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han the coaiinsnfql Cape BIsDcO Of the
Spanish dlscoverers, situate 10 CalIof' /
MIA, and that bis new Mare Vrrm,glio I
was oOly the Gulf Of California which. at
its head, ia lat 33J receives lhs Colo
RADIO, and moi q strait OF the sea, extend !
ing from the Troplc OF Can'sr 10 lat.
33d, as he supposed have 10 my pos
session a map, published 10 London 10
1906 eighty nine years after TINS pre-.
tended discovery Of Sir Francis Drake.
wherein all the land on this coast, north
Of LAT AZ deg is marked as Terra BOr
calls incOgnitd,' which map never could
have been published in England at that
time. il Sir F. Drake had previously dis
covered Oregon Territory. ls it not
ridiculous lor England 10 lay claim o
Oregon under such discovery, when
they are obliged TO admit, from Dtske's
own confessions, that he know nolhiog
Of the coast. hgynnd lat 39d, ard Ore'
gon Territory commences Of 43 deg?
Ia the next place, let US examine the
discoveries OF Capt. Cooke, under which
Great Britain claims Oregon 10 l776,
two wears alter The Spanlards had dis.
covered Noorks Sound, and after the
news Of that discovery had actually rea
ched England. Capt. Cooke was sent to
discover a northwest passage from the
Atlantic othe Pacific oceans. lie had
positive instructions not 10 lose time, ip
search Of netD lands, nor 10 stop al any
lallen in with, except 10 wood ana wa
tor. until he had reached lat. 65 deg, Il
not to lake possession Of any counties
already discovered or visited by any
European power. He touched (say'
an English historian, Bsseit,) at Moot
ka Sound. lie did not al the time pre-
lend 10 be the dlscoVerer- he wasaw
OF the prior discovery Of Parez aDd Mar
une2. and found among the nauSes ar.
licIes OF European manufacture. Thl
place might never have been again visl
ted by an Engishman but for an arc'
+ dental circumstance. Some Of Cooke
crew purchased somo llrs OF the nallVs
which were sold to some advantage i
China. Captain King, who wrote to-
history OF Cookies VOYAGES, menlioue
hiS circumstance, 61d recommended !
10 his counrfy men as q lurtarve trade
In consequence, John MrPhersou, Go'
erOor General of India, AcuIng under il
: slrucl ions from the British Cabinet, fl
3 ted out two Small vessels, and sent
few sdyenturers 10 Noo,ka Sound
!. l7SS In 1888 about seventy Chimes
! were transported Ihilher, Moars VIII
i had The cOmmpnd, m,I house and 10
@ 0GsG K 10 Tfo1. Martinez, a Spanl'
d captain, discovered these nlruders, ot
possession oilheir building and shl
sent the crews to Spanish port, to-
, down the Engi ish coors and raised II
r Spanish in their place. From the FL
giiSh account Of this transaction, as r
r. corded in Bs'ct,'s continuation Of Hum
Hslory of England vol. p 264, Il
e following inference may be fair
Y drawn
- (sl Tnat no prior or cOrhicting di
n covery 10 that of The Spanlards, OF Il
D Oregon Terruory, was ever made
g Drake or Cooke, or any other Euglis
man; for. lat, the Spanish nation (sa
in this English historian J claimed erclUS
ne sovereignty. navigation. aud CONNER
N in those territories, coasts and seas
7 This claim was made. in London, by /
4 Spanish ambassador, under a lull co
vrclion Of The right OF his nation. T
q Brush King, George III, immediate
!, demanded whal3 Restoration ID h
Of the invaded territory his soverelgn
of which had been maGe indi%puiahe
y, prior discovery Not Of al. fls d
~ maoded adequate satisfaction to N" IN
y UidudiS injured and for tho insult of
:. ed tho nation through the snbjsctI N,
- il 10 inquired whether, according TO /
~ rule of CTpreSsiO uaus est erciusio 01ts
y as, by the enumeralIOg OF these grteUt
ces, George III, did not admit hat lht
y, we're mons others to be fedressed, a
:; that, therefore, the Brlsh had no Ii
- TO tie sovereignty Of Oregon Territory
= But 2ndIy, the King complained
y, Pariamen;; and what was the gri
~ ~ auce Of that complaint The mesa
-, Of the King (.ays this English hsorI,
:. stated he injury, Il. .. the injury befc
:" stated, for had there been any new {
"a it would have been mentioned. } ihe ms
the satisfaction demanded, and the
'" w plv." The King, then, in This form
~ paper, again admitted that The Bril-
~ nation had no Htie to the Souereignis
- Oregon Then came Mr. Plus spec
.aa Nov, If the Klug, in his message,
-. omitted to state fact so important
nm his right OF sovereignty, or 10 refer TO
- event so striking chad 1t occurred 80
i. f centlyl as their prior discovery Of No
II, ka Sound, which would have bee
;. cOnplusiVe ansWAr IN the Prc M inc ri,