Litchfield enquirer., 1845-05-01

ferr1ee fo ns vrhefher ,Ve should yield any pprlio
 uf or.F territory 10 what he must be permitted
 call a hluesrrinr announcement. IL was nof 2 mai
 Ter of inaiGbre1ce 10 us. that the means of com
 nunicatipn between Columbia on the one hand
 .ni onr l,nanensons in India and China on the oth
 er. should 10 surrendered toa foreign powers
 was not matter of indifference 10 us that the ton'
 and character of England should be lowered n an'
 frnnescticn which we carried on with the Unites
 ctafes. He should have abstained from enterinl
 into fhis question ii 1t had been left as diplomatic
 ouestien between the Ean of Aberdeen and MT
 Buchanan, as the agents of fhe British ana Amer,
 can Governments; but as it had been taken out o
 their hands, he codld do what the Minister of the
 Crown was precluded by his position from doing
 he could state to the people of England what were
 their rights. Having made that ststements he
 should leave the whole matter m the hands of me
 Government, and he had no doubt that they would consult the interests of the country and the honor
 of the Crown.
 Sir R. Peel could not be surprised, and should not feel regret that the noble Lord had taken the course which he had pursued He was of oplnlon that whilst these matters were pending m nego- tiation between the two Governments, It was poll tic to abstain from exercising the right of discus sion on subjects calculated to excite popular feel ing, unless there were cogent reasons to the con trary. If the noble Lord had thought 1t right to depart from that course on this occasion, he ought not to be held responsible for the consequences for it appeared that this question had been with drawn from the cognizance of those to whom 1t had been intrusted, and that popular appeal had been made to the passions of the people m me United States by those who oughtto have dlsconn. tenanced such alt appeal. The noble Lord nad said, that Minister of the Grown spoke on such question as the present under responsibility to which he (Lord J. Russell was not liable. That was undoubtedly true and lie shoulc therefore, ab- stain from following the noble Lord through his statement as he could not do 80 without implying opinions from the expression of which Ee ought to abtain. He felt, however, that it was open to him to inform the house of the general state of our ne- gotiations with the United States on ths question: In the year ISIS. the northern boundary of the possessions of the United States and of Great Brit ain, westward of the Rocky Mountains, was de- fined. No agreement was made as to the country beyond the Rocky Mountains; but convention signed between the two Governments in ISIS, which was to continue for ten years, gave right of joint occupation to the subjects of each country. In 1891, and again in 1926, MT, Canning made sev- era! attempts to come to an amicabe adjustment of our repective claims with the American Govern- ment. Those attempts entirely failed. At the end of ten years the convention expired. A new convention was framed in 1927, which continued in force for ten years the convention of SIS, with this provso that the convention of 1927 should not necessarily determine by the lapse of time, but should extend beyond the term of ten years, and should terminate after years notice from either party, when the rights of both should revive That was the convention which now affected the territo- " of the Oregon. Mr. .Pakenham, our Minister, had been directed in 1842s to form an amicable ar- Fangement of the claims of the two countries on equitable terms. He read message of President Tyler. dated the Sd of December, ls43, for the ho desire to come to an amicable arrangement Nay more, on the 18th of February 8a5. about fort night before this inaugural address was delivered by President Polk, President Tyler. in reply to an address from the Senate of the United States ask ing for information relative to the negotiations pending on this question with England. observed
 ss have only to say thats as the negotiations are still pending, this information cauuas be given Considerable progress has been made in the negO- tiations, which have been carried on m an amica- hle spirit between the two countries, and hope that 1t will be speedily brought to an amicable ter minatiOn.. He (Sir Robert Pcel) could confirm the language of President Tyler respecting the amiable spirit in which the negotiations had been carried on but he could not confirm his statement as to the progress of the negotiations, and to his hopes of an amicable termination. On the 9th of March, lS45. Mr.. Polk made, his inaugural address as President. Since that time we had received no
 
 been able to communicate the message, but had not had time to make any comment on it. The, Government of President Polk had been very res gently appointed, and no diplomatic communica- ton, as far as he was informed, had taken place with it. He thought it highly probable that Mr.. wo lid have continued win the, presr ent Government the negotiations which he had with the last; but he had no oinforma- ion on the subject. He trusted that the negotia. ha A war flori. od they would know the result of them. ,d a.4iei
 He did not despair of their favorable termina- ion, but if the proposals of the British Govern ment should berejected, and mo proposals were made by the Government of the United States to which we could accede. he should not object, on. the part of the Government, to lay on the table all Inc communications between the two Govern, luents. He still hoped that an amicable and equi- table adjustment of the claims of the two coun-, his deep regret that while the negotiations were still pending, the President of the United States should contrary to all usage, have referred 10 oh er contingencies than friendly termination of them. Such an allusion was not likely to lead to such result as the friends to the real interests of both countries desired Hedregretted not only the allusion, but the tone and temper in which 1t was made. As the subject had been brought under dis cussion, he felt tito be his duty. on the part of inc Government, tos state, in language the most temperate, but at the same time the most decisive, hat they considered that we have a right to this territory of Oregon, which is clear and unqueston- sble; that we desire an amcable adjustment of the differences between ourselves andthe United States but that having exhausei every effort to obtain 1t, f our rights are invaded, we are resolved and pre- pared to maintain them, , N e1B Bas6li isf .ts.,.,a
 A Atremendous burst of cheers from all parts of he house followed this annunciation. .s a dtaa. G l < H Il J .a fFl
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