The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-17

nave becn made Which no previous administration
would tolerate, and which il may be deemed pru-
dent to conceal until it has taken the forni OF stpu-
ation and the cry of war can be raised 10 ravsh is
ratification from us. All previous administrations,
while claiming the whole valley Of the Columbia,
have refused to admit particle Of British claim
south of AZ degrees. Mr. Adams, under MIR. Mon
roe, peremptory refused to submit any such claim
even to arbitration. The Maine boundary, settled
bv The treaty of 1888, had been submitted TO arbi-
lra,ion; but this was refused. And now, IT, after all
this, any proposition has been made by our govern
ment TO give up the north bank of the river for
one, shall not fail to brand such proposition WIN
the name OF treason.
This pretension TO the Columbia is an encroach-
ment upon our rights and possession. II is con-
tnuation of the encroachmcnts which Great Britain
systematically practises upon US. Diplomacy and
audacity carry her through, and gain her position
after position upon our borders II is in vain that
the treaty Of 1888 gave us safe military frontier
We have been osits !. ever since the late war, and
are still losing it, The commission under the trea
" of Client took from us the isldnds Of Grand
Menan, Campo Bello and Indian island, on the
coast Of Maine and which command the bays Of
Fundy and Passamaquoddy. Those islands be-
onged by the treaty of peace, and by the laws
of God and Nature; for they are on our coast,
and within wading distance oft Can we not wade
to these islands' Looking at Senator WILLIAMS,
who answered, 1--WE can wade TO one Of them" ~
Yes, wade to il! And yet the British worked them
out of us; and now wade TO us, and command
our land, as well as our water. By these acquls-
tons and those of the late treaty, the Bay of Fun
DIV will become great naval station to ov9rawe
and scourge our whole coast from Maine to Florida
Under the same commission of the Client treaty, she
got from us the island of Boisblanc, in the mouth Of
the Detroit river, and which commands that river
and the entrance into Lake Erie Ii was ours under
the treaty of 1885, it was taken from us by diploma
cy. And now an American ship must pass between
the mouths of two sets of British batteries-one
Boisblanc; the other directly opposite, at Maiden;
and the two batteries within three four hundred
yards Of each other. Am right to the distance !
Looking at Senator WOODBRIDGE, who answered,
"The distance is three hundred yards."] Then
comes the late treaty. which takes from US (for /
will say nothing of what the award gave up beyond
the st. John) the mountain frontier, 5000 feet in
height, $50 miles long, approaching Quebec and the
st. Lawrence, and, in the language of Mr.. Feather
stonhaugh, commanding all their communications,
and commanding and overawing Quebec itself"
This we have given up and, in doing so, have given
up our military advantages in that quarter, and
placed them in the hands of Great Britain, TO be
used against ourselves in future wars. The boun-
Diary between the Lake Superior and the Lake Of
the Woods has been altered by the late treaty, and
subjected us to another encronchment, and to the
loss of military advantage, which Great Britain
gains. To say nothing about Pigeon river us being
not being the iong lake" of the treaty 1885, to
say nothing of that, there are yet two routes COM
mencing in that stream-one bearing far 10 the
south, and forming the large island called "Hun-
ter's.'' By the old boundary, the line went the
northern route; by the new, il goes TO the south;
giving the British large scope of our territory,
(Which is of no great vaue;) but giving them, also,
the exclusive possession the old route, the best
route, and the one commanding the Indians, which
is of great importance. Above ALL he brings them
back to the Grand Portage, on this side of Pigeon
river, from which they removed forty years ago to
avoid paying dues and then went to Fort Will
linn he hp nISte he krin hac Il
the British fur company, and re-estabshcs them in
the United States. At the same time, while yield
ing to this encroachment upon us in the northwest,
the American negotiator, disregarding his own wit
ncsses when they would not follow his leading
questions to draw testimony favorable to the Brit
| ish -dsregardns these witnesses, the American
negotiaor yields to encroachment in that quar-
ter; grants all that Lord Asaburon asked and then
affects to have made acquisition there of four mil
lions of acres of fine mineral land! The encroach-
ment now attempted upon the Columbia is but
continuation of this system Of encroachmcnts which
is kept up against US, and which, until lBl6 abored
even to get the navigation of the Mississippi, by la
boring to make the line from the Lake Of the Woods
reach its head spring, II Great Britain had sue
ceeded in getting this line to touch the Mississippi
she was then to claim the navigation of the river,
under the law Of nations contrary to her doctrine in
of the people Of Maine and the river ST. John
The line of the 49th parallel Of north latitude is
another instance Of her encroaching policy; il has
diplomacy; and the breaking Of that line was imme-
dately followed by the most daring of all her en-
croachments--that Of the Columbia river.
Besides encroaching upon our borders, Great
Britain is using all her own advantages in the same
hostile sense. Bermuda, opposite the southern
coast, is made vast place of arms. Nassau, New
Providence, almost in sight Of Florida is made the
same. The lines of steamers to Halifax and to the
West Indies, commanded by naval officers, and fit
ted for war, are all preparations against us. All
nnrih ID -.
Is surrounding us, and encroaching upon us. Like
vast boa constructor, she is involving us in her
folds, and twisting herself all around us and we sit
here, fearing to exercise own rights lest we give
her offence! We are beeaguered, blockadcd, hedged
in, circumvented on all sides, vet fear to warn the
intruder from our premises.
we fear war! as If the fear Of war ever kept il
of We fear war! while Great Britain is systen,at-
icaly preparing for war with US. All her cncroach-
ments upon us show that she is preparing for this
result. why else this eternal pressure upon us;
We do not go to the islands on the British coasts 10
obtain commanding positions against her No other
power IN the world comes here to encroach upon u.s.
Why does she come, except with hostile intents, ,
She is preparing for war; and the late treaty is the
largest Of all her preparations. pacies the north
States, leaving the South and West in the urch,
Willie the new corn law gives them virtually a free
trade, and separate trade in the great staples of
grain and provisions. Hcnceforth they must have
aseparate interest in peace with Great Britain The
o"'oh mas Ceasea 10 DC unit IN Its complaints
against that power
Great Britain is preparing for war against us,
ana is manGuvrng 10 get the advantage in the
cause to find pretext in the question of slavery
question IN which she would have the sympathies
OF all the world and much Of this Union, on her
side. Hence her invention Of the new claim Of
visiting our ships on the coast of Africa claim
which is branch of the imprcssment claim and
which the tribute of the five years eghty-gun
squadron has purchased of for the present. AS
nation, Great Britain despises and hates our nation
There may be individual Englishmen who have re-
gard for individual Americans but, as it concerns
nation and nation, they dcspisc and hate us! They
and triumphant. they count upon raising a San
Domingo instruction in the South, armng all the
Indians of North America against US, and crushing
the paper fabric Of our finances This is their count
we should count upon expelling them from our
continent, giving liberty to Ireland, and aiding the
English people to reform their government.
Sooner or later, war will come; for Great Britain