Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-06-05

Vernment paper oil this sympathy between the Adj
ministraon and its organ. We need go no further
back than last Tuesday for one. On that day the
Government "went mad'' upon the strength of an
article in that mornings Integenccr, and the same
night the 8 Union" raved like any bedlamite.
TO be serious, however, We have supposed a
case, above, in which it may have been the policy
of the Government to mislead the public mind, lin
stance of this policy just now occurs to mind,
with statement of which we will conclude what
we have to say to-day.
AT the commencement of the Session of Con-
gress in ls45, when the country was astound-
ed by the beligerent aspect of the Presidents
Message on the Oregon question, we endeavored to
break Its iorce and in some degree to calm the
public mind, by extracting from the Constitution
a paper recently removed from this city to Balt-
more, whose Editor was known to be in the con-
idence of the Executive-evidence, satisfactory to
us, that Mr.. McI.ANE, then our Minister at Lon
don, authorized to suggest informally to the
British Government or to assent to if proposed by
it, boundary-lne far short of ffty-four-forty, and
indeed the very line afterwards agreed upon in the
treaty. The disclosure of the fact of such au-
thority having been given to Mr.. McLANE was,
from some reason or other, much deprecated by the
President and his Cabinet, and of course by the
government paper. The Editor of that paper re-
presenting the dignity of the Executive, offended
at having its course found out or even guessed at,
took high ground on the occasion in expressing
astonishment at our presumption. He assured
his readers that we had " sadly blundered;" )" that
our Interpretation of the article was "certainly
incorrect;" that g no such instructions had been
transmitted to- London - that no such propo-
sition had been made y that there was mo in
tention entertained Of transferring the negotiation
to London;" that no expectation, no idea, was
formed here of renewing at London the PROPOSE
ton of our Government which had been declined
at w ashngton y and, finally, that all our "inge-
NOUS speculation y and diplomatic subtlety fell
proftless to the ground Then, pitching his tone
yet higher, he further informed us that "whateuer
be the ethics Of The diplomatic school 10 Which
IL The National LateHgencer1 belongs, THE PRE-
SENT ADMINISTRATION USES NO FoRKED TONGUE"
We have not time to tell the whole story,
but the upshot of il is, that Treaty having the forty
ninth parallel for its basis soas arranged in London
ouSSquChiy suoihittCu W anu eHleTldlneu Dy Ine
Executive, and under the advice of the Senate ac-
cepted and ratified and, upon the return home OF
Mr.. McLANE, the Public were informed, substan
tally, by letter from his own hand, that he had
been influenced to enter upon the mission on account
of the identity of his views with those OF the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet, none of whom had expected
or desired settlement of the question any other
basis than the adopted, and for advocating which
this press had been SO repeatedly denounced as
guilty of moral treason The following is Mr..
McLANE's language on this subject:
Having some knowledge, from my official posi-
ton at that time, of the policy and objects of the
convention of 1928, am quite persuaded that its
main design was to ead in future pal titon of the
territory, TO the recognition of our claim to the
country, north, but south of the 18th parallel
and between that and the Columbia river d-
vision of the country upon that principle. with
reasonable regard to rights grown up under the
joint possession al,cdys appeared TO me to afford
just and practical basis for amicable and hon
orable adjustment of the subject Such, also,
soas satisfied, oOere the UieWS Of our Government
al the time engaged IN my recent mission !;
AND / EARNESTLY AND STEADILY LABoRING TO
EFFECT SETTLEMENT UPON THAT BASIS, UaS
: bm representing the policy Of my own Govern
menf, AND FAITHFULLY PROMOTING THE INTEN-
TIoNs AND WISHES OF THE PRESIDENT"