The Arkansas banner., 1846-05-19

some iolty peak ol the Stony mountains, and fronting the east, the god Terminus, of this republic, should be placed, and that all west, or behind him, should be given up to others. They then thought our territorial possess sions were already loo widely extended for the harmony and safety of the American Union, or for the improvement of our peo- pie or their country in mind or morals. wealth, resources, or comforts They tolI. us, on those occasions, something respecting the effects ol the loss of population andIapl tai upon the value of lands and propeay III the good old "5hirteen;' and of tbS ruinous effects upon workshops and manRiactures by the destruction of eompetiii3n, and the enz hancement of the value of tabor, resulting from this process of Emigration We were favored with touching predictions IS to the fate ol the poor lnd!ans, now quiet and happy in the still and gloomy forests of Oregon, un- disturbed in their wigwalns and hunting grounds by the woodmaus axe. or startled ny the sound of an American rife. Oregon ihe5 described as being poorer than the mountains dividing Canada from Maine which on another occasion, were said to be too poor to furnish subsistence even for Juvenal's lizard, It was described as a country entire ly unfit for cultivation, and fit only for z grand hunting ground, or place most suit able for Il sour, bilious, ilI-naturea English man to blow out his brains in. They then told us--and so lar as British perodcals and British magazines could prove anything, they proved it, too--that England did not want Oregon for colonization, or for any other purpose than honiing ground, and that as soon as the game Ill It was destroyed, 1t would be voluntarily abandoned; that New Zealand and New Holland, and other vacant 6slds, within her control, were far more eligible for colonization. Sir, they were eIo- quent upon all these in eresting themes. But now, sir, most happily for Us, in tfis day of this great republic, we hear nothing Of those old objections against Oregon. Those ob- jects are allowed To sleep quietly with the things that were, and we neeer shall hear of them again until California and all Mexico shall knock al our door for admission. They will then reappear in the shape of new addi- tions, and be again, for our edilicatlon, re- hearsed ia this chamber.
 Texas, sir, Texas has settled and explo- detl. for the present, all those old-lashioned, but beautiful theories. Texas has done Ore gon this much good, if she never does any other. These gentlemen are now willing to accept of Oregon, or part of Oregon, pro- vlded 1t can De had by negotiation and with ont fight But they tell Us, and at the same time with candor, that they will notfight for Oregon. Oh, no, sir; not for the world. Fighting, they think, q terrible bnsiness.- l They tell Us a war with Great Britain would ruin our commerce, and cut of, our com forts and supplies; that il would stop our i'm provements Ill steam and Ill thunder and lightning; and that. to carry il on successiul- ly, il would require seven armies and two navies; it would revive the paper currency, of which we have just got clear, and, al the end of ten years, flhe period this war is to last leave Us five hundred millions in debt. Nor is this all; We are to have upon our hands, at the same time, they tell us, | war with Mexico and our Indian tribes, with the opinions of all Europe against us; and, al the end of it, civil war, conducted by rival gem erals; and that one of them, ln the subjuga'- ton of the others is to succeed in overthrow ing the liberties of the country, by trampIing our constitution under his feet, and seating himself in our executive mansion, ssevery inch kingn And when, and under what circumstances, Mir President, is this gloomy prediction promulgated: In the chamber of the Senate, in open day, before the world, in the presence Of our adversary, and Tn the face of the picture Of the Father ol lis eoun- try, which hangs over you and that, too, pending our controversy with Great BrlaIn about the Oregon territory. Strong reasons, indeed, are these, my countrymen, to induce Great Britain to negotiate. Nor are these 1 the only ones with winch we have been favored in Gurtherance of negotiation. With sort of mock gravity, they remmd Mr.
 Pallenham, the British minister. that Great
 Britain, like the United States, is religious
 nation; they tell him 1t Is breach of one Of
 the holy commandments 10 coyet thy neigh-
 bor's goods or lands. and fiat 1t IS a sin to
 steal either, and therefore, for the salvation
 of his soul, for the love of God, aud out of mercy to this country, which cannot, under any circumstances, fight Great Britain, they
 beg of him to think of these things, and me- gotiaie. They remind Mr. Pakenham that
 we are of the English stock, and. that unlike many of our couulrymen who are abroad
 for six months, we have not forgotten, but still, on ordinary occasions, at least, speak
 the English language; Great Britain is our dearly beloved grandmother; and, oh, what q tEflilD SItdtue. blI- dhCHiuii's ioi ou tO
 insist upon robbing your grand children of
 their blessed parimony; but still, remember,
 Mr. Pakenham, fl nothing else will do-if
 you are memorable upon the subject of Ore
 gon-if robbing is your rdetermination-why
 in the name of your flag, the bloody cross of
 St. George, take il, for We will not fight you
 for it.
 SiI, these honorable senators will not vote
 for this notice, because, for the reason have
 noticed, they think it unnecessary for the
 purpose of negotiation, ard aside from that purpose, it looks too warlike, and smells too
 strongly of gunpowder, for their approba-
 ton.
 f Concluded nert reeek.
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