Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-11-20
From the Washington unIon.
THE NINTH PARALLEL.

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titlc a. deJtOef from Francs. Certainly, If such a
line had been ruh under the treaty Of Utrecht, las
was The general belief Of dpoipa;ists, when Colonel
Benton inade his speech.) The argument would have
been very strong that FfeaGtte did stgp Iasr
/, But why does the "lLellgencer" conRne its ci,a-
tons 10 Colonel Benton2 Why does il not cite similar
references 10 the line from The instructions 10 Mr.
| Gallatin, aud from Mr.. Galaln's Official statement
and argument Of our claim against the British COM
missioners in l826-'7l We assure the slnelisencr"
| that these references are made. We assure that
journal, further, that all such references are put by
all the uegutiators. Colonel Benton puts his re fer
ence, distinctly the ground that The line Of 49S
rEn by the treaty Of Utrecht the British nd French
6oUndry line. The fact is oiherwse--has been, by
recent Investigation, proved 10 be otherwise; and
thae tore all such references matter Of Argument
shoteing the erfent Of tie, a 10 the ground This
is exactly what meahl when We said that there
was no argamen carrying our tnf up 10 10 deg. and
there stopping. Arguments, which may have been
urged for compromise 40 deg ut all To The
point. We objected from The first, and OBJ
Ject, that any argument for such compromise shall
be drawn from alleged failure OF oar title 49deg
Dur ule, as maintained on any If lis very many
grounds, does nor fail there The disappearance
from diplomacy Of the imag mary line Of the Utrecht
treaty, does hear upon the question oil our title
derived from France. That upon the whole il 'mpaus
ar weakens that portion oi our title, Nc are yet,
I from the best Investigation we have been able To
give the subject, prepared admit. But thus we
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the question. and yet claim 10 the whole oil Ore
gon will be clear and Impregnable against all the
world.
We have done all that we proposed to do in
| this article We have shown how the parallel Of
AZ deg. came 10 be adopted IA boundary line be-
tween W. and Great Britain On this side oil The Rocky
| mountains We have shown that line has no
nexlon whatever itb our rights in Oregon II there
shall be found disposition ia this country 10 gire
dway any Of our rights there to Great Brlan-lf
lhC
made il hi that we should continue TO urgue this
compromise upon her, 10 IA matter where she has
rights To compromise III return-ii her course under
the stipulation OF ont occupancy has been open and
lair and jus,-and, finally, if the public sentiment Of
THIS nation shall be luuDd willing sanction
hce Of about one hall Of Territory Of Oregon,
tending, as il does, FROM AZ deg 10 81 deg 5O--why,
then, we adnlI tina; 10 4Yh parallel will be abota
conuenieu a Inc Of sacrifice be drawn.
Aud now, since the ''lnle lgencer" has been so
Kind as to quote Colonel Benton against the sound
ness of our claim above 49deg and hoaD fairly this
has been done, we shall see IN IA moneni-lei us re-
turn the compliment by The citation Of an authority
which To the "lneligeneer' will scarcely be of ill.,
lerior weight On the 18Th Of June, 1876, HEN
| Rl CLAY, then Secretary of Stair, wrote to Mr..
GallatIn our minister in London, the tolow ing in.
slruci ions;
| l-'Nor is ii concerned that Great Britain has. or
can, make oM euen col9ra6ie title any portion Of the
noithDeSt coast IN
| How is the "ine gencer" pleased with this bit
of''hislory?"
| VIII that Journal now admit Mr.. Polk 10 be a little
less censurIble IN saying that tour right TO Oregon
is clear aud unquesIonabel"
IL Is, we must say, matter Of astonishment, that
distinguished paper like the MAJ onal Intelgencer
distinguished, too, principally Tor lis editorial ad-
roithess-should 80 often, and by such fragrant dis
! ingennnnsness, open the way Tor the seyeIest
inadversons. We declare, thai we are again and
again coniounded by the utter absence of candor in
NItl r
qualities. Ii is very marvellous, that when expo
sure is .soseasy brought about, and is al The same
time SO inevitable, any one OF political influence
should hazard It's luss by indiscreIion gross
In tins connection, We may well exclaln, how
fair IT was for lie paper to which referring,
TO tear an extract from lie speech Of Mr.. Benton,
and use ii in its isolated form, Tor the purpose of
maintaining proposition which another portion Of
the same argument, 50 lar from supporting would
have overIhro"n. The iutellgencer, anticipating
| investigation ON this head, limited much
have asserted, but had not the nagnanimiiy print
| lie evidence Of its Truth.
