The Arkansas banner., 1845-06-18
From the Unioa, May 26. EMIEp hVNInN Tn Cn-.

"Already (says that address, are our peopl
 preparing to perfect that title by occnpyin,
 1t with their wives and children. But eigbt,,
 years ago, our population was confined on in,
 west by the ridge of the Alleghanies. Within
 that period-within the lifetime, l mipbt say
 ol some ot my hearers-our people, increas
 ing to many millions, have filled the easterl
 valley ot the Mississippi; adventurously as
 cended the Missouri to its head springs; ane
 are already engaged in establishing the bles
 slngs oi self-govcrnment in valleys of whicl the rivers flow to the Pacific. The worlc
 beholds the peaceful triumphs of the industr,
 ot our emgrants. To us belongs the duty
 ot protecting them adequately, wherever they may be upon our soil. The jurisdiction o
 our laws, and the benefits of our republican institutions, should be extended over them ir the distant regions which they have selected for their homes. The increasing facilities oI Intercourse will easily bring the States, oI winch the formation in that part of our ter rtory cannot be long delayed. within the sphere of our federative Union in the moan llmc, every obligation imposed by treaty or conventional stpulations should be sacredlv respected" Such Is the adventurous spirit ol freedom Tn our young country! La5iiar e la6tier ID onAc uolH6iiis Quun.
 From Me Ohio SteteSgtan.
 The tide of emigration Is setting stronoly from the United States to the fertile plains of Oregon. The emigrants are of the ri ghl kind to build up State west of the Rocky noun taIns, being composed of the bold, hardy and adventurous sons of the West. UDon the shores of the Pacific, the finest country on the globe awaits but cultivation by the hand of man, to pour forth it's fruits in abun- aance, and none so capable of shaping t. destInles of mighty State, or so t!cservinq ol the rich blessings in store for them. as the noble spirits now vending their way to .ind a home amid the fertile and beautiful vales oi Oregon. They go to Oregon under the assurance that American laws will protect mem ih ther rights; and they expect soon to see the American flag waving over the whole oi our territory, and to sec new States stretching along the Pacific, and The Ameri- can republic thus extending from sea 10 sea. and her millions of inhabitants governed by the same happy laws. The first duty of the government Is to protect the citizens in their rights; and, the more ellectually to protect the emigrants to Oregon against the assump- tons of the Hudson's Bay Company of Brit lsh trapPers, as well as to impress the Indian tribes with due respect for the power of the United States, we are pleased to see that several companies of United States dragoons are already on their way to the sfar-o0 plains oi Oregon" This Is as il should be; and those who now cmigrate to the Far West. for the purpose of perfeeting our title to Oregon. need have no lears-ii, indeed, such men know what fear is-but that the pledges of James K Polk before the election, will be redeemed, in good faith, to the letter. He IS abound to put the question through;'' and the bold spirits of the land, if need be. will render him the necessary assistance. Ex- tending from the broad Atlantic to the shores of the placid Pacific, with the best parts of the latter within our territory of Oregon with command of the Gulf of Mexico and its rich commerce-indebted for the former. to the acquisition of Texas; and the latter trac- ing It's increase to the same cause.-The man who would speculate upon the future growth and prosperity of this vast republic, would doubtless fall far short of the reality. With these twin sisters, Oregon and Texas, admit ted into the United States-wilh the addition of Nebraska and Wisconsin, Florida and Iowa, the States ol the Union would embrace every variety of soil suitable for culture. With commercial cities rising in the Far West, at N ootka Sound, and other points upon the Pacific, yleing with Boston, New York and New Orleans, in the North. East and South, and aided by the trade of China and other nations, their sails whitening the Pacific, al,.l rlvallng, in half century, the richest marts of the Atlantic in opuence and splendor, the course of this, the oldest and greatest of American republics, is, and must be, onrardl
 "Westward the star of empire takes its way"
 From oaother channel.
 "The EXpositor,o of the Sd instant, paper published at Independence, Mo, the very ex- lreme part of our border civilization, comes to us i'll a kind of ecstacv at the throng of to Oregon now collected at that place. It would have us believe that not even our crowded business thoroughlares present SO bustling an appearance as the dusty roads ! of Independence. The mechanics and mer- chants there have almost more than they can io to SuHpif luS ucIilillGS HduB upon mem. | md everything seems 10 be going ahead" ike lightning. Let the paper speak for itself:
 ''Even while we write, we see a long train of wagons coming n,rough our busy streets, hey are hailed with shouts of welcome by heir iellow-voyagers, and to judge from the pleased expression on every face, Il 'all goes merry as marriage bell' On looking out 1t the passing train, we see among the fore most very comfortable covered wagon, one of tie sheets drawn aside, and all extremely 1 lady seated inside, very quietly sewing; the bottom of the wagon Is carpeied; here are two or three chairs, and at one end | here is a bureau, surnounted by mirro.; 'arous articles of ornament and convenience lang around the sides-a perfect prairie bou- lor. Blessed be womanl Shedding light md happiness where'er she goes; with her he wild prairie will be paradise' Blessed 'e He who gave us this connecting link be- ween Heaven and man, 10 win us from our wilder waysi Hold on there, this is getting ,ntirely too sentimental, but we don't care who lauuhS. we felt hotter and haDDIar when