Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-09-09
e rom the Democratic Revie,c,
OREGON.

n N H. OREGON.
If1he iusbss, lance of the Oregon Territory has
~ hsp only considered, nor its value properly
-. sSsss.S' the people of the United States In
- 49, n very little has been known Of its COM
Whies Llphica features, and less of its to
4tsea EsoeGd immense resources, which have
fHysfI. ~ An obscurity, been stea lthily car
{ ~ sbs grasping cupidity of foreign mo.
\ se,F Pa :5ident Monroe did indeed refer to it
Jessa"t. ssage TO Congress, and recommend
s atsac. N hment of a military post at, or near
Z upon the the Columbia river, as protection
S7Ee same fisheries and our commerce with the
vering az President Adams at the commence.
n upon acceeding Congress, reiterated the
III nendation for the same reasons, a6d.
~ =. Stf'stlon that general exploration of
y ,1.0, .ss9t coast was expedent; but neither
= b6t=u I'd a: the still higher importance of
'sssn ,slres of the settlement of the country
encouragement and protection to colo
LII attention was paid to their sugges-
Asi'tna " .lrs Congresses to which they were nd-
"' Or has there been since-except an oc.
;, . solution, report, or speech upon the
~ shin few years, some definite mea-
q Asfsssssen proposed, and able reports and
.rood - ,een made in reference to the great
.idet :. fa.itical advantages to be attained by
tnkng immediate possession of our Pacific frontier,
and thesabl affording safe and easy protection
70 or coGanerce, and offering an lnducemeDt for
private enerprise to direct its attention that way
But even row our people seem reluctant to be
awakened 10 It's great and growing agricultural, as
wel!as pc. 'cal and commercial importance; or the
daily aggressions there made upon the treaty rights
and honor 'our nation by that mighty creation and
secret engine of the English aristocracy, the Hud.
son Bss Company, which for power and dsposi.
tcn 10 20 evil is second only to its eldest sister,
1 the nrS,Ssli0as East India Company.
~ The vast extent Of unoccppied territory lying
4 tatween the Allegany and Rocky mountains has
rcuped SO much attention that little thought has
peer sAstowed upon what lies beyond. Parents
NJ seyefeiy enough Ohided the rowing disposi.
~ q OF Their enterPrising sous and daughters who
YES no. content to remain forever in sight of the
Old homestead, but resolved to trv their fortunes
bf Tho pTairies of Illinois among the openings of
wisconsin and Iowa. 1t is not long since resolu
ikt to settle on the banks of the Ohio was rdicuI.
90 aa'.sh oil enserprsug New England as drea.
Z iey and Preposterous in the extreme. The
gcod o.e fnrltan mothers were active in circulat.
ng pa''Ph e's ana carcatures, depicting in the
most wing colors, the poverty and wretched.
ness u th'se fool hardy emigrants who left the
nl'ls ahd fock bound shores of their early boues
1o'ais' ar away in the savage Wilderness
Iemet oer to have seen one; published within
w pass'''.ty years, which represented family
~ - 'S'n .no Darren and desolate West" !"
aryed and forlorn that thew could with dif;.
IT, retrf CO their ioclish steps: The wife; with
hali do = sick children bols,ered in a rickety
cart, into shiod was harnessed. with cords and
= - an I'D raw boned horse which wos ,rv;n,
Ma. ~ - sone low dry mullen stalks bv the va "
49, wniln inc father leaning on a crutcb and
4 49, -s ,irecting some ragged hove ir -, 80
sscned fpg cabin to beg fos food. Th. f. ,nso
en the Mohawk. in those Times. :. IT, uermen
54o1 home, that whoever settled ~. % "a,
e expected to stbrh more ea than aase one. could o.
a xsrs sre o,o Ssaeses see valley and the Holland
clouds are all dispersed. ana ,s,S wSr,d- u
s segbears which they .hadowed. ''e% q
AgT Nys Of agreeabletravel, al tria;no g. a
9ss the once unapproachable VI es, nte.se NJ .se
or neighborhood with New England IiU ;..s,s .ns
quarter of century, at tho same r,,e ,,;el' !:
,mept, will see our frontera at the hass " =.
Mountains, OF; If proper stems us sss o o.
v.f Government, on the shores Of tha p. D.
Ssd weekly mails passing and ren...;.s ~. a
sngor to the city Of !" Chenook" "s',he q, ,Sg
'ssf The Columbia. At 'ne