Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-11-18

authorizing The Hudson Bay Company 10 ar
rest aud seud 10 Canada any American citizen
VIII" may come within their di-p'essure.
by ,his daring outrage upon our so, ereigniy
any American can be arre,sd and sent out oi
onr own Territory. 10 be- tried on British ground
BY British judges aud Blush laws!
The H"dson Bay Compa have power. BY
British Laws. To give jndgmen, against any
American ri,zrn il Oregon. aud issue an ex-
eru,iou. 'under cover of whirh he may hr eli.
thrr confined in their fors. or sen, TO the jails
OF Canada. a, their pieasure.
The Hudson Bay Company. through long
license. have become so overhearing that they
artuaily Obliged respectable American to
wear skins for several years for having incur.
red their displeasur,.
The Hudson Bay Company send. aunua ally.
large parties to trap the bea, er upon lands ad-
jaren, 10 Oregon. belonging 10 The United
States. and 10 which England has never laid
claim.
The Hudson Bay Companv's agents rnm.
nit drpredations upon the Indians living with
in The acknowledged limits of the United
States. actually nurderng hundreds Of them
every year!
What is to be done! Congress has been pc.
take them under their protection but their
prayers are unanswered.
But bark! A sound like the meeting of
many wnIerS. rises IN The West! and nov il
seems 10 roll. as a gret wave. from The Allie
ghanies even 10 the knckv Mountains! aud
then il is -rhoed back again 10 the shores If
the Atlantic! II is the mighty voice Of an IN
jnred and indignant people who have been
long slumbering but are now reused. aud are
determined 10 do themselves jnsiicrl
From the very nature Of The discoveries aud
Settlements If The French aud the English IN
Canada. NJ precise limits were, At first. fxei
to their respective possessions Al the peace
of AK Ia Chapplle. these boundaries were left
We, unse,,led. Boh nations Wishing 10 en-
gross the iur trade. England rIaimed To uavi.
ga'eIhe mississippi; while Frame endrav"rrd
TO surround the Brush possessions from that
river 10 the lakes. with bnrder OF iofls. Both
nations were anxious 10 win over 10 their side
the indians. Negotiations wrrr rp-oried %.
but difficulties constantly occurred. which ere
ared delays Whpu suddenly. Cir al Britain
without derlaration "f war. or living notice
of any Kind OF their hostile im'en'I"ns, sent a
fleet 10 Canada and captured Two Ff"urh ships
81 The iinr hy a simultaneous mov emeui. all
the French merchant vessels. sAiiiug either 10
ur ir m the West luthes nr North America
amounting Ia more than three hundred. " err
rapiur d aud inhen to English ports. and The
french ,a,u.n thus obtained were compelled
even 10 enter h. British service. Having thus
obtained a signal advantage by maxim. war.
before IL was d.c'a'rd. upo0 ihr uosn>p-cIIng
Fruchn-n. they pushed forward this advan-
,age wnh great vlkor. nnIl they compelled
q. chez 10 surrender 10 their arms.
A" English historian. after nhrraiing these
fdrts. -Npr-ss-s 4 w-ll-gr'undrd fear ,ha, pos
,eriy may look upon them as understandable
aggressIuns. But" h. says Il, is as evident
principle as any i. Jurisprudence 'ha, i"lu-
rI-s attempted NAV he PIE enied. aud iha,
ih-r-f r. war 10 hindrr an attack - as lawful
az war TO r-p,I ~ punish al injury" policy
therefore. c"Inrided wrh j,sIrr in di"ia,ing
an airdrk upon 'h- French ship>" Be- &i..
Here is an English l-s-on of poliry aud
justice shat. II is 1" he hoped. will not he lest
upon the American people. II there was
shadow 81 justice to au'h 'rize Englan in an
interval OF profound peace heIw'rn her nd
france. and white n.goIia ions were ariually
on foot. in making this sudden aud unlocked
for at'ark. 10 capturing their ships. AMI in ma
king slaves. uoi prisoners. of their seemrn.
merely 10 prevent rival colony from Guido.
ing THIN ~ acts nf daily orrurenre iil both
nations. a muHo firfeiri. will we b. justified in
peacefully taking possession nf our OWN terri
tory aud onsiiug unjust nirudrrsl
The original eniry OF the Hudson Bay
Company "pnn our territory was unlawful -
their remaining there was unlav ful he who
Ought 10 know them SAYS that :" they are ~ all
their insiinrts and habits thoroughly BRUSH
and Ami Amercan;" whYn f,r-. WE owe them
no courtesy. That this Company aris under
hr ofdsrs Of the presrn, British Ministers. -
also crfiain. u has ever hem the policy Of
that ariiUi government, when they had any
dangerous or disagreeahle mangnvre Ia per
fur0. TO employ agents. This method insnr-s
n them the advantage Of adopting their afJs
if successful. or abandoning them " nrres>Iiy
requires. If Spain had been able 10 pni RE
redress for The ouifages committed npon Their
possessions IN the new world by Drake. IT,
would have ben punished instead 81 b.ing
kuighi.d. Many Of the bArbarons murders
rommiiird dnring our war "f he res"ln'in.
were laid ppon ih-ir = Indian allies; - and
now through the ins'fum-niAify Of III" iiud
son By Company. they ar" deP'iviug our cit
liens II all participation 10 The fur Irad- Of nnr
own country. Sure 1921" SAYS the I'm.
plish editor before quoted. they" ihs Hudson
Bay Company. have had no British rival.
aud they have rxerpd all ihrir policy :" r'-
press interference on The par Of the Am.ri-
cans. and ~ this ,h~y serm To have thoroughly
surrped-d." To enable them 70 effe", this
grand obj~ci the British ministers delay from
time TO Iiine. The settlement 81 the pretended
question # their right of snverrign'y A.
the period of the treaty Of Chem IL was pot
off Cor ten years. with siipulA'ion that our
eiiizsns should. ~ the mean time. ei,inv an
ECU II right trade. BY the treaty 81 1927.