The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-20

france certainly, II such a line had been run
under The treaty OF Utrecht. Gas was the general
belief Of diplumatsis, when Col Benton made his
speech.) the argument would have been yerv
strong that our French title did stop there. Bn,
why does the lntelgencer confine lis citations to
Col Benton2 Why does it not cite similar re-
terences To the same line from the instructions TO
MIR. Gaatin's official statement and argument of
our claim against the British commissioners in
lS2o-72 We assure the Inelligencer that these
references are made. We assure that journal
further, that all such references are put by all the
negotiations, as Colonel Benton puts his reference,
distinctly on the ground that the line of 40 deg
was run by the treaty of Utrecht on the British
and French boundary line. The fact is other
wise-has been, by recent investigation. proved
l" he otherwise; and therefore all such references
as mailer OF argument, showing the extent of our
'i'ie. fall tn the ground This is exactly what we
meant when we said that there was no argument
carrying our title up To 40 deg, and there stop
Ping. Arguments, which may have been urged
Tor compromise at 40 deg, are not at all to The
point. we objected from the first, and we now
onJec', mat any argument for such compromise
shall be drawn from an alleged failure of our title
al AZ deg. Our title, as maintained ON anv one of
It's very many grounds. does not fail there. The
disappearance from diplomacy of the IMAGINARY
line vi the Utrecht treaty, dues bear upon the
question OF our title as deriued from France
That upon the whole it mpairs or weakens that
portion OF our title, are not yet, from the hes,
investigation we have been able TO give the subject,
prepared 10 admit But this we will saw. our
fTehch 'ltIe may he wholly left out of the Gues-
ton, and yet our claim to the whole of Oregon
VIII be clear and impregnable against all the
world.
we have now done ali that we proposed to do
IN Tins article. We have shown the parallel of
AZ came to be adopted boundary line be-
tween us and Great Britain on this side of the
Rocky Mountains. We have shown that tb,,
line has no connection whatever with our rights
In Oregon. IL there shall be found dispostIon
IN this country 10 gipe a,Cay any of our rights
there to Great Brilain-if the course of Great
Britain IN past negotiations has made il fit that
we should continue TO urge this compromise upon
her, In matter where she has no riuhrs TO cum
promise in return-if her course under The stipu-
'a'"h oil JOINT occupancy has been open and fair
and Jusl-and, finally, if the public sentiment of
this nation shall be found willing to sanction =
sacrifice of about one half of our Territory of Ore
gon, extending as it does, from az deg. to Sd dep.
oO mln.-why, then, we admit that the 49ih
parallel Will be about Convenient q line of
sacrifice os can be draiDn.
And now, since the Intellioencer has been ca
kind as to quote Colonel Benton against the
soundness of our claim above 40 deg and hour
IJarty this has been done, we shall see in a mo-
nent-et us return the compliment by the cita-
ton OF an authority which to the lGteIlioencer
will scarcely be of inferior weight. On the 10Th
of June, 1926. HENRY CLAY, the Secretary
OF State, wrote to Mr.. GalIatin, our Minister in
London, the following instructions
SIP Nor as IL conceded that Great Brit
has, or can. make out eUen a colorado tile to
any portion Of the northwest coast'sGs
How is the lntelligencer pleased with this bit
of history
WIN that journal noW admit Mr.. Polk to be q
htfte less censurable in saying that our right to
Oregon is clear and unqueslionable p
| Ii is, we must say, matter of establishment.
that distinguished paper like the National In
Observation-Disclosures too principally for its
editorial enthusiastically so often, and by such
| fragrant disngennOusness, open the way for the
severest anImadveTsons. We declare, that we
are again and again confounded by the utter alb
sence of a common candor in paper which
seems ambitions of many other good qualities IL
Is very marvellous that when exposed is SO easily
brought about, and is at the same time so ineyi-
table, any one of political influence should hazard
its loss by indiscretion so gross.
In this connection, we may well exclaim, how
Unfair 1t was for the paper to which we are re-
iernng TO tear an extract from the speech of Mr.
| Benton, and use II In its isolated FORM for the
purpose OF maintaining proposition which an
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supporting, would have OverIhrown The Intel
lIgencer, anticipating investigation on this head
limited as mnch as we have asserted but had not
The magnanmlty TO print the evidence of its
| truth.
Colonel Benton, considering the title of the
United States TO Oregon, derived from France,
alleged that our teTminOus was at the 49ih deg
The same declaration had been over and over
again made by others, who looked to that source
| as the origin of our claim. But it is through
France alone that our claim to Oregon is asserted +?
Did Colonel Benton, in the very speech upon
which The lntelligencer relies, put our claim to
Oregon upon that basis alone? Why, we de-
mand, was not an extract, sufficient TO eucida,e
the fact as IT existed, given from the speech of
the eminent Senator? He certainly declared his
conviction that our title, derived from another
source, would warrant the United States in as
sorting claim 10 Oregon as far as The boundary
OF the Russian dOminiuns Dor title traced
| through Spain was not threatened by the imagi
nary obstacle which the treaty of Utrecht pre-
scented. Do the declaration of Mr.. Benton, pre-
dlcied upon the stipulaiiOns of 1878, sustain the
| lnteIllgencer2 Far from it.
| We purpose, in the course Of the present week
to give IN eTtensO the speech Of the Senator from
Missouri. 1t is a mastery production. II is full
of american feeling. Let it speak for itself.
When published, the country will see, from the
/ v hole context, how much COIunel RenInn desired