The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-02

way 10 Oregon, against the attacks of the lcdisI
tribes occupying the country through which the,
4 pass, recommend thai a suitable number Vi sock
| AIDES and block -house forts be erected along ih'
usual route between our frontier settlements OF
the Missouri sud the Rocky mountains; and tina
| AN adequate force oil mounted Iihemen be raiset
to guard and protect them on their journey. Th'
! immediate adoption OF these Recommendations 81
Congress will not violate The provisions Of ih'
| existing treaty. il will be doing nothing more fo
| American citizens than British laws have Ions
since done for British subjects in the same ter
| ritory.
4 II requires several months to perform he yoyag,
by sea from the Atlantic States 10 Oregon; and al
| though We have large number OF whale ships IL
the Pacific, bat few Of them afford opportunity
Of interchanging intelligence, without great delay
between our settlements in that distant region anC
! the United States. An overland mail is believed
TO be entirely practicable, and the importance o
establishing such a mail, al least once month, Il
submitted to the favorable consideration Of Con
gress.
i II is submitted to the wisdom OF Congress to de
termine whether at their present session. and unit
after the expiration of the years notice, any olhe
measures NAV be adoped consistently with the con
venon of 1927, for the security of our rights ant
The government and protection Of our citizens II
| Oregon That IL will ultimately be wise anc
proper 10 make liberal grants Of land to the patri
otto pioneers, who, amidst prvalions and dangers
lead the way through savage tribes inhabiing III,
vast wilderness intervening between our frontie
settlements and Oregon, and who cultivate and ar,
ever ready TO defend the soil, am fully satisfied
i To doubt whether they will obtain such grants a.
soon as the convention between the United state.
and Great Britain shall have ceased TO exist woulc
be 10 doubt The justice of Congress; but, pending
the years notice, II is worthy of consideration
| whether stipulation 10 this effect may be made
consistently with the spirit of that convention.
i The recommendations which have made as L
the best manner of securing our rights in Oregon
are submitted 10 Congress with great Difference
Should they, in their wisdom, devise any ohe
mode better calculated TO accomplish the same OBJ
| ject, il shall meet with my hearty concui renee.
/ Al The end Of The years notice should Cong,es.
think il proper 10 make provision for giving lha
notice, we shall have reached period when the
national rights in Oregon must either be abandoned
or firmly maintained. That they cannot be aban
doned without sacrifice OF both national honor
and interest, is too clear 10 admit Of doubt.
/ Oregon is part Of the Nor American cont
nent, TO which, II Is confidently affirmed, the title
of the United States is The best now in existence
For the grounds on which that title rests, refer
you to the correspondence Of the late and present
Secretary of Stale with The British plenipotentiaIy
during the negotiation. The British proposition
of compromise, which would make the Columbia
the line south Of forIy-nine degrees with lrfine
addition of detached territory 10 the United States
north of that river and would leave on the British
side two.thirds OF the whole Oregon territory, in
CiuuiuS tuc live HdtiSdtIOu VI the SOIumDld dHC
all the valuable harbors on the Pacific can never
| for moment, be entertain, by the United States
without an abandonment of their just and clear ter
ritorial rights. their own selfrespect, and the ma
tional honor. For the information of Congress,
communicate herewith the correspondence which
took place between the two governments during
the late negotiation.
| The rapid extension Of our settlements over
our territories heretofore unoccupied the addition
Of new States to our confederacy; the expansion Of
free principles, and our rising greatness as ma
lion, are attracting the attention of the Powers OF
Europe; and lately the doctrine has been preached
in some of them, of balance Of power" on this
| continent 10 check our advancement. The United
States sincerely DESTROYS Of preserving relations Of
good understanding with all nations, cannot in
silence permit any European interference on the
4 North American continent; and should any such
interference be attempted, will be ready to resist
at any and all hazards. f'N
| 1t is we'll known TO the American people and Il
all nations, that this government has never inter
fered with the relations subsisting between othel
governments. We have never made ourselve.
parties to their wars or their alliances; we hav,
not sought their territories by conquest; we hav,
not mingled with parties in their domestic srug
| giles; and believing our own form Of government
to be the best, we have never attempted to propagate
il by inlrigues, by diplomacy, or by force. w,
may claim on this continent like exemption from
European interference. The nations of America
are equally sovereign and independent with hos
Of Europe. They possess the same rights, indie
pendent of all foreign interposiion 10 make war
TO conclude peace, and to regulate their interna
affairs. The people of the United States cannot
therefore, view with indifference attempts Of Euro
pean powers to interfere with the independent &C
lion of the nations on this continent The Ameri
can system Of government is entirely different from
that oil Europe. Jealousy among the different SOW
ereigns of Europe, lest any one of them might be
come too powerful for the rest, has caused then
anxiously to desire the establishment OF what hel
term the balance of power" II cannot be per
mitted TO have any application on the North Amer
lean continent, and especially 10 the United States
We must ever maintain the principle, that The PEG
pie Of this continent alone have the right 10 decide
their own destiny. Shond any portion Of them
constituting an independent state propose to unit
themselves with our confederacy, this will be
4 question for them and us 10 determine, without AM
| foreign inteIposition. We can never consent tha
Eu opean Powers shall interfere to prevent snch
union, because il might disturb the balance o
power" which they may desire 10 maintain upor
this continent. Near aquarer of century ago, tn.
principle was distinctly announced TO the world il
the annual message Of one of my predecessors, tina
THE American continents, by The free and indepen
dent condition which they have assumed and main
tain hencefurh be red as subjects 70
future colonization by any European power" Thi
principle will apply with greatly increased force
should any European power attempt 10 establish AMI
new colony in North America In the existing cir
cumslances of the world, the present is deemed
proper occasion ioreierae and reaf1rm the princi
pie avowed by Mr. Monroe, and 10 state my cordia
concurrence in its wisdom and sound policy TIL,
reasscrlion Of this principle especially in reference
10 North America is al this day but the promulga
tion of policy which no European power shoult
cherish the disposition to resist Existing rights o
every European nation shouldbe respected; but II il
due alike 10 our safely and interests, tina, tn,
efficient protection of our laws should be extended
over our whole territorial limits and that it SHOULD
be distinctly announced 10 the world as our settled
policy, that no future European colony or dominion
shall, with our consent be planted or established
any par of the North American coniin mt.
i A question has recently arisen under the tentl
article of the subssling treaty between the United
States and Prussia. BY this article, the consus o
the two countries have the right TO SIT as Judge
and arbitralors "in such differences as may arts,
between the captains and crews Of the vessels be
longing TO the nation whose interests are commit
ted 10 their charge without the interference of thu
local authorities, unless The conduct Of The crew
or OF the captain shoud disturb the order or tran
guilty of the country; or the said consus should
hal etrSa shA.rl H.