Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-04-08

| treat should become necessary In what
ever view the subject may I've regarded, |
hazard nothing in asserting, that such is
the difficulty at present on our part, of
concentrating and maintaining a force in
the territory, that few thousand regulars,
advantageousy fortified on the Columbia
river, with small naval force to support
them, cou d, with the aid Of the empl yees
of the Hudson Bav Company, and the CO.
opera ton of the Indians under its infiuenre
bid defiance 20 any effort we could make
to disl,dge them. If all other dIfficol ie@
could he slrmounted, tn II of transporting
n sufficient baitering train, with all of its
appurlcnanres, I" 81 great distance, and
over so many obstacles, would be insupe.
table.
Having now made good my first position
that the attempt, at present, 10 assert
and maint,iD our exclusive claim t. the
territory, against the adverse claim Of
Great Britain, must prove unsuccessful, 1t
she resisted. it now remains 10 lnq IRE
whether she wouId resist And here lief
me say, whatever might lie the donbt> o
others, surely they VIII have, IN this dis,
cusSion, in,i,tel 20 srrong'v On her power
her iealo lSy, and her determination TO
ibid the territory, cannot d1lu that she
wo lid resist II, indeei, prov king 'an-
guage can exile her t, resi- tame, or #
hal which has been sal Of her host dis
Sltiun be 'rnc, she not onl. mld re Isl,
! b t " nld glad, seize So tavu ave an or-
casr n to do so, while we are rUmDaratl G.
iv 50 weak, AMI she so strong IN III TOUR
ter However IN avnrabIe the time M ht
! be rs, f,r her it would be the m. pro.
ptinls Her ,a>t rrso lrces and mI'iaiy
power in the E,sl Il eraled, AMI al he'
disposal, To | C disc It'd assert and NAN.
tain her exclusive clam t. tie tarIlt r.
against our, If she co Al de ermIna 20 tot
low our example, in case this bill sh'nId
pass. Even |, who le'le,e that the pre-
sent Ministry is disposed to peace; TINT
the recent mis- son T. this country o"lGin1-
ted in The spirit of peare; and thu SIR X :
hcrt PEE h exhibited great wisdom and
mo e a,inn-m 'deratian in the mld>t "i
Spien i'll sue e.s, ane therefore moic t be
trr,ted--dn n doubt she would resist, If
we should adopt this me ,sure. We mus,
not forge, rs clear rs We believe oar TILE
IN b., thu the right 10 the Territory IS IN
diSpoto Hctes1er ihe two -c.,iHir,es;. and
that, as Certtin lis we regard our right 10
be, she regar Is hers as not less so. II is "A
case of adverse conflicting Gains; and
we may lie assured, it we undertake to as
sert oar exclusive right, she Will "pp"se us
bv asserting hers; and ii the appea' should
he to rec, 10 deri'le between us al pre-
sent, the re.ut wou lie inevitable
territory wo 1, | be l. S, 10 us. Indeed, Ills
is so inconte table, that 10 one has vento-
rel to deny 1t; and there Is no haz ri in
asserting tItl no one will. who underst lndS
the sphiect, and dues not ch'oSe to have
The 81 .nne-s Of hi, judgment questioned.
But il IN ~ lie asked, what then ? SAL!
we abandon our claim 10 the terriIor,
answer, No. | am utterly opp 'sed tn that /;
hut, as had as thai would bu, it would not e
rs much so as t. ado I n r ssh and pre"ipl-
tlre me l>ure, which, af'e gre sacrifices,
,>ed to both. Nv obje t is To preserve.
and Mt t. lose, tho terri ory. do not
agree With nv able and elo luent co..
Ieagnc tn it is w,rlheSS, lie has under
rated it, both as 10 soil and c i'm tie. Il con
tanS vast deal of lrnd, it i, irue, t'r,t j.
b,rren and "o Unless but not a little that
is highly productive. TO that may be adj
ded lis commercial Advantages, which will,
in time, prove to be great. We must not
overlook the important events to which
have alluded as having recen y occurred
in the stern parton of Ash. As great
as thy are rhryarc bur the beginning of -
Scr.es ut a stni r rh rac.rr, which mus
follow at no distant day. What has ken
place in CHINA, WI |, in few ,rS, he fol
lowed in J,prn, aud all the eastern por
tons Of HAT continent. Their puts. Ii <e
The Chimes, W Il be ppencd, and tue VIII e
OF that large p rtI"n of Ala, c'ntaInIug
nea'ly h lf"i tn p P ia ion and wealth o
tie q e, W |. b. thrown p t. the ram
me, CO OF The wmlI, and Z p aced witaln
ths p lies Of Europe IN and Amc.i'an III e.
course and Ci,i,Iz ii N. A vast mIrket
will be created, and III gnly imp i c will
be uivcn t,crame.ce, No >malt 20 ton
OF the share iha, wi tai t. Us with thus
popul u and indu tr.o1s port IN Of tn,
gpne, is destined t pass hyo igh the ports
Vi the o eg n Territory to the vail y o!
the Mgs,is J. pi, list ad ol king the ci'cu
llons and long vo.ag nu4d cape Fl RI;
or tie i'll i"ngec, rouni The Cape Ut u ,od
II pc. 1t mainly ecau.e place hi,
h,gn cstlmt "u it pr octve ,alic, Thai
am SO so Ito t preserve t ana S al
verse t, th. b Il, or any ,tler pref 'iiate
measu VIII h might terminal in 1t, | S.
If tn hit les, OF its 'alue, or ii reg II dec
cut lii 5, clear, my OPP sill woul be
) les &c, led.