Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

Ter had therefore become as well their r,h, a. sr d,v
insist asserted again the inconteslable rro,v % s.sh
dscovenes on the coast IN question referred 10 The
81 Corez, who, IN 1887 discovered California !, ,h 81
Aarfon and Coronado IN 1870 that Of Csbr n ls4a
all q whom were prior to Drake, the last Of whom a
he coast, by all the accounts that are given a. h; - y
altitude 44o. As to Drake, said that athoush Fl,,,;.
In his introduction to Marchand did assert that he cot i a.
north 480, yet Hakluyt who almost al The TIM; ,h,
Drake doushed informs that he got higher than 4so
having put back at that point from the extreme cold All The
later authors compier, also who spoke Of his voyare
however they might differ the degree latitude 10 which
he went adopted from Hakuy this fact Of his having turned
back from the intensity Of the weather The pepondsrance
q probability, therefore, alleged, we'll Of authority.
was that Drake did not get beyond 43o along coast At
~ events certain that he had made no settlements
e ana the absence Of these would under the doctrine Of
nain' - applied by her Spain, prevent any title
auacnng to his supposed discoveries They were
~. out q view by the treaty Of 1863, by which
ssed 70 consider the Mississippi as her western bou-
dairy upon that continent {. So '-,'T '--s
o'0ussons which grew into length, and only con-
!" "n'ch nave aimed presenting you, ter
a.y 'aanse o. opinion either side. Having
stated the principal points which marked ,em ~ d,v
to be drawing 70 close, without the nece. ~ 49,
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you all the appifcaions and details into which - o,; .
copious, they would sometimes They were ndsa I,
the side Of Great Britain by her plenpoentiaes
that they found altogether impossible accede either IL ,h
proposal Of the United States the reasoning invoked ~
its support that nevertheless they desired to Law found
lion Of harmony between the countries in that part Of the
globe close to leave open sources Of future disagree
ment, which time might multiply and aggravatc That with
this view and setting aside the dscodant principles Of
A.
PROPOSE s that the third article Of the Convention Of Oc-
tobcr, ss should be considered ain end second
", that instead Of it the boundary line between the terrific
res respectively claimed by the Powers westward of the
Rocky Mountains should be drawn due west along the 49
parallel Of latitude, to the point ere strikes the northeast
craos brunch ofhc Columbia, and thence do,c along the
middle Of the Columbia TO The Pacific the navigation
Of this river TO be forever free the subjects and citizens Of
both nations and further that the subjects citizens of
either should not in future be allowed to form settlements
within the limits to be thus assigned the other with
ing in favor Of settlements already formed within the prohibit
ed limits the propetors occupants OF which, both Sides
should be allowed to remain years longer.
"This proposal they annexed form, marked p the
protocol Of the conference. They remarked that
in submitting it they considered Great Britain departing
largely from the full extent Of her right and that accepted
by the United States would impose upon her the necessity
ultimately Of breaking up four five settlements formed by
her subjects within the limits that would become prohibited
and that they had formed under the belief of their full right
British subjects to settle there. But their Government
willing they said make these surrendes for they
sideed hem in spirit Of compromise points where the
two nations stood SO divided
81 instantly declared TO the British plenipotentaries my
inability accept such boundary they had propos-
ed added, at the time, that knew how the spirit of
just accommodation also animated the Government Of the Uni
ted States upon this occasion that compliance with this
spirit and order Great Britain ground thatmght
be deemed middle would far vary the of
my proposal, annexed the twelfth protocol, shift
its southern line low 49o, in place Of So desired
to be understood that this the limit to which
authorized to Co. and that in being willing to make this
change the United absng their rights
the hope being able end all conctof claims be-
the nations the and country in dispute
"The British plenpotentiaries after having this modhca
ton Of my first proposal fortnight under consideration, re-
ecte it, and they made proposal in return They
did not tes their rejection of this second pro-
posa the PROTOCOL and did not it. thinking that their
abstinence far it could have any effect might tend to
leave the door somewhat less permanently closed against re-
consideration should the proposal modified BY me- ever
be again made But is right for state that they
than declared the closing hours Of the negotiation,
that the boundary marked out in their written proposal
expect Great Britain to depart
81 have add that their proposal first made to me
verbally, at the twentieth conference, and that il then
braccd alternative of leaving the third article Of the Con-
venton of 1918 to its natural and limit But this they
afterwards controlled by their formal and final PROPOSE
ton in writing, annexed before described, the protocol
Of the twenty third conference
Having made you acquainted with all that transpired
this subject close by referring the protocols in which
mentioned These the eleventh. the twelfth, the nine
teenth, the twentieth, and the twenty third"
We shall not here review, as we had thought Of
doing, land may do at future day. the strong
points of the controversy, or correct some other
points, which, with Difference be it said, the able
negotators appear to have managed rather with the
zeal of lawyers than the impartiaty of judges. The
latter not the former, is now the character in which
the two nations should examine the whole subject.
The more fairly they do this, the more wisely and
successfully will they be like to do it, England not
now dealing with the long-trampled Hindoo nor the
barbaric impotence Of China, but with the progeny
and the heir of her own capacity and resolution;
and we ourselves have to do not with the enfeebed
and distracted Spaniard, glad in 1910 to get some
thing for what would soon have been ours for the
taking, nor with the Spaniards still more feeble and
distracted descendant from whom are wrestling
an empire almost as ANONYMOUSLY won by us as
lost bv Mexico Here IL is wolf with wolf, and