Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-12-11

irt the .at ooh u Otctct, 1898. on y,,iar
dor notice nj Twelve moaihs 10 The rah-I
contracting PARTY, 10 snaal snj sbfee.,. ID.
convention aud II shalt NJ sosh ess-, h.
accordingly ss,'s.ly snaailsd s~-i nesogs
ted af.T The trp,rs,Isa ot'hc sad rrm oi
srsv~r IN these s1rwrs 10 rdris N.
eootro~-vv the PARALLEL of tho toth de-
gree " north latitude had hen utfeud b.
The Unncd S,s,cs to Gtrui Bfuain, and 10
those Of 1918, and 1896, wnh a tuhcf
eoneess,oa oil Tree nsv,gs,,oa-of the Coiam.
b,s River south Of thai latitude The par.
rsil.l Of the t9o, from the Rocky Mcan.
ta,os 10 ,,s intersection ~ the northwestern
mos brsoeh ~ the Columbia, and ,hcnee
down the channel OF that river to ,b. pcs
Ind been oftrcd by Cr-a, BfIisin. With No
addition Of small dc,aeb bed Wrrnoty nouh
ofihe Celambia. Each Of these propose.
,ioas had bern rejected By the parties r,s'
pec,ively
In Oe,ob~t, isl3. the Envoy rx,raord,.
nary and Minister Pleniposru,,ary n the
United Stairs IN London was authorised IN
make a similar offer 10 ,hase msde in 1918
and 1926 Thus stood the question, WHEN
the negotiation was shorty afterwards trans.
frrred to Washington and on the pa Of
August, ISAt, WINS formerly op~ncd. under
the direction OF my immediate predecessor
Like oil the prev ious negotiations, 1t ~as
based upon the principles Of 'rompromise;;'
and the svowed purpose Of the parties was
TO irea, the respective claims of the Two
countries to the Oregon lepi,ory, with The
view to establish n permanent boundary
between them, Westward OF The Rocky
Mountains to tho Pacific Ocean" Accor
dinghy on the 26sh OF August. 1914. ihr
Brush rnIro,cn,inry offered TO divide
thu Oregon territory by The 4a,h PARALLEL Of
north latitude, from the Becky Mountains
to the point Of It's intersection with the north.
easiernmost branch OF the Columbia River,
and thence down Inn, river TO the sea leav.
ing the free navigation OF the river to be
enjoyed in common by both par,ics--ihe
country south Of this line 10 belong to the
United S,ntcs, and that north of il 10 Great
Brilnin Al the same ti,ac he proposed
IN addition, TO Yield 10 the detached terrrory,
north Of The Columbia, eatcnd,oc sloog
the Pacific ard niong the arnis OF Fuen.
from Bui6och his hssbor inclusive. to Hood Q
cana md 10 make free 10 the United Stnies
any port or ports south Of latitude 20 de.
erccs, which they might d'sire either on
the main land. OF 90 Qnadru and Vancou-
vr's leland Wah the escrpiion Of the
/ free porls. this WIS tho same Offer which
bod BEEN msde hy the Brush, and rejected
| BY the A mctiraa government IN the nsgo
l,n,ion Of 1895 This proposition ~ns prop
efly rejected by the American pirnipo,sn.
,lary on the day 1t wa. submitted I'hi,
was the only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ofItr
cd by theBia,shP lenip0ieiiia The pop"
s,lion OF The par, OF Great Bras,n having
been r-jecied,ihe Brush i'l~n,po,~o'iarv tr
quesrd ihpl a proprsnl should BE- miir b,
tie United S,u,os for on equitable rdjus
ment of,he question
When came into Office, fon0J ibis TO
be the s.nio Of the negoliaiIoo. Though
entertaining the settled conv le,ion. that ih'
BRUSH pretens'ons Of Tile could 40, be main
tained to any portion oil iheOregon TERROR,
upon any principle Of public law recognise
by nations, YET, 10 difference TO whit he,
been done by my predecessors, and espce -
ly in consideration that proposition, ofeon
promise had been thrice made by Two pre
cedng admin istrnlions, TO adjusl The question
on the prtalel Of - degrees, and m 40 o
"'"' y'e''"s '"' "",' VIC
nn''g""o" OF the co."mos' ann 'na' w
pending negotiation had ortn commence
on 'be basis Of compromise, | deened j, I,
be my duty no, abruptly TO break il or =
In considr rntion. ton. that under the conyen
linn, of 1918 and 1907 The c,i,cn. mn,
.,b;..,. Of ,ho ,,,o p,,.,. LII ,,,,, =.
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"aAe ""o'"e' '"o'' :" ''"'e '',' ""s re"o
'nc controversy W inc rptfh OF moderation
~hieh.had given h'rh In the renewed discus
Sion. proposition was accordingly made
which was reIectedb by The BRUSH pleniPo
'enuary, who' without submitting any oih-
Prop"rt'oo' suffered the neRousiion on ~
part 10 Drop expressing bis trust that Tie
> ni,ed states would onef what he ss~ M .
call some turner prop"sal ior ine settle
rDent oi the Oregon question more consisien