The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-12-24
OREGON TERRITORY.
Memorial frorn Citizens Of Oregon

McMOTaAA aFOEA CRtaEcnS OF oregon.
The following memorial of citizens of the U.
States residing in the territory of Oregon, pray
ing for the establishment of distinct territorial
government, to embrace Oregon and its adjacent
scacoass, &C., was presented TO the House of
Representatives ON Wednesday, by the Hon, c,
u, lngersoIl, of Pennsylvania. 1t contains much
valuable information, and will undoubtedly be
read with INTEREST,"
To the Senate and House Of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress as
Sembled:
Your mcmoralsts, citizens of the United
States and residents of Oregon Territory, having
assembled in mass for the purpose of.debera-
Ting on their domestic affairs, desire to lay before
your honorable body a statement of their num-
bers, wants and condition, together with de-
Scrip:ion Of the country which they have come so
far to occupy. They desire also to ask of Con-
gress such legislative aid as may at once supply
their wants and accord with dignity Of the great
nation of which they are part
We know that our settlement is At present
young and feeble, our posi- ion remote and secu-
ded; that some of our countrymen, high in the
esteem of the nation, have described this terrific.
Try as scanned with volcanic mountains, separated
by intervals Of avid deserts. We have heard, too,
! that naughty government on foreign cont-
nen, asserts right TO possess herself Of Otegon,
and that our own national government listens quiz
city to her reiterated demands of the whole or a
moiety. We nave long waited, hoping that the
Justice and wisdom of the national Congress
would have extended to us, for our government
and better protection, that political system viii ch
has resulted in the creation of so manv noble,
independent States--encouraged in this hope,
as well by the lively sympathy Of the people MS
| by the efforts at legislation for our benefit made
in the Congress of the United States. Disap-
pointed in this hope; agtated by the uncertain
ties OF national disputes; assailable from the
ocean on one side, and surrounded elsewhere by
warlike Indians, and liable 10 be crushed from
every quarter; moreover, impeled by the neces-
sty of domestic government and internal police.
We have, according 10 the immemoral usage
of Americans. formed for ourselves govern
ment, and enacted laws, information concerning
which has already been transmitted to the seat
of government.
We have at present residing amongst us an In
dian agent, commissioned by The War Depart
meni, in whom resides the only trace Of the ma
tIonal authority found within this territory. Your
memOrialists earnestly desire TO impress you with
The dangers by which they are oncompassed,and
the difficulties WHICH perpex them, in the alb
sence of all government adequate to their de-
fence fiom foes abroad and the preservation OF
internal peace and order. We fully appreciate
the blessing enjoyed by all who live under the
wise republican system of tile United Statcs--
how necessary tisto our own rapid growth and
prosperity, aud TO the future glory Of the whole
nation, that we should be embraced in the bonds
Of that happy Union Yet confident in the re-
sources Of the magnificent country Of which we
have possessed ourselves, stimulated by the pros
poets Of commercial splcndor which burst upon
US from every wave of The Pacific ocean, and
confirmed by The successful daring Of our fore
fathers under less favorable circumstances, we
prepare ourselves 10 create a new nation in tho
wilderness We do this, deeming il neither safe
nor dignifed to Iinger in doubt and dependence