Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1839-02-07
Frera The Baltmore CAronisit.
FROM BEYOND THE ROCKY NoIrN
TAfNS


An lndiIn chief. 10 whom imnor,u,;-
ties had been addressed. with view 10
induce him 10 remove 10 position farther
west than that occupied by bis Tribe. re.
sisted the application upon tie ground
that the cupidiiy Of the white man would
soon reach even that spot, however dis.
tant, and tina, i, would DO as well for bi,
tribe to await its inevitable determination
upon the soil wIthir whose bo,om it's fore
fathers has been deposited. The areu.
ment was pressed. aud, with view TO
render II more improbable that the new
home TO which he was invited would
. ever be invaded By the rude aceressions
OF the white man. he vas urged 10 con
sent TO removal 10 delightful hunting
grounds beyond the Rocky Mounisins.-
1t Is IN vain, SAID this ION OF the forest
with mourniul aud touc hing eloauence.
neither mountain nor flood can stay the
II arch OF the people who have usurpeI
The dominIons OF the red nan Even
now the cabins Of the white settler n,in.
gle With the wIgwams al the foot O!
ihose distant mountains, aad the red
man - last relreaiing before the face Of
the lntTuders.-Soon lac will be driven
- to scale them and take up his abode on
The other side-and yet the white man
viii follow and persecute nnd destroy
him. until the dying shrek of the last
- oil the ladiaa race shall mincle i,.eli
with the roar Of the Pacific"
The prophecy Of the Savage Chief il
rapidly approaching It's fulGlment The
Rocky Mountains are no longer barrier
10 Tie white man. He has taken Up his
abode beyond them. and even now. from
The distant regions on the other side of
tie siupendous chain. come. voice ask.
ing that the laws which govern the rest OF
'hlS nation OF white men may be exisnd-
ed over the dAellers upon tie very shores
OF The Pacific. A petition of this nature
from The inhabitants of the Oregon Text
tory was presented in the Senate on Mon
day, and the day IL evidently not FAR dis
iini when that territory, OF Whose very
existence large number Of the pcoplo Of
the L. States are profoundly ignorant
wall claim her place amongst the conieG-
erAted states OF the Union In less than
twenty year.. ~ all probability the whole
/ OF tie Territory within the Northern
! aud Southern boundaries Of tie nile j
/ STATES, from the Atlantic 10 tie Pacific
/ vail De under the government Of separate
so'eroignues, owing political allegiance
TO The Federal Government OF this Union.
/ The mind contcmpIates, ain 5st with dis.
I may, The immense eXten, Of this vast ter.
( n'oty Its boundless physical iesourccs-
ITS huPehdous political poweT-and the
I grandeur q its position ia The family a
nations, whoa. IN the enjoyment Of peace
. with all the world and ia The careful and
Industrious cultivation of the bouniies and
blessings Of God. It shall have gone on 10
swell its population o. the exiclt 81 ibe
! hundreds 81 millions Inch X can sus'sin
10 cement its widely distant scciisns by
rsIl roads and cannls--io instruct and en-.
tighten Us pcople-io draw more stl,u e.
" together tie bonds of political nud 80.
f. cial union. until. al length iteEhibib Tie
The whole hemspheFe of North America
a. one nation. omitted lJr It, own welfare
~ peace and united against shoms0ever
may ASSAULT 30 war. Wheeler the wees
and Infirmiiies Of human naiure viii ALLOW
such a coosum alton q acre Vain 10 rfo-
/ pheey but an ardeot--pefhaps an over.
paiTIO'lsin vii ever take Do.
light "a anticipating % as the destiny Of
The Union that nov siFctches i,s undispui.
ed Territory from the Atlantic 10 ihs Pa
cihc Seas.