, 1852-11-20
RALLY! RALLY!

convention at Monticello, and will probably
have drafted, and Eagreed upon the form
of memorial to congress, praying for d.
vision Of the present territory Of Oregon
so that the Columbia river may be The |
SOUTHERN and EASTERN boundary of
a NEW teiriory.n
We will venture he assertion, that in the
formation Of no new territory or state, with
IN the limits ccour Union, never has an ap-l
plicalion been made for such an object
which could urge stronger grounds from ge-
ogrophical position than norihernSOrcgon.
The Columbia river forming our proposed
boundary on the south and easl .Ipp 10 the
49th parallel Of north latitude, would include
within our jurisdiction tie beautiful and fer
tile valley Of the Walla- Walla OF Yakima,
and a considerable portion Of the far famed
andmagnicent Selfish or Flat-Hcad country,
cast of>lhe Cascade mountains which, to-
gcther with-th Country on the west side of
those mountain, would constitute sufficient
scope Of territory to form a stale, admirably
crcumscribed, and Of very desirable dimen-
lions With the Pacific ocean on our west
the British possessions on our north, and
the great Columbia river as Aforesaid, what
stronger natural boundaries are necessary to
mark a Just claim for independent tenito-
rial existence, and future state sovereignty
Aside from the reciprocity Of good feel
ing, and that mutual friendly understanding
which should be recognised between neigh
boring provinces, there is not, nor never can
be an identity of interest in commercial,
or any other point Of view, between the in
habtauts Of northern and southern Oregon.
Each could exist, and pursue its agricultural
and commercial pursuits independent Of the
other, without in any manner requiring each
others assistance, or without necessarily
conflicting with each others rights, interests
or policy.
All the surplus products of every des-
cription Of the whole of Oregon, has, and
is likely 10 continue for long time TO come,
to find ready and profitable market for the
producer. At present, California employs
all our facilities for numbering, and con-
sumes all the surplus produce of our far
mers, without visibly diminishing, lin the
means Of subsistence,) the wants Of our
donsely populated, and in an agricultural
point Of view we might almost say, nom
producing neighbor.
The willamette, It's tributaries and the
Columbia rivers, win, for an indefinite pc
riOd in the future, furnish tie only-the
exclusive outlet for the commerce Of large
portion of southern Oregon; and with the
Exception of the settlements Immediately
a|ons The north bank of the Columbia. that
tonmerce will be circumscribed solely for
the benefit, and within the territorial or state
jurisdiction of that region of country. No
considerable amount of shipping can ever
be attracted in that direction, from this side
Of our great natural boundary.
Puget Sound, the great commercial tho
roughfaro for northern Oregon, through its
various inlets, and the several naviqaole
streams empyiDg into it and the Pacific
ocean, tIhe Chickeeles, Duwamish, Snoho-
mish, &c.,) draining our entire interior,
furnish facilities, unsurpassed by any region
Of country in the world for the safe, cheap
and speedy shipment of all articles of pro-
duce or(manufacturc our people may ever
have TOY dispose Of, and which may be de-
manded ly foreign market.
The relative positions Of the two divis-
ions of Oregon forbid that the southern ror-
ton should ever seek the waters of the Sound
in the pursuit of its maritime affairs, or that
the commerce of the interior of the northern
section could ever find a channel in the wa
ters of the Columbia. There is no afilia-
iIon Of inieresi-no adaptation in locality
to combine the TWO, in the formation of ONE
territory or STATE The Columbia river and
lis tributaries are equal to the wants of the
Iormer-Puget Sound, its inlets, &C, are all.
sufficient for the latter; and between the
the two, there is a great gulf fixed, so
that they which would pass from hence to
you cannot, neither can they pass 10 US,
that would come from thence"
A road once constructed across the Gas
cade mountains, and the country not only
on this side would be speedily occupied and
improved, but the beautiful valley of the
Yakima, and our entire extent OF country
on The eastern slope, would soon be convert
ed into cultivated fields, and its thousand