Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-13

dom the case. The Indians understand wen 1u1
worth OF each article. The company arc oo.
10 make advances 10 all their trdPPels anu ~
such reckless set there is lilc certainty % Sc'-
ting returns even il the rapfer nave ~ ~,
power. All the profits OF The company vs.. :" =,
on economical arrangements; lor inc qua';.'J a
reItry in this section OF the country, anu i'ut
The inr.!rade on this side OF the moun'a'ns 70 =,
fallen III fi.ly per cent in The last lew years !.
is indeed reported that ms ou>lHes' :
hardly worth pursuing" .d : go,
The English writer, already ie'ciieu ~ eo'"'
mrntipg upon this, says:
"This is confirmed by statement winch we
have now before US, of The company's whole I'M
por,arions for 1914, and Of their i'm portations
from The Columbia (Which includes Inc "hole
Oregon terrilorv) in 1915 In ls4l, lhey import
ed from The whole OF their North american terri-
tories and hunting grounds 1899 SKINS oil me
value OF fl13 $50 u.s. Of which oregon lu!
nished only 81 1865 skins, valued al only I4o,oh.
10 l645 their importation from oregon mas o a.
only 57G2s skins, valued al too, i49 iiS. we
have also before us a return OF ine hn'.'oci u
persons in their employ in Norm America 'ol
The year ending The Isl oil June, ioI1. =
1912 There are many single liahu'ac. y. inS
establishments in England-snch as .ne H,ea'
Western cotton factory in Bristol, or Mr.. Mar
shalPs. in LeedS-which keep in activity ,nuch
larger CAPITAL. employ much greater NUMBER OF
persons. and Give much larger annual produce
Than can s. nrrdicaied Of a company whicn Is me
actual proprieo OF territories ger IMAM inc DIT
fish Islands and has the exclusive use OF re-
gion greater than the whole o. Europe.
This is The situation Of Oregon. England can
not colonize il: we can. The only trade iheIe
which they care anything about is fast disappear
ing; it has become already comparatively unlll-
pollant The English have PIP subjects mere
We have been told, in this debate, that we nave
already seven thousand citizens IN that tefri'ofy
and before the adjournment OF Congress we wiz
have ten. Under these circumstances, Is 'nele
any necessity Tor this "hot haste" IN terminating
The joint occupancy think mol. Every way
We are getting in a better condition there. IN inc
language of Col. Benton, in speech made du.
ring The last Congress on this subject
de, the emisrants go on, and carry theft lilies
We want their thirty thousand rifles IN the val
lev Of Oregon; they will make all quiet there, IN
The event of wal with Great Britan Tor The do
minion Of that country The war; II II comes,
will not be topical; il will mol be confined 10 Ore
gon bu will embrace the possessions OF the Two
powers throughout The globe Thirty thousand
rides on the Oregon will annihlate the Hudson
Bay Company, drive them of our continent, quie'
their Indians and protec, the american interests
in the remote regions OF the upper Missouri Inc
Platte, and the Arkansas, and in all the vast lc-
gion Of the Rocky mountains"
The English and The Indians, almost exclusive
" under English influence, are disappearing a.
mos, as fast as cur population is ausmehlins
The Secretary Of War informs Us that the num-
Der Of Indians at this time in Oregon IS ABOUT iol
" thousands but they are melting away oeioie
the advance of civilized population as sho"
before The sun:
"Durips nv STAY at Vancouver, (says Captain
Wilkes.) frequently saw Casenovc, the chiei c!
