The Arkansas banner., 1844-05-08

within the boundariesol the Union, and there
 foreconsttuting part of the domestic mar kct. By the census of l840, the total pro- duct of the mining and the manufactures of the Union, was S282. 2.194,985; aud of this vast amount, by the treasury report, but 59,- ] 409.J52, was exported, and found market abroad. Almost its only market was the home market, thus demonstrating the vast importance to that great interest of an access sion of territory and population al home.
 Nor Is t only tie mining and manH- lacturng interests that would feel the indu-. ence of-such a new and rapidly augmeniing
 home market; but agriculture, commerce.
 and navigation. the products oi the forest
 and fisheries, the lreighting and ship-buiid ing interests. would ali feel new impulse
 and the great internal communications, by
 railroads and canals. engaged in transporting
 our own eSchangeable products. would find
 a great enlargement ei their business and
 profits, and lead onward to the completion
 of the present and the construction of new impulse; and the great internal communities tions. by railroads and canals, engaged in transporting our own exchangeable products. would find great enlargement 0f tlteir busi- ness and profits, and lead onward to the com pletion of the present and the construction wimprorements-thu identifying more closely all our great interests, bringing near eric each other the remotest portions of the mighty whole, multiplying their trade and intercourse, breaking down the barriers ol local and sectional prejudice, and scouting the thoughfof dsunion from the American heart, and leaving the very term obsoletc.- l Indeed, If We measure distance by the time l in which 1t Is traversed, this Union, with 1 Texas re-anneXed, is much smaller in terri 1 tory than the Union was at the adoption of the Constitution. Then the journey from the capital te the then remotest corner of the republic could not be trayersed in less than a month; while now, much less than one half that time will take Us to the mouth of the Rio Del Nortc, whereas three months by land; and five months by sea, must be re- quired for the journey to the mouth of the Columbia. Texas, also, is a part of the valley of the Mississippi, walered by the same streams, and united with 1t by nature, as one and indiyisible; whereas, Oregon is i separated from Us by mountain barriers, and ponrs It's waters into another and distant ocean. And if Oregon, although disputed, and occupied by foreign power, is, as be- lieYe il to be, in truth and justice alr our own, Texas was once, and for many years, within our limits, and may now again be- come oGr Own by the free and unanimous consent, already given, of all by whom il Is owned and occupied have not thus con trasted Texas and Oregon with view 10 oppose the occupation of Oregon; For have always been the ardent friend of that measure. Iadvocated Ii in speech publish ed long before became a member of the Senate, and now since the death of the la mened and patriotic Linn, am the only surviving member of the special committee ot the Senate which has pressed upon that body, for so many years, the immediate oc- cupation of the whole Territory of Oregon. There upon the shores of the distant Pacific. if my vote can accomplish t, shall be plant cd the banner of the Union; and. with my consent, never shall be surrendered single point of its coast, an atom of it's soil, or drop oi all its waters. ButWhile am against the surrender of any portion of Oregon, am also against the re-sMrendcr of the Ter rltory ot Texas; for disguise it as we may, I It IS re-S&TfeRdef, when It was once all our own, and now again Is ours, by the free con- sent of those to whom 1t belongs. already given, and waiting only the ceremony of formal acceptance. Let those, then, who advocate the occupation of Oregon, fell Us that Texas Is too distant, or too inaccessible. or too extensive for American occupancv.- Let the friends of Oregon, reflect, also, that Texas, at the head of the Arkansas, Is con tiguous 10 Oregon, and within twenty miles Oi the pass which commands the entrance through all that territory, and tue occupation of which pass by a foreign power, would separate the people and territory of Oregon from the rest of the Union, and leave them an easy prey to the army of an inva- der. In truth, Texas is nearly as indispen- sable for the safe and permanent occupation of Oregon, as 1t is for the security of New Orleans and the Gulf
 The only remaining objection is the ques- ton of slayery. And have we question which Is to curtail the limits ol the republic to threaten its eXistenee--to aim a deadly blow at all it's great and vital interests--to court alliances with foreign and with hostile powers-to recall our commerce and oxpel our manufactures from bays and rivers that once were all our oWn-to strike down the flag of the Union, as 1t advances towards our ancient boundary-to surrender mighty ter rilory- and invite to it's occupancy the dcad- Hest in truth, the only) foes this government has ever encountercd' And is t so 10 en- danger New Orleans, and the valley and com merce and outlet of the West, that we would hold them, not by our own strength, but by the slender tenure of the will and of the mercy of Great Britain If anti-slaverv can effect all this. may God in his infinite mercy. save and perpetuate this Union; for the efforts of man would be feeble and impotent. The avowed object of this is the immediate aboi- ton of slavery For this, they traverse sea and land; for this, they hold conventions in the capital of England and there they brood over schemes of abolition, in association with