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

lns4l1xbls % The ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Our p0lilio4l oppeaeais haze Sor a Iou< tias beea
pressing spoa ths ooantry the uhspeakabls afysB-
tAsss Of m4klns eysEytAns .lShiA o1Fsslses. sd
and really, sr, ~hea ws are oGes IN The peaeezbe
Possession Of or-sc, shall fssl that are ab5at
70 sxFsn~nsr the SsshfS>s, ~h4feser tk~y n4y De-
~ ,Aer pellre.l h3llsenanoas- We can lh~n ess-
-Aihiy make oar o~n e0tloa, 0wa ~o0l, our
oss neal and oSsaf, cur own eloShes, and our
foe ~ho tell Of he eOastje.s 800, N niaeC.I
sezlth ~hieh be eusb<dted IA The bosoa, 81 mex
mOonlAins- fos her mogns.in. ar. b,t a esrtiaa-
anon Of hose ~hbeh, IA Msxieo, have poor.d OaS
their treasures "a such astonishing psOf1ssan irtO
ne i1P@ o. n-f einrens But II lsIn regard 20 the
commercial lmpoStAnee Of thls ~oaisrf,I eoustr.
that prophecy has ventared her nsosE aaaEns sOes-
ulat1ons IL - m thls point Ofvex tkar OrrSoa BE-
come. invested sith An interest," and imporvahes
shiehh Is not giyea 10 the mOss sanguins lnAsia-
anoa 70 sr.sp. We as told that Whatever uaisoa
N The history Of the void has noaOpolzsd TIE
trade o; the E2s, has exercised eontrolllns inaa-
snee over the cesunl<s Of The osker nations Of ne
ssrth- PA<nielA, Garbage. Greeee. Ro<ne, vesbos,
Genoa, and Holland have bs<a sucee.siveiy th@
successful Competitors for The shtt<ring PRIZE, and
'hey Sers s0eessiysly The masters and sshooARas-
thai smbsshsk saA he scenes rh.r dignity and
ennools human nature, and pouring lnso tke zps q
The other nzrsonz the haxarez q r~kned and eui-
avatet existence The sssptrs o. lhi. sIS-p<rvzdinx
power = now N the hands q Great BrisA.n, aaa
she sAods eoose-.sdiy the master power % the
~ord To secure this trade by he oaly prxetcs-
DE route ~hich nov present. ie.<if her neschanes
arc compelled 70 Traverse ocean way Of soms
iens Of thousands m5es. and requiring foc an aver
age soyasx sOm< fve AK months
II Oregon shall become oars aDi the pro,ecs Of
a railroad between the Atlantic and PacISc snail
ever be rsalIred-~Dd realized e xiH be-sh.s usse
must pas throssh sur eoaauy, because he route
from The East 70 Earop< Would be shOrtrred by
soaie t~o-thlrdz Our eo1xfry must thea become
tse thoroashfAre 81 this great trade, and unto oar
bands must pass ths scePsrs Of that Poses, ~hieh,
moral add physsof mas<sss q. u. faxiaa41s pos-
sessos over the hpgtocas Of the ear,h- co&ssdsra-
uoos Ike these-coasterafions too FAR from beng
fancfa and vlssouary-insess Oregon wilh m iutes-
est and value -hieh wai no. jassify ~ n sIrren-
derins % - barren ~&sss. | am aware Of the al
tempe made AZ tn>s 70 deprseiais and uadsrT.se
n kno~ that a - rePcrs>aied BY some as des-
ar ~asss, "A Which mountain - psei UPON nova
Ian N I'D and sl<ri eoafssioa, e. oay - Be the
3ocse o. ne maTdsro1s sasase, asd Of the PrOwl-
ins ~a'a Beast Bat, <lx, nasG confess thai Ike
The eoantry for III. very vsdnszz % q. sao4ns.ns
Aoantainoos eounGTies The narsesiss % lseeusn
he love q country ~hsch they Iasosre q 70 be
found nowhere else The InhsbitAnG Of the plain
lores his eosatry, bot Il - Ohsa oolt, sslksh,
and eaBealanag sn&ShmenL Poiaf oai % hIm
place ~hsre BIS interest vll be more promOtsd, and
country . lost syht Of amidst the enSrOssments %
nsersss The mountais~er loves has eoantry Nth
romantic deyOtsoa, partaking Of the grantear, the
saobmiyr the stsrnne<s Of the soesery by ~hieh be
s s1rroHnssd- Ard, s~, ~hsa liberty - about 20 de-
part from any oO1ntry xhlch IL ma On1e blessed
<th her presence, her Last and hnseriaE Footsteps
arc 10 Re m ina dekes and rsoe-se. Of rs
moantzins- And wh<a our eouasry shall have
osaehed The meridian Of Is glory, and IN obedience
70 that lag which nature has Impressed all things
a shl.u h.~.xTr
some Patriot Wallace, with his ie~ yalant, dsFoS-
ed followers, sI, An the rude mountains Of Oregon,
gay for q while our downward course, and drive
Saek for unne The n<reenary forces Of the usGr-
per.
