The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-27
For the Union
OREGON.

The recent great agitation Of the Oregon question
hlrought before the public many interesting facts
nrsards that country.
Many thousand emigrants have already reached
h land Of promise, leaving broad trail 10 mark
DIR passage over plains and mountains, carrying
via Them their families, their wagons their cattle,
alhelr household Implements of every descrip-
10
There can be no suggards or towards among
sn and the race, of men that will spring from
wi source, will make themselves heard and felt
nm, the people Of the earth before the present
uiuy has passed away. All accounts of the
rWly south of Lewis's river and the Columbia,
,Sh has an extent of about hundred thousand
sin miles, show il TO be of a temperate climate
MI we'll fitted to the growing of wheat and to the
rGns of cattle. The Columbia is the only large
ntr on the western shore Of this continent, that
hxs directly TO the Pacific. IL is the chief and
My outlet 10 the whole country. 1t is navigable
pr vessels Of the largest class to Fort Vancouver,
"a The north bank, about one hundred mes from
he sea, The north bank Of the river overools the
nth, and, therefore, in military point of view,
Commands both ii and the river. Should the peo-
Mcthe United States ever become so lost to their
pnH'trest and TO that of future generations as to
ypOy yield up, through fear of war, the COM
Gung positions of the whole country, then
mould The emigrants, at the first favorable oppor-
hmy, lefty the flag of liberty, and, independent
dhe whole world, shake off the shackles i'm.
Tosdby the worst Of fallacies--the fear Of war
M declare Oregon to be one and indivsible.
The laws of nature are Interchangeable. What
lies, will be pursued, The coward meets no SYM
shy Ills submission does not appease. The grasp
s ua'on as the highway robber, acknowledges
nrsht OF property in others. Concessions never
Rlle. Occasion is sought to bring some matter
dispute, which, however clear, is, by the aid of
@tpversy, so mystifed, that nought but the ar
huon OF some foreign monarch can split the
iatRace Heaven forbid that we should ever
@lnoble country to be one, and the home Of but
one people.
wedO not live in the land of kings and despots
ugh and low degree, where frontier lines brstling
wa murderous cannon are made TO suit the will
ny pleasure of the titled aristocrat. We had better
ENup The whole country, if the Columbia is to be
@rdylding line; for, the emigrants would have no
au@T Of gratitude to bind them to us. They
soad consider themselves basely deserted, and in
Il VOfse OF time setting up separate government,
s'IoOm our share, and what we gave away to paci-
growing lion.
NHa question for the present generation to deter
%ms, whether Oregon shall be part and parcel of our
gear country, united by ties Of interest and az
~~Oa when the fre-horse will mount the high
ssnnn' and go whzzing through the vast prai-
aOeo with the riches of the East for distribu-
NV Inc many millions Of the mighty valley OF
hs p,Ss'sslppi; or whether The Rocky mountains
IN !" frontier barrier, crowned on every pass
Aa A. 6an''e lorls and hostile guns. Thank God
NJ. Lac out lew who will hesitate; and none but q
t%A:neaItcd traitor would ever think of Oregon as
s,sgn land. So rich legacy was never before
@@ me!suardianship Of any nation; and OUR chll-
wy ~ children will bewai with loud lament our fol
y, ~. We eelray the sacred trust
eale Fremont deserves the thanks Of the nation
\, I I0 The present century, Of his age and sta
~ mas merted as much for the services rendered
NM, ae olls and privations undergone. An orna
%M1 his country, his name will be handed dowr
ps I'm. me oeneiactors Of mankind. The pass in
m, hy mountains, through which he has so Of
sae0ed, will be the safety-vave of the nation
e' 70 It's ardent and adventurous spirits
Eri. nan ", with lightning speed, thoughts ant
oDs Nv, wa pass; and the sluggish engine, with ia
nn yam wal slowly toll. Through its portals the
AVS le rom the Atlantic will pass with but few
n T.,e no such boundary as the ocean. Already
auom M with their ports of entry and thousand
EA,. Gnncers, annoy us and cramp our trade
ma ~ ~ Oe vampires enough TO fatten on the
ST., we m people, without any more such as these
n,," @ rom wishing TO contract or diminish oul
''u's, IL should be to cxclaim--
nv, NO Pennp Utica contracts our powers;
'' we whole boundless continent is ours"
A DEMOCRAT.