The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-10-14

stances Of the case2
It is proposed to show, aud will be
she WI. that the nation with whom We are
al present con,endng for the right Of
sovereignty to O.rgon Terrilor, has. at
dileienL times, claimed ana maintained
sovereignty under ere,y one of ,hese def
niions OF prior dIscovery-and that the
| United States can show title 10 the sover
e'gnly OF Oregon Territory under them
ALL.
Let us begin with the case of the Falk-
land Islands. IN 1892, , apt. Davis, who
had been sent out with Cavendish, in his
lat voyage, was driven by storm tow ard,
the Stats Of Magellan, whe,e he. dcti
dcnoiy Satr some ol these Islands from
he deck ol his ship. lie left them ni
out observations, on even Z wing Them il
name.
III 1914, Sir Richard Hawkins saw
one u, ,hese lsIahG>, lm X ii iui lhr MAN.
and gave ii the name 81 ''llan kin>'> .Hdd
tn Land,n I he account AIKEN iin
h,l",y, ol lhis discovery read, as fol
lows:
"an Richard | awkin-, beng bound lor
III Stats al Mag Iar. Wa .rlven by IA
cross Wind on some part of III continent.
I" which hr gave The lame "i ,aMkm :
Maiden Land. pr"m"nt"ry shooting
out int" the sea wi.h three p 'In s he Call
Cd Point / rrinen,aln. and IA pleasat IL
not Ear distant he called Far siand."--
Neylws Geography, published IN Lon>
don in lo74.
IT. lo9S 9, SehnId de West. Dutch
navigator, came % the same Islands, and
surprising hlmrtIl To be the first discover
el. called hem .Spbald's Islands" Egg
Ian heard no more of them for a crnlur,;
aud their existence was ever called in qur>-
non.
IN The reign OF William. one Strong,
a EuglI>hman, is sand to have found them
Qua agnin, and lie called Them "Fa.k lands
Islands,"
No noie was heard or thought al
rhrln. England, until after the treaty of
1868.
in 17C1, Capt. Byron, on voyage u
discovery, described Falkland Islands, en-
tered The harbor, landed on one took pos
session of the port and surrounding is
lands IN The anne ot George Ill., lie call
ed the Haven, POT Egmun,." lie made
no settlement.
| IL 1866, the King Of Spain sent troops
I,on Bueno> AyreS To another Of these
Islands. took pos session of it, SrIird IT,,
aud called it 'Sulldadrn
IN The SAME yea,. Capt. McB idle eslab
ii>hed garrison al P"rr E,muul.
!. did hot appear tina elher Of thes
,,rIsnn- knew OF TIE M vemt nj of tia
ether, before The year 1863 J.; thar YEA
ID dispute arose helo cen the Two na'I"n-
IA To the sovereignty. which Eugiap'
claimed in right "i prior discovery. NJ,
ihl> claim OF Great Britain was Iounde,
upon Il very OF the baIdes' and mos
naked character. Their captains sa
some of the islands from the decks at
| their respective ships. They nellhc,
landed nor made any demonslra ions g
one hundred ana seventy -four years wa
| it followed up by any attempt To make Il
setl, men'; YET G cal BrI ain ptrlnaci Us
IL insisted upon her crcIuSjre righ to lh'
rhoIe ul the islands, and 81 ain was obl
ged to comply.
1t is requested that This case will be
Dor IN mind until we come 10 examine
the case of Noolka Sound. when Grea,
Britain changed he, g,"und, insisting u.
pom rights OF occupancy OF recent date, IN
opposition TO the plior discovery OF SPAN.
OF much mute pc RECT kind than This Of
England to the Falkland Islands.
LEI us now examine what were the cir
cumslauces under which Great Britain
CLAIMED lIle right of sovereignty over her
former N urlh American Colonies. now the
| u. Safes.
In 1882, Columbus discovered The Yves,
indies.
IN 1897, Giovanni Gabaln, Venetian.
(angIicc. John tt'o"r,) m the employ al
,Ienry VII. "I E"gIanh. discovered the
Island OF Newfoundland and the A;lanilc
nasl, as far as " hat has since br Ell rallied
| ..VnglnIa" KIM Henry was informed
If lhe-t dl> C",el,e but made no settle
nenr, no. any motion loNar,ls one Hen
~ the VII GIed. aud Henry the VIII came
t., the throne. Though the y hoIc Of his
reign, 'h"ugh uadr was carried on with
the West Indies, (Which say : the English
historian, Bi.setl had been "selzed" and
settled nv The SpanIard>) no alnmpr Wa
mace by Grear Britain 10 seIlIe the New
" Grid. Henry VIII died and was SIC
cerded ty Edward VI, through his short
reign II" sci Ielnen, wa made upon North
subj CT. u" Edward succeeded Mary, in
1858, and t. May in 1903, Elizabeth. =
IN 1888, eighty SIX yeas after tn" dlsc"v-
ery al Cabot, the first b uish Char,e, of
crlonizati"n was si!ned nv the Virgin
Queer. To Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Und'r