All the above mentioned gentlemen are members of the Society of Jesus, with the exception of the two last named, and the Very Rev. Mr. Demers. The Superior of the Jesuits in Oregon resides at Willamette.

The institutions that have been commenced in Oregon, consist-1. Of an Academy at St. Mary's, among the Flat Heads; 2. Of a College at Willamette; and 3. Of an Academy for Girls, at the same place, under the charge of six Sisters of Notre Dame. The Superior is Sister Loyola. Other establishments have been set on

foot.

The total number of savages in the territory is about 110,000, of whom six thousand have been converted to the true faith. The number of Catholics among the settlers amounts to about 1,500, most of whom are

THE MEXICAN WAR.

THE War between the United States and Mexico arose from various subjects of just complaint on the part of the United States against Mexico. I have traced these complaints in the Presidential Messages of Monroe, John Quincy Adams, General Jackson, and Martin Van Buren, and have been struck with the forbearance which the American Government exercised towards their weaker foe; chiefly in consideration of the disturbed state of the internal policy of the newly organized and perplexed Republic.

The subjects of complaint were these:—
Piracies against American citizens.

Delays in arranging Commercial Treaties.

Some feelings of distrust on the part of the Mexicans, so long ago as 1829, of the then American Minister in Mexico.

Errors in regard to claims upon Territorial lands. Excessive, vexatious, and causeless delays in the arrangement of the Boundary Line, and disputes in consequence of these delays.

The seizure of American ships and property in Mexico; the claims having been adjusted by Commissioners; they were made payable by instalments, one of which only has been paid.

All these were points in dispute before the Annexation of the Texas, having been commented upon for twenty years at least, by successive Presidents.

From the method of argument, or rather of vituperation, against the American Government, pursued by the English Journalists, it would seem that they have either never known, or else that they have forgotten, these circumstances.

The Journals in England crowd their columns on one side with histories of the British wars in India, and on the other, with histories of the American war in Mexico.

may be instructive, as it is certainly amusing and curious, to compare a few of the features which these present in common,-premising only the superior eclat of the Anglo Asiatic over the Anglo American ideas of conquest :—

two wars

THE MEXICAN WAR Has cost the United States about a thousand lives.

Has cost a few millions of dollars.

Has lasted six months.

THE INDIAN WAR Has cost England millions of her people.

Has cost countless millions of pounds sterling. Has lasted nearly 100 years.

The Americans claim the The English, for 246

adjustment of the Boundary Line of their State of Texas annexed to their Republic by her own desire-and have therefore proved just claims against the Mexicans.

The Americans plead guilty to the charge of being land stealers.

The Mexicans will be improved by their present alliance, and by their future Union and amalgamation with the Americans.Twentytwo years ago they banished from the soil of Mexico, where it had ruled three

hundred years, the proud Standard of Castille. What

has the Republic since

achieved? Nothing but revolutions.

years, have been struggling to dispossess the native Hindoo Princes of their Territory, and they have been eminently successful in this meritorious undertaking. They have no excuse beyond that of the bewitched Macbeth :

"I am in blood,

Stepped in so far, that, should I

wade no more,

Returning were as tedious as go o'er."

An infirmity very powerfully developed in their progenitors-like father-like

son.

The Hindoos are exchanged from Native Subjection to English Government; that is, they become the slaves of their conquerors; they are swept away and leave no name behind. Nothing in the future can ever make amends to the Hindoos for the spoliation they have suffered and the indignities they have endured.

The present Administration of the United States, wise in their Commercial policy, will perceive the superior advantages of Trade over War, and will make a speedy PEACE, either by Conquest or by Treaty.

No victory, no concession, no acquisition has ever produced Peace for the victimized Hindoos.-To them the living tiger of their native desert is less appalling than the pictured lion of England. It brings no peace to them-save that of extermination.

Certain it is, therefore, that the English can condemn the Americans upon no law of honesty, justice, or mercy, which they themselves acknowledge. It is not my desire however to excuse this war of the United States against Mexico, because it was evidently a war of temper; an element unworthy to enter into the policy of any nation, whether great or small. Patience and negociation would, in time, have effected between the United States and Mexico, a pacific arrangement of all their differences; as patience and negociation have recently effected pacific arrangements between America and Great Britain; witness the case of M'Leod-the North East and North Western Boundaries.

The expenses of the Mexican war will be paid by the Americans with ease; such burthens lie lightly upon a people who are free from permanent and direct taxation, and on whose fields the God of Harvests forgets not to scatter the continual gift of abundance.