The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-12
Hon. r. J. WALKER,
Secretary of the Treasury.
OREGON.

oREGON.
The Ohio Statesman contains a long letter from
Mr.. Charles Saxton, dated Cincinnati, Dec. The
being then on his way from Oregon to Washington
city. TIE following is an extract
"The Hudson Bay Company, who have store
at Oregon city, after receiving the inaugural address
of the President, declaring that sour right to Oregon
is clear and unquesonable' refused TO take wheat
ofthe settlers ogoods, and to pay up their accounts,
which gave rise to many suspicious and no little
uneasIness among the settlers in the valley, though
all was quiet when left Oregon city, which was on
the 18th Of August last.
Mr.. Mclaughlin, who is very courteous, intel
ligent, and generous man, of great wealth, and chief
factor OF the II. b. Co., has possession of the site
of Oregon city, one mile square; Mr.. Ermitnger,
trader in that company, mile square adjoining it,
lying just above; David Mclaughlin, member Of
the Hudson Bay Company, another, east of his
fathers, adjoining the claim embracing the city.
mention these facts to let the people of the
United States know that, while it is advocated by
such men M Daniel Webster that we can negotiate
with England in regard to the settlement of Oregon,
by offering her again the parallel of AZ degrees
north latitude, as their northern boundary, that the
Hudson Bay Company talk and act otherwise in
Oregon.
That England viii never give up one inch of land
north Of the Columbia, if she can help it, is very
certain and DR.. Mclaughlin last spring went so
far az even 10 cause tree TO be cut down which
had the initials of an American citizens it
and threw IL into the Columbia, and also log-cabin
with IT, because IL was built on the north side of the
Columbia river near Fort Vancouver. But he has
not been able to keep all of from the north side of
that noble river, which is discovered to be- in con-
nexion with It's fine tributaries, with the excellent
land on their borders, and their proximity to the
Puget Sound, TO be the most valuable position OF
Oregon. Several families from Andrew county, Mo-,
have located on the north side, and are known by
the name Of Simmons's settlement. But while the
Hudson's Bay Company use all the means in their
power to prevent the settlement Of Americans on
the north or the Columbia, they do not hesitate to
appropriate and possess every valuable town site of
the south side, to the great deriment Of American
en,erprise-such as DR.. McLaughlin's great -four
ing mill at Oregon ci,y--his ferry, which runs in
opposition TO Hugh Burns's, an honest and worthy
mechanic, formerly Of Platte city, Mo.--and Joseph
McLaughlin's ferry (his sony on Yam Hall river
and his forbidding road to be laid out by commits
sioners appointed by the Oregon Legislature, from
Oregon city TO the Little island mills, owned by
American citizens, and constructing his mill dam
where said road was desired to be made, and exert
ing his influence, through his immense wealth, TO
control every election in the country.
"Bu,, sir, am not surprised at DIR. McLaughlin's
'unbridled audacity,' for he remarked to me last
March, that he was Of the opinion that the most
proper way TO settle the Oregon question between
the two governments, was for the United States to
yield to England all north Of the Columbia, and
take, in lieu Of the hsrbor Of Puget Sound, San
Francisco Bay, in California And this opinion Of
so amicable a settlement, | was informed, was the
sentiment Of Daniel Webster, esq