Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-28
Correspondence Of Inc JoHfnGt IF Commerce.


OF he territory Of the II. :. west of the Rocky
Mountains, by Great Britain. Mr.. Cushing llaf
moved TO commit the same TO the Connittee NJ,
Foreign Afiirs, with instructions TO establish, , ms,
NJ The mouth nj the river Columbia. and To prevent
the interference of any foreign power with the In1i-
ans 'ncfc. Mr.. Gushing presented some vefv inter-
es''ng details of the subject. lie maintained FIRST,
the flgii dt The people If this country 10 the terri
tory III question:. III virtue al discovery ; aud, SECOND
thai, as It W.. oufs. IL was consistent neither with
national honor or interest 10 rclinquish the claim.
l ne hiat discovery aud exploration was made by
Capt. Robert Gray. of Massachusetts. who arrived
'l'''c IN the biig Columbia. and who gave 10 Tho
ilVci the name of Columbia. He stated ,l,at the
country was however, IN the actual possession Of the
B,It'-h North Western Company. lie also main
'''n'1 outright 10 the country b, treaty with S,ain
anu France. l,ut Great }riialn nov pretended ,hat
II was ~ abandoned unclaimed territory. and had
SET mp let Tag there. lie appealed To Mr.. Adams
as the ilfing record Of the political history of the
country ia say whether the country did not belong To
Us by treaty with France, &c.
MI. Adams made some remarks supportint h;s
collr'ete opinions On the subject. Ms 10 the. qucs.
tieh 81 TILE lie went into Il review of the Origin Of
me EUROPEAN titles Ia different paris Of tits Couli.
nent, IN order 10 show the foundation Of eur title 10
the country IN question. With respect 10 The DIS
intuition oi tbs part Of the Globe by the Pope of
Rome twas not necessary 10 go into n dis
qaisltian GA that tile ai tins day. But Suain
claimed The night II these territories in ,irtne of a
grant ltom the Head OF the Church. the lnnnfau If
All power. Having taken posstssiun of u spol of
Land, rs large As this ,nk-tand. sal Mr.. \, she clain,-
ed tie whole continent in ri,iur ofa ur,nt from ,l,.
Pope, excluded all the resi- ol mnnhiud from II. and
pi"h'blieh then enhance upon il,upon pan, Of death.
Illis distribution of HE Pope was not always asscn.
teal to by other po"els-aHd particularly hy Eur
lah'' winch country, ,vcn hclona the rrinrnnaiton.
resisted these cla'ns. Altfr that time the Sove-
ttlgns oi England, ~ The assigne. Of the power he
lore exercised by the Pope, cldnutd lie same pow
81 OF gt1nt'ng lands and all these gr"n,s wcte ,nade
III 'ntne "i the character of these SoyercIpns ~
popagatois OF Christianity. The charters of .Junra
Isl. Cllailes2 ID, aud George Cd, were nil based an lin.
idea oi a lowefio clam lands Tor the purpose of
sil''Sllihihlna their inhabitants. So, all these titles.
"i''n anal yzed, rested upon the Pope. aud his
power was like fhat oi the Indians resting place for
me p'ohc' llio big tortoise stood upon nothing ~
an LOUIS lith made claims upon the ground that
he was f971t 10 others, and bad as 200 a rirlt ms o.
'lrls 10 make giants. Nh. \. went lnlo u history
oil Tie giants In the merchant, trnzlt, aud also ,I,at
made Il" la Solli-ba Solli circumnayigatcd tho
great Lakes; l'om Them descended the Illinois River
to the Miss's ipri; ven down llu liver in honi. Il, n,
orleans, and there established tlc loii of New O,1ean..
and set mp the standard Of France. lie was the first
d'seovotef Of the Mississippi and established hi4 dis
co'e'y on the 1li Aptll, 1858. LA Solli, II was true.
missed Tho mouth ottle Mississippi i. on nppraach-
my II hem the ocean but lac was AS much line dis
coiel't ol The MISSISSIPPI as Columbus aas oiAme,i.
