The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-19
From the New York Morning News.
THE OREGON.

4NolhlnS ulsPiayS IN realer degree the utter
want OF nationality, which is characteristic of
certain persons and parties among us, than the uni
iorrniiy with which they take sides against their
own country This matter of Oregon is singu-
lar instance. The whole of the territory is the
undoubted property of the American Union. bu,
because our agents became the dupes of English
policy and signed treaty of peace, leaving open
Tor future dispute certain questions of territorial
limit, England manufactures claim to part of
oregon. For The sake of peace, the United
States allow it to remain an open question 'rhev
then offer 10 give up 81 degrees, no, from the 49h
degree to 54lh degrees 40 minutes, of the ground
10 settle it. This is refused and The matter still
remains open. The settlement of the country
now requires final adjustment. What do the
English government and the English people in
the matter Why, the Premier asserts in Par
Lament that the mere fact that the President in
addressing the American people, has dared to as
sert an undOuhied right to the whole territory
endangers the peace of the two countries The
whole English press, and the whole peopIe sun
port their government TO man, and by so doing
give him tower Of strength in closing his bar
gain with the American Executive. and by so do
ing win universal respect. What do the Amcri-
can press? Why, nine tenlhs of them are busted
asserting the rights of England and condemning
their own country, and any man or any press that
endeavorS to support the Executive in the con-
uuCt ol d IOuOieSOUe bargain, is denounced q
" bloody thirsty as IS bulles," as more ready
to run than fght,' as 50 dlsorganizers,' and what
not. 10 thus fact may be ascribed portion of
that unmtIgaed contempt which is sometimes
expressed for everything American Now one
great cause of our difficulties is the knowledge
possessed by the English government that such
class OF parasites exist among us, and they take
advantage of it accordingly. The Journal of
Commerce, however, goes far beyond this and
hot tyI,f hoe, l. II
1t; as, for instance, it stated Saturday as fol-
lows.
There is one expression in this extract, which
invites remark - If Great Britain is determined
TO push her claims by force" it is because we
" force" upon her that alternative II was no
wish of hers to disturb the existing Arrangement.
But finding 1T was the desire of our government
to terminate the joint occupancy, she offered 10
d'Uide The territory in such a way as to give US
the largest and best part of it.
Finding at length that nothing could be effected
by way of compromise, Great Britain proposed to
refer the dispute to disinterested arbiters. This
too was refused.
Let us he willing to look at the subject in its
true light. We have all along conceded, by pub
lie and solemn acts, that Great Britain chad
rights" TO Oregon. We did not say to what ex-
tent. but by admitting her to joint and eunal
occupancy OF the whole territory. from lat % to
considered her rights about equal to our own.
Now these are all false statements. and made
In support of tine British claim, which is from IFS
inception one of fraud. She did not offer TO divide
and give us the best portion. On the other hand.
we offered to give her the best harbors. the Is
land and five degrees and a half, which she twice
refused. And the JOurnnL says she found moth
ing could he done IN the way of compromise =
The journal next states that our former conces.
fnrt he aEe Of IoC, {
ence that her rights were equal to our own. By
the lapse OF time and offers of concession on our
Part, and not accepted by her, we gradually lose
all uIie. according to this sOphisry of the jour
nal. We offered the 49h parallel and she re-
fused It, The journal therefore saws we have
now no rights beyond that line Bv the same
rule, II now we offer the line of the Columbia
and she refuses 1t, we shall then have no RIGHTS
beyond that river, and then if she wants IN came
down to the 43d degree, the journal viii cav
that's fair" in 1913 committee. compnsed
of W. Cost Johnson, j Q. Adams. James Cnoner
Thomas f MARSHALL &c, reported i'm favor IF
issuing 5000 900 900 of United States stocl, as
50 relief to the States,' on pledge of the public
lands. They called upon the Land Commits
soner for a statement Of the lands, and he repor,
ed as follows:
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Oct. 81 1913
In making the foregoing estimate the parallel
VI 10 uPgTeeS OF norm latitude was taken as the
northern boundary of Oregon Territory IF tho
parallel Of "a degrees 40 minutes (the northern.
most line claimed by the United Slales) be taken
as the boundary, then l04 100000 acres mus, be
added to the whole surface, and the aggregate
amount Of the public domain remaining TO be sold
by the United States will be .042 73l ,765 acres.
which, at the minimum price Of the public lands
would yield revenue Of 81 ,3O3 4147O6.
A true copy from the record
THOMAS II. BLAKE, Commissioner
Hon w. Cosr JoHYsoN.
Chairman Select Com, on Slate Relief. House
Of Representatives.
Now, what did John Quincy Adams and Cost
johnson do? Did they hesitate to make the land
Up TO 81 degrees 40 minutes basis for stock is
sues They reported as follows:
BY the estimate Of the Commissioner Of the
General Land Office. (see .Appendir. " the
quantity Of land yet uosolJ, as claimed by the