Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-04-16
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BURLINGTON:
Thursday. April IG, 1915.
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The Oregon Queasi@m.-.-ss0w ii
naigE1t have been Settled.
More than three men.hs have expired
since Ibis question was brought before
Congress. and /, appears to us that it is
not now so likely to be settled as it would
have been If il had been left entirely
alone. Congress has assumed more the
character Of debating society during the
tendency Of this discussion than Of a
representative combination clothed with
ofIicia! power and capacities to transact
the business Of IA great country. All
who could speak have said something,
and what they hare said and much that
they never did say has been dressed up
By hirelings and put in pamphle, form.
and scattered among their constituents as
so much capital for "Buncombe." No
more has certainly been gained thus far
by these discussions than would have
resulted from so much being said in any
irresponsible body of debaers. Bette
have no Congress than 10 have one so
inefficient as this has been. There has
! been much speaking, but very little
action. And then when the principal
motive Of Introducing this question in This
manner forces itself upon the mind. as it
must, the mischief Of over legislation or
legislation for party purposes is sesn and
appreciated by all rejecting men.
Il il very evident tia, the prime objsc,
in agitaliag Ibis question originated with
| those Who consider par, Of their business
to be Tia. Of President making. The
question, however. took such turn, J @.
Adams. and great portion of the wings
so unexpectedly threw themselves on the
popular side, aud the Southern members
50 uneeremoniously forsook them. as 10
Illustrate their deep laid schemes and
completely ehange the character and OBJ.
je2t Of all their movements. We believe
many c. the prime movers who were the
frs, 10 agilaie The subisc, are now heartily
sick of ii, and bitterly regre, tbs, they
ever had any thing TO do with the ma,
ter.
We have not yet seen the man who
has not acknowledged tina, The in.rcduc.
ton Of the question for discussion in
Congress was premature and uncalled for.
There was no immediate danger Of Anne.
riean rights being infringed upon in Orc.
gon. There could be mona under existing
circumstances. The number of hardy
emlgrants was increasing every year. In
very few years the "order of destiny
would have multiplied them irio popu.
ticn o. sufficient capacities to have declared
their rights and 20 have maintained them
too, without any Interference from oar
government They could have gone on
and settled those lands in Oregon as they
had done before in Iowa and in othe.
places. They would hare Sc. bounds to
thei? claims, made farms, built houses,
planted their crops and mutually compact
ed together 10 sustain each other in ,hei,
rights. All this mi ht have been done
without lie official all or the special
countenance of the United States. |,
would have been done silently and s,eali.
ly without the assumption Of any rospon
sibiliiy for their acts, unless necessary, by
oui government, aad without awakening
Jealousy or alarm on the part of Grea
Britain. Suppose the affair should have
taken this course, without any interference
on the part Of our government. for the
next three years. Will any man venture
to say that the hardy se,tlars in Oregon,
under such circumstances and BY .ha,
time, would not have been able to make
and sustain their title 10 the land hay
had thus cultivated?
Whether the much talked Of "No,ice, !"
had or had not in the mean time been
given, these settlers woald have been
prepared to declare their independence
with far better prespec. Of its being
universally acknowledged, than presented
itself when Texas declared ,hairs. The
way then would have been clear for them
if they had chosen TO do so. TO have re.
united themselves with our country and
identified themselves with its des,inies hy
calling for annexation. They would have
possessed the land and claimed title on
the ground Of occupation and cultivation.
The whole would have. been theirs, and
we do not believe any government would
have seriously moles,ed them in their
cla;ms. All this could have been accom-.
plished peaceably, and it would have
| happened in the common course of human