Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-08-26
From the National lntelligencer.
The New EIdOradO.


From the National Inteligencer.
TEse New EldOradO.
The recent discovery of gold in the
south western point of British America,
especially, it is said, in the region watered
by what is known as Frazier river, has al
ready attracted to that quarter a current of
immigration from California, Oregon and
Washington Territories. More than twen-
ty thousand of our citizens, il is estimated,
have forsaken their homes in our Pacific
possessions to seek their fortunes in these
new "placers," opened to tempt the
cupidily Of the adventurous. Though the
feverish industry spent in sitting the golden
sands is often unrepaid by harvest suf-
ficent to compensate for the outlay bestowed
upon it. mul;Itudes in every age and in
every land are found willing to renounce
the slow acquisitions of patient toll, in the
hope of drawing directly from the earth
those precious metals which in other
branches of human enterprise constitute
rather the standards of value than the i'm
mediate objects of pursuit. The golIdig-
ger is stimulated in his labors by thu
thought that he works not only for gold,
but in the very midst of the glittering ore
which forms the direct palpable incentive
of his industry.
But to many of our contemporaries these
newly discovered fields of adventure are
not so much suggestive of trite homiies
directed against the ''thirst for gold' as of
topics which tall within the circle of
political discussion. A leading journal of
the Northwest, with. it would seem, some
lingering traces of a sore disappointment
not yet forgotten or forgiven, adveris to the
fact that if our Government had s;eadfastly
adhered to what was proclaimed by Presi-
dent Polk in the face Of The world TO be
our 'clear and unquestionable' title to the
territory of Oregon up TO 81 deg 40 min
north latitude. we should now be able to
count within our boarders another Eldorado
besides that of California. In that event,
moreover, as it is intimated in other quar-
ters, our citizens, in focking like so many
Argonauts to hunt for the golden fleece
would not be compelled to submit to the
hard necessity of first being "heeced"
,, themselves b. the Hudson's Bay Company,
within whose Jurisdiction the miners of
Frazer liver are called to prosecuts their
labors. Strong representation. it is said,
have been made to the Secretary of State
and the president by citizens of Oregon.
Washington and California on the subject
of the course taken by Gov. Doug las. of
Vaucover's Island towards immigrants
from the United States, and iD regard to
the imports of produce into the British ter
ritory for their support. The Hudson's
Bay Company, we need not say, are by
the terms of their charter vested with the
exclusive right of buying and selling all
commodities imported into this region, and
our citizens complain of the exactions to
which they are subjected by the company s
regulations. Though Americans in this
regard are placed on the same footing as
British subjects or other "most favored
nations" it seems to be imagined BY some
of the immigrants that in virtue of their
title as citizens of the United States they
are warranted in claiming exemption from
the laws and obligations imposed by the
Company on the rest of mankind. The
President, we learn, "has expressed the
opinion, after an examination of the subject,
there is one remedy for these grievances.
The powers now claimed by the Company
have heretofore been exerted, and whether
strictly legal or not, have been recognises
as legal by the British Government
The grievances" whatever they are,
will probably not he of long duration, or
at least will not form ground of COM
plaint against the Hudson's Bay Company.
Their charter, il is said. will expire in the
month of May next ensuing, and our readers
have already been informed that the Brit
ish Colonial Secretary, Sir L. Bulwer
Lytton. has only recently introduced into
Parliament bill providing for the colonial
government of the region in which The
aariferous district is included. The ter
ri;ory which it thus proposed to set apart
under the name Of New Caledonia is roughly
described as that portion of British Amer
ica west of the Mountains and between
latitude 49 . and 55o north, including
Queen Charlotte's and all other adjacent
islands. Vaacouver's Island only is ex-
cepted, but with the reservation that it
may be annexed to New Caledonia if the
two houses of the Legislature of the island
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