ca MI occupied It's mouth IN April, 1853, after the
most laboflous aud periIous enterprise ever undcr,a-
ken ny any individual explorer. Mr.. Adams went
on with long argument on The claims of Spain AMI
T. lance, maintaining the then riehi Of France To the
country winch We purchased from her. The point
oil ms remarks was that whatever clam. any other
country may have 10 the mouth of the Colunbi,
'ive'' Eh8thad hdd meme. lie stated the ground,
ol cur claim TO the country, a derived from S,aiu
ana i rance, ard gave notIce 10 any person who might
hereafter be entrusted with any nrgncmfion on HE
si'eJect oi our right 10 the AortiI- Western Coast,
MAJ We 'nnSt clam, anl had a right To clam. Iron,
latitude ll2 to GO north. He alluded to the old
boundary clween MS and Spain on the wes,er,
BOUNDARY OF the United States. aud again stated thar
he was the tdd man in the cabinet oil MIR. Monroe.
WHO consented In make the Sabine the boundary be-
tween the tnlted States and Mexico, and then he
da assent to maize the treaty. on that basis, AT The
express order Of Mr.. Monroe. Every line of the
Treaty was submitted, day by day, To The Cabinet of
Mr.. Monioc, and hc never agreed looue Inc OF il.
except under the express injunction Of Mr.. Monroe.
AS abolition had been mentioned in connexiun with
tins subject, he would say that there were two per-
sons IN that Cabinet who were Gom non slayrlroIJ-
ing States while the President. Secretary Of War.
(hf. Calloun) the Secretary OF tire Treasury. (Mr.
Cra"iord,) the Attorney General, (Alr. WiuD wero
nom the slveholdng States and assented to the
Treaty. he repeated also what he some two years
ago asserted, that, alter the Treaty WAS drawn, and
before the last note u MI. Ouls was written, the
President Instructed him to lay the Treaty before
Glen. Jackson, then in this city, and take his olin-
ION upon 1t. lie ii wait upon Gen. Jackson ,c-
coidinbIy WIN Inc treaty ard the mp OF Florida,
and Gen. Jackson did approve of the boundary line,
AMI remarked that u vast majority otihe people oflho
united States would approve, though It would give
dissatisfaction IN a certain quarter, which he tMr.
Al would not now name. The Globe 1T the
time made 1t a question of rtraciiybetween linn and
General Jackson, aud obtained from Gen. Jackson II
declaration, thai lie had no recollection OF The trans
action, but that he was consulted in relation 10 some
IN itary matter Mr.. \. stated that he WIS IN the
llab't oikeepinga Dary. 1t was hot by hun nj the
time, but he procured, m ten days, an extract fion.
Vt on tbs subject, giving a IA minute account Of the
intefrie" wIth Gen. jackeon. lie never published
It, buta gentleman, now IN the White House. had
seen II, and some others. lie mentioned the i,ct.
inofdef that any one who wished tn examine into this
question: ~ tcJdctfg, ing / know Ihat he had il, ana
mat IL was at any ones service. This matter was
not strictly relevant but il concerned the relation
III which he stood to the boundary lines of the u
ntted States; and would support him in the asser-
lion that he would never yield, aud had never will
ded ~ any portion ot the Territory Of the u.
>. lie would asset the rights OF the United States
to tle territory IN question, against the Ell croacil-
mell'S OF Greut Britain; but, before we fought for
The county,, lie Il ought we had b. tier Occupy II
Tor = white. Ii brhootcd us well To keep our eyes
WIDE awak" upon this encroiching step-rathe, to
10 iler justice strong, uncqnivocal justice bur, ia
respect 10 nights oil possrssIuu, lie would let Great
Britain know that we woull not relineuisll them.
lie should be glad, however. before any thing was
done IN the matter. To see some further documentary
proof oi the alleged encToae fNnents ul Great Brl-
tam.
Nj. Gushing made some remarks on the subject,
and said that IT concerned the peace Of The Whole ol
our Western frontier. fc sali he would he able tr
prove to the satisfaction of The House ,lta, the ALE.
pltipnS made aU1Ipst lrput N.