Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-06-28

continued in force Indefinitely by another Treaty,
concluded in 1928, Of which Mr. GALLATIN was
the negotator the part of the United States, with
the following additional provision:
"Aar O. shall be competent however to either of the
contracting parties in either should think MT at any time
after the expiration OF the said ten yeasthat rs after the
10th OF October lS2son giving due notice OF twelve months
the other contracting party, 10 annul and abrogate this
Convention and SHALL such he accordingly entire
" annued and abrogaed after The expiration of the said
term of notice."
This was the state Of things established during
the Administration of Mr. MONROE, after considera-
BILE negotiation; renewed during the Administration
Of Mr.. ADAMS; which existed at the time Of Gen.
JAcKsoNs election to the Presidency; and which
continued, Uithout nierrptiono objection, during
the ,ohoie of his administration. HIS Inaugu-
raj Address contained no allusion to any particu-
lar point in foreign relations. his first annual
Message to Congress he introduced the question Of
the Northeastern Tor Maine) Boundary, then in the
course of negotiation, beginning his paragraph on
the subject with the following general observations
" With Great Britain. alike distinguished in peace
and war, we may look forward to years of peace
full, honorable, and elevated competition. Every
thing in the condition and history Of the two ma
uOiiS - CdiCuidtCu w ASPlIC SCHtHiCllto VI
respect, and to carry conviction to the minds Of
both that it is their policy to preserve the most
cordial relations Not word did he say about
the Northwestern boundary. Nor, in any other
of his Annual Messages, though the Maine boundary
was mentioned in every one of them, did he SO
much as allude to Oregon, or the Northwestern
boundary much less intimate that we sustained
any wrong by the claims of Great Britain in that
quarter.
From the end of Gen. JAcKsoN's Administration
to the present day nothing has occurred to change
the state of things which then existed, between
the two Governments.
To talk about our uradisputed right to the whole
territory now under joint occupation is therefore an
absurty in terms, being directly in the teeth both oil
history and law. Mr.. RUSH, one of the negotiators
Of the treaty of joint occupation in giving to his
countrymen an account of the negotiation, which
ended i'll an agreement for joint occupation, expli-
city says: g cannot leave this part of the nego-
tiaton without remarking that the important ques-
ton Of territorial rights ,chich II inrolues be-
fDeen the t,oo nations is STILL AN OPEN ONE
President Polk himself, in his Inaugural Ad-
dress, gave at once meaning and key to the
passage the subject of Oregon by his concluding
remark (which appears to have escaped the perspi
caciiy of The official exponent of his views) tina
I" in the mean time every obligation imposed by
treaty conventional stipulatons should be sacred
/ ~ respected"
Notwithstanding this qualification, we did, how
ever as we have shown, as also did many other Wing
presses greatly regrethe introduction Of the topicn
the Inaugural, for the reason among others, that the
ausion to it was liable to be Inexperienced, i
has been, both at home and abroad.