Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-25

cd, waste call the attention oi our readers to
IL doftrin's Of National law, a. expom-
died. b, the Wheeling Times-(a whig paper
God save the country from such whig>)
Richmond Wing.
tits very unpleasant and dis,grceablc--it
isa great misfortune, when one has passed
through political canvass, in which all the
stcrncr passions of our na,nr. are aroused,
has been where tho shot few til kcst and the
blows fell hardest, has had The cannon and tn,
pistol, the broad claymorc and the keen sabr,
aimed al him from all quarters, and has nci
thsr shrunk or ialtcred in his onward course
iu the cause OF right, and Justice and liberty
but has fought on though defeated, and is al
any memcnt ready TO crimson his sword aeaii
IN the good Caisc---to be unrhigged for diff
tcrins with fellow being, not on principle,
~ government, but mere claim of territory
to be whipped and scourgcd because he would
do what he may To prevent those whom the
people have placed in power from dishonorin.
their country and adding the title of coward,
to that of brasearts. However, as the bed OF
our Shallow Richmond" has the marked i'm.
provcmcnt over that of Procrustcs. that il
takes summary coSnizance of the tcide OIL
as well as length of those who arc thrust upon
II, and has Topped OF capital, abdominal and
pedal excrescencies with equal gusto for a
long series of years, until the whig party in
the State, by its count, could m lister but a
corporals guard, we suppose we shall be en-
ablcd To sustain this dire calamity better than
those who are less familiar with facts than we
are, would suppose possible.
We thank the Enquirer for having taken
notice of our article upon Orcgon--albeit the
IN aiming which has given TO it is not little
different from that which its plain words war
rant, because IT has brought our position upon
the subject into the notice Of the metropolitan,
press, which was so bent on taking the very
position which the ''powers that be" desired
them to take, that they totally neglected the
poor ProOineiols, where sound sense, though
ina rough state, may often be found. We
hope, now, to find that press on the whig side
of the house, more inclined to listen 10 plain
reason than they have hitherto been, and that
which babes and sucklings were noted more
than Is centuries ago.
America ismartc up Of a migratory race
the extent of our country is such as to make
emigration part of our nature. Father and
son rarely sleep in the same vault or die be.
meath The same roof. We arc going, not onl,
from the cradle TO the grave, but from the RI
sing oi the sun even unto the going down oil
the SANE. Like an auctionecrs goods. the
American people arc always going, first To- O.
lio, then TO Missouri, and now TO Oregon
and we shall keep going there until that land
IS as tbickly peopled as these United States
with American citizens, those who love the
4th oil July, the stars aud stripes AMI tbeil
brothers and sisters at home. They take pos.
session Of the soil, and in few DAYS and the
wilderness will blossom as the rose" Eng
land may have her fur-c Companies and forts, bu
this nation will have the farms and the Jeo
pie. This was all doing very well II KEEP,
our people busy hunting the west and Out
OF worse mischief.
Our title 10 Oregon as Car north as tho 5ltl
degree oil latitude, is, To our mind, and we be.
lievc to- all honest Americans. SO certainty tx.
ed, that they would not yield an acre of it,
IL is settled by first discovery and OCCUPANCY
so far as is known, while the claim of Enplan,
oven To that north Of that latitude rests upo,
a'dseaty with a power that could show but We
~ little claim, and bat questionable tile
We olludc TO that portion purchased of Spai,
in 1890.
The title to Oregon has been discussed in
treaties between the United States AMI Eng
land, aud frequently referred 10 in our diplo
HaiIc intercourse; but while both nations hun
ted aud traded with the Indians. tl,ev seernee
sasaind TO let the matter rest. There !;
would have rested had not Ms. BENTON fam,
the missourians wandering ~ there. a, ia,
same time that he saw Mr.. Van Burcp's al
mtnistraiion tott,ring beneath its crimes am,
iollics, and needed some iacti,ions sn,no,,
The immediate acquisition of territory :. ron,
ulas---in this instance our oil enemy yc,s 49,,
opP1rnt,and Mr., j.. found his account ia IA;
matter by no mans small in Missouri mn;
nois, Indiana, Ohio aud Kentucky. and o,o,
owes tho whole UniOu IL sounded weli--tI;
extending the ana OF freedom, PLAINTIFF ON
nag on the Pacific, laying The Briarian arms .
cur Goycfnmcnt over the wild, ",sI,cr. ,,l
the oscgon,' aud morc especially tbwsr,;o,
the designs OF our present rival and sn,i.,, =
ncmy' hOregon IS ouEs, and our claim co..
not ba successfully disputed ia ihi, count,y =
least, this little BIT ofputy tactics and bnm
bug Is Innocent enough, and that whigis lid,
BITTER fhana green dD" who would thcv
himself ihiothe breach in oppositionio il an.