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territory. till they meet at distance and form
a boundary line.
BY applying these just and long established
principles 10 the case in hand we shall be able to
show dstiactlv that the claim Of the u. States
to Oregon fs valid and irrefutabIe, while the pre.
tensions Of England have no foundation in Justice
lor right; for that per can neither prove priori.
ny of discovery or settlement, nor right of sove.
reignty by purchase, nor extension by contiguity.
either of which would be valid. The U. States
has them all. as we will now proceed to show.
BY the Florida Treaty, the United States is, by
cession, put into actual possession Of all the right
and title svhich Spain had obtained. BY discovery
or otherwise, to lands north Of AZ deg of latitude
as indicated in that treaty and, by the Louisan M
purchase, to all and every part Of the country in
question belonging to France at that time. These,
added to our own title under which we claim Ore
gon as part of our domain, give a treble right
each of which is better than that of England, and
sufficient to justify government in exercising
jurisdiction over it.
The first intmation Of such a country as
Oregon is found in book written by Jonathan
Carver, Of Connecticut, who as early as l76a
travelled among the Indians west of the Missis
sippi. He speaks cf " the river Oregon, or River
Of the West, that falls into the Pacific Ocean a,
the Straits of Anasn." He did not cross the
Rocky Mountains, but probably gained his nfor.
nation from Indians who had.
Soon after the conquest of Mexico, the atten.
ton OF pain was directed to the western coast Of
the American continent, and voyages Of discovery
undertaken, to explore the regions north and south,
which were then unknown to the civilized nations.
CorteZ fitted out an expedition about the year
1888, which sailed from the coast Of GuatamaIa,
and discovered the Gulf of California. which was
called at the time the " Sea Of tortez." lie hf.
terwards visited it in person, with view to ma Ike
settlements on its banks. lie surveyed it TO the
northern extremity to the mouth of the Rio Colo
rado, or Red River, and, after many hardships,
returned to Acapulco, and was compelled to re-
m nm there to keep in check his rivals and enc.
mics. who had taken advantage Of his absence to
wrest from him the honor and emolumen,s of his
former conquess. But no continued TO prosecute
The business of discovery tho North west Goa st.
His principal officer was Francisco de Uio,, who
spent two years IN exploring California Several
othor voyages OF no great consequence farther
than to show that Spain was still intent on north
ern discoveries, were uuier,aken, with Indifferent
success. so far as any authentic account has come
to US. Forbes, in his History Of Upper and Low
er C,lifornia, says, page g." In l562-3. Juan
Rodriguez Cabriilp explored the western coast of
tho pnnsnla, reaching az high as latitude G3 de.
grees. tie is, unquestIonably, mistaken n, to
tnne, Tor he says again. in his History Of Upper
Caf"rni', the same individual went only TO 43
deS. or "A deg. OF north latitude" and that il was
IN lo42. In this connection we NAV mention.
mat Fnrhes though an Englishman i nc now ledres
tiat Sir Francis Drake, the buccanier, upon whose
discoveries England, for lack of better material.
ms lad cons'de rabo stress, says no " named the
country New Albion, and took possession of il
ior EnSlnnh' not being azure that IL had been pye-
r'ously rtsited by Spaniards under Cabriho.' Ii
Is not certain whether CabrilIo went so far north
as 43 deg as he died at ST. Berna rdo in l543,-
|. was probably his pilot, Bartolomc Ferrelo, who
pursued the voyage to Cape BIanco in latitude 43
deg, which Drake afterwards visited.
In 1882, Francisco Cali visited the coast as ia r
up as 81 deg. 80 min. and gave description of
the country, which Humboldt and Navarelte con-
slider authentic.
Its is now rendered probable that as early as
1888 Behring's Strait discovered by Span
lard named Madonado, which he called :. Anain,'
Of which mention is made by many authors and
voyagers. 1t is also proved that Greek pilot, in
the employ Of Spain. named Juan de Fuca, in
1899 discovered and sailed into the strait which
has since borne his name. la 1903. January 10.
Martin do Angular, in the frigate Tres Reyes, be-
longing To regular exploring expedition. fitted
out under Vizcaino, discovered the Umpqua in
latitude 43 deg. which, for long time bore his
name. This puts the question Of discovery of the
country north and south of the Columbia beyond
cnvll. If it asserted that Drake had been there
BEFORE il may with equal certainty be shown that
Cabrio or Ferrelo had been there before him, as
Forbes himself admits.
Ito be continued.1