The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-23
ENGLAND AND THE FAR WEST.

N.tber the vehement pursuit oI DIS hcW rahroou
ILL., nor the more agiiaiins dread of a failure in
.,.o cror,, can turn away the anxious eye of
- Rail from the resistess tendency Of events in
q, West. Nature has said that the region of
or.son is to be ours. The CALIFORNIA;, too, are
,.,h,ealv included in the same iot--though, for
n,uOexa,ion," longer period may be needed.
~. aispensation of events, English policy can
,.,oocils itself Ilabors to shut its eyes against
i truth
!, addition to our manifest and indisputable right
n, soil of the Oregon Territory right derived
once from discovery, from exploration, from con-
,o,v from occupation, and from solemn treaty
;onI,,ons-in addition to all this overwhelming
,,s Of title in the soil, we have another mighty
oa upo the region, in the resistless affinity to us
| "A 20 our institutions of the population which is
rowing up within its limits. There are rumors in
|, uublic journals that temporary and provision
government has already been established by the
vel,s on the Oregon. Such government can
merely temporary and provisional. The off
Orup Of necessity, it will, we are assured, gladly
i've place to the protection of the federal constitu
I'm. The men who have made that government
sil be prompt to remember their right TO the name
N American citizens As American citizens, they
rent to Oegon-as such, they have lived there, on
American soiI-rs such, they are now under the
protecting eye of this nation-and as such, ere long,
b.y are to come into our confederation.
is plain enough, from the tone Of the British
press upon the subject, that England is at a loss
sh, to do in the premises. Occupy Oregon, she
ksnnot. Renquish it, she will not. To populate it,
involves some difficulty, in the midst Of the juris-
iicton she has established there, and some danger,
bitter all.
Here is the great contrast between England and
Ibis country, in relation to the Oregon claims Every
kmigrant who establishes himself between the
Rocky mountains and the Pacific becomes a claim
bnt for America, and foe TO the claim Of Eng
||and England cannot trust for a moment,
hi. tendencies and the sympa.hies of the only class
of her population which can be persuaded to emf
crate to Oregon. Place upon that shore colony Of
Fhe hafstarved laboring population of her manu-
featuring towns, or Of her oppressed and poverty
stricken agricultural peasantry, and how long will
be before free tenure Of new soil will be cal
|ahied to weaken their attachment to their poiti-
|cal Institutions This is the tremendous penalty
of dstnst- distrust Of her whole laboring popula-
don-which England is now forced to pay for the es-
ablahment Of that iniquitous social system (LYscH-
Law MADE LEGALLY which causes, in Great Britain,
10000 persons to opn the soil that $4,000, 900 lire
m!
With US, we need hardly say, the case is exactly
the reverse. Find in any quarter Of the habitable
globe laboring man of the Caucasian race--place
him on this continent, on plat of ground untitled
and unsubdued, which he may call his own--and, if
hebean within hearing of the United States,
fhbe within sight of the great northern constella-
ion Offree States you have at once in him an ear
nest and persevering advocate of annexation. This
Is the course Of nature II is the innate proselytism
ofdemocracy. The walls of cities, or the limits of
counties, peopIed like cities, as in England, may
shut it out; but in new and remote region, like
Texas or Oregon, it is alike inevitable and re-
slsiless. In such regisn, and in such state
pf things, we repeat it, independence to the An
Eo-Saxon comes by nature, and annexation fol-
lows close upon its footsteps.
English policy in relation to Texas, to Oregon, to
California, has all along staggered under the burden
Of this dread conviction. II palsies the arm Of
British power on this continent. To hold one inch
q ground here fora single year, England must rely,
rOd she does rely, wholly on her army and her
et She can keep possession Of frontier region only
Py qusAing every instinct that leads men 10 frontier
lN
In The views taken by late British journals of the
prospects and destiny of the Far West Of this CONT
sense of these truths is forced unwillingly into
Few' lnthe London "Times,' for instance--whose
recent Missouri" explosion our readers will not
nave iorgotten-we find, under date of October LIST,
FAe following paragraphs;
some recent accounts from the Far West Indicate very
Gordian knot OF the Oregon question. The game Of
mn ~ 70 De played over again with the whole of that
d IA 10 the west Of the Rocky mountains It is first
n ~ then declared independent, and in due time
NV somaly annexed Oregon and California are already
a absorbed How much further north and sonth the
I'M processes of assimilation and union
occ.. ony question of time; that is unless something
Tan interrupt the known laws of American progress
.r5 H now matter Of history The beginning and the
s oeofe US and constitute perfect specimen Of what
~, cal uor want Of dgnifed tern) the Ameri-
of aage IS neither act Of conquest triumph
Paeey Omaey but an annexation. On the shores Of the
ppt YET we see but the first steps OF the operation
,e,,a,y are unmstakeabe. Who doubt the family
o. The two schemes after perusing the following
: aps ,isip, 70 our city article the other day.
N. e letters IRON America state the curious fact that
r,s rams from the more eastern states to the Oregon
rovs nave organized themselves into sort of separate
II hn1 s totally independent Of Congress- The slip
pecan veween the mountainous chain and the Pacific
IONS 70 be sought with the greatest eagernessper
N The that independent may thus arise
naJ St powerful enough to prove formidable to the
Iy prssII such condition Of things predicted
Bentons ''eo"' anu "ore recehuy ny coionei
Oregon = almost tedious 10 describe In the way of
hes, Is however in the fncts There Ia the same.
for., p and determined policy. There ter
Prem, o,er some OF which I'VE have rights the
h,eS While Mexico retains, and is at present adj
,ou,be stu more absolute rights over other
Dcens ~ ana more desirable regions The Union conde-
he vo and negotiate with the powerful Of
sar,hp ossessorsi but that is not all Tho negotiation
Ioh H. ana lengthens, IT, 10 use the sailors express
hall, @ mad been cut of The boundary line perpet-
he aieues The pleas are continually amended While
Into M protected, and even deluded and entrapped.
cy nj soaabe land Instinct with the indigenous pol
,opr. ~ oh,on they form independent organizations. OF
In MAJ Know they are safe enough. As as they
oon. the Mexican natives, their British fellow
be, .h, y minority OF numbers and physical force,
n ~ forthwith give vent to their noble aspiration
heI, win the States; and will not be long before
W., nsneon. advances are gratefully acknowledged
sn walled town. and not half continent which was
d'suon there would be dispute IN he rartpr