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v Mr.. Pitt IN reply! Having finished tfat part
Of Mr Foxs speech which referred Ii tie rebara:
tion Mr.. Pitt proceeded 10 Tie next tpoint, namely;
I thai gentleman argnnehsa pFove that the pthff
fareles OF the eehTenlion were, mere oIlcessiohF
and not acquisitions In answer 10 this, Nlr. PHI
maintained that, though what this couitryshud
gained consisted not of new rights it Certainly did
of new advantages; We had, before, right 10
lhe Southern whale fishery, and a; right 10 nasi:
gate and carry OH fisheries III the Pacific Ocean,
and to trade on the coasts, of any part of NORTH.
west America; bu: that right not only had bern
acknowledged, but disputed and resisted: whereas;
by the convention; it was secured TO ps-a circtfn
stance which, though no new right, was a new
advantage" SGme--page l002. i E,aa.,.t
| = Butl continued Mr. Benton, we need not take
the chaEacter Of flhe5 Treaty even from the high
authority Of these rival leaders in the British Par
! lament The Treaty viii speak for itself i
have i In my hand, and will read lhesarticle re.
he'd ,uPen to sustain tho British cIuim TO the Eh:
lumbia River. g-as -. L.,.-. s,.rf.-,+ .af,,Ir
1 - Article Sd Of The Nootka Sound Tfeatv.,a4
: In order 10 strengthen the bonds of friend.
ship and to preserve, ih future, perfect harmony
and good understanding between the two contrnci:
tng part!es it is agreed lha, their respective Sb.
l3ects shall notbe disturbed or molested either III
navigating or carrying oh their fisheries in tfta
Pacific Ocean, or in the South Seas, or in nlundinq
on the COASTS Of those seas in places not aireadS
Occupied, for. the purpose OF carrying on their
commerce with the natives, of the countrV, or of
making settlements there, the whole subject, nev.
ertheless, to the restrictions and provisions spcti:
fed in the three following artcl,s" .a.. ..,-'f.'
! The PARTICULAR clause of this Article relied ip.
on by the advocates for the British claim, is thai
! which gives the right Of landing on parts of tho
Northwest coast, not already occupied, for the bur:
pose OF carrying on commerce and making setlkel
mentS. The first Inquiry arising tipon this clausb
IS, whether the coast in the latitude the Coun!
bla river, was unoccupied at The date Of the Moot
ka Sound Treaty. The answer is in the affirmE:
tive. The second is, whether the English land
/ ed upon this coast while it was so occupied The
answer is IN, the negative; and this answer puts
an end 10 all pEetensions Of British claim founded
upon this treaty, without leaving US Under the ne
ctsslty of recurring to the fact that the permission
to land, and to make settlements, so far from con.
templapg an acquisition of territory, was limited,
by subsequent restrictions, 10 the erection Of tcrn-
porary huts for the personal accommodation OF
fishermen and traders only.
The truth, is, MIR. President, CONTINUED Mr. B.
Great Britain has no color of title 10 the country
| IN question. She sets up none. There is moi d
paper upon The face 6flhe earth in which Bit.
! ish Minister has stated q claim speak of tho
Kings Ministers, and of The Agents employed By
them. The claims we have been examining are
SulONt the conversation ana notes OF IiITl-
lomaIlc Agents No English Minister has ever
put his name to them, and no one will ever risk
! his character as satrsmafrby renturihg 10 do So
The claim of Great Britain is nothing but q flak.
ed pretehsion; founded in the double prospect OF
benehting herself and njuring the United SlatcS
! The fir trader, Sir alexander M Kenzie is al the
bottom Of this policy. FaiIirg in his attempt to
explore the Columbia river. in 1893, he, neYet-
thelcss, urged upon the British Government the
: M WI of nITIn r
fling the Americans from the whole region West
of the Rocky Mountains. The advice accorded
too we'll with the passions and policy of that gov
ernmeht, 10 be disregarded It is government
which has lost no opportunity, since the peace 6f
'83, Of aggrandzng itself al The ext pense Of The
United States. 1t is a government which listens
TO the suggestions Of its experienced subjects and
thus an individual. in the humble station Of fur
trader, has pointed out the policy WHICH has bceu
pursued by every Minister of Great Britain, from
Pitt 10 Canning, and for the maintenafice Of which
war is now menacCd. -
ft1ere Mr.. 3. read the following passage from
Sir Alexander NJ IIcnzie's History of the Fur
TrndeI -
=. "The Russians who first discovered that a.
long the coasts OF Asia, no useful or regular navi.
CATION existed opened an interior conlnunicutioR
by rivers. &c. and through that long and wide ex-
tcnoed continent, 10 the straight that separates
Asia from America over which they passed to,
the American continent Our situation ID. "A
length, in some degree, similar to theira the non.
existence Of practicable passage by sea, and the
existence of one through the continent, arc clear
ly proved, and it requires OILY the continuance
and support the British GovernEfcfIt 10 incrcas~.
in very ample proportion, this national advon.
tage, and secure the trade of that country 10 i,s
subjects" g BY the rivers that discharge them
selves into Hudson's Bay; at Port Nelson it is
proposed to carry on the trade to their source at
the head of The Saskachiwine river, which rises
in the Rocky Mountains, not eight degrees OF
Longitude from the Pacific Ocean The Colum-
bia flows from the same mountains, and dscharg-
es itself into the Pacific in north latitude 46 20.
Both OF them are capable OF receiving sIfps at
their mouths, and navigabIe throughout for
boats" But whatever course may be taken
from the Atlantic the Columbia is the Inc of com
uanicdtion from the Pacific .Oekon pointed out
by nature, as it is the only navigable river in the
whole extent OF Vancouvcr's minute survey Of tha,
coast; ITS banks also, form the first level country
IN all the southern extent Of continental eoast
from Cook entry; and, consequently, the mos.,
northern siluaiou, suitable TO the residence of az
civilized people. BY opening this Intercourse be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. and forr.-'
ing regular establishments through the interior.
and at both extremes, as well as along the
coast and Islands. the entire Command of The fur
trade of North America might be obtained, from
latitude 4S to the pole, except that portion of it
which the Russians have in the Pacific. To this.
nav be added the fShinov&in bo,h 600. .,sI H.