Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-17


United States aud that they should
hivo place o. desposi,e for their
mcr handiSe and effects at New Orleans.
or some o her equivalen, csiabliShm nj
In i OF our CT izens were deprived oil
thelr place oil d"sppeite nj New Orleans
by The Spanish In on liant there, and no
equiva ent establishment was assigned
them. THIS, OF course, produced
great n arm AMI great excitement in the
country In the mean time, France
became again, as she had been original
~, the owner Of l. puisana.and of course.
with The Obligations of the Spanish ,rea.
~ at l79b IN regard 10 he free navtga>
ION of the Mississippi: and place ol
dfpos'ie III behalf Of he 81, zens Of the
on"ed States resting upon her.
The treaty with France shows on ns
lace that the cession was made exrress
y III The way md for the sake of ad-
ln,uug no ditlicul les and claims be-
'weeh the two countries. | refer TO tn.
,reaty and q the facts Of the case to
show, rs they clearly do that the ac>
cushion OF territory in this cas- ex;rn,
sive and valnabIca as ii certainly was.
! made under circumstances which gave il
place, aS an International transaction
sab"rdm.te AMI incident 10 another OBJ
l"c'' winch was tho main Obj D. of the
treaty, nam ", Tho aius,mt.ni and set
l. ehent OF the serious diili .ulties. differ
ences and dispu'es between the two
countries. So, AT any late. 1t was pro-
icssedly regarded BY the parties. And
It was The tact ot The existence of those
differences between the Two countries
which gave the reaiy making power
jurisdiction and authority TO act in The
case, The United S:ates had claims and
complaints To make agans, France, q. he
IN her turn had claims and comp u nts L.
make agarns The United Sta rs. he
onliei states, moreover. claimed imp ,r-
'ant privileg : in the very territory in
question and the territory was deemed
Il convenient instrument in The hands OF
ne parties, To be used in adjusting their
oIliicn ties. France owed the United
States large sum Of money, and Nap
oleon had no money to spare fr' m his
was and his amti,ionsprojec's, while he
was quite wiling Ia spare a distant pros
vince, which brought him more anxiety
ana trouble than profit. | cannot. and
40 not, IN this argument, object TO the
acquisition of territory in this form and
manner as unconstituiion suppose
The United States may, in good faith,
Ike pay IN lands for "A deb due from a
foreign Power, when il cannot paw in
cash. and that we may pay in money for
any excess in the va ue Of such lands
| n Int -,
The final adjustment Of disputed boun-
daries, or OF any Other disputes with u
foreign Power Such, repeat, were
The terms on which the acquisition o.
Louisiana was proicssedlv made. | do
not 60 behind this profession. | see
hat the treaty making power had jurs
! dic'l"n TO act IN the premises and | sub
init 10 the result. No one can doubt
mat the supreme authorities, charged
win the care OF our foreign relations
have iul power 10 adjust our diff cultics
with foreign nations, and that the terms
OF such adjustment are wholly within
ihelr own scretion-provided only,
that nothing be done which shall! direct
~ conflict with the provisions and re-
''rIctions of the Constitution. Foreign
tirItory may be acquired in war. II is
the duty OF the Executive authorities
ged with our foreign relations 10
terminate our diff ulues with foreign
nations withou: war, if they can-and
u The acquisition Of foreign territory be :
comes auxiliary and necessary to the
peaceable settlement Of such difficulties |
do NOT know thai this can he charged as
an assumption of power. 1t is exactly
on The grounds have stated that the
treaty Of cession Of ISO3 Processes to
stand.
In regard to the treaty Of 1919 with
spain, the case was not materially differ.
ent. Here were disputed bounda ries To
be adjusted, and there were other serious
differences and disputes between the
parties to be settled. some or which had
existed almost from the beginning of the
century The recital in this treaty is
that the Parues had determined to settle
and terminate al their differences and
prelehslons by "a treaty which should
de Ignale with precision the limits of
Their respective borderi g territories in
Norm America
The treaty shows on It's fac that
there were five different and dIsunc,
claims and recIama;ions which each
party had on the other, and which each
agreed to renUunce. No doubt there
was in this case n cession of valuable
territory; but the acquisition of TERRITORY
was not the naked OH set oi tho treaty.
far from it. There were mutual prst.n.
ions 10 be renOunc"d and Spain owed
the cIliZcns of the United States five
millions OF dollars, which she could not
pay IN cash, hut which she could pay in
lands.
Inc treaty making power had case
to 60 uPon-it had duty to perform in
the settlement OF national differences
ana the treaty shows hat the cession of
territory ~ this case was. as an inlerna-
tinnal transaction, subordiIat and in -
cldrnt To that main and principal ob;ect