Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-05-19
OREGON.

NOW anding The posiiiseness with which the A
.,,... Executive and the British Ministry both as
80, ,t,, The title o each OF The two countries u the dis
lid err,my in Oregon is 'cea aud unquestieable :"
which assertion ~ the other Of them is clearly
.nrrc. examination of the subject, the opinion eA
,..sd by the Charleston Mercury that .iere is moth
no clear and UNDERSTANDABLE about - IN el,Ler side
Rab present strong arguments support Of
,.;r respective positions now they done for the
,., thirty years. and i, would have been wiser in both
y had been left to settle Itself some half century hence
a. il would have done, by the operation Of at once
,ci6c in their character and resisess in their ,rnden
e. b. the existing treaty. securing its join, occupa
,;cc 10 bath Of the high contracting parties. the ultimate
,gh, il held In allegiance, WHILE for all practical purp,-
sea. each enjoys the advantages Of exclusive possession
Whether this arrangement be User than the abit.
,,meo, Of the sw, 3D. which some of our Inispurs
are % eager to appeal. NAV be questioned now-but if
,ba, appeal be made naeine all doubt i'll he re-.
moved by lis final HISS Id us Fur haiever may le the
result Of e,'flcl between Great Britain and the Uni
ted States in other prns OF the globe. her vast naval
suprory will give her decided advantages us in The
,puied territory advantages hch cannot IA In sup,
qes, Themselves To the mind ii every intelligent reader
10 our last piper We gave the outlines { The arcu.
men, upon which the American claim rests The fol,
owiug extract, (~hich We find coprd into the National
jnelIeenccr, from work published snn,e years ayo by
Richatd Rush. Esd who was our Minister at the cur,
If Great Britab, several years prior 10 1870 will give
su,- idea at the ground On which the BRUSH pnverl-
,neot asserts lis claim, we'll show the urse ii e
vents in r,affe0ce III the subject. al thai r,r,s
From Ruxh's Rss,dnre in I4u.ion
"rhc Rush pIeniroIeuiares asserted tia, earlier
voyages at English navl2a"rs amongst them Cook's
gave I" Britain the right Ut prior discovery this (ihe
N"thwesiern) coast. They ALLEGED as that purclia-
of territory had been mad. 10y Britain OF her subjects
from the natives suih IT tins h-le The America
R.v"u,i.,n They made formal pt.i. sal or u laun
Diary IN these reg,nns but nised thai the river i,s,
the m'ssi cnven, nj. and said they could auree H.
that did not give them The harbor ~ its Month in
c,nfnan with the nited States % this we c,ud ma,
assent. but ctrc riHng Ia leave thugs west of III,
mountains al large ion future settlement To Tins they
objected, aud made III turn prop sins ,hiec,, pabl,
in eyes. FlnalIy. il ngrced that the country
the Norlhwes, c,ast ct Anne lea wcsiv ard of I'm,
Rm:ky Mountains. claimed by ,ilh.r nation .buul, IN,
open 10 the Inhabitants OF both for ten wears for putn
of trade with the equal right of navigating all lis
rivers.
IL canho' leave This part OF the negotiation wi,bou,
remarking hat The imfafaa QUESTION # f,,,jioriaI
rights riich mroir6s bei,cen he i,ro naiiB, !, sin
open one; and do n"' fear record III. prdic,,,
thAl II ~" he fund question tall Of difficulty under
Whatever administration either uf Great triiap or of
the United States. u may hereafter be apl,ra,h+do