The Arkansas banner., 1845-12-24

10. under or by force of any convention for the time being. between Us and such foreign States respectively. may be entitled To, and shall be engaged in, the said trade
 It is much to be regretted that, while under this act, British subjects have enjoyed the protection of British laws and British judicial tribunals throughout the whole of Oregon. American citizens. in the same territory, have enjoyed no such protection from their eo- vement. Al the same time, the result illus trates the character of our people and their institutions. In spite of this neglect they have multiplied, and their number is rapidly increasing in that territory. They have made no appeal to arms, but have peacefully forii- fled themselves in their new homes. by the adoption of republican institutions for them selves; furnishing another example of lh truth that selfgovernment is inherent in the Ame- rican breast, and must prevail 1t is due 10 them that they should be embraced aud pro- tected by our laws.
 IL is deemed important that our laws re- gulatng trade and intercourse, with the Indian tribes cast of the Rocky Mountains, should be expressed to such tribes as dwell beyond them.
 The increasing emigration to Oregon, and the care and dprotection which is due from the government 10 it's citizens in that distant re- zion, make it our duty as il is onr interest, io cultivate amieable relations with the Indian tribes of that territory. For this purpose l recommend that provision be made for cslab- fishing an Indian agency, and such sub-agen- l cles as may he deemed necessary beyond the l Rocky Mountains. For the protection of emgrants whilst on their way to Oregon, against the attacks of the Indian tribes occu- pying the country through which they pass, 1 recommend that suitable number of stockades and block house forts be erected a- long the usual route between our frontier set dement's on the Missouri and the Rocky Noun i tains; and that an adequate force of mounted rlfiemen be raised to guard and protect then on their journey. The immediate adoption of these recommendations by Congress will not violate the provisions of the existing treaty. It will be doing nothing more for American citizens than British laws have long since done for British subjects ill the same territory.
 Il requires several months to perform the voyage by sea from the Atlantic States 10 Oregon; and although we have large nlim- Der of whale ships in the Pacific, but few o i them afforded an opportunity of inierehang- 1 ing intelligence, without great delay, between our settlements in that distant region and the 1 US. An overland mail is believed to he entirely practicable; and the importance oi estab' 'ishing such mail, at least once month l is submitted 10 the favorable consideration oi Congress.
 IL is submitted the wisdom of Congress lc determine whether at their present session and until after the expiration of the years notice, any other measure may he adopted consistently with the convention of 1927, foi the security of our rights, and the govern meht and protection of our citizens ip Oregon. That it will ultimately be wise and proper to make liberal grants of lant to the patriotic pioneers who amidst prva lions and dangers, lead tic way through sa wage tribes nhabillng the vast wilderness in tervenng between our frontier settlements ant i Oregon. who cultivate andare ever ready to de 1 fend the soil I fully satisfiedIo doubt whe- l ther they will obtain such grants as soon the convention between ihe U. S. and Great Bri- tain shall have ceased to exist, would be tt i doubt lhe justice of Congress; but, pending l the years notice, t is worthy of consideration whether stipulation to this effect may bt made, consistently with the spirit of that con vention.
 The recommendations which l=have mdc as to the best manner of securing our right in Oregon, are submitted to Congress witl great de!erence. Should they, in their wis dom, devise any other mode better calcnla. ted to accomplish the same object, it shal meet with my hearty concurrence.
 At the end of the years not ce, sfFpno
 Congress think il proper to make provision for giving that notice, we shall have reached period when the national rights in Oregon must either be abandoned or firmly maintain ed. That they cannot be abandoned with ont sacrifice of both national honor and interest, is too clear to admit of doubt.
 Oregon is part of the North American continent, 10 which ii is confidently affirmed, the lille of the United States Is the best now l in existence. For the grounds on which the I title resls, refer you 10 the correspondence of ihe late and present Secretary of State with the British penipoteniary during the negotiation. The British proposition of com promise, which weuld make the Columbia the line south of lory-nne degrees, with a I trilling addition of detached territory to the 1 U States, north Of the river, and would leave on the British side two-thrds of the whole 1 Oregon territory, including the free nayiga- ton of the Columbia and all the valuable harbors on the Pacific, can never for a mo- menl be entertained by the U. States, without an abandonment of their just and clear terri torial rights, their own seli-respect, and the national honor For the information of Con gress, communicate herewith the correspon- derce which took place between the two governments during the late negotiation.
 The rapid extent of our settlements over our territories heretofore unoccupied, the ad- dition of new States to our conieds racy, the expansion of free principles, and our rising greatness as nation, are attracting the atien ton of lhesPowers of Europe; and lately iht doctrine has been broached III some of them of s.baan5e of powero on this continent, to check our advancement The U States, sincerely desirous of preserving relations oi good understanding with all nations, cannot in silence permit any European interference on the N orlh American Continent; and should any such interference be attempted, wili be ready to resist il at any and all hazards. II l is well known to the American People, and to all nations, that this government has nev-