Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-20

that il the American multiplication table
! And now DO Won take our present nunl crs,
and reckon twenty for every two, aud where
Go YOU ,hiuk Nc shall find heating ground Tor
/ them} | tell you we must have Oregon. The
multitude OF the Yves IS demanding il al our
hands, and they mus, have IT. There Is a
multitude oiht,it white hooded Soysaub girls
/ God bless ,hem) all over that Mississippi
valley, aud they agc not going 10 stop There.
/ The only question H., will YOU open Puts
Tor themi viii YOU remove The obstacles out
I of their wayl or must they cut a way u their
iuhcritauce b. the sword, IL l. theirs and
they will 10 IT, And for one will never bc
the traitor 70 surrender one inch OF their patri-
muny.
Great Britain is goadgd on by the distrcsses
% her own condition: our Government sho
considers a. an experiment. aud 80 ito they all
M Europe. There their rulers govern by di-
I vine right: their commission i from above.
and 10 empowers tie few 20 rllc over the many
by the grace Of God; bat here we commence
at the other end: with us al power begins AS
the bottom This naturally sets all those dcs-
/ po'ic Powers Of III. Old World against MS, b.
cause they know that il our Government casts
back lis ligh, on their continent the masses of
their sube will begin 10 learn that they
have rights aud that kings have none TO con
troll them. Yes, they know that America is
That lule stone cut out without hands which
l. To grow into great mountain and hll all
The earth and crush their kingdoms into dust.
Some years ago when they Witnessed our bic
] hcungs and our party striies; when they saw
The North set against thc South and the East
speaking against the West; Puritan against
! hOispur; tariff against an,i-tarin banks and
no banks. aud ali our other little questions b
bout which we are apt 10 get angry with one
another thcy thought that our magnificent
temple OF liberty was going to tumble down.
/ lhey chuckledgmlng themselves and thought
/ they saw rents in the columns and beheld the
soma pillars tumbing TO their fall; but the last
/ twenty years has taught them their mistake
aud convinced ih'm that Notwithstanding
these litle divisions, which aIe our own affairs
we stand as a nation iirmer than the rock ol
/ 6lbralar-as imgrggnabe and secure aud as
closely bound 10 each other as the links OF
/ freedom can hold human beings together
/ hey have given up their former hopes as a
ohImen: ana thats not all; they are combin-
I ing ioprcscrve their own people from the in
\ ilucnce Of our example. which is spreading so
4 fast that they begin tu fear lest their subjects
should break their letters But now within
= The last two years we have passed the Rubicon
end The fact has startled all the monarchs of
7 the Old World. We have made an opening
/ in the rampant we bad thrown up round the
+ liberty tree aud lc, in all who with us desire
q - tH'NN AAiS AlhlAs Ahl lalN Aii.N ONkll 10 say
I mat II they lctus thus 90 on the time VIII Be
short IN which legitimacy shall region in this
world. Ay, sir. they see tllo dawn OF tbc polit-
zeal millennium, an4 they are rsparing Cog
aud Aagog 10 come up against as and To make
war upon this camp OF freedom. Audifit b.
50, and u u i ordained tina, this generation is
10 meet tie shock, / for one, shall teach my
children 10 D. resigned 10 their destiny.
II may BE- that we shall have a war: and as
frfnf f.sft. 4 4. q
we may have some little trouble down here |
Sir, that wasa wicked cut. We of the Wes, /
went TO, Texas, aud may say we went blind. |
We told the South do you lead us ON, and, los
The grace of Got, We will follow. By that the
South GOT UlS htW cmpitC. B,,t NOW when
we want only 10 get that which j. our own,
the South says To uS, look out, or this neigh
Dor will BE- mad at YOU. ], was unkind II
do not know ii we are To get Mexico: i'm deed.
do not know II any ofher will b. left, forall
Sc ia ready TO pick her They talk OF our get
ting California. DO not doubt myself that we
shall get Mexico too; and il is INV belief that
the time Is not ardistant when. from Behring's
Straits 10 the lsthmus Of Dsrien. not flag
shall b. seen floating on the breeze bu, the 4
mcricBn standard We will not force any one
IN, but we will remove the chance OF useless
conflict between opposing institutions ON this
soil. ! believe there Is Ne danger Of war, be-
cause there is no fair prctcnce Tor war.
Some gentlemen tell us that the eyes Of the
Old World are TUNED upon u: IL they are,
care not; having am approving conscience. /
hope ever TO be satisfied with doing that which
Is right England has got no title TO Oregon,
and that Is the naked truth. Ii she has, both
our diplomalisls and hers too have failed q
show IT,. Sit i am not bookish man. do
not hunt up these old charts and musty his
tories OF old voyages. am something like
thc gentlemen from Illinois. Mr.. Baker. that
worthy representative ct Western Whiggcfv;
and want il To be known that wherel live
Their, Is no difference as 10 patriotism be-
tween Wings and Democrats; the moment a
grcatna,ional question arises they forget par
y, because they love America, This is the
feeling there, You find there none OF the
mis- mble calculations as TO consequence
+ which we hear in this Hall. We have been
told here that II we go INTO a war. the end oi
I IL will b., that, after we have shed oceans OF
blood and spent millions OF money we must
az last resort TO negotiation, aud the whole
thing will end ia our getting Canada and Eng
land getting Oregon. This take as an init
. nation that the West is TO BE- clipped Blu
] ] say, II you can add patch of territory Il
: New England and we a patch 10 the West
5 ANA ~ tAe South can lind CuhI near enough &,
7 claim itby oOntiguity, say go forward Ga
!; institutions will spread lie circles in the 81,
4 the circle, however small at first naNe
e ceases TO expand til IL has reached every b1,
b aud headlant OF the rocky shore. Our father
a stood ia the hr,t breach They fought Grea
+, Britain aud were not destroyed, neither iii.
"a they seek TO destroy the British Government
u they did not track the Il lush lion by hi, bloc
Ic all round the world; bat viii tell YOU wha
Ic they did--ihey made him yield up the faircs
] part of all ms POSSESSIONS. Yes, sir or faith
10 crs dii that thing aud will gentlemen her
n tell M 81 was dli an scciicnp No sir.
~ avn believer IN the destiny Of nations
II. Rome rose AMI icll England rose end sh
Us will fall. We made war upon her but n
ic consolidation followed that war Our Inst
as tutious sHud as firmly aul as gloriously no,
.c as they dad before The war began We pass
l1 through second and ore stronger now thi
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