The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-17

- -1~- - tua4 141lr-s& good t41Lh and n1lr IeAA
ms Our eoantry should always rssneaab~r 10 fal-
al, ~Ith serOpaiOas s1aetness ali h-r oblis.tSoas-
her eontraets-aA the pledges Of hex f.ith wheeler
hey reAaie 10 The pSyment q mooey, 10 lsrrtona
nghts Os 10 commercial privileges To keep theua
70 the psomlse and 70 break Lhem IN aet An1 n as<d
- unoeco1ning our frank, mandy eharsrier a.
people To proclaim the inyolzbihly Of treaties Al
the same tune that &c secretly aSd sn-akinsiy
seskng 10 empower ourselves 10 violate them ~ItA
p~rsonal ImpGniry, If nay spesk q a govern
mat, very AKIN thai Eaith xkbeh h4s been
InsiosiOGsiy imnOrsalzed - y.nios kx<s--Jsdas-
IKE salaIes with klss that 4 nav he more COON
0tetely deserve and betny.
AEasn | am IN LasOF Of tbe aoIiee because BE-
beve THAI the gtstnz Of ko4ds out Inc only
Paa1ssOas means Of pseyensl@g between the
too eOantnes- The pOsspooenenl 81 the noSics
from l-x7 70 tins has Inersased and muluplssd
Inc d1fcsites ~iih shsoh the soatr0sesxy OxxS-
naliy sauOanded- ADt Il q dI1iealI 10 SC xkai
stss could sase ben HbeespsLed. Foo the interests
Of Great Bxnain nave been .aa xse noe daily M
ersassng IN sx,ens and p~maaesey, making ali ths
.hLs s'rOoser and ssroasSr sPp~.s 70 her prds add
asas5es 70 MAINTAIN them. Al first she asA bal he
mouns leat and the Temporary ssOek.te- Nov
she has the P~Enanent dwelling snt he bFsslinx ios-
taAeanoos- Al hrst, she had 6at the rosmiax hun.
Ter, - siAd asd sass<rted ss< s.s.s he PaEsa>d
NO~, she has iAs kxra AsncnharlsG sai tls setllsi
tarnsr- Nov, abe h.z ther. q scattered popsizt,Oa.
In Ss~ ysAn sAs Popolat1oa I'll be doabiel, add
ing eoostanuy aaf dad 10 Ihe slIcsiss<s % s4E.-
factory and PsaasaOie atJastm-nG Nessr ~az the
apPtseaiSOa Of thaI hoy IBjanetioo 10 agree xIth
IhIne adversary qGckiy, waist tiso1 art N the xsy
~ah HIM" usoSs appropriate and pSsssinS thaa e .
IN relaGOn 20 TINS pSrssat ooasroTersy LsSus prOsl
~ n The DoSlts . alltmporIAnt a. IesdiaS ire
sas,Ioly 20 sstSAru-nt % ms matsrr N soass gay
There - sSAi anoS6@r eoasider.tos Inauxneins
my mind m favor Of the notlo, growing Out of me
history Of ths Oregon qnesCIoa. In lsl5 Ikis aass-
Isoo ~ss oSOGsh, up for nssOti.nOa and oo@pCO-
mssi and 80 Intimately Connected ~tfh the pe4cs Of
Inc too oO0nLr<s q then regarded. thar aSt-
tatlOa ~as attended ~Hh The most IajanOus effects
GpOn the commerce, UPON the credit, and INDEED
apOa al the VARIOUS pursuits and inssresss 81 our
peOpbe- In lsH, is agitation ASaln amended
nth the sanns disastrous results No., AS.in, fos
the third ums, has II been brought up for renewed
dEseusssOa N the year 1886 and n 70 ersda
Ihoss EhO profess 70 aodersLsnd sach matiers, Il
has AsaIn exhibited Its gzsanic efecS upon all the
best interests Of the country. POstoone Il nov and
some eight or ten years from this nme AZ not soOu-
er, must AGAIN cone up with ali rs usaal eOoeo1l-
tRnts OF panbcs and deprexss0as- l. n rot the par
OF wssdOn TO put cod 10 such a state Of thinSss
Do ~e not o~e u 10 Ourselves. and 10 those rho
come sftsr Us, 10 arrest tins political earthquake,
~hleh Intervals has gwen a shOek all that IS
valuable IN sOcIetys
Mr. Chairman, something has been said about
leaders, IN tins matter, and the Gentleman iron
Massachusetts Mr.. ADaxsl has been hold ap De
fore the eoantry = the eeter Of those who 10
committee whilst ! make feE remarks in relation
io that mailer Will take OCCASION say hat 10
givIax my yOte for the nOSee shall follow the cad
Of msD-the cad neither Of the austrsOus gen
denaan trOui Azssscsnserrs, nor vet Of the hOoor
abe member from Virgins, Mr.. BkrLr-l knox
10 I-sA. and shall follow no Iead but that Of my
constituents Whithersoeyer they diree, mai
ser Of 50 mach importance TO their pescr, thIther
20 eherrf9ily and promptly But, ar II the genEle
naa from Massachusetts happens TO coincide with
me IN opinion upon tins any other subject,
shall most certainly not change my views on thai
