The New York herald., 1845-11-14

ana french boundary line. The fact otherWse-haS
been by recent investigation proved to be otherwise
and, threfore all such references matter of argu
ment showing the extent of ttle fall to the ground
This IL exactly what meant when said that there
was no argument carrying title up to 40 deg, and
there stopping. Arguments. which may have been
urged for compromise at 40 deg not at all to the
point. We objected from the first, and object,
that any argument for such compromise shall be
Our title maintained any one of its very many
grounds, does not fail there The disappearance from
diplomacy OF the imaginary line of the Utrecht treaty
does bear upon the question of title derived from
France That upon the whole it impairs weakens
that portion ofour title, not yet from the best in
pared to admit. But this will say, French title
may be wholly left out of the question, and yet
claim to the whole of Oregon will be clear and mprcg
nable against all the world
we have now done all that we proposed to do in this
came to be adopted as boundary line between and
Great Britain on this side OF the Rocky Mountains We
have shown that that line has connexon whatever
with our rights in Oregon If there shall be found
disposition in this country to give away any of rights
there to Great Britanif the course OF Great Britain in
past negotiations has made it t that should continue
to urge this compromise upon her. in matter where she
has no rights to compromise in retnrn il her
der the stipulation of joint occupancy has been open
and fair and just and finally the public sentiment Of
this nation shall be found willing to sanction sacrifice
it does from 42 deg. to 81 deg 40 minwhy them
admit that the 49th parallel will be about convenient
line of sacrifice can be drawn.
And since the Lnfegencer has been kind to
quote Colonel Benton against the soundness of claim
above 40 deg.-and how fairly this has been done,
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the citation Of authority which, to the Iteligencer
will scarcely be of inferior weight On the 10th Of June
1896 Henry Clay then Secretary of State wrote to Mr.
Gallatn, minister in London, the following instruc
tions:
'Nor is it conceived that Great Britain has, or can
make out even colorado title to any portion of the
northwest coast"
How is the Iteligeneer pleased with this bit Of "hs.
toryln
Will that journal admit Mr. Polk to be little less
censurabe in saying that our right to Oregon is clear
1t is must say, matter of astonshment that dis.
tngushed paper like the National teKgencer-distin-
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open the way for the severest animadversions We de-
clare that again and again confounded by the ut
ter absence of common candor in paper which
ambitious Of many other good qualities It is very
veous that when exposure easily brought about
influence should hazard its loss by ndiscreon gross
In this connection, we may well excaim, how unfair
extract from the speech of Mr. Benton and it its
isolated FORM for the purpose OF maintaining PROPOSE
from supporting would have overtbrown. The Intei.
gencer anticipating on this head limited
much as we have asserted but had not the magnanmity
! to print the evidence Of its truth
Col Berton considering the title of the United states
to Oregon as derived from France alleged that ter
minus was at the 49th degree The same declaration
had been and again made by Others who look
ed to that the origin Of claim But is it
through France alone that our claim to Oregon
ed! Did Col Benton in the very speech upon which the
Iaelgencer relies put claim to Oregon upon that
basis aonef Why we demand, was not an extract suf
cent to eucidate the fact it existed given from
speech of the eminent Senator? He certainly declared
his conviction that our title derived from another source
would warrant the United States in asserting claim
to Oregon far the boundary of the Russian domi
Mons Our title traced through Spain not threaten
ed by the imaginary obstacle which the treaty Of Utrecht
presented. Do the declarations of Mr.. Benton predca
ted the stpuations of 1918, sustain the Inteihg
cers Far from it.
We purpose, in the course of the present week. to
give in erenso the speech from Missouri 1t
Let it speak for itself When published, the country
Will see from the whole context, how much Col Ben
ton desired to title and circumscribe just
limits in the north west. careful perusal of that
speech will show whether he believed the United
estopped from advancing beyond the 49h degree
from the record tSe sos o tSe
National Inteigencer and Of the Union-who has mis-
represented and who has done justice the
Of the Senator from Missouri-they. we They will
also have the further opportunity Of Judging
important ISSUE between the claims Of Great Britain and
the United ststes-which has strongest the clear
and unquestionable" right to all Oregon-she or our
the speech Of is4s will make manifest that which we
have asserted
The other point in titie to which wish to give
little development than has received from other
speakers is its derivation under the treaty with Spain Of
1919 By that treaty the United States succeeded to all
the rights Of Spain on the northwest coast Of America
memoir Of the Spanish minister Don Onis, extended to
the Russian possessions British having nothing
that coast This was the representation Of the Spanish
ministers and with this the fact of the agreed The
NootkaSoand treaty and controversy of 1870 had decided
that point decided that the British had no right to
Nootka place four degrees north of the Columbia and
way connected with it, and it ended in obtaining for
the British the privilege and nothing privilege
of fishing and hunting along the northwest coast and
erecting the temporary huts which the pursuit of these
occupations might require. Colonization settlement
was renounced The treaty ITSELF especially the Sd and
the 9th articles, wsprove this; and the parliamentary
debates Of the day correspond with the words of the
treaty As fact that treaty nullies all British claim
on the northwest coasts as law Gf not abrogated by
war; would still confne them the pursuit OF hunting
ali the spanish title north Of ~ given US all the
benefits ofthe Nooka Sound treaty both fact and
as law, and tested by either the British excluded
from the northwest coast OF America all the purposes
OF settlement or colonization.
Such the nature origin and present condition of
the British establishments the Columbia. They
intrusions upon our known territory aggres
sions before the war Mr. Astors settleme ntaudu-
lent evasions Of the treaty Of henand have no more
to do with the Nootka Sound convention than they have
with the late treaty Of China Nootka is in vain invoked
Tor which British diplomacy has been endeaverng above
thirty years to prepare the wayn which the powerful
inland for the protection Of which company
the British minister's boldly hurl defiance in
faces There is nothing i'll the Nootka treaty to cover
all this even If il not abrogated by and it
mains to whether the threat of is to have
n h Of
ing Spanish monarchy in 1899.
MARNE.-U..S CUTTER AsHoRE-The govern
ment has at length been caught in one of Its own
traps Our correspondent at Conneaut under date of the
9th, says the sRevenue Cutter coming into har
oor afternoon struck the bar and went ashore
nigh and dry twenty rods above the pier and she
Will lay there until Government either makes aban
dons our harbors. The schooner N G. Baldwin struck
on coming in last evening at 10 o'clock carried away
her rudder drted the shore below the east pier
and lays in four feet waterwith from feet
ter IN the hold. The Baldwin had board about $4,000
worth of merchandise, which is less damaged"
The arrival OF six boats including the Indiana about
winch SO many ridiculous stories circulated ena
bles us to give some farther details Of the The
schooner Commodore left Cleveland for this port with
cargo OF Hour and wheat, but put back Sunday in
consequence oil the blow from the east and in going
struck the pier and sunk We farther that the
schooner Pilgrim, late Amazon, is also sunk at Mwau.
ke The underwriters on the cargo have intelligence
to this effect particulars stated She was recently
rebuilt at Cleveland and on her first trip The brig Pre-
be in making for this port last night passed the North
pier and driited the beach, stern on. lighter
Is along side dscharging her to-day and she will soon
oe aioat again The schooner ashore at Chagrin sup
posed to be either the North America the Home ID,
late Girard of Oswego The Aurora has gone to pieces
There is an insurance of $1,000 her, which fully in
IDENTITIES the owners. The brig st. Louis is still on
Captain Webster the II Laudou "a for