The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-07-07
From the N. Y. Tribune
HON. RICHARD RUSH ON onrco

I
! this publication. A part of il, indeed i, ,on
greublc than mportant--accounts of grs,, a.
ed good dinners eaten &C. while there is eov,.,,
throughout an anxious desire and study to oybg,,l
author in n favorable light, as a vigIon,. ,,,,.,.
and devoted champion Of his country's ripb,s a,1l
terests. Natural as this is, we think i, Mil,
been effected less obtfusively. Yet Tho bo,,
good one for all tines and especially for hi, finn.
Mr. Rush was long on terms of intimacy and rn.
regard with many Of the great men fine las,
ation-among them, with Castereopb r,,....
Wellington, and their compatrots, who had in. a.,
ried England triumphantly through the miphtio,s..
gle in which any nation had ever been enpnpc3 ".
Rush shows that the Tory Ministry of the dsv w,,
ardenty DESTROYS Of preserving and increasing o,a
ly relations between their country and ours md ,
on one occasion (Ihe hanging Of Arbulhnot md Am
brister by Gen. Jackson when the Ministry opno.od
and defeated motion by the Marquis Of Lausdowuo
looking TO belligeren, action on tho sObjec, Lord Cas-
tercagh privately assured him (Mr RA that, ,ocb
was the temper OF Parliament and such the FEELING n
the country that might have been produced b,
holding up finger, and he though; an Address "a
the Grown recommending one, might have been CIR
rod by nearly an unanimous rote
And now of Oregon. Five years had passed
and with them Lord Castlerengh. TO whose place >,
Secretary FOR Foreign Affairs, George CANNING had
succeeded. Mr. Rnsh had instructions from orr Al.
ministation (Nir Munroes) to press the settlement Of
several open questions, among them that of our bound
AIRY Westward OF the Rocky Mountains. Mr. ConOir,
invited him 20 personal interview expressly on ,hi.
subject. Mr. Rush went at the appointed time, and
found MIR Canning confined u his bed ny an attack
Of the govt, but still ready and anxious to proceed 10
business lie desired first to be put in possession of
the American claim, and the grounds on which il
was based. Mr. Rush (having been 6ye years Min.
lister ut London, and fully instructed on the subject
by our Government) stated our claim, and traced
map of America, laid on the he'd The boundary
we required. Mr. Canning, barely able TO follow Tie
deIineaton, only remarked that 'our claim seemed
much beyond any that England had anticipated NJ
Rush answered that he hoped TO be able 10 SHOW
good foundation for it. After some farther but gen
eral conversation, Mr. Rush took leave, having at NJ
Canning's request submitted "a brief informal siat
men, or memorandum Of our claim in writing. Nj
Canning sent similar note in the evening expressing
surprise at that portion Of Mr. Rush's memorandum
which suggested in interdict Of British settlements
the coast North Of SIS degrees which led to eIpb
nations; but all this is mmateral. Our business /
here with the main question.
Now will not our people who have been told mIba
resolutions Of reckless, shameless party caucnso th
'our right TO the yhole of Oregon THAT is, to 81 deg
10 min North is clear and uaQuesiioaabebe aston
ished TO hear tina; are did not erea CLAIM so far AZ
by ttco hundred miles trcnfy years cgo' Yet such
is the solemn, officially demonstrated fact Mr. R~a
was not asked TO propose n compromise, or to say
how little we would, take. lie was asked to sci
forth familiary the extent Of our claim TO territory
Yves. of the Rocky Mountains, and he (ac'ag nn'ef
ample ms truclions from Mr. Monroes Cablnet) only
cluimei TO The 5Ist degree OF North latitude "0e0
the negotiation was opened he came down to lie
10Th degree, but even this was deemed utterly mad
rnissfbe by the British Ministry, who proposed "'
middle Of the Columbia river river as the boundary
the navigation Of said river be at all times Tree 4"
open TO both parties. This was in turn rejected Oh
our part, aud finally (ls37) Great Britain Offered ="
concede in addition small detached district OF wv
strait Of Fucu so as to give us good hnroor OF "'
Pacific, there being no hnrbors deemed safe and e''
Of access for large vessels either at the mouth OIL '"'
Columbia or in Oregon South of it, This Inc D'''
est approach to an agreement which has YET O''"
made. The tract really in dispute, lying between
lat 40 degrees and the Columbia N'eI
very little intrinsic value, but the naVs'"'
the River is matter Of prospective importance
such is substantially the case as ii stands =, IN
Now we ask every candid intelligent being ~ ''"
these undeniabe facts. 10 judge whether '"o
ton that sour right to The tohole of Oreg"" N
and unquestionabe' is not finsitlouS' "lO"'"
falsehood? If there had been color oil 'ru''
tain it, would our government have c0""'"' ,..n
negotiation by claiming only to 81 degrees u" ~ a.
this have speedily offered to compromise "
grees? .,,,,u.
In one case, indeed, in reply to remoO'""" c,,f.
gsinst Mr. Monroe's famous declaration 'na' LUIS r,,
ncnt was to be regarded as no more suo)''' s',,m
pean colonization, Mr. Rush intimated las we l ~
report TO his own Government that our cu''' ,A,,
ed as Ear North as tho Goth deg but.w '"' .;.hd r.
answering to this in the pretensions when u''''
....E .... , r,,r, or Lon M
+Memoranda of Residence at the IT p,,,onoI from
don Comprising Incidents, Oicia anu ,hs Oregon
1919 10 1925, including Negotiations ON to,yeen The ~
q Question. and other Unsettled Quest'o," ,cuARV ~
United States and Great Brlta'n' 10y nm Co.,