Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-01-28
BURLINGTON, IOWA, SATURDAY. JANUARY IS, 1919


valid under the single guaranty Of the
treaty OF Utrecht, without looklngtO 9th
or sources. has been Jeoparded ny this
improvdent conventions: and the longer
Gle is IN these words:
sit is agreed ,hatany country that may
DC claImed hy either :af'y ON the north
west coast OF America, wes'wardly OF the
Stony mountains. shall, together with lis
harbors, bays. anl creeks, and the navi-
ga''on OF all rivers within the same, be
Tree ana open Tor the term OF ten years
from the Gate OF the Signature OF THIS
convention, TO the vessels. citizens. and
subjects OF the two powers; u being we'll
| UNDERSTOOD mat TINS agreement IS NOT 10
be construed 10 the pre)ud!ce OF any claim
which eI'her OF the two high contracting
parties may nave 70 any part OF saiu
country; nor snail IT be taken 20 alieci
Tue ciaiihs OF any o'hef power or ola'e
10 any part OF the SAID country; the on y
OBJECT OF the hlsh contracting parties, IN
ma. respect being 20 proven disputes ana
differences amongst themselves" lAa1l-
Gle ~
proceed wlth more Satisfaction 70 our
t't'e under The Nooika Sound treaty, and
can state II IN ie" words. All the
world knows the commot'on Wnich was
excited liz l19o by the Nootka SOUND con
tfoversy between Gfca, britain and Spain.
~ was case IN "hch tue Dullylh9 OF
England anu the coufaSeol Spain We're
both tried TO the ne p}a' ultra point, aud
IN which the Spanish gained the victory
/ VI course, the Dsl''sa writer's relate the
story IN their own way; but the debates
OF the Parliament, and the terms OF the
treaty IN when AL ended, show things as
they were. The British, presum.ng on
the voyages OF Captain Cook, took pos
session OF Nootk.; the Spanish Viceroy
Of Mexico sent force TO fetch the Eng
lish away and placed them IN the fortress
OF Acapulco. Fit demanded The release
OF his fngI'sh, their restoration OF Moot
ka, and an apology for the insult TO the
BRUSH Clown, III The violation OF IT'S
territory aud the persons OF lis subjects;
The SPaniard refused Tie release, the res
loration, ana the apology, on the ground
that Nooska was Spanish territory, anu
. i
Then both parties prepared Tor war. ne
preparation liked the attention OF all
Europe. 1feat Britain pulled 10 the
point OF holding the match over the
touch.hoie OF the cannon; bus the Span''
ards remaining Hfni, she RELAXED. ana en-
) tered 'nto a convention which abae gated
her clam. she accepted from the opanl'
J arts the privilege OF landing and bu!id'
lhs nuts on the unoccnpied parts o. inc
coast, Tor me purpose OF lshlns ana traa
ny; ana white TINS acceptance nntil'ee
hsf c'a'm' Yet She took nothing under y
no! even temporary nse-uever nav
: l'g bailt a hut, erected tent, or com
! ineaced any sort OF settlement OH any
part OF the coast. Mf. FOX ketnlY 70
: preached MIR. pltt with The terms OF thl'
: convention, being, as he showed, l!mI
! iailon lnsteadoi an acquisition OF rights
: IN me debates upon the Noo.ka question
he SAID:
g sour right before was 10 settle in an
8 part Q. the South or Northwest coast o
] America not fortified against US by pre-
! yioas occupancy; and we were now re
J s'ricted 10 settle IN CERTAIN places only
u esiu ohaSA vi Aolh lSsSht aStOnss 49, " q
i. an important concession on cur part =
, Our rig TO fishing extended tothe Who'll
!. ocean; and now it. too, was Limited, an
n 10 be carried on within certain limits 9
o the spanish settlements. Oar right O
+ making settlements was not, Us now,
5 right to build huts; but to plant colonies
d II we thought proper
G In such terms did Mr.. Fox character
g 'ze the Noo,ka treaty, and rightly; lor i
y showed that, IN 1880, the British had "
5 rights ON the Northwest coast of Anne ii
) ca; that they accepted from the Spaniu rds
c as concession, the privilege which the,
Ii Did not even use. 1t was not until "
= discovered the Columbia, that she re
L newed Calm to any territory on tn
o Northwest coast; and though ioiIed b.
!; the senile monarchy Of Spain, even undo
: the feeble administration OF Charles til
ii " AID the tayorlte Godoy, yet she eA
!; poets 10 succeed against our young un
= Peace-Ioving Republic.
i Noo'ka is in latitude 5o-hcing lou
e degrees north OF the mouihot Columbia
), and to that degree did Spain assert an
L. NJ n Il