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init us to do the same. We will give you all the
aid within the constitutional limits Of our power.
and only ask re- iprocity at your hands,
Upon principles such as these, is It believed
this great work is likely ever to be commenced,
and thus, and thus only can the paramount inter-
ests OF the nation be subserved, and thus alone
can the great American heart be satisfied
Once completed, commanding the commerce
Of the Indies, developing our vast interior afford.
ing equal facilities to all sections, these roads
will bind to- ther this Union as with adaman-
tine chains, and the multitude or their construc-
tion drawn into our midst) will ere long fill that
mighty wilderness, now the abode Of the beast
and the savage, from the Mississippi to the Paei-
fic, with farms, villages, towns and cities,-with
millions Of free and happy people, who in the
full enjoyment Of our noble Institutions, while
making the valley broad and mountain high re-
dolent with the music Of the lowing herd, the
anvil, the plow, and the plane, will be tower
Of strength and bulwark Of national defence,
against which in vain may tyrants thenceiorth
hurl their anathemas, and launch forth their
hammered hosts, only to be discounted, routed
and slain.
As forerunner Of these great enterprises,
an Overland Mail, in four-horse coaches upon
the Northern route, would not only facilitate
their Inauguration, but also the convenience Of
the travelling community, our own citizens, the
transmission and reception Of mails, and would
also materially aid in the development Of our
extensive interior.
Very important also Is a similar mail line from
the Capital Of this Territory, through Oregon,
to the capital Of California. Theseare suggested
as proper subjects for urgent memorial.
while these bright prospects Of glorious iu-
ture-the material prosperity Of our Territory
and Of the nation at arge--call for the most sim
cere thanks Of all, and to the world, this Union
presents the prodigy Of but the other day a
mere handful Of three Millions already grown
in all the elements Of national greatness, one
Of the most powerful governments Of the times
4 vet, to the lover Of his country, the aspeei
Of our national politics Is far from en-
couraging-a dark cloud Is gathering over the
horizon. Proclamations Of reasonable purposes
pass unrehuked. Men in high places, alike in
the South and the North, in their discussions
| upon slavery, declare their purpose upon the
happening Of one, or the not happening Of another
contingency, to dissolve tho Union Men sig
uaIly favored by their fellow-cilizens, and still
more favored by the gifts Of Omnipotence, dc.
secrate the post Of honor, andbring all their men
tai powers into requisition for the destruction o.
this the most perfect political fabric ever inyer.
ted by human wisdom.
Time was, when those who should have pro-
claimed such purposes would have been hissed
driven from the rostrum, and sunk beneatl
the patriotic scowls Of an indignant people,
But alas those halcyon days are fast passing
away, and the apparent pleasure with which
snch sentiments are now tolerated Is an omen
that augurs IN for the perpetuity Of our national
existence. Admonished BY these premonitions,
seeing in the late tragieal insurrecton at Har-
per's Ferry, Va, the maturity Of a portion o
the legitimate fruits Of tocrnting these seditoui
sentiments, and the discovery Of a widespread
sympathy with, II not actual participation in
that reasonable transaction, and desiring aboy,
all things the perpetual preservation Of this fail
confederacy, the undersigned would be deficient
in duty should he fail upon this occasion to ras'
a warning voice. In view Of these things that
| II is possible for misguided philanthropists (un
acquainted with the practical operations Of slavery
and the remedy for its alledged cvils) aided or
the one hand BY those who live by slavery ngi
tation in the free states, and the over jealous
the indiscrcet, and too often reckless Soulhrons
on the other, to call down upon the nation tha
most dire Of all political woes, adissoution, can
not be denied
Yes, ait Is possible" that, iorgetful Of duty
\ and regardless Of consequences, reckless writer's
speakers and legislators, may "dissolve thl
| Union" Seeing, then, that there = aposslolhty
nay, lis feared probability, Of such an awful
catastrophe. let us in this embryo State, beware
Of the hydra.headed monster dissolution, and al
once, as faithful sentinels, take our stand upor
the watcli-tower Of liberty, and BY our devotion
to the Constitution and the Union--the rich le
gacies our forefathers bequeathed us-prove our.
selves worthy sons Of the noblest sires; and
leaving as they did, unicttered and unmolcsted,
TO each political division Of the confederacy
(who alone are responsible for them) the man
agement Of its own domestic affairs, initiate then
wise. peaceful, ffaternal and sublime example
And firmly setting our fac 3, now and forever,
against ali who would jeopardize or destroy The
palladium Of liberty; profoundly thankful iol
past blessings; fcrvenily beseeching the All
Mighty ruler Of the universe that It's Legislation
may be always right, yet recolecting thatto oc
casionally err has been the unavoidable lot O
all mankind relying upon the sagacity, wisdom
and equity Of our countrymen; with an abiding
faith that ultimate public justice viii be done
" clinging to the Constitution and the Union, Al
the shipwrecked mariner clings 10 the last planl
when night and the tempest close around him,
let our motto ever be Z" The Union
r. ID. GH0LS0N.
Olympia, Dec. 7th, 1850