no; see what he can do, except Il
urge Congress to take ioreibe possession of IN
whole territory, expeing the British flag from Ore
goE-and that is plainly War. The diplomatic as
surances of Lord Aberdeen do not reach the MAJ
row Of the matter The British Government ma
not have armed Of late with special reference I
Oregon butt, has augmented its available forces
and If we rejec, all peaceful propositions and call il
the Sword as The only srb;,cr we will trus, TO- she
amply ready for that alternative. LIE, us look tn
facts fairly in the face
The House will today stop the Debate on III
Oregon Question and proceed to vote on the va rou
propositions before the Committee of the Whole
We presume that of Mr.. T, BUTLER KIso, urcin
Arbitration will hardly be pressed to the Yeas an
Nays. If il should be, the Administration force
will be rallied to vote down, and then it will b
clamored that the Wings voted in hopeless minor
~ for the British proposition in order to embarra
our Government Were any practical good TO
achieved by this would be incumbent on us to ta'
the obloquy and misrepresentation but we cam
perceive that any such is 10 follow. Some of d
Wings will vote agains, giving the Notice at all, b
more. we think in favor of giving It in such form
shall indicate desire for peaceful settlement. L