President Polk----Mr GalhonD
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The following is the copy ofa letter
from well informed source at Wash
ington city TO the N. o. Jetfersonian.


"Ihe speech Of Mr.. Calhoun is uni.
versally admired, though many of his
positions are deemed untenable. He
certainly does not express the views
entertained by the President of the
United States, nor those of any mem
Der OF his cabinet. A great effort
has been made, in certain quarters, tc
create the impression that recent cir.
cumstances have rendered necessar,
and produced an entire change in the
policy of the President. This is no,
true. His views in reference to Ore.
gon are the same as were expressed
in his Inaugural Address and Message
at the opening of Congress. In hin
there has been no ssvariahleness no,
shadow of turning" IfGreat Brit.
ain shall make any offer to the Uni.
ted States, of a character entitled tc
consideration, the proposition will be
submitted to the Senate, as such pro.
positions were by Washington, in the
early days OF the republic, for their
counsel and advice; and it may Be
that under instructions from that
quarters a treaty Of compromise may
be effected. But no change has ta-
ken place ia the views Of the Presi-
dent, nor will any proposition be en-
tertained unless it shall be more ia.
vorabe to the interests Of and rights
of the United States than any which
Great Britain has hitherto manifest.
ed disposition 10 accept. II trea-
ty shall be concluded on the basis Of
the 10Th parallel. the responsibility
Will not-rest exclusively with the Pre-:
sident.'