The North-Carolina standard., 1845-05-14

80 ;ncorrnod hoSe been very 5successEul, would
;ns,an,Iv d;<o npear from we'll regulated trade"
xManv pothical reasons, which is not necessary
hero to enumerate, must present themselves 10 tue
mind of every man acquainted win the eplatgeu
svstena and Capacities Of British Commerce. IN
.1nnort of the measures which have hrify sug-
oested, as promising the most important aavaa-
tages to the trade Of the United Kingdoms.
For a boundary line between the United States
and Greot Britain west of the Mississippi, NC
.Kenzie nroposed the latitude Of As degrees, be-
cause that latitude is necessary TO give the Conm-
bia river to Great Britain. His words are: LET
the line begin where it may on the Mississippi, 1t
must be continued west till it terminates ia the
Pacific Ocean, to The South of the Columbia :"
Mr.. B. said, it was curious to observe with
what closencss every suggestion of Mckenzie
had been followed Hp by the British Government.
He recommended thatth Hudson Bay and North
west Company should be united and they have
been united He proposed to extend the FUR tfaoe
of Canada to the shore of-the PACING ocean ana
il has been so extended. He proposed That
chain Of trndihg posts should be formed through
the continent, from sea to- sea- and It has been
formed. He recommended that no boundary line
should be agreed upon with the United States,
which did not give the Columbia river to the
British |. and the British Ministry declare that
none other shall be formed. He proposed to OBJ;
tain the command of the fur trade from latitude
As degrees north; and they have it even to the
Mandan Villages and the neighborhood OF the
Council Bluffs He recommended the expulsion
of American traders from the whole region west
of the Rocky Mountains; and they are expelled
from it. He proposedt 10 command the commerce
of the Pacific Ocean; and 1t will be commanded
the moment British feet takes post on the mouth
of the Columbia. BrsideSthcse specified advan
tages Mckenzie alludes to other "P0tat1c0t con-
silerations," which it was not necessary for hlm
to particularizp Doubtless it was not. Ihey
were sufficiently understood They are the same
which induced the retention of the Northwestern
posts in violation Of the treaty OF 1888; the same
which induced the acquisition Of Gibraltar, Malta,
the Cape of Good Hope, the Islands OF Ceylon
and Madapascar: the same which make Great
Britain covet the possessions Of every command
ing position in the four quarters of the Globe
Mr. B. here adVerted to the inconsistency, on
the part Of Great Britain of following the 49th
parallel 20 the summit of the Rocky Mountains,
and refusing to folTw it any further. He affirm
ed that the principle which would make that par
raIle boundary to the top of the mountain,
would carry it Git to the Pacific Ocean. lie
proved this assertion by recurring to the origin OF
that line 1t grew out of the treaty of Utrecht
that treaty which, in 1904, put end to the wars
. of Queen Anne and Louis the l4th, and liked the
boundaries of their respective domnons IN North
America. The tenth article of the treaty was
applicable to Louisiana and to Canada. 1t pro-
vided that commissioners should be appointed by
The two powers to adjnst the boundary between
them. The commissioners were appointed, and
did fix it. The parallel of 40 degrees was fixed
upon as the common boundary from the Lake OF
the Woods, indefnitely to the rcest." This
boundary was acquiesced in for an hundred years.
By proposing to follow il to the summit of the
Rocky Mountains the British Government ad- |
Inits It's validity by refusing TO follow 1t OUT they
become obnoxious to the charge of Inconsistency,
and betray determination to cncroach upon the
territory ofthe United States, for the undisguiscd
purpose Of selfish aggrandzrment.
hlr. B. would not argue the title of the United
States TO the same country He would barely |
state it, and affirm that it was eonsecrated by every
requisite which gives validity. to the claims of na-
lions. Ii rested upon,
/. Discovery Of the Columbia river, by Capt
Gray in 1890 !
2. Purchase of Louisiana in 1903.
3. Discovery of the Columbia, from its head to
lis mouth, by Lewis and Clark, in 1905
4. Settlement at Astoria in 1911. /
3. Treaty with Spain OF 1919.
By these several titles the United States have
collected into her own hands all the rights confer
redby first discovery and first settlement renforc-
ed by all the cinims of France and Spain
The discovery Of the Columbia, from the sea,
m $780, was the act ofan American citizen. Cap
tain Gray, of Boston, sailing under the flag of the
United States, was the first navigator that ever
saw or entered that river. He took possession Of
il in the name Of his country, bestowed upon it a
name which is national in the United States which
has been recognized by all the powers Of Eu-
rope, and which, in itself, constitutes "a badge Of
our ownership. The purchase of Louisiana gave
us all the rights of Spain west of the Mississippi
II it is objected that Louisiana cannot be pushed
TO the Pacific Ocean. it may be answered that she
may be pushed at least as far as Canada can be-
The British push their Canadian title indefinitely {
to the West; Louisiana can go as far. No |
American statesman would rest title to the North
west coast upon the naked purchase ofLousiana
but he would present it as set-off to any British
claim founded upon the protrusion of Canada into
the valley of the Columbia. The discoveries of
Lewis and Ciark were strictly national. They
were officers in the service Of the United States
They wore its commission, bore its flag, marched
the head of its soldiers and did all their acts in
the name OF their country. They followed the
Columbia from lis course to its mouth, established
friendly relations with numerous Indian tribes,
took formal possession ofthe whole country and
bestowed American names, badges ofsovereigntv,
upon every considerable stream and mountain In l.
1911, body Of fAmerican citizens, sixty or eighty
IN number crossed the continent from St. Louisto
Ihe mouth of the Columbia, met another party I
which had come round by sea, and founded the
establishment of Astoria By this act the title of
Ihe United States was consummated. Possession.
without which discovery would confer no abso- {