Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-02-17

| utIe as uestScu tfOtH TIC tTedtIcS u lOVO
and 1919 with Franz aud Spain. Mr.. B.
proceeded 10 show the na:ity Of the Bri,>
ish pretensinn. and The iortinus nature Of
The possession which they had acquired
on the Columbia river. For this purpose
he took several positions. and stated them
rs points which lie meant To establish by
proof. The first was, that up to the year
1918. the British never pretended 10 state
any claim. or any shadow of color Of claim,
Of any kind Whatever to the Columbia
river. The second position was. that in
the year 1918 they suggested title under
the discoveries Of Captain Cook, and nn>
der purchases maze from Indians south Of
the Columbia prior to the American reyo-
luton but showed nothing 10 sustain
these empty Suggestions. The third po-
si,ion was, that in 1926 they abandoned
the idle suggestions Of 1918, andS took
| refuge, for the first time, under the Moot
ka sound treaty and in the fourth place,
he undertook to show that their possess
ion of The Columbia was instructive and
! lor,ious-a trespass, and a fraud upon our
pre- existing possession Of the same river;
and wrong and aggression which the
| Government Of the United States should
resist and repulse.
In supper. of these positions, Mr.. B.
read copiou,ly from Mr.. Adams's instruc-
tons Of 9l6 to the American ministers in
| London who negotiated the convention Of
! thar year; and from a letter from Mr.. John
Jacob As,or Of 1873 TO the Secretary Of
State. (Mr. A'onroe,) TO be LAID before
Presihen. Madison. These documents
established. as he maintained, all the
points lie had stated and showed the nul.
lily and fu,ii,y. as well as the impotence
Of the British pre,ension.
From the earnes,nesss with which the
British Government now return to the OBJ
iec, Of fixing this boundary. there is rea-
son TO believe that they have some other
purpose connected with II. which they do
no, avow, but which. in their estimation.
| gives it An importance not belonging to il.
considered IN ITSELF =
The new GEs'eaas'fans. .tfatlghfeesf, At the
mouth Of the Columbia river. either indi-
Gates design. on their part. to encroacll.
by ne " establishments Of their own. upon
| the 49th parallel of latitude. south Of which
,l,ev can have no valid claim; or il mani
tests Jealousy of the United S;a,es-a
desire 10 check the progress of our settle
men,s. of which it might have been sup
posed .l,a, experience would before this
dav have relieved them"
:. Their projects for the line. both in the
| negotiations Of Messrs. Monroe and Pinck-
| ney in 1907. and al Client in 1914. were
To take The 49.h parallel Of latitude from
the Lake of the Woods west, as far as the
territories of the United States extend in
that tliret ton. with Cay ert against lis ex>
tension IL the South sea, or beyond the
Stony mountains. Upon which two "b-
serva,ions are 10 be made: first. that II is
uncertain whether any par. Of the Lake OF
| the Woods is in latitude 40; and, second
| w that. they always afTeo..d tn apply the
indefinite Of the extension, as FAR as the
territories extend, to the territories of'he
United States. aud not 10 those OF Great
Misunderstanding. Il nesi-egg for future pre-.
tensions south Of latitude 49,"
:. From the late correspondence with the Span
ish minister (Don Onis.) il appears that the
claim Of Spain upon the shores OF the South
Sea extends to the 5f,h degree Of no1'l, sa,l-
,oIe I'm, there is Russian settlement Ia 55.
| besides temporary lodgment connected with
! /, as Ear south as AZ. The pretensions OF the
Rfi,jsh NAV. on this occasion, be disclosed.
We know no. precisely what they are; nor
have they explained the grounds, OF me mo-
uves upon which they contest our right 70 INC
| settlement called Astoria. formed before the
| a,e war. and broke up by the British s'o"p o.
war Raccoon in the course oil II.
:. A. the British Government admits explicit
| " their obligation, under the treaty OF One"'
| ~ restore The post. there can be no question
| with reuardto the UJied States 10 resume II.
We do moi perceive
how or why. this question should be Teterre"
| n ,wo commissioners of the respective nationsi
| and As Russia herself pre!ensions on that coast
| !, dpserves the consideration of both pariies'
whe,h.r the ultimate determination ~ the al
| -, ,,..voidahle case Of a difference between
the commissioners could with Propfiety be re.
| f.rred 10 her Sovereign. - IS " $.
:. Inc expedient itself. Of submitting questions
n territorial rights aud boundaries. IN discuss
ION between two na,ions, TO the decision OF
third. was unusual. il not entirely new; and
should the contingency occur, VIII pr"odn'y
encounter difficulties Of execution not Iorseen
a, the time that the stipulation was made re-
sorting TO it. The snhjrct IN controversy are
Of a nature too intricate aud c. mpstca'eo' Ie-
curing on the par, Of the arbitrator patience
ii investigation and research, h,storIca'' ro..-
irai, legal, geographical. and astronomical tor
which il is impossible TO conceive that me
sovereign Of grea. empire could personally
beslow the lime"
Having read these extracts from Ut; AZ
.n',s is,,rr fios,ruciion Of July 1918, MT. ..
co',,,sen,rd upon them 10 sus'ai" his several
,s;,;c.,s - relation iothe nnllity, Inconsistent
-. and bad famh Of the British pretenson. lie