...Oregon. One of the planks of the Democratic platform l in the presidential election of 1844 declared that " our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable," as far north as the parallel of 54° 40'. During the campaign Democrats defiantly cried, " Fifty-four...

...corrupt and tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United States." The platform finally declared — " That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon...portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or to any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest...

...platform that "our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable," and that "no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power"; and by demanding "the reoccupation of Oregon" in connection with "the reannexation of Texas," the Democrats...

...so as eventually, perhaps, to make the Columbia River the boundary. By asserting in their platform that "our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable," and that "no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power"; and by demanding...

...silent on the subject of Oregon; but the Democratic platform, adopting the most extreme view, declared that "our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable," and that no part of it ought to be ceded to England or any other power. As the presidential campaign...

...resolved: "That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable, and that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power, and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period...

...favor of the occupation of Oregon. Both projects were linked together in a resolution in which it was resolved: "That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable, and that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power, and that the re-occupation...

...Omaha, 1912, 39. In spite of the bold statements of the Democratic Convention which nominated Polk, "that our title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable, "' it had long been questioned, and was involved in a tangle of historical complications which left...

...Omaha, 1912,39. In spite of the bold statements of the Democratic Convention which nominated Polk, "that our title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable,"1 it had long been questioned, and was involved in a tangle of historical complications...

...no place in it. It is necessary to recall the words of the Baltimore convention respecting Oregon: "Resolved, That our title to the whole of the territory...ought to be ceded to England or any other power." Compare this with the statement in Folk's Inaugural Address : "Nor will it become in less degree my...