The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-12-11

~ ms1r q ssiJs 80 eufsti.ns u dispsls
bss~ssn ne a.o rassl.iss. ~ nesotiaaan.
sPaa ms psinesrls Il campfs@ass -
sarh mad pravrd snssersssiui.
Thess asgutsasians lrak piars ~ Isan-
don. ID me gear. 1918. Is24. sndl le26:
he lsa kr.I ua6sr he sdninispa'iOa 81
Mr. Monroe. sd ne l.sa undsr thst e.
Mr. Adams. Tie nesssisiion 81 1915
hssirg failed D. ssroaEl.sh, 10 shjsel. So
sailed il The eonssnlion Of lhe tssnlleih
II 0caahsr ri thss yem. By he Ihird 81
sirls 81 that ennsenIsna. IL was . sREeed.
ihsi sny eOunlry ahal NAV be rlainsd b
ether Parry On he nsnhwsst coast 81
Amsries, wrsEwsId Of The Siony moan-
isins. shall. t-gsihsr with ne hsibofs.
bsys. and rrss n. asd lhe nssiealos 81
81 The rivers usshiH The same. be Tree snd
open Tor the term aflsn yesFs ron The dass
afIks signst &c 81 he present ronssnlion.
10 me vessels. eiiizsns. and subjects ri The
TOO Pssers: n being ~fli Dndss'oad that
this sgreemsns 10 noa 10 be construed 10
the priudire II sny rlsin which ether
cf the toe high contracting parties may
hs,s 10 sry part IL The s,'d country. nor
shall u be iaken 10 affect the rlsims ofsny
other Poser or SAFE 10 any paTt Of The
said county: The only Object Of The high
conlaelingp.rurs ia thai inspect being.
70 prevent dI.psIss aud dIiEeHnses among
ihsms,lses."
The nssoiisIian Of 1924 Wa. productive
Of no result, and the convention Il 1918
vas left unchanged.
The nesoliston Of 1926. having slso
failed 10 effect an a''jusimsul BY eompro-
mise. resulted in The convention Of August
Ihe sixth. 1927. BY which il VAS sgiesd
To continue in force, fur 40 ihdsfRue PERI
oil, the provisions of The third article nj
The convention ri The twentieth OF Orto-
h-r, 1918; aud il vas further provided.
that " il shall be competent, however. O.
either "f the eonTsetrng parIlssi IN case
either should think e., II any tue alter
the twenuelh OF 0enbeT 1898. on giving
due noilce Of twelve months IN The other
contracting party. TO snnul and ahrogats
this convention; and il shall. 10 such case.
be accordingly entirely 'snnulled aud
sbrogsled sf,er The expiration Of the ssid
Term Of notice." In these attempts 10
sdjus, the controversy, The parallel Of the
fnIy degree Of North lslnuds had
been Offered by the United Sites TO Great
Buisin. and in those nj 1918 and 1896.
with further concession OF the Tree ns-
yigauOn of The Culvmbia river south OF
Ihs, latitude. The psrsllel Of the foIty-
nm b degree. from the Rocky mountains
to its intersection 9th the norIhess ern-
mot branch OF The G Ilumbi', and thence
down The channel Of that river 10 the sea.
had been offered BY Great Britain, with
an sddiuoD Of small detached territory
nnrIh Of the Columba. Each Of these
n.~s~-:..----e - a--- --jsSssu Wy sus
par les respectively.
/ 10 ocIOber.. ls43. the Envoy Exlraor.
dnafy and MINIS er Plenipoispl,sry oil
the United STA tee in London was suthorrz.
ed to make a similar offer TO those made
in 1918 aud 1926. Thus stood the ques.
lion. when The negotiation vas shortly az.
forwards transferred 10 Washington: and.
on the lsen'y Third Of August. 1874. vas
formslly opened. under the dreclion oil
my immediate predecessor. Like all the
previous negonsnens, Il was based uPan
principles Of " COMPROMISE" and the
sSo~sd purpose Of the parties was. ITO
treat Of the respective claims Of the two
countries to The Oregon territory, wmh
the view to establish 2 permanent boun.
Diary between them wtstwsrd Of The
Rock, mountaIns To he Pacific ocean,"
Accordingly, in thu twenty -.Ixth of Au-
gns', 1914. he Brush plen,potenti .ry
offered To DIVIDE the Oregon IerrItmy by
the fotIy-nInth para lei OF nor h latitude,
from The Rocky mountains to the pom,
OF It's intersection wiIh the northea.lern-
mos, branch of the Columbla rlver, and
thence down ths, river to The sea; leay ing
the ice navigation OF the river 70 be en-
Joysd In common By both p,rues-the
couaTy sou'h oil lhi. line TO belong TO the
Unned Ststes, and lha, north OF It IN
o'Cah ot'k7iHs hktnt td'Dt titne TIE rfO-
posed, 10 addition. 10 yield TO The Uai,ed
States de'ached territory, north oil the
Columbia. extending along the Pacific
and The Straits Of Fuca, from Bulinch's
harbor inclusive, TO Hoods cana, and 10
make free 10 ihe Unnej States any pnr,
or puts south Of lsutude ioriy-nine DE-.
grees, which they might desire, either on
the man land, or on Qssdrs aud Van
couset's i,ltnd. With the exc pllou al
the free ports, this was the sane ofTe,
which had been made by the Brt.h, and
rejected by The American government, in
the negotiation Of 1926. The PROPOSE
ton VAS properly rejsc,ed by the Aneri-
can pIen Pote"t'asy on the day Il vas sub.
m't'ed. This was the only proposition
OF coUpro mise offered by he Blush len.
ip"tenhaty. The propo.inon on the part
Of Great Britain having been rjec,ed. the
Bntsh plen'po,en,iary requested .ha, a
propo'a shouid be made by the Unned