, 1853-05-28
NO. So.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Washington Territory.

AT the session of Congress Just closed, the
northern part of Oregon has been set of as
a Territory, with the above name. lis To-
cation, on the Pacific, with the fine har-
bors and roadstead, and the straits of San
Juan de FIca, will make il ultimately one
Of the most important Of our western pos
sessions. On the Atlantic coast, the same
latitude would be considered too far north,
to attract settlers, and would indeed be too
cold for our population. But the climate of
the Western coast, from some cause not sat
isfactorily explained by any known law, is
much mllder than the same latitude on the
Eastern, andt latitude of San Juan de
Fuca is the same as Paris, and both being
on Western coasts, the climate of the new
Territory may be supposed 10 be about the
same as the climate of 3" La Belle France"
Such being the case, there isnothng to- pre-
vent its becoming in very few years, with
our restless and migratory population, one
Of the most powerful Of the States of our
glorious Union.
The population that settles there will be
for many years agricultural and CONNER
cial, and with great naval depot, and pop
ulous cities, they will look out upon the
great mother of the human race. We shall
then be brought face to face with the vast
and crowded Empires of Russia, China aud
Japan, those hitherto comparatively un-
known lands will be next door neighbors to
US and the nation of yesterday will be in
daily intercourse with the barbarians Of the
North and the highly luxurious Chinese,
and the unknown people of Japan whose
civilization dates back before the time,
whereto our known records extend. What
will be the effect Of the wondrous revolu-
tions which have grown out q our Mexican
war, time alone can tell. Bul one thing is
certain, the gold discoveries on both sides
of the Pacific will draw 10 the shores Of that
ocean, the restless population Of Europe and
America, the English language will prevail
in commerce, and be the vernacular Of the
nations inhabiting the North eastern and
Southwestern coasts Of that mighty sea.
We know of no country in the world
that presents greater attraction 10 the emf
grant than this new Territory +; It has not,
10 be sure, the gold Of California and Aus
tralia, but it has fertile soil, large forests
of heavy timber, and fine harbors, (which
will enable the settlers there to'supply the
Inhabitants of the auriferOus countries with
the necessaries of life, and with ships which
must carry their gold to, and bring their
uxurie5 and manufactures from the older
parts OF the world. We have little doubt
that the population which will settle there,
not only from the Atlantic States and Mis-
sissippi valley, but from Europe, Russia,
China, South America, and the +" Islands Of
the sea-" will in short time be so numeT-
Gus that another State from the far west "
will DO knocking for admission al the doors
Of the Union. So vast are the consequen-
ces to arise from these western settlements,
that the Imagination is lost in contemplating
them, and !" fancy free loves 10 linger
over the subject and paint TO itself future
for the shores and islands Of the Pacific, to
which no known history Of mankind pre-
sents any parallel.