The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-03-15

- "'uD 'Hc Pdd'H9 points IN the history at II
mos nefp'' xed Of all The diplomatic questions
THE United States
OUR RIGHT TO OREGON.
The prominence whirh the Oregon questio
has assumed. ard The important resu',s whic
NAV follow from The present agitation on ,ba
sufj c'. msk''l' highly de,irahe hat The fac,
IN relation 70 i should bet tam nv Known.
VIVA, are our CLAIMS 10 In. Oregon TERROR,
Hha y The extent oi then! How are the
sub tan,ia'e,!
The man sirerg'h Of our ella IN rests np"n N.
cfssion maze by Spain 1910 The F orid
treaty Of that year-a treaty which has been {,
Violently den.nnc, Of late and declared b,
Texan par'isans 70 be nullity-iransf RED 4
the Unrfd States all he CLAIMS If Spain 10 h,
e2sEn.y n MS la ,Fa S lsas Nn,'h y he AZ
I he region in question has been claimed a,
me time or another ~ Spain, Great Brila n,
Russia have D. unsettled by treaty, and her pos
r ssIons in thai quarter hunted 10 lat. 81; deg
40, aS tie Southern boundary. The CLAIMS ii
Saan have been transferred TO III. United
States, SO that he only question now At is ne
is between onr government and hat If Grea,
Britain; and the territory IN dispute d. from
tho line OF AZ deg Norh latitude 10 ha,,f 81
o. g ~ l. Stretches a'ong thu Pacific about
seven hundred and sixty miles from Nar,h I'll
Soui; II is about five hundred miles de ard
contains some 36o,00O ,qnare mics The
Ky Mountains border il IN the Eas', and
separate il from the country waiprpd nv the
Missouri; II The West il IS bounded BY the Pa
cific ocean.
With respect 10 the fertility Of this region
Y ere are conflicting accounts Mr.. Vim
Siurgls, ~ Boston, n a lecture rerenily delivered
by hun hefsre the Nerc1n'l|e Association Of
that city, gave It as his opinion from personal
nhsfrva'i0n that he soIl of he Oregon was no
better than that Of millions # acres Of unsettled
land Wlihln mr. 'frrii rial limits The climate,
however, i m'lder. Durirg seven winters pass
ed bv Mr. Sturg's on Thai roast. between thc|
fifty first and If seventh degrees oflalitude,
h bur onre saw ice Of sufficient thickness 10!
bear man
We have remarked that the main strength
Of our claim 10 the Oregon rests upon the ces |
q made BY Sraln in 1919. The Spanish
CLAIM was based upon the right Of discovery;
and there seems TO be no doubt that he ships
OF Spain were the first 10 visit and explore the
Oregon Coast.
Thu SpaniarIs, however, made no at,emp, 10
settle The country. Blu, Spain had her colonies
in California and Mckee; and AZ her hips had
coas' ed along he coni,n Mt as far N r,h as lat
iiude fl v FIVE, and that as early az 1892, che
regarded the whole expan>e If country "a one
ierr,ory end { med 4 accordingly. British
vessels also visited The Coast; Isl il moi pretended
however, they were the frs discoveries But
finding he country unoccupied, a British settle.
ment and trading post we're established at
Nonika Sanrdhy Lieut.. Meares sometime with
in the last hat 1.-THE 81 century This was
regard d by Spain a. an invasion If her rights,
and he post vas attacked and captured by the
Spanards il 1890.
Here was the beginning of that conflict Of
claims which has Come Down 10 his day for ad
jnstment We have succeeded 70 The rtgh,e Of
Span, while Great Britain holds her ancient
rre,pniions. And we may here observe, that
az quasiinns Of prinr discovery. and in fact all
o,ter questions Of righ' q Oregon. between the
con,endrp parties, are merged into me definite
issue, which forms The slar,lng point Of all dis
cusecna connected with the prespn, controversy.
That definite issue WAS made up hy he treaty
II the Escnral, ratified bv Spain and Great Bril-
i ain in 17s0; and ihr stipulation on The point in
question wa the resnl, Of the capue Of the
pnst al No tka Sound by The Spanards. Eng.
land acknowledgements inn and compensation 'or
this alleged aggression: Spain yielded hnth; and
,hcn wasf rMRd the agresmrnt respecting their
mninsl claims which cunftifU'es he basis N the
very acrs rmpnf now existing between our Gov
ernmrns ard that Of Great Britain on this idsn-
ticai point.
sIa order q preserve he bosds 81 friendship,
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