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FIX. 10 the British Parliament, v hen
this treaty Of cession was under consid
GRAFTON, that .OthtRg had been acquired
and The ongratulatory vote Of tho
House of Commons, that IAN adequate
reparation had been provided for the
violence which was committed at Moot.
ka Sound, and the security to his Majes
ty's subjects Of the exercise OF their nav
iaation, commerce and fisheries, in
these parts Of the world, ,UAick werC tie
subjects Of discussion"
But, lourlhly. The United States
hasa title 10 Oregon Territory by Vlr-
-tue OF her own discoveries and settle.
meut
It is a we'll known principle Of the
law OF NATIONS, in regard TO discovery,
that the nation who discovers the mouIh
OF river is entitled to the sovereignty
10 al; the land which IS watered by such
river, it's tributaries and head waters.
In 1863, Mf De LA Sale. u French
man, nayigssd the Mississippi river
from Canada 10 its mouth. In virtue
whereof. France claimed the sovereign
lyto Louisiana, on both sides of the nv
er, from tho Gulf Of Mexico to Iho49.h
deg. Of latitude. All this title OF
France was Acknowledged by Great
Britain in the treaty Of Ulrech', Of I7l3
and ofVersailes, in l763
10 1892, CAPT. Gray OF tho american
ship 'CoIumbia,' discovered tho 'oum
bia river, which he named a(rcr his ship.
lie landed, he d an intercourse with the
natives, who had never before seen q
white mar or shi p
In 1904, Lewis and Clark, in the en-
pIoy OF the United States ascendcd the
Missouri, passed the Rocky Mountains
up TO that time unexplored by awhile
man--discovere and exp ored tho head
waters Of the Columbia River-and fol-
lowed that River down TO ils mouth.
whore they passed the winter Of 1904,
end s..
Ia 1908, tho American Missouri Fur
Company established several trading
pos,s, one on The River Lewis, "a branch
OF Tho Columbus.
Ia 1911, Astoria was founded, at the
mouth OF tho Columbia RIVER, by Mr..
1ohn Jacob Astor Of New York.
IN December, 1878, Astoria was cap
tured by the Brtish sIoop Of war, Rae
coon, Capt. Blake. /
By the treaty Of Gbent, it wasngreod
that all Territories, &c, taken by ei.
ther party from tho other, during the
war, should be restored without delay.
Astoria was restored the 9Th October,
1918.
Dy virtue OF the above mentioned dis.
covery, settlement and restoration, tho
United States, without the aid Of any
other titles, have right 10 tho soVcr
eighty and soil of Oregon Territory.
Great Britain prelends TO say that
Alexander Mckinney, one Of their sub.
iects, discovered North Branch Of tho
Columbia River prior 10 cur discoveries.
But Mckiu8ey himself hs7 sad that his
discovery was IN May, 1903, whereas
that of Captain Gray was III I702; aud
If fSny impartial person vii read Mckn
scy's &C c.ount, he will be convinced that
the river he saw was not head water
oflhO Columbia. [See Report OF Com {
ui,lee on Military Affairs, mado 10 27h q
Congress, tho thlrd session. No 81, p )
III They also contend that Mr. Thomp
con, Astronomer, of the Northwest Fur
Company, established posts among tho
FIO,heads and koolsnis tfhes NJ Indians i
IN tho head waters or main breach oi I
the Columbia. IN The same & subsequent
wears, o, tho discovery OF Lewis aud
Clark. But when tho evidence upon 7
this ,oini is examined. it inrns ont TINT J
Lewis and Clarke reached tho Pacific Il
Ocean after exploring the Columbia {
River, on the 18th November, 1901. !
end that the eatlIcsl post established bv
Mr.. Thompson was in tho spring OF 1906 =
Great Britain. we'll knowing that she
hal 40 title 10 the sovereignty Of Oro i
con proposed TO tho United Shes, 10 "
divide the Territory between them ma {
king the Columbia river Tho boundary; u
they (he BdHsh) taking tho country v
North und West of that line, and leaving 6
the Americans The other side, To this T
our Ministers dssenej - a
Tho true molhor never consents 10 d. u
vide tho child! y
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