account merely. To do 50, would De 10 PAT my pc-
hteal p<seiplss entirely IN hix keeping to be con
tr0Ied and dareetsd as he might think proper. He
would only have TO affect be one side, IN o<der
TO drive me INTO that very posisa inio ~Ach, above
~ould ask with what Proprivty can ii be .aid ,hs'
the honorable member from Massachusetts, Is the
leader Of all those Who Ia favor Of tho notice
had thought that The democratic party The
leader IN this matter. had thought that their dele
gstes IN convention had declared our tItIe to The
whole Of Oregon. ihogyhs Il formed q para Of the
declaration with which entered the political
struggle Of ls4t, In which were opposed and re-
sisted by the gentleman from Massachusetts, and
by those who usually act with him And now,
aftsr the gearismsn, with all MS might and main,
resisted the eieton Of the DOLLY candidate that was
pahlicly pledged 10 the maintenance Of our righr
- Oregon, he u 10 be held up the leader Of al
those -ha advocate the notice |, vii not do.
SSeniienen vi! fAh 10 sAsis object They ough, to
know, and do know, that In= d.srocrarc party hsv.
adop.ed their principles MOI from splris sf r,eoss
uoa TO others but because OF their eonnexlon with
70. prosperity and glory Of our common country.
By such an InIinarion, the honorable gentleman de-
preclse the moral influence Of the political prInei-
PIES by which they have, for time past, pro-
fsssed TO have been governed g..
Bot some gentlemen who have preceded in
the debate declare that before xe proceed adopt
measures which may possibly lead to wal, we
ought fully to De satisfied, no, oaly Of rights
bat that those rights OF sutesent value and I'M
portance justify that dreadful alterna-
tive This vii lead me TO trouble the eoaami,tes
with Few refsctions upon the vslae OF Oregon;
and IN this eonnexioa viii consider il with respect
to lis agricultural, its manufacturing and CONNER
cal capacities And hrs- as respects lis agricultural
advantages. And here | am wiling TO confess that
At frsS blush, and appears from the very imper-
feet accounts from the portions Of that territory
which have been yet explored, the prospects are
not 80 encouraging far agriculture IS concsrn-
ed Is be found in other portions Of the habit
able globe IL has not, for instance, the smooth
of the valley OF the Mississippi, yet per
haps It's fertility. But thai the parts Of &c already
explored do hold out very considerable induce
ments the agrlcuturLst and thai more thorough
examination may vet lead the discovery Of other
and ssin larger tracts suited to the desirable
purposes far from being without the range Of hu
man probability. OF late, every year Is rewarding
the toI OF the hardy pioneer with the discovery Of
soue new valley VIeIng IN richness OF scenery-tn
fertility Of so-beauiy Of location, and sslubsty OF
climate with any spocs Of equal e1tsns IN the world
The valley Of the Umpqus, of the Willamette, and
Of the Walla Wals have, from time 10 time, bars,
upon the gaze Of the hardy sdventurer, and re-
Eardei, from unse 10 time, his daring and tod
some wAndesings- But, sir, when we remem-
Der that, until within q few years past, this
whole country has been looked TO with an eye
snge to The furnishing Of f1rs; and when II IS fur
ihsr remembered that those portions Of any country
which most inviting to the foot Of the traveller
the least adapted 10 the products Of agriculture,
the Eosder perhaps Is, not that few, but rather
that so many spots have already been found which
are hereafter 10 gladden. the heart and reward the
toll Of the husbsndman. Much, too, that at irst
slzht would TO De unsuiied to cultivation may
by dint Of industry and enterprise, become the
abode Of Ibsqutst and independent farmer. To the
eye Of the pilgrim As it. wandering over the sur
rounding country for the first time, from the rock
Of Plymouth, how dresry and desolsis the scenery.
Nor did further progress into the interior destroy
or even weaken for a long time the startling fes-