Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-17

QUESTION OF foreign ;erriiory, and from
>lPposah cases which have been ar may
Z reieired 10 "a thhs a., ba:e wish, a,
least for the sake OF this nrpimen,, To-
make several distinct ard i'm, o tanr ad-
,uiSSI"nS.
n'linii, IN n so Tar as this argument is
con rrncd, IN the Grst p ace. the r,sh, of
onq"s' IN his Goverunrnt as IN idcn
me pow tn make war: though ! do
lot admit The r,gh; to- AXE war tor The
mere sake of making c"nq cs's, Tor the
S'ku OF acq"lrlng f,rcign territory. That
~ohd be fraud on Ihe war power.
Again. adm, he right of discovery
IN TIM Governu en-, as n natural aud nee
essarr right belonIing to ali Govetnm MS
jus, finding rs n natural aud npcessa.
ry righ belonging io every individnal.
and gives lie where no owner appe,rs.
Again, | admit tha, his G Ivernmen,
h"s 'np'ciiv To hid lands in uus,. con-.
'ng TO 1t by the voluntary cession Of par
tcunr States.
II was under a cession Of the claims or
\orlh Carolina, made by deed, execut d
Nv her Senators IN Congress IN 1890. AMI
t"t the claims OF Georgia. madc by G. I'M
n'S>loners appointed ( r that purpose in
! W, that he United Safes came mo
p n cable p ssrssi u and j,risdic.ion oi
he ounry ~ ing ives Of ihs. States. and
now IN lnded IN The States of tennessee.
| \lahm nd Mississippi.
| his, however, was not foreign tprri>
"yi It was t'rrit,ry wi HIN the l,ui,s o
he unieA States, as established bv the
rcaiS 1883. II WIS part Of hose va
cant aud unoccupied lands claimed 10 be
within 4 e limits OF particular States a..
mong the o thi teen, " hich were deem.
ed to have leen purchased and secured
by the common blood and TREASURE of all
IL was territory which The u tied States,
IS gr al c"rp' rat, n, having pe .uliar
reIa ION Ia the States of this Union, and
charged l.y the Cons iju'ion with the care
lot the common territories o: the Republic
ml2ht receive on the jme terms on whic n
the United States, in the time of the Con
federation, had re eivcd the ierri.,rv nor h
vest al the Ohio. and f r,he like purposes
do not admit ,ha, the Federal Govern,
ncnt has c'parity 10 hold foreign terri
'"rv, much less { reign indepenfcn
country ana people, coming to il, If such a
hing should or could take PLACE bv the
Nolun'arv cesslon of it's owners as. to
hold The Emerald Isle, or he Island OFFS
/ Domingo, or he colony OF Liberia. am
not prepared to say ha, this Government
has an hori,y to establish and h ii colo
mes and ct up e, lonia Governments.
gu foreign posse sions might impose
on the Government: d lties and obligations
wholly inrons' sent with the objects for
" hi the Government was created. and
inconsistent with The provisions and re-,
siri TORS OF Inc Constitution.
Again: admit, for the sake Of this
argumcn', that foreign territory NAV ne
a CURED by treaty. VIII n such acquisition
is lHcideut, or AUXILIARY, and nccr. saIy
TO he settlement OF al puted boundaries,
or the settlement of any o'her dispute; o.
differences b"'wccn the United States ana
any 70 cign Power owning such ,crrilory
The principal prccedenrs o Justify such
acquisitions are found in the treaty Of
1893 with Fran e, and The treaty Of 1919
WI Spain. la these cases, esrccia "
under The treaty of 1903. "A very large and
Va'u1hie domain was acquired by the u
nited States.
do not adaii that these re precedents
VIII ought TO be lightly followed even
where the utmost care is taken 10 keen
within The slrictesl letter Of the examples.
Mr.. J. Rtrs"n, under and through whom
the treaty OF 1893 was male. never on.
'erI"in"d doubt that loui iat was,ac,
qnred wholly without Observation-Disclosures.
rant. Il II. for the purpose OF This arpu
ment, take this pre- 'edent q nd tha, Of the
treaty with SPAIN, just us they stand
without troubling my self to dispute their
authority
Bu. II must be carefully observed. in
IN; hrst place, thar these acquisitions Of
territory were made by The trearvsm,
ing power; and nexi, that they were mace
VII The treaiy-naking power was en-
g"ged ~ the eXerc Sc Of j s legitimate and
necessary a"t orI'y under the ConsriIu
uon' IN the adIusm nj of very serious
diiicnIIi's and differences between the
/ u red Safes and The Governments Of
france nnd Spain respectively.
/ Let me ref r 10 the state of things exist.
1 ing between the United S ales and France
/ when the treaty Of 1868 was made
| IN l79S, in consequence OF the serious
difficulties and misunderstanding which
l'ad arisen between the two countries
C'hgre's passed an act declaring that
ne existing treaties between the United
States aud France were no longer in force.
or obligatory Oh the Government or PEG.
/ pie OF the United States.
/ This act was followed by measures and
acis st open hostility between the two
countries, which, however were termina
ted by convention which vas concluded
on the ibrlcth OF April. 1900.
Bh Ibis invention, though it termna.
ted hosilIltes and established pea %, did
no: terminate the differences between the
countries P'rI ulrrly, the in cmnlries
Tor injuries mi spoiIalons, due or claim,
I'd bv the United S a'es, were lch who'll,
IN di ..tcd.