Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-06

Iegr'tN of his decision. In pIiSate affairs, we can alwals find impartial aibrators, and we knoW hs msnj which IS impossible in it's arbitration by s goyernmenH
 What mains, then, for the United States in this important tsuesuonl Innswel,
 l. Tims, the great regulator of all things in s world. II nothing else occur 10 dispose oi the Gre gon question. in time the baekwoodrnen oi he west will do il with lheif aXes cattle, and ploughs nnd if need he, their rifles. Emigrans from the United States have land journey 10 Oregon which is, com paral,ey speaking, easy for their horses and cattle feed themselves lhe road, carry or furnish pro- visions for the cmigrans, and carry the utensils and constitute the capital with which the settlers 10 begin lie in Oregon. Emielants from Great Bri- tain have a much longer land journey To make, be. sides d voyage of 5000 miles; or, in the whole, a voyage of enormous length and expense, if they go hy the Cape of Good Hope Cape Horn. Be sides which, all British cmgranls in Aneiiea have great tendency 10 cease To be Britons and 10 be- come Americans.
 2 Negohation And il is deeply to be regretted thai in the whole course of this affair the British government has manifested lilie oi ihe spirit ei- lher of equity or cuncllAton. The continuance of this root ol bitterness hetween the two nations fault. repeat of the United States. We have stretched cUnciliaIion and compromise 10 the utmost verge of honor, in effort of arrangement, and in so long suffering the divided occupancy of territory believed 10 be wholly our own Or shall we the Cni- ted States, tamly place ourselves in the attitude ol the degraded nations of Asia and Africa. and quietly permit Engand to leave Europe where she belongs, and come to here in America, she goes to Asia and AhIca 10 take my part ul the continent she may please to fancy? Never
 5. War; therefore, remanins as possible alterna- tive; but one which, in my opinion. there IS not the slightest present cause 10 apprehend. Remember, WAT, to exist al all. must be aggressive war on the part of Great Britain. She must come here to seek II. We not proposing to go to Europe, and lo lake from her Scotland or half of Ireland by force. IL is she who insades, and musl assume all the hazards ol invasion. Will she do thsl l do not believe it. Sin Robert peel may lak largely the subject, for ihe purpose of carrying through larlia- critical domestic measure, or m the van hope 10 n!ni,iale the Unred States But Eng an | is too dependant, on Amer ca for cotton and corn to declare war against us lightly; and she cannot iail to remember how, in two wars with us already, at n time when we were much less powerful than now, she gained nothing but deieai and dishonor; iu, twice only, in he history of modern times, has it happened o Britain, aInong many brilliant achievements ol hers in every region ol the habit able gohc--lwite only in modern history has it nanpenei 10 Britain 10 her armies capi,uIae and laY down her the field of batte and each of these iues 1t was to ihe siars ol lhe United States tha the cross of St George WAS lowered in humiliation and surfow; whisl ships of war, in like maunG, dissolved the charm oi British invlnci- billy on tie ocean.
 reile'ae lhe dec laraton, hen, that think the existing pac on the subjec as idle aS il IS incom- preient be ,and that have not the lHinrst appre- hension of tle immnence of war with treal Britain confident, meanwhile. that when (Ii ever) il does come, wllcease only with the utter expulsion of her power lipm America.
 In concmson, permit me tn say few words con cernlng lhe alue and importance of Oregon to the ] United Stats.
 That r@iun of the earth, tlrlce as large as the Rriiish iSinls, as large as the thirteen original i United Stats, washed by he sea, with four great rive hnwil. into the sea, with many valuable har- bors in it's norhery parts, and unsurpassed fisheries afegDn possessed of mild and tempera te clmaIe, caiRble of pHsurIng cattle the whole win ter, well woded, and with much fertile and produce live soil-tla' such region has value il Is idle 10 cunirovett, and ridiculous 10 deny. To be sure, there age tracts of Il which are comparatively ly ard or iilei with precipilous mountains; winch mountains however, il is quite pussibie, possess h
 same kind d mineral riches, which fill he snntherl y conlnuaiisl of the ranges in Mexico ;and II Il should
 prove uhers ise there does not the less remain d vast amnunol iabitable and fertile territory, capa- ble nt sustaining in comlort and happiness millions oi men Aud il Is region oi country naturally des-
 tined to supply the nations on ihe coasts Of the Pa cifc ard it's islands with lumber, fish, breadstuf1s
 beef, and thus to possess immediately lucrative commei ce that ocean.
 And it's utlmate commercial value is, ndeed that which England to cOvet ihe pos session of IT, and 10 desire any disposition of , rather than its settlement by the United States. For in the regIon of Oregon, $ to grow p,lere many years pass away a race of men, who will stand m the same relation the Pacific that of the eastern states do to the Atlantic, and in the same relation of Asia that we do to Europe. And the stake therefore s worthy ol all po sble soliclude To whole country, and 10 ,s of ihe east, especially, who have twenty millions ofproperiy afoal the South Sea, without n har- bOr in which have the permanent right oi refuge
 without an acre of land which the storm-toss ed mariner can set his oot and feel himself resting at length under the protecting fold olhe banner ol the Union.
 Finally, it is not to be tolerated any longer that England should consider thrs continent the field for indulgence of her unsuitable thirst of conquest and colonization. Is British intarenti6n he aiiairs si America To be dreaded! How much more. lhen British occupancy, Enough for her, and more than enough for us. that she overhangs already in the east and in the north, without doing so likewise in the west.