Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-08
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| 70 enterprise and Industry navigable communica
lions o. internal trade branching in all directions
quaarup'e IN extent Tile inland navigation. natu
RAJ and arliilcial, which now floats The commerce
Oh new ORR, and makes her still the emporium
OF .ie new world and UNNECESSARILY Superio,
70 'ha' Whlen supplies the internal trade OF Paris
London, Pekin, Canton, or that which. in an
Client days, reared up The mighty cities Of Baby.
Ion and fhebes with their twenty millions of in
haUilaa,s. The Imagination staItles al the con
ception OF what New Orleans Cor some other de
POI OF exchange which necessity will force up a
The mouth oflhe Mississippi is destined 10 he
come. Not only our commerce in the Gull. bu
onr borders upon the South west. opening through
mighty rivers thousands Of miles. TO the advanc,
ola hostile army, would be exposed 10 attack
WIN iexas alone as foe, her capacity 10 in
lict INJURY and annoyance, when She becomes
powerful empire, as she is destined soon 10 be- i
nuuth, formidable. But let her interests uni,
with The Interests of England and let them boil
be arrayed against rs, and what then must be on
position Look al the posture oil England in III.
Gnli, anf tell me, can she lie permitted to add Il
her strength there, without imminent peril to our
selves! She has The Bahama islands. which
group along The commercial path that lead.
around The coast of Florida She has The Der
mudaS, which stand out upon the East and where
she could haIbor every ship OF The line in her ma
W, ana from either position watch, attack, re-
treat She has jamaica in the rear of Gu
ba, Commanding The Western pass arounl
lie key oil tEe Gulf She is posted in Hon
aufas, which oVerlooks al once The mare GiaW-
sur. and the Caribbean sea and she has The
! islands which block The entrance 10 that sea. We
will no; now examine her positions At the Norh
and East, but looking only here. can we not see
The exposure and the peril that surrounds one.ha
The commerce OF the Union in the event of war;
Give her naval and Il military resting spot in
/ the hai5ors Of Texas, and from what ponls are
you not then endangered The valiant member
/ from Ohio Mr.. Brinkeihoff,) with his Clipper
! MissouriaEs" may, indeed, keep The cute, OF The
Mississippi clear, but like an Indian opening, the
clearance would bnt expose Jour commerce 10 The
rapaciiy OF an enemy He would find his insect
mol ''hunl-bng," but a hornet Sir, you can
never be secure until you can control all the i'm
polant channels of the Gulf Of Mexico Other
powers now divide that control with you. Let us
then, when we can, make sure OF Texas. Letu
see that Cuba hereafter passes into the possession
Of no European power, other than Spain, under
am contingency whatever; and il in time events
shall lead The way lei Us peacefully acquire every
position in the Gulf which can enable an enemy
10 destroy, or rival 10 >upplani Our commerce
there.
Sir, VIC are ;oll, in The spiritof rcbuke, BY oppo-
nen's OF This measure, Of lie exposure OF our from
tier States on the Moth u British power True
Let us strengthen and iortity ourselves there
But l. that exposure reason for rejecting acgu-
sitions giving us security on Inc South? The
territory drained by the streams flowing into our
own rivers and lakes al the North, and that which
commands the outlet Of these 10 the ocean and Of
lis harbors there belong By nature 10 ourselves
The time Will come when foreign power can no
longer separate a people identified in interest, uni
ted in territory and in the sympathies Of freedom.
When that time does come, will the South draw
back her support? Never, sir. | confdc in her
devotion 10 The welfare Of the Union. The events
o! The revolution, and Of The second war Of iDde-
pendence, demonstrate alike the nationality Of
her feeling and The fcclin. OF The North.
Bul, sir, looa 10 the Western interior, and you
viii find the position of Texas Indispensable 10
, enable you 10 control the Indian nations there,
and 10 be secure against the designs Of IN enemy
10 bring upon your frontier savage wal Lei
no man call This danger, too, a humbug.' Both
the great wars in which our country has been in
vuircd have seen Tie s2gases the allies Of an AZ,
vcrsary whose path has lraiad with :hrr h,i.6 he
ries. With mere than SIXTY thousand warriors,
whom your policy has transferred 10 the borders
Of Arkansas and Missouri. separated from Texas
ior hundreds Of miles, only ~ rivers ana aIbitra-
~ lines, ycu are bouni 10 give ample protection
10 the frontier men, and secure 10 those States m
doubted security and peace. Il can never be
done while Texas may become an enemy, orthe
ally Of cur enemy.
