The Hillsborough recorder., 1845-05-08

70 FAN8 E&NAAANU
BY he adsices received by he caledo-
ans. Z appean thai he posissoa lzken by
ne President q The Uniled Ssaies in re-
speci % he ONgon TerEil0ry, has ave-
kened ; wsriike spini 10 he del,sies a
Parliament And . important ms lie
excitement on thls question, shsl The Gale
donla was detained one day foF he pur-
pose ofbsinging desrairhes 70 government
relaiing 10 This question.
TaE Onreos DEsarr N PAnIIaxrxr.
Lord John Russell called the attention
Of The House 10 the message Of lhe new
President Of the United States, n which
ne claims tide unquesiionsble 10 The Ore
gon territory. argued u length agains,
ihis claim. and used bold and even threat.
enlng language toward The United Slales.
Sir Robert Peel. afer expressing his
surprise and regret AZ The course taken by
ihe noble Lord IN the debate, gave. The lol-
lowing account Of The state Of The Oregon
question.
In ihe year 1918 The northern bounda-
" Of The possessions OF The United States
and Great Britain, eastward Of the Rocky
Mountains, was defined. No agreement
was made Is 70 the country beyond llle
Rocky Mountains; but convention sign
ed between The TWO governments in 1918,
which was 10 continue for Ten years, gave
a right ofjoint occupation 70 The subjects
Of each country. In 1924. and again in
1926, Mr.. Canning made several attempts
70 come TO an amicable adjustment Of our
respective claims with the American gov
eminent. Those attempts enlirely,failed.
Al The end Of ten years the convention ex-
piTcd. A new convention was framed in
1927, which continued in force Cor ten
years, The convention of 1918, with this
proviso that the convention of 1927 should
not necessarily determine b., the lapse Of
time, butshould extend be, ond the.iem Of
Ten years, and should terminate after a
years notice from either party, when lhe
rights Of both should revive. That was the
convention which now affected the territory
Of the Oregon. Mr.. Pakenham, our minis
ter, had been directed, in ls42, 10 form
an amicable arrangement Of the claims Of
the two countries on equitable terms. lie
read message Of President Tyler, dated
the Sd Of December, ls43, for The purpose
Of showing that he had expressed an equal
desire 10 come 10 an amicable arrange
ment. Nay more, on the 9th of February,
ls45. about fortnight before this inaugn-
raj address was delivered by President
Polk, President Tyler, in reply 10 an ad-
dress from the Senate of heIUnltcd States,
asking for information relative to the ne
gotiations pending on this question with
England,-"l have only TO say that, as
,he negotiations are still pending, this in.
formation eanno. La Egirnn. Cnnside.
rable progress has been made in the ne.
gotiations, which have been carried on in
an amicable spirit between the two coun-
tries; and | hope that il will be speedily
brought 10 an amicable termination"
/ speaking Of the negotiations recently
pending, he trusted that they would be re-
newed. Al no very distant period, they
would know the result of them. lie did
not despair Of their favorable termination;
but il the proposals Of the British Govern
ment should be rejected, and no proposals
were made by the Government of the
United States TO which we could accede,
he should not object, on the part of the
Government, 10 lay on the table all The
communications between the two Govern.
mcnts. lie still hoped that an amicable
and equitable adjustment OF the claims Of
the two countries might be made. lie
must, however, express his deep regret
that, while the negotiations were still pend
ing, the President of the United States
should, contrary 10 all usage, have refer
red to other contingencies than friendly
termination of them. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) Such an allusion was not lilce-
ly 10 lead to such result as the friends
to the real interest of both countries desir-
ed. He regretted not only the allusion,
but also the tone and temper IN which it
was made. As the subject had been
brought under discussion, he felt it TO be
his duty, on the part of the Government,
10 state, in language the most temperate
but at the same time the most decisive, that
they considered that we have right to this
territory of Oregon, which is clear and
unquestionable; that we desire an amicable
adjustment of the differences between our
selves and the United States but that,
having exhausted every effort TO obtain it,
if our rights are invaded, We are resolved
and prepared TO maintain them.
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