Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-02-20
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cast Of the public spirited Representative fro
Missouri. lille Groat Britain Is enG7oaehi,
on our Northern frontier IL seeking TO obtain
new and commanding position aud influences
tho Wrst lniics, 10 suhjeet oar whole snuthsl
coast, aud tho I'M Of tho valley Of d
Mls#l"sippi-and ut the name time extending i
occupation aud authority over tho vast tcrriieI
10 our rem, which gives a point of control ov,
Tho ttaac Of tho ocean Of tho North west 40 w
Nv the interior trnde With the indians, II Ia ccf,ainI
proper that our n National Legislature should max
aot,a demonstration Of ia Intention 10 asaer, ii
rights Of the country aeainH the Eur rcaehin
power which seems resolved to occupy every epe
on Tho globe necessary to secure for IL an uniser
sal commercial dominion.
England has aeized every commanding ptae
which she could render iinpregnabIu In The Meli
ssrfanenn sie, as Gibraltar, Malta, ete etc, and
has reduced Portugal to o dependency, she Ia
/, taken station 81 ut Helena, tho Cape Of Goo,
Hope, aud other points along tho coast Of Attic,
and now proposes, by treaty with tho variout
tribes Of negroes, 10 acquire title 10 such portions
Of tho continent AZ will cDaiie her 10 Introduce
! her commercial system there, ~ in India. hi,
IL under the pressnce Of getting foot hold, for ihe
purpose Of at,Iishins the slave trade; but /. viii
end 10 the conquest aud ensiavetnent Of all
Africa, AZ Indost1n IL now enaIaged by her com /.
n%.efcia! monopoly. While moving to the accom-
plisl,ment Of this object, We flhd her a. the same
dino taking possession Of new Xealand, and con-
quering All Island on tbs coast Of China, which
with her other posseasions on the Pacific mud
Indian Occant, gives her commsnd Of tho whale
fisheries, and oil tho Of the rich cent.
men, bounded by those seas.
REMAugs or Mn L,Ss or Missouri.
In Senate, Ian 9 1sdi--Ou asking leave IN pur-
suance 10 a previous notice, TO Introduce a bill
10 authorize tho adeption II measures for the
occupation snd settlement Of the Territory Of
Oregon, and for extending certain portions Of
tho laws Of tho United States over the same.
Mr. Linn said, thu, when this bill was before
the Senate for discussion during the last ard pre-
sent session Of Congreas. his political friends as
well as opponents, pressed him to foftear urging
the subjcc. TO final vote, asi might prove em-
barrassing ai The time In tho settlement Of the
long impending and important question Of ihc
North east boundary. This was not ut The time
satisfactory, nor was he convinced Of the ~necessi-
~ ofdelay, bu, he had reluctantly yielded 10 tbs
advice and opinions Of gentlemen of undoubieJ
patriotism, and Of great experiences in pubic af'
fairs. His own opinion was and is now, that il
10 better for the people Of this country TO have all
The causes Of dispute between us and Great Brit
tain brought into q small compass, present them
for settlement at one and tho same time, and have
them promptly decided one way or the other
Past experience he thought had mos! conciusively
proved that the United States could gain nothing
by delay. Oar opponents will strengthen their
claims by indeeision and apathy on our part
Bu, be never expected to see these boundary ques.
tons amicably arranged. The past history Of tho
English government, afforded TO him conclusive
evidence on this subject. He believed sincerely
tina. every member Of the Senate then present,
would BIO numbered with the dead before Great
Britain would consent TO let go her hold upon a
portion Of the State Of Maine by an anicable ar
rangement, unless she finally decided upon sur.
rendering her Canadian possessions. lfhis NOM
DRY served him correctly Ensland5 pending the
negotiation Of Client, was willing and anxious to
purchase the country now in dispute. He did
not mean to say there had been a formal offer
made, but finding that such an offer would have
been Indignantly repelied, they had, step by step,
made territorial encroachfnont Until she now pre-
scented to the world a claim Of great Importance,
much strengthened by time, where at first she had
nothing more than the mere shadow Of a claim.
Yes, sir less than a shadow. The history Of The
past In. this matter will be the history Of the fu-
fure. Under cover Of the Incorporated Hudson
Bay Company, the English had extended their
possessions, step by step, from the confines of the
Canadian provinces, to the borders Of Upper Cal
ifornia. Under pretex. Of an early discovery of
the North ~ss, coast by Sir Ffancis Drake in the
years I77s and so, and Of the discovery OF the
extreme Northern branch Of the Columbia river
in 1906, and many other pretended discoveries
not necessary now to mention, they laid claim TO
the Territory Of Oregon.
He said he recently received a letter from that
quarter, in which i. was stated that the Hudson
Bay Company was introducing emigraDts from
England by way ofCape Horn, afd establishing
them on farms tina, they had erected saw mills
and carried on a brisk trade in lumber with the
Sandwich and other islands; that they had erec>
ted several forts under the dame Of trading pos'a,
and were rapidly extending their trade and ihflu-
ence over The Indians, almost 10 the exclusion OF
the American citizens and traders on both sides Of
the Rocky Mounsains.
By the treaty Of 1918 and 1921, the title to
the Territory Of Oregon was to be considered in
and joint occupation agreed upon.-
This DELAY has been like the Maine boundary
They have proftted by our supincness, and they
Jill continue to do so, unless we arouse from the
ksthargy into which We have sunk. BY an act
M Parliament, passed in the year 1920 or ri, a
sortion of the criminal law Of England had been
over the Territory of Oregon, And over
RAhe vast regions east Of the rocky mountains. up
To the very confines of the States Of Missouri
End arkansas. Now, Mr. President if we have
= just title to the country in dispute, j. should not
abandoned to any power on earth nor ought
we TO sleep any longer upon these claims. he
though. we should at least move pari passu with
our adversaries. He said he was prepared to go
into the discussion of the whole question involved
at the proper time, He had been eepsured in
letters received from gentlemen residing IN all
paris of the Union, for no, having pressed his bill
10 a final decision, which delay was caused BY the
opinion of others that it might be considered as a
new element of discord pending the settlement
Of the northeastern boundary. He said that jns-
,ice 10 the country a, large, and TO his own con-
s~,ituen.s, would not permit him any longer TO
postpone some definite action in regard TO the
SUBJECT. He would not further occupy the time
Of the senate at present, but should tho Senate