The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-17

The bill admitting Oregon having been sigpc
by tbs President, Oregoc is now a state Of II
Union. making the thirIythird of the Amofical
constellation. We see no great reason for COT
graduation in this event, and proof CT pea.
rnsnent growth Every Congress brings frest
crop Of Territories, and they spring up iutt
States before they have vitality and energy euougt
20 make them really independent Commonwealths
50 far from being Independent they general,
manage 10 one way or Other to fasten like leeches
ca the common property of the nation, aud never
let so till they fall off from repletion.
Tha. able journal, the Philadelphia NORTH Aiae
Yican, in an article approving the admission Of
Oregon, says: "The State which we have Just
admitted into the Union is two thousand niles
away from the ultimate frontiers of our settle.
nents. And all that space, as much from north
TO south as from east 10 west has yet TO be filled
uf with States. Where will that land US! How
many States shall we have when all that wilder.
meas Is peopled aud organized! Imagination
icsss itseif ia the vastness Of the subject We mag
study the map, aud cut and carve out territories
at Will, and when we have exhausted onr iuaeuu-
its at 1t, We shall leave immense field of work
utterly beyond our present comprehe nsiou.
Oregon Is the second State Of the paci6. divsior
OF The Union, which now comprehends two Statss
and three territories. The present Conprass ~
the next will add two moro territories to .hs .r
ray. Here We see the germ of what ia destirsd 20
be one OF the most prodigions sections of the CON-
federsey. Whom California was admitted. manv
persons bore thought 1t but a temporary agcreea.
ton OF gold hunters, which must lose its imnor-
tanos SO soon an the first fash of the aurifarcus
excitement had passed over. And now il Ia. s;x
hundred thousand Inhabitants, aud ia Wealth.
thrifty aud strong. The next apportionment W il,
eiveit At least six members of the House Tho
ambition OF the people on the Pacific is excited IN
increase their strength in Congress. beoausa tbav
think that without it their interests snff.r
Hence the politicians there are ALWAYS busr WITH
schemes Of new Ststes or territories and the sr.
cess which has thus far attended their exertion. 3;
very encouraging to future efforts In a few x.ar.
therefore, they will be pushing for the adm;ss;on
Of Washington, or carve out two new State. f,or,
Catif,rnia, a. they have several times nlreadv 81.
tempted to do
The Amertoan then proceeds to speak If n.
advantage which the Pacific division of the Union
possesses In it's freedom from slavery. with no
cause for sectional strife or discord amonp its
members, and abba to present sn uubrehen f,or,
upon the question which has embittered the re-
isiions between the s!aveholding and uonsIaxs
ho'aing states on the Atlantic. As a Free Soil
Journal TIE American lie right Ia rejoicing over
tns aomission OF Oregon. Without any real
ea'"s' s~s conceive, to be q State, il is now AN
'naepsnaeadens sovereignty, having an eouaI
VOICE ~ onss council Of sovereig mites the Senate
o. the onitea states, with Old Virginia the Mo,
tner Of american States, aud adding sha .,uh
seshtn 70 tue number Of fiee States th,m -
= prepondefance OF three, or ssnato,,st -
Loyal to the Constitution aud the Union h., are
and Of their trief term Of six yesrs. wiz 80,
their snccessorsi Is not the .4msyfean v,i.a .. "
gs1srssioo, when it says: s'oreSon once /. "a
bnlsn, and free State, wifi hare The .an. i,
ssioets for freedom IS the rest of the North .,a
some day or other these Senatorial votes viii :.
tnrn 70 plague the INVENTORS