The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-09

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Mexico are hers she occupies Honduras and the
Mosquito shore ia Central America By these pos.
| sessions she covers the whole Atlantic front OF
| North America absorbs half OF all its commerce
'numidates its people, and awaits tho moment FOR
any aggressive swoop upon their territories. She
mas Trinidad, Guyana, snd the Falkland islands
upon the coast Of Soath America; the western coast
o. Airea Is dotted with her posts she has ST. He
ena ana the Cape Of Good Hope; she is now con-
| tue'hs me republics Of the La Plata, and posing
'tsen 70 plunge upon Brazil The Mediterranean
- i'. ana consroled by Gibraltar, Malta, and
| Europe, the Baltic and the unns, A,I.n,;c In tbs
ind,sh ocean she Is Just potenually posted. and
| Yields supreme sway. The Mauririns The Sew
eheies, Hindostan, ceyon, Singapore command
the cape route to China Alden controls the Red
sea and the overland route from the Msd,srra,..,,
TO the Oriental countries In the Persian gaIf - -
| fortified. In China she has ChuSan and Hon.
Kong and, stretching towards the southern nols
| Australasia, Van Dieman's Land, New Zealand
| Norfolk Island! Thus has England entrenched nor.
| self IN impregnable power over fourhths Of the
groaning globe! What IL there left 10 contest with
herr isany corner left free from the military e.
| p'onsss with which she has covered every sea, and
suspended herself over every coast One ocean, one
coast, ana one people remain yet uningufed in
her comprehensive nav. England has as yet no
territorial position upon the western coast Of Amer
lea, from Bhering's strait. 10 Cane Horn none in
| the great north Pacific between America and Asia
She 10 now preparing To settle down upon the vet
unoccupiod space al all points al once Around
Cape Horn she occupies the Falkland and South
Shetland lsiands From the Mosquito shore she
grssps the isthmos Of Panama. Give her northern
Oregon and her positions on poth froni. Of the Pa
eihe are complete. Her bands Of fortified oo.,.
JOIN ends around the worid in each IONA ma I,
both hemispheres. The Sandwich islands, Mexi-
co, Peru, and other smali-fry people Of the world
ai 70 her naturally IN thus general harvest and thus
he -.
all rivalry either in arms or commerce, upon the
high seas or among thsir adjacent maritime nations
That one people 10 whom the Just Creator has re-
served the power and position 10 avert this consum-
nation and TO vindicate the commercial freedom of
the suplne nations Of the world, 10 tho American
Republic Northern Oregon, placed In the only
open gap Of this British net, which every where
else entraps the world, must be disentangled from
It's meshes. .3u Of II must be saved, and with IL
saved TO the American people the direct trade Of the
Oriental world.
Thi, must be saved. to thwsrt the grasping ava.
rice with which British power stnddles the globe
and strains to gorge mankind. This must and can and
o,h be done. IL Is great duty due from the Amer
'can people 10 themselves, 10 mankind and the age
at which mankind have found themselves arrived,
MIR. Nee. here exhibited several beautifully
colored msps--one showing the geographical for
nation Of the United States; another the localities
Of the possessions Of Great Britain throughout the
world; and another showing the distances from
England TO China by tho Cape Of Good Hope and
AZ, and an. d;.,.n.. e., -. "A - a..
ne 49, ,hs Un,.d So. - ..".ss 70 ID
Gu. III ~. -, IsJ;s a'a .pe ae'ne W
route was the nearest and best, avoiding the cross
ing OF the equator object essential to sue
cessful trade with the countries Of ASIA in proyi-
A".,.lpJaa ap~l AZ M NJ e'. numerous mem
$3.50 ~ $500 ns vi eo anu ,or ume' ar
1es sSn ''' 0oof's VI Ms re""hS' hesamins, ne
IT,. ,;,,. h.. .a AZ. c,-,
Inc uine mas arrived, mr. Chairman, Tor the
hheiean People 70 appreciate the importance OF an
,htinale anu oA'ensve uaae carried on areety rom
heI western seaDoaru, WIN inc innumeraoie,
wea'ny, anu ih'elngen' people OF oh,na, inc In
ules, ne.a' anu oou'n hmer'cai our present
uadc WIN lne european nauons, VINO are Tor inc
most par eneaeea IN he same occupation ana pro-
uuoe .ns sali'e srucles Ior commerce as ourselves,
70 oonSiuo,eu VI Pnanoah' importance IN thS Soh-
g.ess, anu us Iesa'auoh occupies larse snare
y, OUT eooa anu ent'oos aehoeianons. VOW
China, none, Is equai IN population, extent, and
resources, 10 inc aggregate amount Oh all the Eu-
roPean natons' ms single empire fronts s,ooo
miles upon tne racine, opposite TO oregon. Her
ouaine aeo - aoW innes. Inc area Of her terri-
Tory o,vvU - square mics, ana her population
was so. " nSind IN .ns year iss5, NO people
mn ,na ~; pass .ne Snnese '" civiiiza-
uon nnos.oose, anu ln'eanSence. lheir ,ncui',re
sonas US tea, raw sik, SPICES, dyes, fruits
anu Iduo's, tneir manuiac.u,es furnish Tor irafhc
H.Ia $1,000 .apos, nsnkeens, sa'ns, vevets'
iam a", -, u sss'tn Peung, IVORY, hns wool
ems .Sys, nreworks, metals, white copper, the rare
HJn y, o.hosS, uh, gums, paints, ana other ar
1a ,,'no ~ nunoer anu excenent IN quality.
., ueso we hase, TOT oarer, the provisions, the
leaa .he raw cou1n, tne tobacco, me lumber, furs
Isn ., :ne saey OF me MississlpPi ana oregon
Isnnn .,;,h are many equsny prolnnc countries;
W. 'I noo o Popqauon OF Al IVY 700; Chochin
nn 1i 400 So" nfmah lsOoO,oOo; and British
.nd ~ ps an .nese great countries lying
VIC a'.ne, connccted WIN oregon by that
s;, cso ooo 600 anu oy oregon win u.s. swarmng
To MI, oyV,ooooou ., people, ana .eemng win ele-
I y, o1il'e,oe I'D l''hnte ekuoerahce; An hese
Poepe' anu eouhlres anu elements, are awaiting the
a,aNm VI 'ne hnercan people ana american com
meioe ao'u' 70 oescend 70 the racine by the great
So.uuioa, anu eap IN raalant lines rom our western
us bosom; our trade beyond the south
edn a. Presen' ansushes under me superior
au sanuasses enJoyea oy G,eat Britain, whose indla
opium, rice, and other agricultural products. From
Oregon we can succeasfillv meet and overtbrow hi,
British monopoly. Without dwelling upon partic-
uars. what does history teach with reoard m