New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-01-25
From the Cincinnati Gazette
G-,ceu TerrifoT:.

TIE daba.e on this subject excites good zeal
IF ,,a,a., IN me United States Senate and Is be-
ce-1i,,, ,on;e of remark in the leading p.es5 on
both .ides. we cendense The following statement
NJ 1he merits Of the case from Mr.. Calhoun z
speech
ION. in 1873, OF the mouth OF tie Columbia rom
ths follows the right 10 such country "a'efeo o
this river 10 i,s sources. This discovery was e.
| p!ored more fully a.erward by Lewis ard Clark
9. The cesson bv Spain OF Ill her rights Of ter-1ory
north Q; the 42i parallel OF latitude
). The French claim 20 which the United States
On the other hand, Great Britain sets up her IL
tie 10 the same territory on the following grounds
l. Priority Of discovery b. MeeFs, sailing Under
. Thai spain in 1890 yielded TO Great Britain free
access and settlement 10 tn!s country WIN he'
owr subjects
B. The cessiou to Spain by France N 1905 o. al
As matters stand, therefore, the United States
assert complete and perfect title 70 the Oregon
Territory Great Britain claims only the right OF
adnia5ce for her subjects, FOR all tne purposes oi
trade. settlement, sc. Various efforts have been
made to settle this conflict OF tiile7 AS com
promise. or Government offered to hx The paIai-
lei OF ~" Is limit between Us on that coast lhaS
OF Great Britain TO claim nothing sotth OF Tue
mouth OF the Columbia River in latitude 409.-
These efforts Jailed, neither party accepting the
propositions made IT,
4 fresh negotiation was opened IN l8l" men
il WAS agreed that the respective claims ct each
country should remain for ten years, each naVass
the common enjoyment of i; for trading, hunting
or settlement for those purposes
In 1927 another attempt was made 10 dispose OF
ioj
re,nrned 10 the understanding of 1917, and agreed
10 Weld to each other portion in common, with
liberty to renounce the arrangement on either size
upon yeGrs notice.
|, thus appears that Great Britain makes no
claim to the right OF colonizng, AID that we BY
the convention. have prohibited ourselves from
taking exclusive possession or jurisdiction.
New the bill before the Senate violates the TeSty
Of 1927. 1t coafers upon our citizens fixed pos
session in grants of land. 1t does not confer It at
once. but il binds the Government to do 1t. 1t is
in reality taking possession of the country. sove-
reign power could not make an act rsore complete
in this respect the only limit in the bill being toe
alleged extent of our territory, SO that it excludes
Great Britain from The whole row IN dispute On
the other hand that Government had been more
cautious. The actof Parliamentis not to take pos
session of the COUNTY,, grant its SOIL but to eN-
end to the British subjects tho protection OF the
British law.
We should pursue a .uster course. Whether
the treaty was wisely or nnwisely made. we en-
tered into it. and are bound by it. We must give
the years notice before we can grant land in, or
axe possession Of the Oregon territory, But
surer policy still remains. if we rush into con-
test " I'll Great Britain. as we must do, should we
violate our trraty with her, and forfeit our faith
when she has m 1intaned hers, we endanger every
thing on tha, distant coast. Her resources IN ASIA
are great. She could concentrate them IN the IA
cifc far sooner than we and in such force as toput
us a, defiance But if, not yielding our rights, we
maintain peace, ard leave 70 time, and the rapid
march of our settlements we may ensure the peace
fol but certain enforcement OF ourrights. Let this
matter, said Mr. Calhoun, have It's own natural
course and, by and by, you may easily as one
pucks ripe peach, gather what thus II would be
hardly possible 10 tear away