The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-31

lucrative occupations in 0regon--fur-hunting and
fdr-radng. They have driven every .amsyicsn ciii-
rem out Of the business Let an American trappcr
hunter appear anywhere in the territory, and in
stany two or three agents Of the company establish
themselves by his side, furnished amply with specie
and merchandise, 10 outbid him for frs, to call in
Indian or white competition, and SO break up his
business. The individual cannot stand against the
organized and powerful company. His business
y broken up, and he goes TO farming in the valley
Of Willamette. This is now the regular course of
things. This is practically the common use and enjoy
mssat Of Oregon stipulated by the treaty--ths, viz
the entire monopoly Of the great ur-trade there by
one Of the parties added to the exclusive government
by the same party Of the whole Of the soil Of that
vast territory, save only the farms which some four
thousand Americans are tllng with their own hands.
As early as 1923 the Hudson Bay Company had
found their trade under these circumstances quite
thriving. The proceeds Of their trade for that year
were, in round numbers, 100000 dollars. Their
shares then stood l4O per cent above par.
Our readers will remember that when the bill to
extend territorial government over Oregon was
before Congress last session, its opponents protested
against it, because, as they alleged, it violated
the stipulation of 1918. How comes il, then, that
the other party to that itself
to be as Great Britain has, time after time,
admitted, and now admits herself to be, the
party out Of possession, pending the negotiation
how comes it, then, that this other disseised
party, at this moment, has extended its laws
in full force the whole unoccupied territory
The mechanism by which this trick Of political
lcserdemain has been played off is at once very in
genious and thoroughly English. The British cabi-
net has practised the manGuvre in Asia, till now
it has become wonderfully adroit. 1t is simply
the Great East Indian Jugge tried again in the
West. The apparatus--mac and fixtures
are just alike in the two cases A great trading COR
poraton, welding millions Of capital-with power
to pass laws; to maintain civil establishment; to
maintain military establishment to collect revenues
to hoist flag of its own--not the Queens Aag;--to
build forts; TO keep six or eight armed vessels on
the coast; to possess territory-all in the way of
trade of course; and to do all this under the eye of
the British Parliament acting for itself when Parlia-
ment chooses to disavow the responsibility Of its acts;
acting for Parliament just when Parliament chooses
to accept that responsibity-in one word, great
Empire Corporation in fact, with power to change
itself, at the waving of the minister's wand, (pres-
TO- the uggIers have it, into most demure, SIM
pie, harmless partnership ofpainstakng individuals,
trying to turn an honest penny in the way of the
fur-trade. This is the mechanism by which the
miracle is easily wrought In the time Of the 'mer-
RE monarch"-easy King Charles English policy
amused itself with building two of these magni6-
cent playthings-one for the East, which it called
the East India Company; one for the West, which
il called the Company Of Hudson's Bay. How
the one has worked in the East, the world knows
pretty well. The other, in the West, has not long
since been put in fine ordcr by uniting itself with
its rival, the Northwest Company. Does this coun-
uy--does Congress-wish to know how it will
work in the West, in Oregon, if we only sit quietly
by as spectators, and let it aonel The problem is
easily solved We have only to turn to the lives of
Robert Give and of Warren Hastings, and read the
pages which tell of their doings in Madras and Bonn
bay!
We shall have word or two more TO say on this
subject
INDIAN AFFAIRs-THE PoTTAwAToMIEs- THEIR
VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT.
A delegation from the Pottawatomc tribe of ln-
dams, under charge of their agent, Col r. 8. Elliott
have been in this city several days. They made
their visit of form the President yesterday, by APP
pointment, at IL o'clock. The President received
the delegation and their friends in his usual business
room; and the customary shaking of hands, incident
to an Indian council, Immediately introduced the
great orator Of the tribe, or Haf
Day. who rendered the sautation Of his people to
the Chief Magistrate, whom, il is generally known,
the wild Indians call, and believe to be- the "grea
father of the red man." There are seven chiefs and
braves, comprising the delegation, Of the pure In
dian blood; and to those who never witnessed a
meeting between the untutored children Nature and
their spale-faced faher,n this interview highly
interesting. 1t presented scene which painter
might make of, than struck the eye or imagina-
ton of those who yesterday looked upon it. There
stood the chief ruler of the greatest nation upon
earth--educated and reared in such manner as
to qualify him to adorn the highest civil Office in
Christendom; he had beside him his war minister
and his attorney general, with several other officers
Of his government. Immediately in front Of him
stood "Optee-kee-shik, the Pottawatomie orator-a
square-buit, hale-looking Indian, Of about for
tyfve years Of age, unletered entirely ignorant Of
our manners and customs, unable to pronounce or
understand a syllable of our language-there he
stood, the genuine ''natipe .amerean" his face paint
ed, and head decorated in true Indian style. With
his calico shirt, his buckskin leggings, his breech
cloth and moccasins, with his eye firmly fixed on
the President, and as proud, in his way, as the
greatest monarch in the world. After the delegation
were seated the orator rose and approached the
President, who took standing position at the head
Of the room. He shook the President heartily by
the hand; and then, retiring few steps, addressed
him, in substance, as follows:
"My great father you see before you small
number of your Pottawatomie children. We have
come a long journey to take you by the hand, and
tell you what has troubled US at home and brought
us here to you. There sit my chiefs and braves