Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-06-08

PRESIDENT, and those of his party who expec.
10 prohi by IT as individuals, and who con
trol The public funds and public lands e.,
ine'r own a9granaizemenl. II is var which
IS 10 swsiiow up everything for The present.
..eeavlng nothing 10 pay for aid services, rem
dered in the Indian or British wars. Part,
has taken possession Of every inheritance.
and even The lands WHICH belong to the pee
pie are made rspoils" of, lo prop UP the fab
rlc of party extravaganza. In these evil DAYS
justice IS forgotten, and the poor soldier OF
the frontier, and The gallant conbaisni of 1912
must exc OCT miserable existence, because
The national treasure is wanted TO prosecute
war which owes lis origin TO ihe ambition
OF parry schemes and HE perpeiualion of par
~ domination. 20 SUSTAIN it, the general
policy Of this AdpuisiFaIoD has been TO
seize upon, annex, and acquire Territory that
did not belong 10 US; and 70 effect that OBJ
ject of getting land, FIVE different schemes
were hatched up, (ail Of them having The
same tendency-lhe curse OF a large nation
al debt and ihe eylepsiop Of Exrcuiiye PAL
ropsge,) viz;
1. The claim 10 the whole Of Oregon.
2. The annexation of Texas.
3. The extension of Texas from the Nue.
ces 10 the Rio Grande.
4 The Selling upon and holding New
Mexico and California.
5. 40 swallow up" the whole of Mexi
co-according 10 the classic language of a
Democratic Senator.
Out of this grasplng policy-this lust oi
conquesl-lhis war has been brought upon
US; and TO il everything else is made to bend
How long it is al lasr, and phere it is to
stop, the American people must shortly de-
eide.
The suggestion was made by head of an
important department, 1.-THE Secretary of State)
that II would not answer for Texas to go into
the hands of such as would exclude slavery
from it; and thereupon change came over the
Democratic politicians. Mr.. Van Buren's ad
ministration had opposed the annexation OF
Texas, and the lamented Silas Wright (now
no more) opposed it 10 the moment when the
deed was consummated, and regretted it to the
day of his death. Both of these Democratic
statesmen, together with the whole Wing par
ty, resisted the fatal deed. upon the ground,
that, at the time, and under the circumstances
it was calculated to bring on war. These opin-
ions of Mr.. Van Buren,, entertained and pro-
mulgated, were the means of defeating his
nomination at Baltimore in 1874, though a
large majority of the delegates to the conven-
were previously friendly to him, and were
chosen by the people on account Of such pre-
ference. Mr.. Polk (not thought of by any one
when the delegates were chosen) was put be-
fore the country, and resolutions favora Bile to
our claim to the luhole Of Oregon and the an
nexation ofTexas passed with great unanimi
~, and made part and parcel of the new Dem
ocratic creed. The electoral candidates of
this party, their candidates for governors,
members of Congress, and every similar lumi-
nary, preached this new political faith, and,
aided by the usual amount Of falsehood, con-
WINGED small majority of the people that the
election ofMr. Polk would secure s'the whole"
of Oregon, and give Us Texas without war or
Observation-Disclosures the loss of even the
treasure Of the country, or the sacrifice of a
single life. BY these promises, falsely and
hyprocitically made, the American people
were induced to elect the incumbent of the
Presidential chair, and to send to both Houses
Of Congress decided majorities of his friends,
in order to have carried out, beyond peradven-
ture, the sublime measures of the Baltimore
Convention. ! have designated these premi-
ses hyprocritical, and ! beg that the country
may be informed on this subject, and that in
all future time we may be we'd from the re-
pitt ton of such scandalous deception.
Let me, Mr.. Chairman, exhibit single ip-
stance of this gross political fraud-this get
ting potcs under false pretences-during the
canvass of 1874. At the BALTIMORE copyen-
on the nonina ton of Mr.. Polk, the following
resolution was adopted:
"RcsolUcd. That our title to the WHOLE of
the territory Of Oregon is clear and unques-
tionable; that NO PORTION of the same ought
To h. a1a1 tn 9th
en-"
Here was pledge as broad as language
could convey; and made by convention ofde-
legstes selected TO give effect TO the principle
of the party. 1t was made in open day-aftel
consultation and refection-and was one Of
the great measures upon which 1t entered the
campaign of 1874. This is not all. The ora
tors and pamphleteers spoke and wrote the
same language, and pretended to enforce the
same toctrines. | will read an extract from a
pamphlet headed ''OREeoN.' published by tht
Democratic Association Of Washington, d. c.
as follows:
SO, Mr.. Polk, by his letter of the 23d O.
April, 1874, before quoted, stands pledged to
| the occupancy of the whole Of Oregon, and
against the surrender of 'any portion of i
to 'ssGreat Britain. or any other foreign Pow
en-"
90, The Democratic Convention which no
minated Mr. Polk az their candidate for tn,
Presidency, adopted unanimously the resolu
ton before quoted in favor of the occupanc!
of Oregon, and against the surrender OF an!
portion of it.
''The issue, then, is clearly presented as 1
British and American queation-Clay anc
England on the one side, Polk and Amerc;
on the other. Shall the stars and stripes 0
the Union, or the red cross st. George, wav
I forever over the territory of Oregon? Shall
republic or monarchy be established within
n its limits, and our children, and our children
children, or those of Great Britain, culivat
the soil, supply its markets, and control it
destiny? The question is momentous, and lie
every freeman reflect that single vote ma
decide the issue, noo and forever, for or agains
! his country"
J; Well, Mr. Chairman, flames K. Polk an
America" succeeded over "Clay and Eng land;
;, and what has been the result? The '-pledge
candidate the sd 40-ite--the "whole {
none" nan-succeeded, and what has happen
+ ed? Does the "red cross of st. George wave,
;, over any portion of Oregon? "Oh, tell
not in Gath--pubiish it not in the streets {
II Askefon," this identical James X. Polk CAV
e Up ST 40, and came down to 49--makea trea