Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-02-22

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WV. GILPIs, Esq. formerly Of ST. LON.
who returned from Oregon lat summer
, JfrrERsos CIrv, Dec. %, 1874
We here regard the annexation Of Ia,
IS and the occupation Of Oregon, a. fh;rs.
fired by5 stsso MYFsW. In the pss,uut ~
itatiol Of thess matters we know MI !,
what exact manner they are ID coI]eG
whether soon and in peace, or in future a.
ter war and SERGE agitations. ya
!. In my own, mind ! am perfectly -,,,;..
fed that Texas win come soon ana neacr
ably, and that Oregon will follow clo..
upon it.. II war must come, of which
there is really rot the least necessitv. ~
Of which there should not Be he lea
portability, we are ready here to meet 4
Such is the present condition ofthe Vall.,
Of the Mississippi, that its eight million,
Of people--possessed Of resources almost
infnite--are absolutely unassailable !
home, unlikely to suffer materially from
any external attack, and capable Of Aood.
ing this continent at least, with q yaa
body OF soldiers. sure to be triumphant
and reslstless, whose labor il not needed
at home to sustain the present rate Of pro-
duc,ion, and whose attack Ina lust and
patriot cause, would be irresistible where.
ever its impulses should be precipihted
My mind dwells constantly and wiAip.
creasings interest oti'the features Of the no
bic region from which we have Just re-.
turned. The vastness Of the country, and
its pcculiari,ies present at al points Der.
feet anti,hesis 10 this with which We are
well acquainted; nor from the imperfect
descriptions heretofore given, can the mind
take hold Of and adequately comprehend
them. An avalanche Of letters comes d
us BY the mail-so,ne from Maine, from
Georgia, from Ohio; and personal visitors
from Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois--all
eager and excited to know from those who
have personally seen it, something Of this
new country. We have been beset a.
those who bring the news Of some great
victory or important conquest. In this
State especially, where the impossible In
dian line has caused so great an accumu-
lation Of the pioneer race, half the popula-
ton seems ready to rush across the plains!
We have brought them the cheering d.
dings that wagon-road is open to the Pa
cifc, and they chafe because spring il 50
long in coming, that they may stanl
There is IN all this new region 70 much
Of serious sublimity such a breathing and
lively forecast Of great changes in tie hu-
man family--apparently near, yet which
our generation may or may not be plunged
into-that men seem eager, as il were, 10
overleap the first chapters Of the future. in
order to alight in the midst Of The stirring
drama which is foreshadowed in lines dis
tinct and indelible. Lock at this State
alone. The census just taken gives 70 Us
an increase Of lO7, 1000 inhabitants in four
years! Remember that with the national
census Of 1850, the sceptre Of power pas
ses over the Alleghanies perhaps. nay
probably, never torevisit the Atianticsss-
board! Whatever may be the progressed
the nation up to that time-from that time,
thenceforth, its expansion will dazzle and
outstrip whatever the most sanguinc now
venture TO imagine. The vast producing
population Of the interior regard the dtas-
TIC STATES as having too often acted the part
of a harsh stepmother. She has too often
and too inconsiderately scourged their h.
Dor with banks, tariffs, and monopolies Of
trade, and she has engulfed far more than
just proportion Of their revenues. They
anticipate in the Pacific States, The bold,
enterprising and energetic progeny Of their
own loins--a commercial people Of Amer.
lean blood, reared remote from silly and
servilc imitation Of European fashicns--
from contact or coniagion with arrogant
European tyrannics--from absurd subser.
viency to anti-republican European fY-
mas, presidents and customs.
4 Once Ihesitated, in doubt whether thess
revolutions could take place or would hap
pen soon-for The vast space which separ-
atcs US from the P,cific was an unknown
world to me. Ncw l have traversed This
intervening space have almost csughta
glimpse Of the Oriental word over The
tranquil and alluring surface Of the great
ocean. The rivers have been SO made 70
run, the mountains are SO gorged, he
plains so spread out, as if arranged BY :
Providential hand for the moment when
new order in the worlds affairs is to fash
into existence. -rggB9
i We feel here the kecnest anxiety about
the negotiations now on The anvil at WASH
ington. /. To yield to Great Britain tls
space between 40 . and "a . 49, will y
at once burning shame, a mortal sa1l.
fee, and gross blunder. IL d essential
most essential-to keep Great Britain
away entirely from our. rear on the Rci6c.
The northern portion Of Oregon over
shadows and controls the balance. ~
enthusiastically the uery best part-cf # Ne
not Russia, the United States and Mex
&C, sufficient to take care Of the western
part Of our CONTINENT Let Great Britstn
be curbed down to what she already 20,
nopolizes in those seas, and not be allowed
to hoop and encirole every thing w.sIa
her insatiate embrace! II viii show oaa
wisdom and precedence to tell Great bfa.
ain at onoe to retire from every portion
the Oregon Territory without wnya
whereiere--to do 50 imnsdiassly. itn'a