The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-19

wi substitute Itself ior opium -Four hundred millions
people IN and around the Pacific cothe themselves almost
exclusively in cotton clothing.
such routes 10 already established not
indeed for commerce entirely through the American CONT
| tablishment
From the Atlantic aeaboard to Independence upon the
Missouri river wAerg hat liver enters the State Of Nilsson.
| RI, Communication is completely established
parsey occupied country thence 10 the Pacific these are
used for the partial traffic already existing In that diree'
81" The Missouri river to the NORTH inO the sountriss Of
The Crows Blsekiee eros Venres Blood Indians Assn
hOlns and oheTs-moTe than forty trbesreh ia iurs VIA
warlike and The trade OF the Missouri river
embraces 1900 Indians.
- The Oregon trail passing by the Great Platte TO the
south Pass Along this are the kankas Pswnees Sioux
shsyennos altbresds, Anpahoes, ATekarees, shosho.
| mics, banhacks, and Yutas-35,OoO
- The Mexican trail and t fork the upper Arkansas
Upon this trail are the OsaSes Pawnees, CumsDches, ko
was, APshOsS. sheyennes, APsches and Yutas-in all
- The rexa. trad passing for the most part through
the territories Of the Choctaws Chsrokees and other To-
| Gated lnlans-45.OOO in number
These Indians all nomade tribes Of the great plains
sub5sng buffalo aud other game elk deer antelope
grsy bear beaver otter PorcuPns Sc and the natural
roots vegetables, and fruits OF the country The futas
within the Rocky mountains but visit the plains to hunt
i make war and plundor. a"
An Immense eommsrcs r. sl,isd with these tribes,
| and through the eSuatEiss shipS4hsa ipsshii,
This eommsrc' npl ~ arr ssst = iGle~si r.. -
uss horses mules huckskin moccasinS, eurioses, and
rnkets with the indians,
- The Mexican trade specie, merchandise gold dust
robes peltres blankets horses mules, Mexican saddles
| bridles, spurs, &c.
3 An immense emigration to Oregon and California by
trail ana to Texas by another The former periodical
with the seasons the latter constant both vigorous, well
established and annually augmentng in value and mum
beers.
Under these separate heads the value in money to the
American people Of this commerce. carried by compa
MES partnerships and individuals is as follows
The supplies for the Indian trade are transported In
steamboats, the Missouri and In TO the base OF the
Rocky mountains along their whole range from New Mex
| leo to the British boundary line.
The capital emplOye ed amounts TO Sl.25OOOO
he
at s. each $4,000
| Other items calves, bnckskins. p.ltrie, SOOGo
Added these the unit Of the annuities paid to the
Indians the frontier which the border States
| IN exchange for me chandse and cattle
zone thousand Americans engaged directly and ind
| rectly N the prosecution Of this trade,
The Mexican trade passing across the lndian country
pencrates as lar a. Mexico Guyana and MaLatan No
doubt upwards Of two millions capital and twelve hundred
men are employed ia this trade which Is about to receive
impulse during the present from the drawback
| given by the last LOngrCSs.
This trade returns annuay-besides robes furs peltres
mules and horses $3.50 900 in Mexican silver coins and
gold dust The exports to Mexico silks woollen and
cotton fabrics shoes, cutlery wagons pleasure csrraBes
Arkansas and Texas also this
Mexican commerce portion Of the returns oil which come
The emigration to Oregon passing into that territory by
the OF the Platte and Arkansas rivers has been
I'm lSil 1877 men, women and children; In lS43 SIS
women and children, and 800 head Of cattle in lsIi 45
aud children and 5000 head Of cattle and
sheep, in 1915 5000 mon, women and children and $50
| head Of cattle and sheep
"These smignting parties ogethe- with smaller ones by
from the mountains and from California, make the
American population Of Oregon about 5000 which added
to 2jO British gives the strength Of the white population
rhe s~igraion T,ra, has been as yet many times
greater than that TO Oregon and great traffic attends
| tries
THE Pacific ocean has been reached three pointsn
Mexico California and Oregon The continent is spanned
by these thoougharos of travel and commerce. and the
united by three belts Trade in ships upon the
Pacific ocean Itself has commenced at the terminus oil the
| Oregon route"
The great plains of America belt of territory be.
