Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-05-02

respective claims with the Ame,;.
eminent. Those attempts entirely faiI s sO''
the end OF ten years the convention ern;.l , A!
A new convention was framed in 1867 res
continued in force for ten years The which
lion of 1918. with this provso. ,ha, ~, IIohsea.
vention of 1927 should not necessary, we con.
mine by the lapse of time, but shonld ueet
beyond the term Of ten years, and sh. tIend
inmate after years notice from ei,ba. lei.
when the rights of both should revive party,
was the convention which now aFso.. that
territory oc Oregon. MIR. Packenh.~u lhe
minister. had been directed, in ls4e w., OUT
an amicable arrangement OF the claims IolA
two countries on equitable terms. H. "!ae
message Of President Tyler, dated Tho .esoa
December, l943. for the purpose Of shsSuo Of
that he had expressed an equal desire ,h living
to an amicahle arrangement. Nav. mo ZONE
the 10Th Of February. l845, about &C. On
before this inaugural address was de,;r. '"'eh
President Polk, President Tyler In ,an'SSy
an address from the Senate of The IT r9y;,'o'
States, asking information relative to II, hb"Fd
gotiations pending on this question Wink "" q Ne
land: Il have only to say that. as the no Ing
atoms are still pending, this information s s0
not be given. Considerable p,ogresa can
been made in the negotiations, which "a. na'
been carried on in an amicabIe spir, he,u Sa'e
the two countries and | hoye tina, it WIFI
speedily brought to an amicable termina,;mn,asse
He (Sir R. Peel) could confirm The '' H.
guage Of President Tyler respecting The az. 'aa
cable spirit in which the negotiations had hn'
carried on; but he could not confirm hiq s,"' a
ment as to the progress of the n:go,ia;" as'
and to his hopes Of an amcabe teIniDa,;a'
On the 4th of March, 1945, Mr.. Polk msa
his inaugural address as President. S; rs'
that time we have received no conmuDica,;o ,'
from our minister, who had only been Sa y,
communicate the message, but had M, b.S
time TO make any comment on it. The on" "
eminent Of President Polk had been ve,S s.''
Gently appointed, and no diplomatic comma
nication, as far as he was informed, had ,,Ls.
place with it. He thought it highly prOh,Ela
that Mr.. Packenham would have con,inn,I
with the present government the negotia,io0,
which he had commenced with the last. hn'
he had no information on the subject, u
trusted that the negotiations would be renpv.
ed. At no very distant period they Womb
know the result of them. He did not desn,,
of their favorable termination; but if the M.
posals of the British government shonld bs
rejected, and no proposals were made BY III,
government Of the United States 10 which y.
could accede, he should not object, on the D,t
of the government. to lay on the table all h,
communications between the two governments,
He still hoped that an amicable and equiabs
adjustment of the claims Of the two countries
might be made. He must, however, express
his deep regret that, while the negotiations
were still pending, the President Of :he Uni.
ted States should contrary to all usage, havs
referred to other contingencies than friendly
termination of them. Hear, hear, and
cheers.1 Such an allusion was ncl likely 10
lead to such a result as the friends TO the real
interests Of both countries desired He re.
GREETED not only the aliuson, hutalso the tone
and temper in which it was made. As the
subject had been brought under discussOn,h
felt it to be his duty, on the part OF the Gov
eminent, to state, in language the most lem
perate, but at the same time the most decisive,
that they consider that we have right TO hn
territory Of Oregon, which is clear and unique
tionable; that we desire an amcable adjust
ment Of the differences between onrseIvesaDd
the United States; hut that, having exhausted
every effort to obtain it, if our rights are nva
ded, we are resolved and prepared to maintan
them.
A tremendous burst Of applause from all
parts Of the house followed this annuncatIOn
In consequence Of an intimation which sH
R. Peel gave at the termination of his speech
that it might be expedient for the House not
to express any further opinion at present on
this subject, the matter dropped, after de'a
ration from Lord John Russell that he WOu'
not submit any motion on the subject 10 me
House, until all the papers connected win
were laid on the table by her Majestys O0''
eminent.