The North-Carolina standard., 1844-03-27


Bfilaih and the United States respectively claian
+he' ownership, ef Ofegon and as has been as
serted By some, that the territory in. 4Hestion -
not worthy Of dispute s:ti1at it consists Of barren
and sandy wastes and. pfaiFies scarcely suseepi-
bic Of caltiFution, and have made parious other
assertions of thski 1ehding to delay il oeeupa-
tioa: we think It proper to make few remarks
upon the face of the country, its siilaee predac@
tiots, and susceptibility Of tiilage and cakivation
But. Before we proceed to this we would ash
those'Nhe advance the generalekaracter of the
copntry assan Argument against It's occHpationy
What has fertility, the climate, or any other
naafaF feature of the country, with its armed
Foecupatisn2 =; We have asserted and proved our
right to- IT. and whether lis a barren waste or q
very gardea of nature, isNour duty 10 sustain the
assertion even by force of arms if necessary
THIS Is question in which national honor and
national disgrace is involved, and no selfish conss
fsidefationsof paet and loss should i6to It's
eoregS6 Eerritory. is about sooniles iri.IengtR
and 6o6in bfeadah; beiag nearly oaeIoufIh larger
tha6 the oRtgihal Hthirtee States It is travefsed
by many rahges'of mountains and hills, and The
suffice, IN many places, is exceedingly broke d
and Not suseeptib4e of cultivation: -Bdtthere are
many valleys Sfsgreat extent which are cdGal OF
superior, in ertiftY to the best lands of any Of
| our Southern OF. WesteFd States The country is
watered by some large streams and by innurheTs
able smaller ones: OH accountoG che diversified
ature Of thessurfaec, hPnSseBses every variety of
climate, from that ficy Greenland tothat OF hafy
and Fraace,, The shores of its rivers and the
borders Of It's 1Fairies furnish timber superior to-
falmgstn any in the world and inferior to mons.
| The faeSt kinds. Of fish, among which is the
Salmon, can be talen; in immense quantities from
| the rivers. All vhu have travelled through the
feeuntIY agree that, IN mildRess and saE1brity Of
ciatei fertiligof sol, ,apd luxDrianee of growth,
is supeFiee to any portion of the United States,
and inferior to no eother< <cOuRtFy la the world
[ HeFe4there afe,no chilling nofth-easterly windy
to :preduee~eoasun ptions and other -tEoublesomG
land fatal eiseasts, astheFesne prevailing 10 many
Of out Eastern States; and, with, the exception Of
few snralf portions Of laRd lying on some Of the
large streams, thereHTe ReSEvnaps aRd such other
caasess as tend to produce the eeBtsgious levers;
which annhaHy earry, off 50 Enanyaof the southern
land southwestern Inhabitants the United States.
Even ia the midst of winter the. eye IS greeted
with the cheering sight of the terdant plains and
waving meadows of summer land it Is said thai
all the rnts Of the tropical regions here flourish
10 this iRyting country; those animals also ara
abundant whose faEs are most valuable; and The
income to beoderived from rhis source is mnaehsas
This is brief but true description of the country
now the subject of dispute hetHeer England and
the United States So
For a great plumber of years; Enghnd alone
from its vast natural resources. The Hudson
I Bay Company--that wicked tool Of the Eng lish
Earistecracy--has been exercising sole and Abse-
luteSway over the whole territory and It is now
erecting Forts training and arrning the surround
ing Indians, and Strengthening itself daily, while
we remaiB IDLE Spectators and waste time in dis
cassing the propriety oflaking possession. More
foEer, this Company, increasing in insoience and
ina desire to oppress as it increases IN strength:
e 6rsw af4
even the small number of our citizens who have
had>enterprize enough to leave their native homes
and remove to the far West. Yes, this Company,
lwFieh has assumed and exercises the right Of sn'
pFeIne Jurisdiction Oregon territory, has been
ftCyingand condeunning american cittzcHs by It's
own laws, or by no laws at all, or has sent
them TO ossother countries In possession Of GIeaI
Britain to be-tried where it is impossible for them
ito obtain pHsaiceI Bat a few weeks since, me-
mortal from upwards of sixty inhabitants of Ore
gpn, w6osare American citizens, was presented to
the Senate of the United States, complaining Of
Ithe many and unprovoked injuries inflicted upon
them By the British authorities, saying that they
twere oppressed, and driven from their homes by
one of the principal agents Of the Hudson Bay
Company, and praying Congress to extend to
| them the protection ef. American laws And what
has been done concerning the merporialas Mo-
| thing, nethjhgl Even while this news is re-
eeive Of the lamentable condition OF OUT citizens
in Oregon, delay, sill delay is recommended.
Does not every one SEQ to what this conduct Of
| the Hudson Bay Company and of Great Britain
is approaching? Who, that has eyes, does not
see9 Why is England thus earnest and deter
.pined in.retainfag possession Of this territory?
Why was she so detcrmined upon securing her
chin1s TO the Northeastern territory, and IN which
She So veil succeeded { Why is she endea4oriRg
1 ia obtain possession of California And why has
she been interesting herself in the disputes between
f-fexas.and Mexico The reason is obvious & She
WISHES to obtain as stropg foothold on our West
Land Sohth.west as She has .upon our North and
North east Suppose she gains possession Of Ore
q gofs and California. Whakwill we be more than
IA bfisoper, SURROUNDED on our north and west by
British subjects British armies and British wea-
ponss and On Our south and west BY British feels
. Eand British cannon .s$
Il Yet with allthese lights before us, we are dis
posed 10 temporize, and delay what must soon or
Il late come to pass. Yes we say war aUiU be do
tclared If the URised States do pct soon take the
FaffafE In hand, and expek the uSuFpers from Ore
zlgenf %Great BrHain' viii not have suchInen 10
81 4deat with on our West as she had On our North
Feast, There, insteado pacHyiDg speech
HES and cfingihg concessions, she will meet the
effswoFd and the deadly rife. The people OF the
q great West will not tolerate the aggIessons OI
British subjects much longer; they will not see
Their fellows basely murdered, without law
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