The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-27

prayer q thankfunsss for the kindness Of heart sagscy
OF mteec and uncessng labor, which secured 10 them
what Heaven designed Is their portion Of its creation
Long prior to the presidency Of Mr. Polk, the diploma
cy OF the country found the history and progress OF the
latter 70 present questions OF vital importance and OF great
difficulty of amicable settlement For many years moth
ing done In regard to OF them beyond 0cca
siona interchange OF respectful notes between the repre-
tesant accomplishing nothing towards the acquisition or
even the ascertanment OF just rights The advent OF
Mr.. Polk 10 the presidency constituted an epoch IN the
diplomacy OF the country Approaching the example OF
the wonderful man to whom he was at period ken-
ed as junior he thought honesty and frank dealing
applicable the affairs Of nations as TO those OF ndivd
uals and In recognising this impression, he fet IN view
OF his Obligations to his country BY virtue Of his official
relation to it, called upon to adjust amicaby possbie
all disputes with other nations and secure to our country
what we all knew and asserted TO be ours, but what
most OF us were too tmid to with dignity and
tone ADEQUATE 10 insure on the part of the adversary
spect for and acquescence in, the justice OF the claim
In his policy the title to the immense territory Of Ore
gon was no longer be held in abeyance the territory
itself longer TO be il had been, practically British
province and governed BY British laws responsive 70
which he believed to distinguish his countrymen his
judgment told him national respect as well as NATIONAL
justice demanded final and honorable adjustment OF all
questions pertaining to title, and accordingly AZ pc
Rod conemporaneohs with his lnauguratlon to bis fell
low citizens and through them TO England, he distinctly
announced that the time had arrived for conclusion pf
the matter In pursuance OF this enumeration, he sought
cut the gordan knot at once, by giving the notice un.
der the treaty with Great Britain for the termination OF
the joint occupation OF the territory His recommended
ton was eventually adopted but not as early as we now
and he then knew the exgency OF the occasion required
magma Us est mdgnam Donen unum q tdem sentences
senaus BY this OF direcness the settlement OF
the question was precptated on British counsels forcing
them under its urgency, 10 concede what had been SO
long Pernaciously denied to u.s.
1t is hard for SO peculiar is its organization, for the
human mind after the lapse OF an important event, TO
fill he
and fmness essential at the time took place to give
character and drect0n and Herein exists one OF the Sc
past events the nature Of the mind controlling hem TO
exhibit the thought the corrage and the extent OF the
necessary labor to possess accurate informaton
ordinary address @ IN hs q what
inat TO be unmndfu of the fat that the very course
which has given lis what we have, met on its FIRST sug-
geston with every evidence Of our apprehension nor i
lection causes us 10 diminish the weight OF obligation
which, when tightly viewed, the services OF others i'm
pose. Melancholy as is this lnffnity ct human nature
the conduct of the late President in regard to the settle
ment Of the Oregon dispute now receives, and will con-
tnLe to receive, the appreciation OF most OF those who
have taken the trouble to inform themselves correctly on
country some Robertson or Hume, unmoved by passion,
by prejudice but looking to the relations then
subsistng between the different nations OF Europe, the
dependence OF England the United States for all the
material to keep in motion her factories, and thereby TO
save millions of her people from starvation; the extent
and variety of her ENVIRONMENTS with her colonies, and
OF the globe eversh to shake off the paterna authority
will have difficulty in awarding TO Mr. Polk the high
credit of having selected the precise time when resoue
Of rgh, and justice Would mot @ s. could
of him. that he had the sagacy to secure to his country
this rghtful possession Ia work battling the skill and
fortune d his and that TOO from one OF me
strongest nations OF the earth without the loss OF single
life.
A perfect knowledge Of the geography Of countyis
essential both to its defence and the development Of is
government. Mr. Polk had distinct conception. He
OF those who believe that in the dispositions OF
nature certain boundaries established. indicating the
necessity OF homogenousness OF government andpf pop
uation for particular districts regions OF country and
therefore early friend OF the acquisition Of Texas,
measure consummated during his administration. He
plainly enough II essential to country that
should have the Mississippi valley in its integrity;
that, bounded on the north by the possessions OF
Great Britain, the trade and commerce Of the mighty
West ought 10 have certain and safe outlet in
another direction, which would not be the In time
Of war. il Texas had fallen into the possession OF the
great maritime nation possessing most Of the BAHIA
in the Caribbean sea- Apart from the fact that the
development Of the mineral and agricultural wealth
Of this large territory would increase the power and
merce OF the Union, he was well satisfied, most per-
will be on looking at map OF this continent that
its possession by was indispensable In times oil
tona embodiment 10 secure the immense wealth hourly
into the Gulf Of Mexico Impressed with this convic-
ton, and sympaihizing in the feelings Of our coun-
trymen, who were not only the jewellers in that land
but its deveers from the most cruel and yrannca gov
eminent which ever oppressed people, he oyfuly uni
gress an acknowledgment Of its independence Of Mex.
co and recognition Of its power like to that Of other
nations to negotiate treaties OF commerce. Of amity and
even OF annexaiioh.~
Whatever difference Of opinion may have existed in
regard 10 the in which Texas acquired there
but few in the country who question the import
ance of the acqusitpn and i is more than probable
that even those when informed by the developments OF
time, will surrender their objections IT, as all have
long since done to that OF Louisiana by the policy OF Mr.
Jefferson il would be difficult, perhaps impossible,
al this day, TO find any American who would be willing
to surrender what secured by the treaty with
France and YET when obtained, passions OF the most
angry character excited, and the most dismal fore
holdings INDUCED in, touching the probable separation OF
the Union Long since the experience OF the nation has
dssipated both, and now, instead OF finding difficulty in
the possession we discover in that region all the as
surances OF strength both to our Union and lis nsttu
TONS which patriotism, interest, aud fratena feeling
Afford Already too, begin TO behold the same graft
flying results flowing from the incorporation of Texas
authorizing us to believe IFS population, like that inhab
ng the older States, will ever keep in view what is due
TO the perpetuity OF Federal Union, 10 rational re-
publicanism, and 20 common brotherhood
Although Mr.. Polk Is not entitled TO the credit oil hav
ing originally suggested the necessity for the recovery Of
the territory had parted with under the Florida trea-
ty he was forced 10 devise the whereby what
had been done by his predecessors should be rendered
available. Notwithstanding England, Russia, France,
and our own government had formally acknowledged
the Independence OF Texas and negotiated treaties with
her infatuated Mexico pefnacously refused to abandon
claim which everything demonstrated her inability to
enforce. To such absurd length was this obsinacy
repudaie the great principles which itself had been
founded. The prctensions of that nation involved IL