Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-06-25

1--WE only inquire" says the Union ''what is to be
the policy Of this illustrious and remarkable Admiisra
ton? But seriously what contrast does it present to the
Adminis a,i,n IF Mr.. Polk. When he came INFO power
his system Of policy was declared and was know to
bph friends and es from the day of his
exas 10 b. a1nexed The Oregon question be
I'D our difficulties with Mexico II be adjusted the tai
if be modified and the independent treasury TO be es
I iabilshed. Thrse were prominent and well d fined
measures. which the people understood and promptly
led to SIS ain and the result was their triumphant
arcorp lshment and The coun'rys uow reap
lrg the benefits OF that Curious and splendid system of
administrative icy. which will fail make the adj
mnl>t alton Of Mr.. Polk the brilliant in our his
tory"
Here five ransrendant facts stated as making Mr.
PoLE' administration ''spendd' from its very dawn
OF these faes. two Che first and a~) were settled be-
fore he came int, power and rle three others are and
must stand he perpetual disgraceS of him who enacted
them. TO refer TO them as 'brilliant' "spendid ;"
is about adrnit it would be to allude among the
hunors Nh PalS career t. his appointment as ambas-
sldor. of gentleman vln. Of lis conduct in the Oregon
negotiation. said from his place the Senate 9Th It it he
(Nr. POLIO saonld prove have consented to such a
REIMBURSEMENT Of all beyond latitude 49o he woul be
sunk 10 depth Of slshOnor tr which the hand of re-
surrectn itself would be able to pluck him up a
gain
The Oregon que ton was TO be seed' And how
was II settled? BY Mr. Folks saying in lis Inaugui1i
what was utterly improper, what forae all negotiation
and then proceeding 10 negotiate; by his forthwith offer
ing to take little than half the claim which he had
pledged his public word to tile country to maintain as
unquestionabe BY his then taking back his own offer
by lis then eSorEng 10 the device equally hopeful and
honorable, Of trying bully Great Britain ont of he
claim by Thus decevng all sides at once Nessrs HAY
wood and Calhoun well as Messrs Hannegan, Allen
and CaSs /; BY almost pungns the country into war
equally mpoiiic and tricky; by making his Organ Stigma
TIE as and others as traitors for recommending just what
he had from The first secretly proposed aud iuay accept
ed ana byat last. after all sorts OF turmoil and duplici
ty swallowing all that he had publicly said. BY the BY
we should be glad in this cunnexion fthe Union would
tell US what has become Of that ''stone which, with
somewhat llerculean cast, it made Mr. Polk "hur to
the summit of the II cky Mountains" fifteen thousand
feet high and three thousand miles away? block out
Of It wovid certainly grace the Washington Monume mt
the tni0ns words to be graved ON it, for the inscpt
ton.
"Our difficulties with Mexico were to be adlsedn
ca and most beautifully adjusted tl.eY by declin
ing to use the alternative resolution Of Congress- passed
expressly that he might negotiate with Mexico and
by invading the territory in dispute between her and
Texasi
And. again in solemn fufment Of his plicht4d
faith, 'the Tariff to be modifed!' Oh srfui and
precious Renaissance Of mans public honor But
to whom had this sacred engage nentbeen gven2 Doubt
less To Pennsylvania, and by that memo able piece of
epistolary truth, the Letter to John X Kane!',
Lastly. all these five facts ndes and Tariffs enacted
the persecution OF our victorious Generals Santa Annals
passports. and hundred other glories being passed
by mark the Administration of Ma. Polk as the
most brilliant IN our history" Aye, made brilliant. by
the downfall Of lococosml Pcstey will bless it there
Tor There was once bright youth called Pheon who
VIII long be celebrated f r having in very splendid
STYLE broken his neck an ever iustns mble,
The corpse of the lamented Gen Gaines has been
taken from New Orleans to Mobile where it was inter-