The KIackalack Tribe He was once lord OF an
this dominion. His village was situated apoui
six miles below Vancouver, on the North sue OF
the river. and within the last fifteen years was
oni,e populous; lie lhrn could muster four or
FIVE hundred warriors; but disease mas swept OF
the whole llbc; il is said that they all died wllhin
three weeks. He now stands alone, his land,
tribe and property all departed, and he eit Oh The
bounty OF the company"
The melancholy fate Of this Indian IS fast be-
coming The fate Of his race. But The gentleman
from Illinois Mr.. Douelass] says this mote OF
getting Oregon is Seai,Es il. II IS unnecessary
Tor me 10 say do not agree in the opinion any
more than admire the mode Of expressing IT.
desire, Mr. Chairman, that may not be. misun-
ierstood upon the Yoint have been last arguing
| do moi insist upon any pTotracted delay IN SET
ling this question. Whatever may have been
he wisdom Ct such course originally, II IS now
impossible The public mind in the two conn-
ries as become excited upon II, ana II must DC
settled Blu, do no, wish to restrict the period
within which this NAV be done 10 twelve months,
particularly when, as | have shown, we are losing
nothing BY the delay, and may, 10 the mean time,
prepare Tor the worst.
But. sir, such of us as belong 10 the Republic
can party, have been told that The President has
recommended the giving OF this notice, and maj
such OF US as refuse 10 vote ior II are aban-
tonine The administration. This Is purely
a patty view of the subject, which | scorn-
The President has referred the whole SUB
ject 10 us as coordinate department. OF Inc TO-
vernment, and we will ACT unworthy OF ourselves,
If, in disposins Of it, we are influenced by any
other consideration than The dictates oil our own
Judgment. The question is merely one OF eXpe-
diency, which involves no principle, ana one
about which gentlemen may well differ. ms IS
moi a party question. II il j. ihe gentleman
from Massachusetts Mr. Adams is The leader
Of The parry; and for one Will not follow ms
lead. But do not understand that such OF u
as oppose giving the notice until we are ready
10 give il, aud in the mean time express desire
10 get ready to give it, are going counter 10 The
Of the President. His recon-
meditation is unrestricted IS 20 time. He does
not ask US 10 give it today or tu-norrow-at
this seSsiun or The next. He has not recon-
mended that This subject should be taken up al
once, 10 the exclusion OF everything else, ana
pushed through at once. We can give The no.
lice six months hence, or even at the mex. ses-
sion, il intervening events shall hot iender IL un
The Congress will still he composed
OF the same members. Charles James Fox used
10 say that the maxim "never put oil until to-
morrow what you can do das," was ut only
for law men, who could not be depended upon
for discharging each day its appropriate dutles.
His maxim was, "never do to-day what can be
as we'll done 10 morrow" In politics il is Inc
lowed by nations, from how many errors would
il not have saved them? Often, often accident
would have done for them what their statesman
ship had not
In view o. some OF the considerations which
have presented, do mol mean 10 say that will
not vote for The notice il nothing shall occur be-
fore Tie adjounmen. Of Congress 10 make il M
necessary, provided see Congress setting about
in earnest 10 prepare Tor the emergency. But
will no, vote for il now. Tomorrow may regret
il if do Tomorrow cannot regret not having
done it 10 day; for il shall then see the proprie-
" of il, | can do j, at once. What am willing
10 do now, IS 10 carry out the olhel IeconiuieHud
lions Of the President, am willing TO extend
our laws regulating trade and Intercourse with
The Indians East OF the Rocky mountains TO such
tribes as dwell beyond them" ain willing 10
vote 'that provision be made for establishing an
Indian agency and such sub agencies as may be
deemed necessary beyond the Rocky mountains. !"
"For the protection Of emigrantS, whilst on their
way TO Oregon, against The Indian tribes occupy
ing the country through which they pass" am
willing 10 provide that suitable number OF stock
AIDES and bluck-house iorls be erected along the
usual ronte between our frontier settlements on
the Missouri and the Rocky mountains; and that
an adequate force Of mounted riaemen be raised
10 cnard and project them on their Journey"
am willing TO extend "lhe protection OF our laws,
both civil and criminal, over our citizens IN Ore
con-" All these recommendations OF the PTesi-
dent, am willing IA aid in carrying out But,
..r The reasons have given, cannot vote al ms
time tor giving the notice for the termination OF
the convention OF 1918
But we have been told again and again that the
Texas and Oresan questions are twin sisters, cou-
pied together in the resolutions OF the Baltimore
convention, and, that as the Texas question had
been consumma,ed, such OF US as attached I'M