Rocky mountains 800 miles in width and passing length
wise through the continent from the Gulf Of Mexico to the
Artic Two hundred thousand Indians possessing
horses and buffalo, live noma'ic life within this region
| These practise perpetual war and plumber.
Between the Of the Rocky mountains and the Pa
cfc ocean is belt parallel to the plains extending fiom
Mexico to Behring's straits. This is Of irregular width
and about $50 miles in average breadth The Indians OF
this latter division Of the continent horses are no
madic and generally maintain pncesIp peace with tho
Both these regions without timber, texesp. the
mountains of the atter everywhere accessible and
favorable to travel Across both these regions extend the
roads and commerce of people who established at
the ultimate extremes in Oregon California, and Mexico
The necessity for laws and police this extensive
territory and scattered interests has at this moment be
absolute. Its great extent, its vane and the num-
brrs embarked upon it, demand regulation and system
The increasing numbers and property OF the white men
reference with the lands and foodof the Indians irrtaes
| and embitters their hostility
the government should be rapidly extended to fan this
spirit of enterprise, and dangers and opposition to
| its spread"
The course Of Great Britain in this case, in all
others, will be determined by what she regards as
her best interests. Policy, and not principle, is her
rule Of action, and she had well avow it as her
motto. Her history is one of aggression on nations
weaker than herself A land robber on shore, and
privileged pirate on the high seas, she marches on,
"conquering and to conquer, wherever she is lured
| by wealth, or tempted by the lust of dominion.
Territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is her passion, and may
prove her bane. Loud and continued cheering.l
| With the permission of the audience, will, in
connexon with this point read short extract from
the speech of General Cass; and do it with no eye
| to presldent-making for despise the man who can
prostitute this great national question to vile cleo
| pioneering purposes: ~
what's going on in the La Plata, where France and
England have sent their united fleets and armies against the
Argentine republic and where the echoes of their cannon
ascending the Pasna and its vast tributaries, till they
| are lost in the gorges OF the Andes .. ..... IL,
| There can be in this enlightened age Of the
world What then passing in Africa where ono hun.
from his home and pursuing him into the desert the
refuge of the turban since the days of the PatTareh'
What is passing upon the shores of the Enxine where
the Cosack has left his native plains and at the call OF
Russia ascending the ridges Of the Caucasus to subdne
its Indigenous and to substitute the mild rule oil the
uscovite for their patriarchal form Of government
dependence upon the Car for dependence upon them
And what passing in the Punjaub where the last adj
vices left two mighty armies almost within sight Of each
other after having fought great battle Of Hndoo ambition
| against English moderationi
And how long since an enlightened government, par
long insulated vast empire, and scattered dismay and
death along is COASTS because its rulers had nterdcted the
sale Of opu rog equally destructive to the moral fac.
ultcs and to the physical powers of mani The Tartar
the great wall and planted his horse tails upon the
towers of Pekp He then became Chinese, and the EN-.
pre as before But the Englsbmap, with his can.
nonbas and his opium has introduced innovation into
the habits aud condition Of onehird part OF the human
which may fatally affect its future prosperity. Sc
And how long is IL since Enalsb amy passed the
gates Of Asia and ascending the tabdland or that CONT
ncnt II II had not been annhated by series of disasters
which have few parallel in modern warfare, might have
reversed the march OF AlS ander and he'd the Med
| iterrancan by Niueveh and Uahy Ion, and Je lslrm
And only five short years have elapsed since Christian
heard in the mountains Of Lebanon and their
bombs exploded among the broken monuments Of sdon.
Gin this brief view and review pending and recent
do advert to the hosities going on among some Of
the oC Spanish origin upon this continent In Hayu
South Africa upon the frontiers Of the colony at he Cape
Of Good Hope in Madagascar and in the various islands Of
Eastern because these small wars and some
Of them are waged by civilized nations against barbarous
ms and hardly worthy of attention in these days o
philanthropy; of that philanthropy which neglects oh
rcts Of misery at home, whether IN England or ireland
the relief Of which would be silent and uuobtrusivc
and seeks them everywhere else through the world that
they may talked OF and exhibited proofs Of benevo
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