Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-02
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izatlon, should il be thrown open to Amer.
iesn enterprise, as have those which were
made BY the Federalists against Louisiana
Carry out the measures contemplated by
the bills to which l have referred. connect
the trade Of the Columbia and the Pacific
coast with that Of the Missouri and the
Mississippi. and you will open mine o.
wealth to the shipping interests and to the
whole country, the extent and value Of
which the most sanguine now under-esti-
mate. OF the advantages which we will
derive from the Chinese and Asiatic trade.
which will thus be thrown open to Us,
can dono more than allude. Our proxim-
ity to those ancient and densely populated
portions Of the Old World-the nature and
exuberance Of our predictions, which are
necessary to feed their starving millions
will enable US to carry on commerce with
the people Of those countries in artie les
that will purchare their manufactures and
products at better profit than gold and sill
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regretted, sir, to hear Representative
from good old Virginia-the State of WASH
ington and Jefferson, the State whose UNI
paralleled munifcence has done SO much,
in time past, to extend the area Of freedom
thus attack the men who are engaged in
that great work. Sir, the gentleman's
charge of repatriation swapping
recklessly the ties Of blood and kindred and
social connexions" applies with equal or
greater force to the Pilgrim fathers and to
the early settlers at Jamestown in his own
State, and to those Of our ancestors who
branched off in different directions from
these, the first pioneers to America. Has
the gentleman from Virginia SO soon for
gotten the process by which and the sort of
men by whom his own noble old Common
wealth was peopled-ay, sir, how this
whole continent has been settled? The
first charter granted by King James, in
1906, to Virginia, limited the settlements
to one hundred miles in the interior. In
subsequent acts Of a similar character these
boundaries were somewhat extended. But
soon we find the authority of the Crown
interposed to prevent ''the restless and
way ward wanderers" of the odd Domin-
ion" from settling west of the ALLEGHENY
mountains, which proved: like the efforts
OF our own Government at a later period,
to be altogether vain attempt. To use
the words Of a celebrated writer, sthe ball
Of empire was rolling to the West" and
no power Of any Government could check
or stay its progress. And it is a melan-
choly fact the truth Of which is engraven
upon every page Of western history, that
the Government of the co,,ntry-and say
it with feelings of the deepest modification
has, to very great extent, manifested
towards the advancing pioneers of the
West much Of that unnatural hostility and
Indifference which the gentleman from Vir-
ginia has SO boldly proclaimed. A glance
at that history will attest the truth OF what
l say, that the great work Of extending the
empire Of this country has been effected By
the people, in opposition to the Government.
Yes, sir. by .smen with Federal halters
around their necks.' Kentucky was set
tied by Daniel Boone in 1913. This ex-
traordinary man and his few noble and adj
venturous companions occupied the s'dark
and bloody land" in violation Of the proc
lamation OF George Ill !, issued ten wears
before, and defended it for sixteen long
years with their own blood and treasure.
and laid the foundation Of its present high
state Of impro, ement and grandeur. Sir,
the representation Of Boone which is seen
over the door Of your Rotunda opening into
this Hall, is truly emblema,ic Of the man
and men by whom the western country has
been settled. -.
Tennessee was settled at a subsequent
period, contrary to the express order, both
Of this Government and that OF North Car
DINA; and believe it is a portion Of the
history Of those times, that Governor Sc
vier, gentlemen OF great enterprise, high
integrity and honor, was even outlawed for
having the boldness to 60 beyond the lin
its assigned to the people by their Gov
ernment. The Tennesseans, like the Ken
tuckians, were hard pressed by the nu-
merous and warlike Indian tribes, who
then inhabited the country which now con-
stitutes their State. DuIing twelve years
Of Indian warfare-from 1856 to 1882
with the merciless scalping-knife and war
club suspended over the heads Of their
wives and children, they in vain besoueht
the Federal Government for help and pro-
teciion, but none was afforded them; and
their own expeditions against the Indians,
who had attacked their settlements, we're
often recalled BY orders from the Govern
ment. In violation of the commands Of
Congress, the brave and patriotic Tennrs-
scans swan the river that gives name to
their State, three-quarters OF a mile in
width, in the dead hour Of night, showing
their arms before thep on RATS, and fought
the battle Of Nickajac, memorable in Ten
nessee history for having given permanent
peace to their frontier settlements. This
campaign, l say was, in legal accep,ation,
. lswless invasion OH friendly tribe Of
Indians, resulting from the refusal Of Con-
gress, as the Journals show, to furnish
military aid for their defence.
The appropriate and eloquent allaeion
which was made by my esteemed friend
from Illinois, Mr.. X. SAITH, TO the gall
lantry. perseverance, ami indomitable cour-
age, tact and ekill, Of that greatest Of all
partisan warriors-G George Rogers Clark,
who was SO appropriately termed the Has
nibal Of the ~ est-renders it unnecessary
that l should attempt to add anything to
what has been said, and so well said BY
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