New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-24
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this publication A part Of II, indeed, is rather
agreeable than important-accoun,s Of great men
visited. good dinners eaten. &c. while there Is
evinced throughout anx ious desire and study 10
exhibit the author in a favorable light, vesn''
sagacious and devoted champion Of his counuys
rights and interests Natural this is think II
might have been effected less obtrusively. Yet the
book is a good one for all times and especially Tor
this time Mr. Rush was long on terms Of intimacy
and mutual regard with many Of the great men OF
the last gencrstion-amone them, with Casilereagh'
Canning. Wellington, and their compairoi-' VINO
had Just carried England triumphanily through The
mightiest struggle in which any nation had ever
been engaged Mr. Rush shows that the Tory
Ministry Of the day was ardenty DESTROYS Of pre-
serving and increasing friendly relations between
their country and ours, and that on one occasion
1.-The hanging Of Arbuihnot and Ambristcr by zen
Jackson when the Ministry opposed and defeated
q motion by the Marquis Of Lansdowne LOOKING 70
belligcreu action on the subject Lord Casiiereagh
privately assured him lMr. X that such was the
,cmper Of Parliament and such the feeling o' 'he
country that war might have been produced BY
hold,ng ND a fnger, and he thought an Address TO
carried by nearly unanimous rote
And now Of Oregon. Five years had passed
and with them Lord Castlcreagh, to whose place AZ
Secretary for Foreign Affairs George Canning had
succeeded Mr.. Rush had instructions from our
Administration tMr. Monroes) TO press the settle
ment Of several open questions, among them that OF
our boundary Westward Of the Rocky Mountains
Mr. Canning invited him TO personal interview eh
pressly ON this subject Mr. Rush went at the ap'
po;nted time and found Mr. Canning confined TO his
bed BY an attack Of the govt but still ready and anH
,em. 10 oroceed TO business He desired first 10 be-
mt in posscssion of the American claim and the
grounds on which it was based. Mr. Hush 'haVihg
been Eve years Minister at London, and fully IN
structed ON the subject by our Government stated
our claim and traced a map OF America, laid on
the bed the boundary we required. Mr. Canning
barely able to follow the deneation. only remarked
that our claim seemed much beyond any that Eng
land had anticipated" Mr.. Rush answered that he
hoped TO be able to show good foundation Tor 1t
Aftcr some farther but general conversation, Mr.
Rush took leave, having, al Mr.. Canning request.
submitted a brief informal statement or mcmoran'
DUN Of our claim in writing Mr. Canning sent
similar note in the evening, expressing surprise at
Tint portion Of Mr. Rushs memorandum which sug
scsed an iuterdic Of British settlements on the coast
North Of $50 which led to explanations but all this
"a imma,er,sl Our business is here with the man
question.
Now will not our people who have been told m
the resolutions Of reckless shameless party caucuscs
that our right to ne whole OF Oregon that Is, to -
40 North il clear and unqucsf'ona6ie be aston
ished 10 hear that ne d,d not ercn CLAIM 50 far by
fro hundred miles fwenfy ysors dgol Yet such
IL the solemn. officially demonstrated fact Mr.
Rush was not asked TO propose compromise or
to say how little we would take. He was asked to
Get forth Familiarity the extent Of our clam to tern
torv West Of the Rocky Mountains, and he laciinr
upder ample instructions from Mr. Monrocs Cab
neil only claimed 10 the 5ls DEGREE of North lati
Jude When the negotiation was opened he came
down to the 10th degree, bu, even this was deemed
utterly inadrnissible by the British Ministry, who
proposed the middle of the Columbia river as the
boundary the navigation of said river To he al all
times free and open to both parties. This was III
turn rejected on part. and finally ls2'l Grea'
Rr;ta;n offered TO conccdc in addition Il small de
tached district the strait of Fuca 40 as 10 give u
good harbor ON the Pacific, there being no harpors
deemed safe and easy of access for large vessel,
either ut the mouth of the Columbia or IN Oregon
South Of H. This is the nearest approach TO an
agreement which has yet been made The tract
really in dispute, lying between lat AZ and the
Columbia River has very little intrinsic value. but
the navigation Of the River is matter of prospec
tive importance. Such is substantially the case a.
Il stands.
Now We ask every candid, intelligent being. IN
view Of these undcnable facts, TO Judge whether
the assertion that right to the whole OF Oregon
IL clear and unqucsionable is not hasitous
monstrous ialsehood' II there had heen color Of
truth 10 sustain IT, would our Government have com
,nenceS the negotiation by claiming only TO 81 and
from this have speedily offered ocompromise at 49,
In one case. indeed. in reply 10 rcmonsirancc'
against Mr. Monrr famous dcclaraiion that this Con
iinen, was TO be regarded as more subject 10 Euro
pean colonization. Mr.. Rush iniimated las We find
in his report To his Government that our claims
extended as far Northas the Goth degree but we find
nothing answering this in the pre,ensions which
sstonished Mr.. Canning. On the other hand, Mr.
Canning very iorcibly urged In resisting our CLAIM
MP TO the 5ist degree that Great Britain had beer
Obliged to rcss, this very claim Of exclusive jurs
diction when preferred by Spain herself, and at
tempted to be enforced against Mearcs at Nootka-
Having thus resisted and compelled a rclnquisll
mcnt Of this claim when ST up by its origina
author she could no, rcccdc from the ground ,heI
established and admitted at the demand of pur
chaser or lcgs,cc. And it is deserving OF remark
that this Noo,ks Treaty Of 1890 frs, appeale'
to a. evidence by Mr.. Rush on our part-noi prot
fcrcd on that of Great Britain. But neither part
dreamed Of questioning the validity, suh'isiing am
sctivc Of that Treaty Convention Both side
clearly regarded ii we have ever regarded it. an
n all who consider the nature Of that Treaty an
the acknow lodged principles OF the Law Of Nation
must regard it. The contrary assumption affords
striking evidence that Necessity is the mother q
Invention
And now consiner under what circumstances on
Government, 10 urged to take Military and forms
possession Of the whole territory, including man
British trading posts of to thirty years siandins
We commenced by claiming TO ST. offered 10