Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-02-17
BLooMlNGroN, IOWA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II ls4s.

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destroy this line. 81, least beyond the
Rocky Mountains and labore,l ndefni.
gably a. il. until they accomplished ,hei,
design. @
Louisiana was acquired in 1903. In the
very insian, Of signing The treaty whir!
brought us that province. another treaty
was signed in London. (wilhont a'knowl.
edge Of what was done in Paris fixing
am"ng other things, HE line from The Lake
Of the Woods to the Mississippi. 'fhi,
treaty. signed hy Mr.. Rufus King AM;
I.ord Hawkesbury, was rejected by Mr.
Jefferson. without reference tn the Senate
OF account oil the fifth article (Which re-
la.ei to the line between the Lake Of the
Woods and The head Of The Mississippi
Cor fear il might compromise the northern
boundary Of Louisiana and the line Of 49
degrees. In this negotiation Of 1903, the
British made no attempt or the line Of the
10Th degree, because it was not then
1nown to them tina. we had acquired Lou.
i-iana; but Mr.. Jeffersoa. having knowl.
edge Of this acquisition. was determined
that nothing should be done Ia comprom-
Use our rights, or 10 unseitle the bounda>
ries established by the treaty OF Utrecht.
Another treaty was negotiated with G.
Britain in 1907, between Alessrs. Monroe
and w. Pinckney on one side. and Lords
Holland and Auckland on the other. The
English were now fully possessed of the
fact that we had acquired Louisiana. and
became party 10 the line If 40 degrees !;
and they Sc, themselves openly to work to
destroy lha, line. The correspondence Of
the ministers shows the per,inacy of these
attempts; and the Instructions OF Mr.. AID
ANS. in 1918. (when Secretary of State
under Mr.. Monroe TO Messrs. Rush and
GELATIN. then in London. charged with
negotiating convention on points lief. UNI
se,lied ut Client. c"nt!ense the history vi
the mutual propositions then made. Fl
nallv. an article was agreed upon. ia which
the British succeeded in mntilaling the
line, and stopping it at the Rock Noun
iains. This treaty Of 1907 shared The fate
of 1909, bul for different reason. |. was
senate, 6ecanse ii did not con:
tain an explicit remuneration Of the preten-
sion Of impressment
A, Client the attempt was renewed /:
The arrest Of the line at the Rocky Noun
iains was agreed upon. bn. the Brit, h
coupled with their proposition demand
for the free navigation of the Mississippi.
and access to it through the territories Of
The United States and this demand occr
stoned The whole article to be omitted =
The Client treaty WAS signed without any
stipulation on the subject Of The line along
the 43ih degree. and ,ha, point became a
principal objec, of the ministers charged
with completing at London, in 1918. the
subjects unfinished at Client in lSi4.-
Thus the l,ri'is!, were again f"iled; but.
true to their design. they persc.cred and
accomplished ii in the cow en,ion signed
at London in 1918. That convention ar
rested The line at the mountains. and open.
ed the Columbia To the join. occupation
Of the British; and. being. ratified by the
United States, il has become binding and
obligatory on the country. But II IS a
poin, no, 10 he overlooked or undervalued.
IN this case, that i. was in the year 1918
,'at this arres,a,ion Of the line took place:
that up TO ,ha, period il was in i"ll f"rce
IN all it's extent. and. consequently, in full
farce 10 the Pacific ocean and complete
bar (leaving on. all other harr'ers) to any
Brush acquisition. by discovery, south o:
40 degrees in North America. ss Is
The other points in our title. to which
I wish TO give little more deyelopement
than !. has received from other speakers.
is. lis derivation under the treaty with
Spain of 1919. by the treaty Of the VI.
S. succeeded TO all the rights Of Spain on
the northwest coas, Of America moth OF
4a degrees. These rights. according to
the memoir Of The Spanisl, minister. don
t,nis. extended TO the Russian possessions
lie British having nothing on that c"as,!
This was the representation OF the Span
ish minister and with this. the fact OF the
case agreed. The Non,ka Scum! treaty
aud controversy of 1879 had decided that
point! Il decided that the British had no
r;gh, to Noo,k;., Il place four degrees north
nf the Columbia. and no way connected
with IL: and il ended IN obtaining TOR the
British the privilege. and nothing but the
privilege, OF fishing and hunting along
the nor,hwcs, coast, and erecting the TEN.
porary hu,s which The pursuit at these oe-
equations nigh. require. Colonization Of
settlement was renowned The treaty
itself especially The 81 and 9Th articles,
will prove this aud the preliminary de-
bates of ,he day correspond with the
words Of the treaty. AS a fact, that treaty
utilities all British claim on..he n"r'hwes.
coast; as law. il no. abroga,ed by war;
il would still confine them To the pursui,
Of hunting aud fishing. The treaty Of
1919. by which we acquired all the Span
~, ,;,la ,,c.,l, .,f 10 tlpvreps has given us