Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-12-31


y corresponding treaty with England,
: Stipulated 70 make no settlements or ore.
: tensions south Of the souihernmost poin,
o. Prince Of Wales island, that Is latitude
81 deg. 40 min., which thus become tho
northern limit Of Oregon.
And, although Portugal, Holland. Swe-
den, Denmark, Naples, Austria, Prussia.
Belgium, either Of them, has clearly rs
much rlgh, as Great Britain to sci herself
up as the general appropriation Of unoccu.
ped lands 10 America, which indeed he
BRUSH Protocol admits In express terms.
yet as Great Britain has got into The habit
o. taxing possession every where, until
her politicians and writers have come thus
70 be subject % such an extraordinary
mental halucination as to imagine that she
has an exclusive right OF acquisition--lhat
acquisitions made by any othor govern.
menl are an act Of injury to her--that &c.
qulstlons OF hers all over the world made
by wanion wars Of invasion, and by Tho
bloodlest and most Ruthless conuuests. arc
perfectly right and proper, but that even
the most honorable, peaceful, and natural
acquisitions, made by Russia, France, or
the United States, are monstrous acts az
unparalleled ambition and rapaciiy.---I
say, under The influence Of this habit Of
acquisition, and The mental haIucinaton
consequent on il, Great Britain alone has
come forward as the invading nppropria-
tor OF Oregon, first against tho lille Of
Spain, Russia, or Francc, and now as a.
gaInst the title Of the United States.
Thus, in consequence Of the all .rraspine
ambition OF Great Britain, and The compa.
ratIve pnnmbtiousness OF all tho rost OF
Europe, the controversy is narrowed down
10 the conflicting pfetensions Of Great Bril-
tain and the United States. 6as's
The United States claim title 10 tho
whole OF Oregon, considered az tho valley
of the river Columbia.
!, BY our own discovery, II il conce.
ded that Captain Gray, Of Boston, IN Tho
ship Columbia, first Of oil Christian men.
and entered, and named the ri.
YER Columbia and il is one Of The points
of the right Of discovery, thu, tho disco
verer OF a river holds the riyer-valley, tho
Of bay the lands on tho BAY.
on which principle France held tho Mis-.
slssipp' country called Louisiana, England
(under France) the St. Lawrence country
called Canada, and England the northern
niorior OF The continent from Hudson's
Jay 10 the Rocky mountains. Ii Is also
,onced that Messrs. Lewis and CLARK. IN
he service Of the United States, FIRST OK.
llored the Columbia valley on The land
lde from the head waters OF the Colum.
"a. II Is also conceded thai Mr. John
acob Aston, citizen Of The United States.
made the first settlement, on The main wa.
ers Of the Columbia. The American 90:
eminent points 10 these facts, as constiiu.
ing right by discovery, complete and
xclnsiye, unless il be doubtful on the side
[ Spain.
2. We claim title in right Of Spain. II
! conceded that Spanish nayIgators from
ne west coast OF Mexico first Of oil ex-
lored the coast Of California to Cape
iendoclno, named after the viceroy Men
oza. II Is conceded that Spanish nayiQa-
IRIS first Of all explored and entered The
ny into which the Columbia flows. II ia
oneeded that Spanish navigators frs, Of
l explored, Noolka Island and The S,raits
Fuca. his conceded that Spain, first
al European powers, made settle.
ent and erected q fort on Nootka sound.
e say that these facts might give Spain
'etensions 10 dispute tile with the Unit
States; and that her pretensions, whai.
er they may be, being vested Ia the u.
ates, give additional force to our own
oper ground Of title.
3. We claim title liz right Of France.
peclally as against Great Britain. We
ceIyed Louisiana with limits underlined
the north and west, and Of course with
M OF extension by conIgaity, until the
unds OF some other power shall be reach
: Ana whatever rights in limitation Of
uislana Spain might have on tho vest,
eat Britain could have none, because by
aty OF Paris, which gave the Canadas
England, The latter agreed that the
stern limit Of British America proper
'uld be Fixed irrevocably al tho Missis-
p river.
Z. Finally, on the suppostiion (ifindeed
re be any ground for the sopposiiion,
i Oregon IL unoccUpied savage terrific.
% which no other American power has
ctier litlc,. we claim title BY extension
contiguiiy from The United States.
The British government came forward
Y the conclusion Of the last war (and
belore) and claimed tile III Oregon.
|. Ia virtue Of the voyageof Drake in
%. we replied, lsi, thar Drake was a
a.ta. w. i -xl