The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-12-19

Isna &c IS, rnas, that & Nc. Adams Tie
negotiation Sc ! s. 8 having failed 70 accom-.
lplieh liz object, resulted Ii lhe convention
or lhe 20fh 81 October 81 thar rear. By
the third article of that convention, i was
tagged, thar any country that may Sc claim.
Cd 81 either party On the nonhWesI coast q
America, westward Of Tie Stony mounlaina,
shall, together with iis harbogs. bays and
ereeks, and the navigation fall rivers within
1.-The same, Be free and open fol The tern of
item years fFem the date Of The signature of
the present coDyehiion, to the vessels, citi-
zena, and subjects of the TWO powers; Il be-.
ling we'll understood that this agreement is
not to Be construed % the prejudice of any
claim which either Of the two high contract.
ling parties may have 10 any part Of The said
couniry, noE shall i be taken 10 affect The
claims Of any other power o. State g any
part of the said country; the only object Of
The high contracting parties in that respect
being 10 prevent disputes and differences
among themselves"
The negotiation Of 1924 vas productive
Of no result, and the convention Of 1915
was left unchanged.
The negotiation Of 1926, having also fail.
ed 10 effect an adjustment b. compromise.
resulted in the convention or August The 9Th,
1927, by which il was agreed 10 continue in
force, for an indefinite period the provisions
Of the third article Of the convention Of the
20th October, lsl6; aud il was further pro-
gided, that cit shall be competent, however,
to either OF the contracting paIties, in case
either should think fit: al any time after the
goth Of October, 1928, on giving due no.
tice Of twelve months to the other contract
ling party, 10 annul and abrOgate this conven.
ton; and it shall, in such case, be accord>
Iingly entirely annulled and abroeated after
the expiration OF the said term Of notice.
In these attempts to adjust the controversy,
the parallel Of the 49th degree Of north lati-
tude had been offered BY the United States
to Great Britain, ano in those Of 1871 and
1926, with further concession Of the free
navigation Of the Columbia river south oil
that latitude. The parallel Of the 49th de.
gree, from the Rocky mountains to IFS in.
tersection with the noTlheasteTnmost branch
of the Columbia, and thence down the chan.
mel Of that river to the sea, had been offered
by Great Britain, with an addition Of SINAI
detached territory north Of the Columbia
Each Of these propositions had been rejects
ed BY the partiesrespectively.
In October, le43, the Envoy Extraordin.
arr and Minister Plenipotentiary Of the UNI
ted States in London, was authorized Ii
make similar offer to those made in 1915
aud 1925. Thus stood the question, wher
the negotiation was shortly afterwards trans,
ferred to Washington, and, on the 23d d
August, 1914, was formerly opened, unde
the direction Of my immediate predecessor
Like all the previous negotiations, il wa
based upon principles 81 "conpromise;s am
the avowed purpose Of the parties was, st,
treat Of the respective claims Of the tw,
countries 10 the Oregon Territory, with h,
view to establish permanent boundary be-
tween them westwaTdof the Rocky noun
t1alns 70 the Pacific ocean" Accordingly
lon the 26lh of August, 1914, the BRITISH
PlenipotentiaFy offered 70 divide the Otepor
Territory BY the 49th parallel Of north lati
tude, from the Rocky mountains 10 The poin
LOT its intersection with the northeastern
mJst branch Of the Columbia river, aaf
thence down that river TO the sea; Leaving
the free navigation Of that river to be en-
Ijoyed in common by both parlies-the coun
Try south Of this line to belong 10 the Uni
;tsu States, and that north Of It 10 Grea
Brilain. At the same time, be proposed, ia
addition to yield to the United States de.
tached territory, north Of tie Columbia. ex
tending along thelPaci6c and the Straits b
Fuca, from Bulfnch's harbor inclusive. q
Hoods canal, and % make free to the Uni
ted States any port OF ports south of latitude
40 degrees, which they might desire, either
on the main land, or on QuadIa and Van
couyer's Island. With the exception OF ths
free ports, this was the same offer whict
had been madehy the British, and rejected
By the American government in the negoti
alton Of 1920. This proposition was prop
leFly rejected By the American Plenipoten
Etiars on the day il was submitted. This
was The only proposition Of compromise
offered by the British PIenipolentiary. The
proposition on the part 0f Great Britain hav.
ing been rejected the British Plenipoten.
tiary requested that proposal should Be
made By lhe United States for tan equita.
bic adjustment Of the question:
When came into Office, found This Il
be The state Of Tie negotiation. Though
lenterlainiug the settled conviction, that Tie
British pretensions Of title could MOI Be
maintained TO any portion Of the Oregon
i Territory upon any principle Of public law
Recognized BIZ nations, yel ii Difference to
what had been done BY my predecessors.
land especially ID consideration thai PROPOSE.
tons Of compromise bad heen thrice made
BY two preceding administrations. q adjust
the question On The parallel 81 49 degrees,
and in two Of them yielding @ Great Britain
the free navigation d the Columbia, and
thatthe pending negotiations bad been CON.
Imenced on the basis Of cOmnror4ier i deem.