Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-29

'ne indomitabie JACKSON was expended in encour-
agement 70 Mr. Folk to take that tone which, as we
snail hereafter show. was assumed by the Admin
istrahon and Its organs upon the Oregon question:
The real source Of the Resolution Of the Balti-
more Convention on the Oregon subject is how
ever, notwithstanding this strongly crcumstantiaI
evidence, shrouded in mystery. Little attention
was paid at the time, believe, to the contents Of
that Resolution. No particular importance, GER
tainly, was attributed to it, nor any consequence
expected to flow from it. 1t went for very little in
the canvass Of 1874, which it preceded.
The Oregon controversy was, when President
FOLK came into power, in the course of renewed
and perfectly friendly negotiation between the Min
listers of the United States and Great Britain. No
unfavorable symptom had appeared in it, but the
contrary nor had any thing occurred to precipitate
actionslpon the subject by this Government. Only
few days before the Inauguration Of Mr.. Polk,
the Senate had been officially apprized by President
TYLER, in answer to call by that body for infor-
nation on the subject that considerable progress
had been made in the discussion, which had been
carried on in very amicabe spirit between the
two Governments, and that there was reason to
hope that 1t might be terminated, and the negotia
ton brought to close, within short period.t
Such was the state of the Oregon controversy
when Mr.. Polk relieved Mr. TYLER from the helm
OF the ship Of State. Far out of sight of rocks or
shoals, with a smooth sea and a fair wind, every
thing promised prosperous voyage. Least of all
was the distant coast in the Northwest expected to
interpose any obstacle to it.
It was with no little surprise, therefore, to the
Public that the subject of the Oregon controversy
was found conspicuous and anomalous feature in
Mr. PoLK's Inaugural Address, on the 4th of March,
le45, in the following terms
Nor will it become in a less degree mn day
TO assert AND MAINTAIN, by all constitutional means,
the right of the United States to that portion of our
territory which lies beyond the Rocky mountains.
Our title to the country Of the OREGON is clear
and unquestlonabe; and already are our people
preparing to perfect that title by occupying il with
their wives and children
This was the first official announcement to the
world of any intention on the part of the United
States to RIGHT to The ,chole of the Oregon
country. The word whole" is not used by the
President in the preceding exAact, but it is implied,
and, as will be made plain in the sequel, was in
tended by him to be so understood.
In the interval of time from the 4th day of
March to the meeting of Congress in December
following there was no further opportunity, of
course, for the President to communicate directly
with the People. But on the first Of May an off,
cia journal was established in this city, by the title of
/" the Union," avowedly the organ Of the Execu-
tive, which, from the first moment Of its existence,
became the mouth-piece Of the President and from
tbot a., - H. L
sentiments and wishes.
On the very first day after the Editor Of the
new government paper made his bow to the Pub
lie, the Oregon question came under discussion
when the President 1--WE should say from his own
pen) justifes his introduction into his Inaugural of
a positive assertion of right to all Of Oregon;
assertion directly contradcted by the very fact
"AssExAros had its origin in the counsels Of Generals
Jackson and Horsros and TrLERs inauspcious manage
nent maned it in the progess."-Go6e, March 4, ls45.
The following passage in a letter from General
JACKSON his friend Mr.. BLAn, dated the Hermitage,
May 8. is45, and published in the Union"
ceived in this city
Our friend Col Polk viii Ia blank leh here n the
pubcaon the braggadocio and buser Of Peel and
Russell, put forth this time TO alarm the md and spur up
the American traitors. Ny dear friend exhausted and
must close. blubber Of water from the the
crown Of my head, and every line write pause for
breath"
The suboned Is extract OF letter from Capt. WIZ
LIAM TrAcK giving account Of Gen. JAcKsoss last i'll
ness and published in the Union ser his death. Under
date Of June 2, is45-sx days only before his decease
Capt Track writes follows
The General said, We have made disgnceul sacrifice
Of our territory important portion Of country
given away England without shadow Of title the part
Of the claimants has been shown by the admissions Of the
English Ministers referring in Parliament TO the Kings
map on which the boundaries delnestej and Of
which they spprzed when urging their demands
fright the side Of the American people, and 6rmness
in mantaning it he continued, with trust in God slone will
them the integrity Of the possessions Of which the
British Government would deprive them am satisfied
that they will and vindcste what justice awards them
and that part Of territory country ,oH be sub
nitted 10 any arbitration but Of the cAssoss MOUTH"
II little curious that, nine months after the delivery
Of this oracle, the Executive employed nearly identical Ian
susge in the form Of copcusive for rejecting the ar
bon Of the Oregon question: proposed by the British Gov
ernment through It's Minister, Mr.. PAxKSHAm;
"The undersigned will however, proceed to state single
reason which, apart from the intrinsic difficulty OF selecting
suitable arbitrator well other considerations that might
be sdduced, is concpsipe the mind Of the Presidenf
against reference Of this question TO arbitration IN any
form hich be depised matter ,ohaf may be the cha
r. .Irflrr