Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-01-30
From the Journal Of Commerce, January Is.
Or a u n m.

From a remark made in the U. S. Senate on
"Wednesday by Mr. Archer, Chairman of the Commit
Foreign Relations, infer that the negotia-
ton which has so long been pending for the ADJUST
ment of the Oregon boundary, likely prove fail
ure. As reported In the Washington Globe, Mr..
Archer said In few days the result of the attempts
ed negotiation the part of the English government
and the United States concerning the Oregon question
would be transmitted to the Senate" The word 50 at
tempted" ii this connexion if actually made of
by Mr.. Archer, is full of meaning. In the National
Intellgencer Mr.. A. is reported to have said - the
result Of the negotiation which had been In progress
between the English Plenipoentiary here and the De-
parment of State might be expected to be laid before
the Senate in the of few days, TO give
tme before the expiration of the session of Congress-
for any action which Congress might deem requisite
expedent in relation to the controversy which had
been depending"
Should it prove that this negotiation has failed of
Its object we know not how when the question is
to be adjusted Packenham, the British Envoy,
having been commissioned specially for this purpose.
II may be taken for granted that all the arguments
which could be brought to bear upon the subject on
either side have been exhausted Able men have
been employed and all the circumstances of the nego
tiation, so far know, have been favorable. 1t
ought to hare been successful Neither of the two ma
tons has any thing to gain by splitting hairs about
strip of land remote and comparatively vaueleSs
that in dispute which at all compensate for the
inconvenience and risk of leaving the question open
for years to come And BESIDES what is to be gained
by waiting In truth, not in condition to
wait. The tide of population is already beginning to
flow into Oregon and the settlers far the terri
tory is indsputably own, have right to expect
protection from laws. They require Territorial
government and other provisions which are only con-
sistent with exclusive jurisdiction 1t would be
better therefore to at once TO the point which
must eventually be reached, whatever it may be. We
suppose the question only be settled by compro-
The territory actually in dispute, is that which
lies South of lat 40, and North and West of Columbia
river and the North East branch of the same, which
branch ntersecs said parallel of latitude three four
hundred miles from the coast. We say this because
in the negotiation of 1S1S and subsequently in that
of 1927 the rest of the territory offered to be
quitclaimed by the respective parties by way of COM
promise. The territory remaining in dispute, cannot
be very valuable and it would be infinitely better
divide it, l. e. this remaining tract, than fight about
it, leave bone of contention for future years
If however the boundary must continue unsettled, il
will be advisable to give England notice Of wish
to terminate the joint occupancy, which being done
can, after year. take possession of the terrific
ry South of the Columbia, establish territorial gov
eminent there, and afford suitable facilities for the
enlargement of emigration, leaving the question tC
the territory North of the Columbia be adjusted
hereafter.