The Oregon fever is raging in almost every part of the
Union. Companies are forming in the East, and in several
parts of Ohio, which, added to those of Illinois, Iowa, and
Missouri, will make a pretty formidable army. The larger
portion of those will probably join the companies of Fort
Independence, Missouri, and proceed together across the
mountains. It would be reasonable to suppose that there will
be at least five thousand Americans west of the Rocky
Mountains by next autumn. This, if nothing else, will compel
Congress to act upon the matter. We have reason to suppose,
however, that we shall have a congress which will assume the
responsibility even without any inducement other than the
protection of American honor and American rights.
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From the _National Intelligencer_ (Washington), June 7,
1843.