The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1845-11-07
From the Ohio Statesman.
oregon and England.


oregon and England.
The grea,ss, question Of the age is Nm
doubtedly that OF the settlement Of the
Oregon dispute. View il in whatever as
pect we may, the future existence OF the
United States government must depend
inavery great degree upon the character
Of the people and government of Oregon.
We live 10 an age Of progression. The
march of mind and the advance If com.
Tnerce, have now almost reached their
height, but will continue to be difFused
throughout the world, finding follower, 10
every cline. Tie trade TO China aud the
East Indies is Of the utmost importance
10 the United States, a. for loag time IL
has beeo 10 England. The great '@sssp.
olzcr Of nations would deny % us and
every Other government, all privileges
and powers net grnrant;ed by fAemseirea
For ahhousand years, the history of En-
gland has been rer reated series Of ma.
lional crimes, imposed upon the weaker
domiuions Of the earth. The very nature
OF their government renders il impossible
10 be otherwise; and the character OF their
rulers is such, that the insatiate love Of
power and conquest is the foundation Of
all their schemes ofgcvernment policy
As people whose character is so well
known, should always be watched with an
.unslumbering eye Ever ready, like some
great beast Of prey, TO devonr the limo.
cent and unsuspecting, no nation on earth
can res. secure ia the arms OF such mons
ster
That the design of the English govern.
ment is to usurp dominion upon this con-
tineut, is no longer a question of doubt.
They are directing all the energies Of their
nature towards the consummation OF that
object. Looking forw ard to the day when
the proud, growing lion Of EogIand shall
be seen resting in triumph where before
the honored flag Of freedom waved, they
feel as tough tLey Lad but TO wish, and
the deed at once is accomplished. Give
them single footholj in Oregon, aud the
fate of free America is sealed. Surren.
der an inch Of tha: boundless wlld,' and
generations to come will be stained in
blood. Acquiesce no,o, TO their unndtu
ral love Of potcer, and no man can tell
what portion of the domain will next be
demanded TO satisfy their undying thirst
for supremacy. II is thousand times
" orse than useless, to talk about ne
COLLATION.. The people, RIGHT or WRONG,
believe that NO nation on earth, save and
except our own, has any particle Of claim
to Oregon; and SO believing, they will, at
all and every hazard, maintain that>righl
fereYer. England never had any legal
claim TO the possession Of that territory;
and even il she had, we find in her own
history a thousand preceden,s OF jusiiica.
tion, which authorizes us to take posses.
sion. II no other, we have TOO, which
will oyerrule all others. The first is,
that zoe want H.; and the second, THAT WE
WILL HAVE IT. Tie United States own
and hold the ,choie Of Oregon by purchase
by discovery, and by right, by national
right, an element Of national law which,
perhaps the followers Of John Bull may
not understand. The incontestible right
Of our government may rest upon the fol-
owing grounds:
Tie treaty Of Paris, in 1888, gave to
United States all the territorial right of
Great Britain TO the country bonded by
er treaty with France, in 1913 and 1863.
In 1888, Car. Gray, of Boston, in tie
sloop Washington, and Capt. Kendrick
in the ship Columbia, entered the port of
Noo,ka Sound.
In 1902, Capt. Gray, in the ship Co.
iumbia, discovered the mouth of the riv.
,r Columbia, and sailed up the stream
fourteen miles, May III.
In 1903, the United States purchased
The right of France to the territory ives
If the Mississippi.
In 1904, Lewis and Clark, authorized
BY Congress, explored the Columbia from
is source 10 its mouth.
In 1911, Astor erected a fort at the
mouth of the Columbia, called Astoria.
In 1912 this fort was taken by the En-
,lsb, and by the treaty Of Client, restored
n 1918.
In 1919, the right OF Spain TO territory
N the Pacific, north of az degrees, is
ceeded TO the United States. And,
In 1924, the treaty between Russia and
Ihe United States, fixes the northern
boundary of Oregon al "a degrees 40 min
ties north latitude.
The primitive right to Oregon, belong
ID to Spain, and that we have purchased.