General Cass And Oregon

Gen. Cnss eeems to be the most warlike Of lII our politica! men, and to have a mortal an;ipat!iy to the British nation. ín Ibis respect ie diners from all our statesmen, unlesg we include Mr. Wise among the number. Messrs. Calhoun nnd Van Buren are quite peaceablein their deportment: Mr. Clay believes moie in diplomacy than in violenceCol. Johnson seems to be satibfied with the ijlory of having killed Tecumseh; whíle Webster, on several prominent o ccasions, has taken occasion to congratúlate the nation on its continual stato of peace, nnd to deprécate war as disastrous, dcstrnctive, demoralizing and contrary to the spirit of the christian religión. Similar sentiments ha-e been expressed by Lord Brougham in Kngland. Since his return trom France, we have noliccd m published articles of Gen. Cass, a war spirit, ;breathi'ng out thrcatenings and siaughter ' agninst Eng-i land, unless she will immediately comply with every iota of his demanda. As we understanJ hirn, he would not even irïuke a forrial demand u;on Englnnd for her ultimatum qpon the disputed poinls between the two countries, but would proceed at once to seize on uil we Ihink tobe our duo, and keep it by the sword, if need be. He "would not wasto he time in fruit less diplomatic discussions." Any person of observation knows that such a principie, carried out in private life, would set every man to quarreling with his neighbor, and give rise to interminable lawsuits or personal conflicts. In the intercourse of neighbors, there is a kind of neutral ground where the bounde ries between mine and yo-urs are indistinctly marked, or not marked at all. - Each may honestly think he has as good a right to it as his neighbor, and if each determines he will have it all events, and proceed to take it without any atttmpt to arrange the difficiilty, hostilities are inevitable, and must continue unül one party or the other is so far discomfited as to be unablc to continue the contest. The sanie is true with regard to nations. They may honestly diner in their opi .nion of what territory or privileges properly belong lo them; but does it therefore follow that the difficuity must be adjusted by the test which brute beasts have adopted - the right of the strongest? If General Cass presenta himselfas a President? al cfindi(]atepJedged to make warwith England, without further negotiatione, in case of his eleciion, the matter ouglit to be generally understood. In his reply to an invitation to atlend the Oregon Convention ai Cincinnati, Gen. Cass says: "I would takc and hold possession of the Territory upon the Pacific, corne what might. It is ours by all the principies which regúlate the riglits of nntions. I would not waste the time in fruitles9 diplomatic discussions.- While we argne, England acts. She is already on the rond townrds universal domination. With words of Philantlirophy and schemes of ambition, she is seizing station after station, wherever she can make a lodmsnt, and where she can best effect her designs of agrandizement. For niVKelf, I would not yield an inch to her unjust pretentions. We may as well meet her first as last, for meet her we must, or sunender our riglits and our honor. I would have no red lines upon the map ot Oregon. Let us keep our owii, and keep it wilh a stong hand i f need be. We muy as well contend for Oregon, as for Washington, for our tule to each is equally clear, and if f rom timidity, under the name of forbearance, we give up the former, we may soon again have to fight for the [latter. No nation ever secured its own safety, or the esteem of the world, by pusillanimity, whatever guise thiá may have ass-umod . 'íhe province of Seinde in India, and the half civilized Sandwich Islands, have just been soized by the Brilish force. And Oregon, and 1 believe California, will soon follow if our Government and people do not display more energj than we have receutly put forth, and say to this ambilious nation, thus far shallyou come, but no farther."{L7= RíUhburn's temí of imprisonment expires in a few weeks. It ia thought that he may bfi pardoned by Gov. Bouck beforethe expiration of the term, and thus his expatriation be prevented. It is sairi that he will come out poor, having almo&t nothing left of his former posessions. It is understood that no further legal proceedings will be inslituted against him. 05a The Congregational Church in Vaterbury, Conn. hnve ccnsured tboir pastor for refusing to invite a elovcholder into his.pulpit, andby a vote of 18 against 8, have "Resolved, That this church is of the "optnion, that the Himple fací of a person holding the relation of a master to a elave, otherwise in a regular standing, and having all other requisites, is not sufficient to preclude a minirfter f'roin our pulpit, nor a brother from our communion."(L7 "The Whig papers in lhis district will piense copy." Tliis request follows the cali for a Conven tion of the Whigsof lhis, the Third Congre6sional Ditricf, which now nppears in the Deiroit Advertiser. Will neighbor Bates inform us where the Whig papers of the Third