Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-06-18
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ChrOnicleS--Chap. XXXVII.


ChromicIeS--Chap. XXXVII.
! La CHAPTER NOT FOUND IN THE OLD BOOK.
4 Scrptural Repieo of the Oregon Question
from The dag Of President Polks Annual Mes
! sage TO Congress. to the final recommendation
of The Notice.
/. And it came 10 pass, in the first year OF
the reign of Polk, whose surname was Young
Hickory, and in The tenth month thereof,
?, Thai he sent message to the Greai San
hedrim of The seven and twenty tribes Of the
children Of Jonathan, assembled in their chief
city.
5. And the chief ruler sci forth that The Phil
slines had sent messenger, named Richard,
TO confer with his chief councillor upon the d.
vidng of the hull country which is called Ore
gon, which lielh upon the Great Sea OF the
West
4. For in that the chief governmen, had sen,
out spies, like the children of Israel. TO spy out
the land of their inheritance.
S. And they had returned having found high
mountains and grea, rocks. and a mighty river,
HoWiHS W Tue setlIHS sun.
6. But the country was not over spontaneous,
inasmuch as the spies had 10 subsist chiefly
upon dog soup and roots and finally they made
SORT OF hash Of their mules.
T. Blu, inasmuch as the country abounded in
harbors for ships, and quarries Of rock, and had
a great river, il was esteemed by the spies a
great country.
s. How be ii, some Of them desired mol 10 90
again, the hair Of the dogs skin having affected
their health.
9. And The Captain, whose name was Free
mont, small Of stature, bul man Of valor,
10. Having explored The country, from the
mountains TO The sea, reported ii grea, coun.
Try; and having spoke in high terms of The flesh
pots of Oregon, 10 vii The dog soup Of The Fla,
Head Indians.
H. Whose heads were flaiened from reason
OF The great rains in The rainy season, beating
all The hair off their heads, and fattening them
by reason of the hail stones
-. And Polk, in his message 10 the Great
the Philislines one half of Oregon 10 the north
ward, because The chief rulers OF Jonathan had
offered it before.
l3. But in that Richard had refused in high
dudgeon, Polk proclaimed, by reason thereof,
hat his title was good to The whole.
IA. And sent TO The Great Sanhedrim divers
papers to prove it.
IS Now the Great Sanhedrim was composed
OF two assembes-the one was numerous and
noisy and called the House Of Representatives
or in the vulgar tongue, The House of Rips
The other was body OF the chef'priesls OF all
the tribes, called The Senate.
I6. But there were men in both Houses moi
would like The sound of great guns, and The
nampling Of great horses over their corn fields.
IL. And il came TO pass that these men
moved in both Houses that the Philislines. who
had, by reason of agreement, held joint use
Of Oregon, be ordered 10 leave.
Is. Though il was known they would go TO
war, rather than be kicked out of the wilder
ness without their consent.
l9. And those who had nothing 10 lose among
The irioes from war as well as those out of the
Congress as in it. spoke in loud voices, that
the honor OF jonathan demanded he should go
TO battle, in The hope of dividing the spos.
%. And there was an old councillor in the
House, whose name was Adams, and who had
been chief ruler, and who had offered The
Phislnes half of The wilderness, who now
proclaimed that Jonslhsn's Iigh, was good to