Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-07-24
The Oregon Territory.
FIRST BLOW ALREADY STRUCK

AAS SACSoVA
FIRST BLOW ALREADY STRUCK.
This question Of To whom does the
Oregon Territory righfully belong?' oc-
cupies, at the present time, not the
minds Of diplomatists, statesman and ed
itors only. but it engrosses the attention
Of the people, individually, Of two or
more nations. The Cockney tradesman
discusses il as he takes, at evening, his
pint of 'half.and- -half:' 1t is the theme
Of mess-room speculations at the ''Horse
Guards" and the prevailing topic in the
club room at the West End" Of Lon.
don. The cotton spinners Of Manches-
ter loom largely in your yarns on Oregon;
and the Birmingham catie.s speak as If
they knew its merits like q knife; the
earthenware manufactures Of Derbyshire
say that America cannot sustain her
claim to the territory--not by a jug .tail;
and the coal miners Of Newcastle say
that the boasting Of the Yankees is all
gas. In our own country. the agitation
ofthe question is still more general.
The Yankees "calculate' on giving the
Britishers goss, should they have the te-
merity to insist upon their claims TO the
first foot Of Oregon,by an appeal to arms;
the Southerners "reckon" that if q war
grows out Of Oregon, tdefeat-certain
and inglorious defeat to the English
will be the consequence. sure: and the
men Of the West say. that il John Bull
dares to raise their dander. they will
first gouge tho eyes out Of the old Eng
llsh lion, and then give him licking
that will make him roar louder than
thunder, and "holler enough" till he
wont be able to ''holIer" any more.
Last night, in a cabaret on the Levee.
a seventy-sixth rate Cockney tourist,
who was on his way to the sanity city
Of Nauvoo, INDUCED 10 some hyperboil-
cal remarks touching the powers Of the
fast-anchored Isle. ,.. ...-.
1T was a most hextraordinary hidea,
he said, TO suppose that, in war, Ha-
nerica could 'old a candle with Heng-
land, the most powerfnllest nation as has
ever been known on in 'istory.'
'What are you striving to say, old
Fogomesterl' said tall, bone and SIN
ew.built Kentucky boatmap, who had
listened with evident symptoms Of impa>
tience to Cockney's gasconade.
i vos sayin, said the Cockney, 'that
il :he 'Mericans persist in laying claim
to the 'ole, of the Horegon Territory,
Hengland will put the Old Dock at the
led Of the harmy again, who will imme-
diatcly march them to take possession Of
the disputed territory; and hour navy
will, as with broom, sweep the seas;
we will then not only take Horegon, but
the ole Of the States under our protec-
ton az colonies
'You will, will you?' said the Ken
tuckian. barely able to suppress his ris>
ing wrath.
sWe mean to- added the Cockney;
'and hinstead OF the present republican
hignorance and confusion that prevail.
we will hintroduce horder and the cult
walton Of the harts and sciences
stop that stranger, 'ssald the Kentuck-
isn; I'm gertin' rily-l'm wol6sh. Dc
you know what lightnin' ignited by a
lieken' is, or the thunder Off Kentuck.
ian's thump2'
Before the Cockney had time to an
swer these questions physical Of phe-
nomena, the Kentuckian gave him a
blow that knocked Lightning out Of his
eye, and thunder into his ear-thus
practically illustrating what was before
a mystery IN pyhsics to the Cockney.
But for the interference OF some humane
persons present who interposed, the
Kentuckian would, to use his own Can.
nibalistic expression, 'have chawed him
up in less time than yearlin' bar could
come down creased saplln.
The Cockney was off for up the river
inthe very first boat, muttering some.
thing about book be hintended to write
upon America in general and Of the
"'ofrible state ofsociety' in New Orleans
in pMticular.--.E O. Picayune.