Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-02-02

IONS on lnts important Oregtn QDrstlun
were held by So eipnpnt citlzsn ui South
Carolina, whose views in opposition to The
whole policy of Western Emigration,
were, IN fotmer years, understood 10 cor.
| rPspund with thos OF the leading politl-
cIans, aud especially ths great Chhf oI
thst Suite. Nobody, after this, need be
under any misapprebensIeu as To tn opn
ions ami sentiments Of Nj. NcDufhe al
least, 10 regard not Only 10 the present
Bill--but the general question Of the Uni-
ted States taking possession Of the Oregon
Territory, not only now, but u any time
hereafter. liz made clean breast Of all
he thought and fiji upon the subject. He
IS opposed, totally, 10 the measure now
before the Senate ; and to the adoption OF
any measure whatever, for occupyibg Or
cgon. He does not want it. He would
mol give plnch Of snuff for il. BE wish
IS the United States did not own IL; and
he thanks his God that the Rocky Moun.
talns exist! Would, SAYS Mr.. McDufie,
that they were an impossible barrier to
secure us from intrusion.
These declarations, from such quar-
ter, are peculiarly important on many nc.
counts. While listening to them, could
not help recalling a memorable scene in
! the Senate just fourteen year ago, CT was
on the 18th OF January, 1929, when ano-
Their Distinguished Senator of South Caro-
INA, the late Gen. IIayne, charged the
East IN States with the selfish aud mar
Iuw policy Of endeavorIng to RESTRAIN em-
Ig'ailon % the West, aud Of opposing
steadily Western nrasur,s and Western
interests. What would that eloquent sen.
ator have SAID, II. IN the midst of his ac-
cushions, and when he was, with his usu
81 spin, mi enersy, calling on ih. whole
East 10 plead On their arraignmc nj, Mr..
NcDutfIe had appeared and proclaim, d
the sentiments he put forth this day lie
wnuld scarcely have attempted 10 reciie
another such indictment.
Ii is worthy OF notice that Mr. Web
s,er IN replying TO General ilayne I'm that
occasion, and rrpnllng the charges winch
had teen brought against the East, Odd
actunly refer To a speech of Mr. McDul-
fs, in 1925, wherein he commended that
the people wanted a check on that a'tfi
cial tendency to Western Settlement
which had been created by the baud laws
that the old thirteen States were, by
all laws that offered Inducements to set
tlsmrnt in the West, offering bonus of
their own improvement, 10 create vortex
To swallow up their own llJating popuia-
tion--tha. If the public lands had never
been soil, the aggregate amount Of the
national wealth would have been greater
at this moment and that our population
II concentrated in the old States, wonld
have been more prosperous and more
wealthy. 1t was 10 the very spirit of
these remarks the Senator from South
Carolina, spoke to-day; aud he might be
answered now, MS Mr.. Webster answered
him in the House Of Representatives in
1925, when he urged that tho distribution
Of the national wealth was mn object quite
as important as its increase-a and thst
population iseli is wealth, population is
always increased by the settlement Of q
new ami fertile coun!ry,-that the pros
poets held out in such "A country never
were resisted. and never will be-; and
that were the VIII le extent IN 10 the
Rocky Mountains filled with population,
these lnduc, m"cts would carry III 4 ,.opu
laiion forward To The shores OF the Parific
Ocean. Individuals will seek III, ir own
good, and not any artificial aggregate Of
the national wealth.
What was only prediction. when Mr..
Webs' thus spoke IN 1875, IS nhw real
ny. Tire prospects held gu, by Oregon,
are actunliy carry our population tor
ward 10 the shores oi the Pacific; and Mr.
MrDuffle is now opposing measures for
their ben' fl as he then opposed measures
encouraging the s,ttlrmen nj of the public
lands of the IVES, and on precisely the
same gr unds. How far Mr.. Calhoun is
dispose d To surpor him in this course,
We wt probably have an importantly OF
learning b, fore iha 4 bate is closed.
Al that Mr.. McDpili' said in favor of
the Treaty OF Washington. will meet WIT
general concurrence throughout the I'm
Ton. The patriots of America and Britain
may, ms he W. Il expressed II, sh4ke hands
aud congratulate each other on thu happy
$ ttlement of ST. many points Of d,Spate. -
Those also " ho are acquainted with The
real sen'imtn ts OF the British People IN.
wards this un,ry, will readily believe
his reports of what he found the state al
opinion in England to BE-, VII u he visit
ed TINT country in 1850. He found ~
mong men Of all degrees, and in every
part Of the Empire. an absolute horror OF
war win the United States. The feel.
logs Of hostility produced by old l,uds had
pass, d away and those arising from
consangulnty, from common origin,
and common language, and new ties OF
commercial intercourse were every where
acknowledged. lie had irequemly hears
It said there, that il the Government
would consent, on mere question 81
boundary, 10 involve>lhe two nations IN
war, they would deserve the lasting exc
CREATIONS az boln. - A II this is unquestion'
ably correct.
Mr.. McDufis characterized the Bill
before the Senate, us a military measure
and argued that this was particularly
improper time TO send forth flaming
sword to settle question, as Great Br
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