Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-11-29

Coming ltass cast sAsir shadows ssisr."
The Tea. qasssien : ssttled. Tie
British Premier and Monsieur Guisot
have both been foilsd u shs decision Of
the people Of the United States, Texas,
and the action Of Mr.. Polk. The sound
Of war, predicted to Be sure to result from
the contamination Of that project, has grad
-uaiiy died away, now rumbling low, and
still lower, till its last notes have been.
Lost in the notes Of approaching peace.
The great deed is done; and liberty has
achieved it. The good people of our glo-
Tioas Union now that the task is done,
have had but slight respit to look about
themselves and sec what remains to be
DONE, Another great question is before
them, upon this question they are called
to pass. The question is Oregon.
There are other subjects Of vast impor-
lance before tho American people, but it
may be said with emphasis, that none, nay,
I'll others, do not move the hearts, Of the
Americans, like that Of Oregon. Oregon!
at its sound, the pulses Of the vast millions
Of the United States beat high, and the
whole people ask, "What j. to be done
with Oregon?" as e,7saVei.aaa 9ail F,
{ This question, till very recently has
worn the form, as all such questions should,
of great national ques,ion--all parties,
all ages, and all sects uniting upon it as The
American question. We say, until very
recently. Indeed We believe now, that,
let the American people be called togeth-
er, to-day, before they are tinctured with
the opinions Of party leaders, and ninety
nine Of every hundred would say 1.-THE
whole Of Oregon or none" But we have
headed cur article, l''Coming events cast
their shadows BEFORE" because we see,
from recent Developments, that al, attempt
IS to be made to divide the people on this
subject, 70 make the Oregon question a
party question, 10 palzy its life blood and
all its energies BY pushing il without good
cause into the vortex Of party strife, ~
"Oaks from little acorns grows" and when
the leading men Of a party ''define" their
position, il is quite natural for parties to
follow and file OF on the side Of their lead.
ers. @s8 ~ +
The movement 10 which we allude is,
that the leading wings Of the next Con.
gress will make an attempt to lead of their
party in opposition to any and all pro-
oeedings touching the Oregon question.
Daniel Webster, for many years past, has
been, and is destined 10 remain sofor some
years to come, the great oracle of the wings
Of The North and East. When he speaks,
or is spoken through, a consequences is sure
10 follow. He has been reelected to the
United States Senate, and fund collec. ed
aud put to interest, Of one hundred thou
sand dollars by the wings Of Massachu-
s IS the Interest Of Which IS e be = raras
de reserve, Tor his support. He has re-
Gently "eckncd his position" on this ques-
ton, in speech delivered at Fanuiel
Hall in which he has marked out his
course Of action upon this great American
question in the next Congress. Here fol-
lows an extract Of what he fancies Oregon
is destined to be.
"Where is Oregon? On the shores Of
the Pacific, three thousand miles from us
andstwice as tar from England. Who is
to settle it? Americans mainly; some set
tiers undoubtedly from England; but all
.7ngto Mrons; all men educated in notions
OF independent government and all self
dependent. And now let me ask if there
be any sensible man in the whole United
States who viii say for moment, that
when fifty or a hundred thousand persons
Of this description shall find themselves on
the shores Of the Pacific Ocean, that thew
will long consent 10 be under the rules
either Of the American Congress or the
British Parliament. They will raise a
standard for themselves, and they oueh, to
do it. Look forward to the period when
they will do this as not SO far distant, but
that mary now present, and those not
among the youngest Of us, will see a great
fac'hc republican nation. l believe that
it is in the course of Providence and Of
human destiny that great State is TO
arise, Of English and American descent.
whose power will be established over the
country on the shores of the Pacific; and
that all those rights OF natural and political
liberty, all those great principles that both
nations have inherited from their fathers.
will be transmitted through us to them, so
that there will exist at the mouth Of the
Columbia, or more probably farther south,
a great Pacific republic, a nation where our
children may 60 for residence, separat-
ing themselves from this government, and
forming an integral part Of a new govern
nent, half way between England and Chi
no; in the most heal,l.ful, fertile, and de-
sirable portion Of the globe, and quite loo
far from Europe and from this side Of the
American Continent to be under the pov-
ornamental influence Of either country" s
Ii will be seen bv the sbove fhes.f,..