But sir this measure rises in magnitude when
you look to Oregon territory you are now al
vancing 10 occupy. Texas approaches the verge
Of The mountain pass through which alone upon
The South, you penetrate The grand rocky range,
and reach the shores of The Pacific. Will you
force The establishment! Of an Independent power
which. now as The ally ct your enemy, or here
alter alone as Your foe, may al once haFIasS
your commerce in the Cult and your pathway io
Oregon Dare YOU permit the security 0: your
intercourse with The new land ci promise 10 be
endangered Sir they ale indi>solnbly united
by he hand Of nature, and must not he di"ited
by The blind policy of man. fonr course is on.
ward. With Texas and Oregon, your brilliant
destiny opens before you. The commerce of The
great valley is then secured. The commerce oil
Northern Mexico is yours; and you lay the inun-
dalons of an empire on the Pacific, which, in it
consequences, will ere long revolulonze the
most powerful kingdoms Of The Garth There
10 Oregon your ever active population will press
forward with intelligent and unconGucrabe en-
er.y. Your arts, your manufactures, your IN
duslry your capital, whatever is American, VIII
20 with them. Connecting chains OF steam com
munication must soon traverse the continent.
ami unilc The Two oceans that embrace II. Time
and space are annihila,ed. The inlerchanges ol
commerce will speed thousands Of miles from
the shores of the Atlantic 10 The Pacihc, idl
sooner than they could pass in The last genera
lion 10 our inland lakes. Then, with The inonoP-
DIV Of The cotton product Of the world in your
hand you will stand upon Oregon and look over
upon The shores of Asia. Leaving England and
the other nations Of Europe behind you. you
will have advanced thousands Of miles near
or than they 10 China, 10 India, 10 The western
coast Of. the Asia!ic continent. The Republics
OF South America, 100, which skirt The Pacific.
will lay within The embrace OF your commerce
on the West. Then shall we open in earnest the
contest with England for commercial supremacy
in the world Competition will gradually under
mine her prosperity: The distant markets Tor her
manufactures will one By one, drop from her
grasp ill American industry and skill will sup
plant her in them ALL From the day when Tex
as and Oregon ale brought under The sway o.
American enterprise, begins The decline, and ~
lis ultimate triumph comes the downfall oil Inc
British Empire Sir. the generation which FOL
lows US will see the day when that oveIshado"-
ing MONARCHY whose power now encircles he
globe which has every where, fer ages PAST. seized
the most important commercial posIllons-nah-
ing all nations tributary 10 her wealth and ag-
crandizement-a power which once assumed 10
dictate the ildTilIllle .dNS Va S1ithi III W
triumphanty appealed from her imperious deci-
sons 10 the superior law Of the sword-a power
which now aims to maintain her prosperity BY
seeking 10 control the domestic arrangements OF
a LARGE portion OF orr own country-anoihcr gen.
Grafton. | say, will see that now mighty power
reccdins before the advance Of American energy
and freedom.
But, Sir, where is the great statesman Of our
conntry who has moi lorescen and Grged The vast
inheritance Of this territory 10 our Union Il
was embraced in the cession 10 US by France in
1903, and orr rights we're relinqnishcd 10 Spain
By the Treaty Of 1921. The diplomatic history
ii our country records the undenahle fact, that i
has been claimed, as our own, by the pure>t and
The ab!es, public men Of all parties. Opinions
have ss1 Varied as TO- h o p,sfss oe eAsn sd G
son. Monroe, Adams, Clay Jackson: Van Blu
rem, with others as able if no. as eminent as they,
stand pledged before the country for The validity
Of our rights under the ccssion OF Louisiana; and
every administration, except The last, since The
Tr..tv nj 1921 has sought by negotiation 10 re-