Gil nov proceed TO answer soue OF the STATE
msnts made On THIS foor by s,slIensn on the Otksr
slte- some Of them tel that are not pre-
Jared fos eoohSel with Great Britain, thsG hare
10 forukestioos deserving the name, navy, no
N.Y. no mslliszi whist she Is repres>nsed h&ying
IN the hsnds Of any power 10 the history Of the
<oTh- SIalsments Ike these are the standing and
s--reoCyped arguments OF all those who 10 the his
sory Of the Usited States have been op7osed to xar
They CONSIDERATIONS xhich ury-d jos. before
our revolusisuary md our lAss war, AT urged with
An ingenuity, and esoqoence, and seer 2 prsJrie-
~ which they can never bring with then azaIn
They carried with them lftle or no force then and
hey carry vith them stilI less nov y hen the re-
suit Of both those vars, bt especially ofthe later has
N our mAteri, for ready prepArston and IN "a. IN
tomitabee spsrn Of our people, rather than IN any
extended preyloQy preparation. To argue thai sss
should saops no measures which by any possibility,
~ll lead 20 war, until ore equality IN poans
Of preparation with the power which II may De sup
posed ~e slt offend, Is to argue sgainst al var "a
vel - against the advocacy Of any measure which
noEevsr remotely, may oPsrats TO produce hosCilI-
tes For the sense Of o1r people the spirit or oar
Institutions Is opposed 70 large Standing armies TO
expensive nares, and To extensive fortifr.rions 80
that our preparations always made .fter war u
declared, OF considered ineyItabis
Other gentlemen tel u that the certain effect ola
war for Oregon xlu be 10 lose the whole OF !,
for vhie, Al least and that IL prnbsble effect viii
oe TO lose 70 Us altogether Bur, SIR, cannot
even hr time | cannot bat believe that xs
snail De sbss TO sc-d enough into tina, country
to exp-l any force which dr-.s Britsia can s.rd
there, and supply with the OF life ai the
Al to her Indian allies, very Lille Is 10 be dreaded
from them, excegs in their attacks uron t,f.nceIess
women and children. Great Britain managed in
both our wars 10 ges them upon her slde but We
were an overmasrh for both OF them and that too
when the Indians wer. much more Numerous and
powerful than they are n this tirle and when We
we're far less %, and when the Indians were lar
more Formidable than the hal-brue creatures which
bear that name on the west Of the Rocky mountains
Indeed am inclined 70 the opinion that the Indians
have oat served to fetter and clog the opersoos Of
their civilized allies This Is emphatcaily So IN all
their pitched and regular battles In al such engage
uents, the British would have dote better without
them. repeat il, therefore, SIR that cannot but
believe that we can employ force m Oregon that
vii enable US 10 retain possession OF against any
force which can be sent there. i have great conf
denee m the enterprise and proves Of our western
citizens whose invaluable as hardy pioneers
both IN possessing themselves Of the country and IN
The rsplt population Of il, was so grsphicsIiy de-
serioed by the honorable member from Indiana,
Mr.. kEsrEpr,l and whom he so faithfully repre-
senrs this door. never can beleye that they viii
allow the cross Of 81 George to float in triumph
over any portion Of that territory. Bot if nisfor-
tune should lose rs the country IN the beginning
there never be any possible chance Of our losing
II altogether. If Great Britain should expeI our
people from the territory ne can take possession Of
Canada and New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; and
when ve become tired Of fghtng each oIher, she
SiA give as Oregon, and vii probably surrender
these countries TO her. But, five should uufortl-
natsly lose t altogether, shall have the grath-