Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-02-02
lille another. He coa,ended thai there

settle another. He coniended that theTs
was no necessity for Il either. There wai
nothing 10 shsw that Great Britain had q
dep,ed measures inr permanent rxeIu,
siv. urtupaiisu nf The ;erfHosy or has
any initnrn. nunn,dl.te ~ remote, to d.
90. Al ilei she had auihurlz-d amount,
e9 TO Temporary ;, ,bllshm-nis necessary
10 The. pursuit OF the Eir trade.
he reg ,ri, 4 the measure as The begin.
lng Fl s,stm o. colonization i.a b.
coul,i Mt p.licve any Senator seriously
contemplated the possibility Of bringing
Oregon intu the Uaaa --of comprehend.
lng under the same Guyern,nent men l,v-
ing ,nree or four ihousant miles apart
The Senator from New HsHpshr re hao
spok'D OF the mighty nsrncy al s,cam 10
oyetcene he natural difficulties in ihc,
ssy Of su b a contamination. tn.
wealth II the indies woai not suffice Ia
60 OUR them--to construct raslraads-
IN Ike tunnels through XIV IN mt ,ins--
sod complete the route to tn. Columbia
RIVER. But IL was n,adnpss 10 talk %
such things, with Treasury bankrupt,
nd n people bowed down BY CONNIE rciai
hdversitl' S. What h. ex laimed. is tn.
sp,ri: ~ gambl ng adventure never to
Iraye US Aud is tht Senate of the Unii-
ed States To- b.. one os lis .ntrenchmenis
Besides, Che sskrd) who are q 20 I
this ceuutr, r he had a son who osd
industry and frugality, he would say
"Dun't 90 don, 90 You vii sscri.
fee the comioris II civiliz he for no
spoudipg ben, fiji 7" That WIS bis
estimate Of ,hr value oi Oregon. Ia
twenty years ibis Government would not
get on. cent OF revenue from all the colo
nists there--one cents worth OF power ar
wealth. Now whit would il ros, in thu,
Time Al q moderate calculation, ten
millions OF Dollars. Fierce and warlka
savsgts roam over its wastes, with whom
We would be- certain to 60 to war and u
would be worse than abe Florida utf,ir.
Every Congrt ssonnl District would b. OF
more value than this Territory ever would
be 10 the Union! The Fur Trate ~us
decreasing the animals yIeldtng the iurs
were Diminishing rapidly the British
Companies would abandon the place. il lei
alone, and then it would fall quietly into
our possession. But If the English were
not there. aud there WIS no embbnkmenl
NJ would not give dollar to
remove it. We had ALREADY TOO much
territory. Civilization was not promoted,
except in.cauntries hemmed in BY natussl
barrieis: and thnnk God we mad these
Rucky Mountains.
Two hundred thousand dollars were re.
CURED by the bill! Where were gentle
men to get this 7 he believed there
would not be in the Treasury, means
to meet the proper and necrs
sary expenses Of Government for the yeer.
That fact alone ought to make the friends
oi the bill pause. They ought TO consid-
er the circumstances o. the Government
and country WHO rul, 81 Who is re-.
sponsihle! NoBonyl We are in state
of interregnum. The Executive, he sad,
IS not sustain d by either 81 the great par.
ties. They have no sympathy with him.
He thought the friends OF the bill ought al
Ieast Ia wait tlil some nan WIS at the head
Of the Government who. sustained by one
party or the other, could do something.
He concluded by calling TN them TO Pause
for the present: Ms immediate sc,ion
could not be injurious tn these whom the
bill was intended to effect,
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