Oregon, Great Britain, etc.
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sTTe Union of Friday evening thus speaks on
The Oregon 1ueston-we presume by Au'hori'y;


1.-THE New-York Courier suggests arbitration. we un
derstnnd that Mr. Calhoun declined this proposition when
made by the British Minister-and declined H. II Is sai
upon grounds of the strongest character we are ooe
10 whit for the publication OF that document with the gen.
sral remark that II is Seldom If ever that the unpage OF


third power has been able to settle satisfactorily ihe con-
trovcrsy between two States III relation 10 uspu'eu i
ritory.


This general remark is entirely too general
The award of the King Of Holland, in regard to our
North. Eastern Boundary, forms substantially the
ossis of the ultimate adjustment of thatqaeston-an
adjustment better for either party than the conces
.ion to il of the whole disputed territory And any
award which an impartial arbter could make in the
case of Oregon would quite as advantageous TO us
IS the surrender of the whole by Great Britain What
can we want of region North of the 5Otli degree
,i North latitude Have we not an abundance tor
half the population Of the Globe of far better
land than any of that Frazer's River region?


We profess 10 be people who hate War and
cherish Peace, Now suppose we reject Great Brit
aims offer of arbitration and resolve to take the
whole territory by force, War must inevitably re-
suit. And could our course in provoking it be jusl-
lied before Coz or Man?


Against one pC'JtCl Ilioo'eu III 'ue N'oNel"iioh'
journals-that of mixing up the settlement OF the
Oregon Question with the negotiation OF Com
mercial Reciprocity Treaty-we desire to enter a
most determined protest If Mr.. Calhoun or Mr..
Van Buren, can be induced TO go to England as a
S,ecal Minister to settle the Oregon Boundary, we
say Amen. All Mr. Polk need then do is TO give
he Plenipolenliary wide discretion and tune his
organ over again on lower key. Sending Min
,ster merely to ask Great Britain 10 surrender the
whole territory and desert her people settled there
these forty years would be a very foolish waste OF
public money But sending Statesman out TO le-
;slate in London. by the help Of the British Min
sry, on matters of The highest and purely domestic
concern, is quite another matter. We are notllkely
10 settle serious difference by complicatins with /,
question already perfectly adjusted, and wisely so
Let us continue 10 make our own Revenue Laws,
md leave Great Britain TO manage hers. Com
nerc:al treaty with one Nation is sure 10 give rise
% complaints from and disputes with other Nations
resulting often in very troublesome differences
Dur Executive has work enough to adjust our eX
,-rnal relations with Foreign Powers, but when ii
ousies itself with overhaullug and rsmodeiing Ia


s it invades the proper province OF Congress, and
should be rebuked and arrested.