Twenty-Four Pages
E3t Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1916
Page Twenty-On
A
Last Steps in Formation of First Oregon Government
(Continued from Page 16.)
expect the arrival of any government
vessel on the count" seemed so good
"a to take part In the association."
Convinced of the benefits to be de
rived from union Mclaughlin only
needed to act upon the Invitation that
had been extended by the Oregon Pro
visional Government. The way tow
ard union had already been paved by
action of that body.
A flrBt step towards union with the
Hudson's Pay Company officials had
beon made In June, IS 5, by the elec
tion or KranK Krmatinger, manager
of the company's store at Oregon City
and In official capacity its "Chief
Trader" to the office of treasurer of
the Provisional Government. This
was manifestly Intended to Indicate
to McLoughlln and his associates the
friendly attitude of the Willamette
valley settlers. A second step tow
ards union had been made by the
(fcanga made In the form of the oath
by which the officials elected In June
were Inducted Into office. The oath
declared an obligation "to support
tha organic laws of the provisional
government of Oregon, so far as they
are consistent with duties as a citi
zen of the United States or a subject
of Creat Rrltain." This oath was
later formally Incorporated Into the
new constitution adopted by the peo
ple In July, 1845. and thus deprived
the Provisional Government of Its for
mer national character. In its ori
ginal form such provisional govern
ment had seemed to be established
only until such time as the United
States might formally assume juris
diction over the Oregon territory und
conceded nothing to the sentiments of
citlsens of other countries. The
changed form of the oath made It
possible for the Hudson's Pay officials
and other Pritlsh citizens to loyally
support the new organisation. TJhc
reorganization of the provisional gov
ernment on a more carefully worked
out constitutional plan and the In
corporation Into the body of the con
stitution of a land law that had none
of the features objectionable to Mc
laughlin or the company its contain
ed In the first measure enacted In
1HS, paved the way for an offer of
un,lon. A better organized govern
ment, with executive, legislative and
judicial departments carefully dif
ferentiated and the functions of each
fully prescribed In a written consti
tution that had received approval of
a large majority of the settlers at an
election especially held for the pur
pose, seemed more stable and to offer
better guarantees of stability and
strength to enforce Its decreps than
the more loosely constructed govern
ment established In 1843. The newly
established constitution mav for this
reason be considered as a third step In
the direction of union. Afterwards
came overtures of Jesse Applegate by
means of private Interviews and let
ter asking If "company will be willing
to become parties to articles of com
pact by paying taxes." A visit of Mr
Lnughlin to Oregon City convinced
him of the sincerity of the desire of
the better part of the American ele
ment to secure the Incorporation of
the company In the provisional gov
ernment. A formal Invitation sent by
a committee of the legislature duly
authorized on August 14, 1843, met
with a prompt acceptance the next
day, August 15 by McLoughlln and
Douglas acting for the officers of the
Hudson's Hay Company, "to become
Turtles to articles of compact."
The company's officers did not,
howeer, take such action and enter
Into such a compact without exact
ing certain conditions expressed and
implied. Among the expressed con- i
ditions of the union stated in the let-'
ter accepting the Invitation made by
the legislature consent to the union Is
bused on the provision that the Hud-1
son's Day Company be called upon to
pay taxes only on such sales as may
be made to settlers. It is thus stlpu-,
luted as a first condition that a spe-'
rial concession In taxation shall be i
granted. A second condition, de-'
manded by Mclaughlin and sanction-1
ed by the legislative Assembly, was 1
that the region north of the Colum-!
bla river, which it had been proposed
should he divided Into two districts!
named lewis and Clark. Rhould bei
created as one district with the name '
Vancouver. I
Mclaughlin says that the "("ltra
party were excessively annoyed at
this being called Vancouver District,
a point we Insisted on carrying: It ap
peared to them a concession of Amer
ican rights, and an avowal of the Hrit
ish claim to the north bank of the
Columbia, but the tide set so stromrlv
against them that their opposition
was overpowered." A third condition
of the union was that all rights of
trade enjoyed by the company should
be maintained. A fourth implied
condition and one recognized by the
changed form of the oath required of
officers of the government, was In di
vesting the organization of all dis-
tinctive national character so that It
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