The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-29

BILE By wagons and un6, for settlement
when reached. bat that the President
ssd Nc Webss.r asrssd that 10 action
detrissatal 10 The Orssoo bill should
cesar. il hs should BE- able. - he
promised. 70 pilot IN emigration back
70 Oregon a0d make . wagon road
through - the CelaAbia-
ALREADY. 90 his arrival in the winter
IN the western froOtisr, Whitman had
lsarssd that our government. on the
representation Of Governor simpson. OF
the Hadsou Boy Company bad dis.
eoorAgei those Who we're intending to
s@igrsts to Oregon. He reassared
them With the promise THAI if thsJ
would b ready in the spring he would
be there 70 accompany them and pilot
them 70 the shore. Rsassursd by these
promises from one Who had made the
journey. aud by his presence on the
frontier in the spring ~ soon - his
mission TO- Washington was socom.
plished. and animated by the premise
received by hin from tbs President
that II they reached the Columbia with
wagons. the administration would
never abandon Oregon. . body Of
nearly 1000 emiarsnts left the Missouri
river in the spsiug Of lS43, cousisting
Of many men veil known among the
pionsers and who have proved distin-
guisbed and honored citiseus. Only
that Whitman promised to lead them
and encouraged them that emigration
would never have come in such force
- il did, it never would have made an
indelibls wagon road across the cont.
nsut that British wiles could not sfAce;
never would have reached the far
western region in snch' force ss to put
down ell idea nf British supremacy and
opened vide the door for succeeding
emigrStions 70 follow them. The suc-
cssstul emigration, the impression
made by the visit OF Whitman to
Washington and his pleadings with
President, Cabinet aud Congfessmen.
gave rise to the rsllying cry Of "a 40.
OF fight. that elected President Polk
in 1874. It ssvolutionized the nation.
1t 10 not easy tor us. who have Al
command the railroad and telegraph.
BY use Of which We practically snnihi
late time and space. TO appreciate the
condition of the handful OF Americans,
Who In l842 we're the only Uuited
States citixsns in the wide national
domain west Of the STONY Mouatalns.
II took them year to receive answers
to home letters and they knew not
what might happen between times.
Never was loyalty pursr aud brighter
than theirs. Il was kept ksenly alive
BY constant knowledge of the inten-
tions OF the Hudson Bay Company aud
British authorities to occupy and
possess the land and to keep Americans
out il Feasible. They awaited national
recognition with fevsrish anxiety. The
apprshsnsions they entertained of pos
sibls success on the part Of Great
Britain may ssem trivial to us. but
with them it was terrible uncertainty
and put their patsiOtism TO the strong
est test.
From us. who occupy in peace what
they held almost upon suderancs aud
in peril. the brave pioneer deserves the
best renembrancs ws Can give. But
s00e more than commcu meuorrsl
should mark the last rssting place Of
the unsslnsh Whitman, who became
the impessonatinn Of the loyal spirit
that burned 10 the hssrts OF the few
A~ericans Of that early day. and rep
rssenting them aud not himself. hear
ing the highest Official Of the great fur
company to plead f"r Oregon. snxions
TO preserve this grand. imperial region
for the republic-risked bis life to
accomplish these results. and did
accomplish them. Wh-n We raise this
monument TO him We h"nor tie genius
Of the csantry be represented. aud We
raise on that single pedestal . tribute
of respect aud commemorstion for the
brsve pioneers Of the first decade OF
What can be cElled Oregon history. who
sought - bring the Americsn dag With
them and make homes in Oregon and
were not sllursd by gold Of dross
An actress travelling in the English
provinces claims to be dsushtee Of
Edwin Forfest.