Col. Benton, considering the litle of the United
States 10 Oregon as derived from France, alleged
that our terminus was at the 49th degree. The
declai alton had been over and over again made by
others, who looked that soulc e as the origin Of
our claim. But is II through France alone that
CLAIM 10 Oregon il asserted Did Colonel Benton,
in the very speech upon which The 1ntelligencer
lies, put our claim 10 Oregon upon that basis alone?
elucIdaie the fact existed, given from the speech
Of the eminent senator? He cerIainI, declared his
conviction that title, derived from another source
would warrant the United States in asserting
claim 10 Oregon as far the boundary Of the Rus
sian domIni0ns. Our little traced through Span
was not threatened by the imaginary obstacle which
the treaty of Utrecht presented. Do the declarations
OF Mr.. Benton, predcated upon The stipulations Of
1913, sustain the lntelii2encerl Far from ii.
| We purpose, in the of the present week, to
| civ Tho a.h ,,f fhap
souri,. it is a mastery production. IL is full of
] American feeling. Let il speak for itself. When
published, the country will see, from the whole con
text, how much Col Benton desired to Maroon our IL
tie, and crcumscrIIe our just limits in the northwest
care iu perusal OF that speech will show whether
| he believed the United States were esiopped from
advancing beyond the 49lh degree. The world shal
thus have an opportunity OF judging for themselves
from the record, between the editors Of the "Na-
tional Inelligencer'' aud The "Union'-who has
misrepresented, and who has done Justice to the
statements Of the from Missour--th.y or we.
They will also have the further opportunity of judg
ing, on more important issue, between the claims
of Great Britain and Of the United States-which
has The STRONGEST the "clear and unques ionable"
right To all OregOn-She or ourselves. For the pres
ent, the following extracts, from the speech OF lS43
VIII make manifest that which we have asserted:
| "Ihe other point in our title, to which | wish to
give "a little more Development than ii has received
rom other speakers, is, its derivation under the
treaty with Spain of 1919. BY that treaty the Uni
ted States succeeded to all the lights Of Spain on
the north west coast OF America north OF AZ degrees
These rights, according TO The of the Span
ish minister, Don Onis, extended to the Russian
possessions--lhe British having nothing that
coast! This was the representation OF the Spanish
minister; and with this, the fact of the case ngreed
The okaSound treaty and controversy of 1890
had decided that point! 1t decided that the British
had no right to NOolka, place four degrees north
oi the COLUMBIA, and no way connected with 1t: and
II ended in obtaining for the British tho privilege,
and nothing but the privilege, Of fishing and hunting
along the northwest coast, and erecting The lenpora
huls which the pursuit OF these occupations might
require. Colonization or settlement was renowned.
The treaty ITSELF especially the Bird anu the 9th
ticles, will prove This; and the parliamentary de.
bates of the day correspond with the words of The
treaty. As a fact, that treaty utilities all British
claim on the northwest coast; as law, Of moi alb
| rOgated by wary it would still confne them 10 the
pursuit Of hunting and fishing. The treaty of 1919,
by which we acquired all the Spanish title north of
AZ deg, has given us all the beuefls Of the Nootka
Sound treaty, both as "a fact, aud law; and
tested by either, the British excluded from the
northwest Coast Of America for oil the purposes of
settlement or colonization.
"Suchare the nature, orig in, and present condition
OF the British establishments on the Columbia
They ntrusions upon our known terrilury--tor-
tious aggressions before the Mr.. Asior's set
tlemen-iraudulent evasions of The treaty Of Ghent-
and have more 10 do with the Noolka Sound con
venilon than they have wuh The late treaty of Chi
ma. Nooika is Ia vain invoked TO cover these en-
croachunents upon Observation-Disclosures for which BIZ
fish diplomacy has been endeavoring above thrt,
years 10 repare The way-in which the powerful
Hudson Bay Company has acted as The agent OF the
government-and for the protection of which conpa-
ny the British ministers now boldly hurl defiance in
our faces. There il nothing m the Noolka treaty to