The Cecil Whig., 1843-10-28

from me eastern OfQhS." NOW ~ ''is
is The cast, it is worse than useless lu
make he prese ent proposition, winch ny
holding OUT false inducements 10 accom-
plsh ends hey"nd our reach, would un-
necessarily disturb the public tranquility
Bul is il the ca>e2 Or Is this lie wrl'ei
who no doubt acts under The dl.ecllon oI
the BRUSH Cabinet, endeav"rng I" blind
us, and Withdraw our attention from
lucrative trade, Iha, his own cou;,trymeh
may, III The mean time, reap the golden
advantages? tie rema,ks:-"ln The mean
time, ,he long line of coast (ot O'eg"n
invites emigration from the 0r6perPfd
shores Of the old worM England. y
When once the I,lhmus OF DaIien is rem
dered trav,rsable (he proceed>) the voy-
age wll be easier and shorter than that to
Australia, which 10000 Of our country
men have made IN Il single year. Lei us
not then Che concludes) under the idle
Ipersua ion that we have colonies enough;
that ii is ne e labor in vain To scatter the
seed OF future nations ever the earth, hat
i. s but lf' uble and expense To govern
Il there Is any one hing on winch .he
nIalntainance of thai periious greatness Il"
which we have attained depends more
than all The rest, II is colonZalion, the
opening of new markets, the creation ot
new customers. II is quite true iha, the
great fields OF emigration III Canada and
Australia promise room enough for more
than we can send But the worst and
conmonest error respecting colonization
is lo regard il merely as that which II can
never be-a mode Of checking ,hr in
crease of our people. What We want Is
not To draw off dnbles from our trcmIng
multludes, but To found nPW nations Of
commercial allies. Aud in this view
every new colony founded, far from dl-
verlng strength from tie older ones, in
fuses into them additional vigor. To
them, as well as to the II ether country
It 0ptns mw markst. II forms ncw
link IN The chain along which our com
mcrtIal lnterconmuulcatlon is carried,
touching and brnettling e,e"y point "t
the line as it passes. Thu, i'll former
DAYS, me prosperity Of II West India
Islands was the great Stimulus to the peo-
ping oi North America. The never
Colony "t Canada has tinuIsh' d through
It's connection with our settlement in the
S,a,es; the market Of New Zealand will
rXcit, p 'oduc:,on in Australia The Ut
TERMusT PORTIONS OF The EARTH ARE
OUR INHERITANCE; let us not throw il "a
way III mere suplneness, or III Difference
to the wise conclusions of th"se sages OF
the discouraging school. who, had they
been listened to, would have checked, one
bv one. all the enter rises which have
changed the face o! the world III iht lasl
thirty years"
Now it is respectfully submitted, that
upon reading tins opinion "l lhls English
editor. who (as ! p.esnme) is crll pro
mitigating the opinions OF the Brush
Ministers, il is dlli;ct 1t to supires sus-
,icIuu ihot The assertion that "Or gon can
never he selIed from The Atlantic States"
was intended to add another 10 the many
delays We have suffered, the better 10 EN-
able that rival nation to seIze upon and
secure Ihe piize. Bul as ll.e settlement
is a circumstance OF ,he utmost Impor-
snce, let us suppress This snsI IcIon, and
examine cody and delIbrra'eI, the rea-
SONS he gives Tor having come TO this con-
clusiun.
FIrst-the distance.
The ira, eler from the Mississippi 10
he Pacific has (says This edltorJ /" pass
over several distinct regions lsl,a region
of two or three hundred miles in length.
o, cupptI b> The States oi Missouri, Ar
kansas and Iowa. Cd, region "f two or
,hree hundred miles, Inhabited bv the
Chuc,aws, the Cherokees and the Greeks
3d, A desert of six or 81 ven hundred
miles. Of which 900 is Prairie land, and
500 directly east OF the Rocky Noun
palns is strictly desert. 4lh. The Rocky
Mountains. ono distance giv"n,) ant 5,h,
From the Rocky Mountains over desert
country To The mnulh of !he Columbia
river, mo distance given.) But ihl, dis
,auce. which, to the mind of this ISlandcr
appear. To be inte,minotlP. Will form II"
obstacle in the wav nl the hardy, mgrs
tory sons of lhe G., lumbiar Contir eui,
especially as We We in an age ot slean-
boats and railroads, by the introduclinn
| of which distance is nearly Il, nihiiated
Lewis and Clarke crossed The Huck
Mrunlains in about lat. 40, bv IA very cir
cu,ous roule. BY the one taken by Mr..
i Townsend, of this city, and his party, III
abou, lat. $50 the Whole distance does
not appear to be mo'e than from 1900 10
1000 m les; and even THIS will, no doubt,
be diminished by succeeding travellers.
l Tie second obstacle in the way Of SET
ding Oregon :ro" The States (in the "pl"
ion of this English editor and his ELI
blowers, the Brush ministers) arises on
of the difficulties Of transit; these he con
.ilers muer three distinct heads, ant
, lhty shall be examined in the same order.
Isl, The difficulties presented by lh'
face of the country. Tie adm that y