Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-01

before the treaty 0I l0fTad, Oy winch we
acquired whatever rights Spain possessed.
we proposed 10 make the 49lh parallel oi
latitude The boundary between The Terri
tory claimed by Tho Uui,ed States and
thai claimed by Great Britain west of the
Rscky mounlains. Grea, Britain con-
tested eur exclusive claim to The valley
of The Cola a,lia River, which we had ur-
ged, and declined TO accede to our prop
osi,ion. Tie treaty of 1918 was the re.
sul' of This Intellectual attempt to agree
upon a boundary. What was the con-
genlion !? The. gc4r1+e man from Massa-
chuse,,s Mr.. Adams. the other day de-
MED that it was treaty of joint occupan.
cy, But il am not greatly mistaken,
that geA'iemalA AT the last Session, char
acterized !, treaty Of joint occupancy,
We then heard nuthins of the hypercrti-
cisn Of the chairman Of Foreign Rela.
lions. (Mr. C.J. lngersoil, J wie COW con-
ours with The gentleman from Massacilu-
sets. Although thai convenionis treated
in all our negotiations as one Of joint oc-
cupancy, the material inquiry Is. what
does il cOncede TO Great Britain Are
motifs slipulalinns mutual anil reciprocal!
Is there solitary right reserved to the U.
States that is not reserved to Grea, Brit,
ain? Is there privilege guaranteed 10
one party, which is not conferred on the
other !? Is there a pralest rs 10 The title
of une, which does not apply to the title
OF the other ! THIS convention was adop-
| Inr bn ind
which the respective claims Of the Two
governments were suspended.
la 1919, we acquired all the rights
which Spain then had 10 This territory !;
and Irom 1923 10 1927 held Negotiations
with Great Britain, the sulc object and
purpose Of which was The adjustmen, of
The boundary. Whal, sir, have our ne
goIiolors and statesmen said I'll the cohveu
ton Of 1918? Mr.. Clay, Secretary Of
SlaIe. during the administration of Mr..
Adams. in his letter TO Mr.. Galalin, the
minister to England, on the l0,h Of June,
lo26, says: ut is true that The third ar
licle of the convention of 1915 recos nizes
thai Grea, Britain then had claims to the
northwest coast, bul il neither defines nor
sclllcs them, nor sperifcs where lhey had
their origin" Mr.. GaIlatin. in his des-
patch % Mr.. Clay Of The 25ih November,
1876, reci,ns his conference with the
British Plenipotcn,iaries, says: "But our
never having refused to agree TO line Of
decentralization with Great Britain, was q
sufficient proof thai we admitted That she
also lad claims which deserved, and 10
which re paid due considera,ien."-
"Claimng themselves by right of discov-
cry and settlement, they allowed wha,
was due to Great Britain on lhe same &C.
coun,, and all that che could justly claim
under The Nootka convention, according
to its true constructions" In his letter IL
Mr.. Clay, of the 9th June. 1897, Mr
Gallatin, speaking Of the contemplated
renewal Of the convention OF 1918, said
ut was altogether a matter Of mutual
concern. There was no other Office! ,for
i, than that OF preserving peace until a
permanent boundary could be agreed on
10 his letter to Mr.. Galalin, Of the 24tll
February, 1927. Mr.. Clay says: Sup.
posing Great Britain to have any we'll.
founded claim, as there be (as there are
believed 10 be) M other powers lhan the
United States and Greal BliIain who can
asscr, rights of territorial sovereignty be-
tween AZ and 81 40 degrees, there can
he no equitable division uf the intermedi-
ate space bu, an eaua! partition. Such
an eanal position would assign abou, the
parallel of 49 degrees as The common
boundary. The President regrets that
the British Plenirotsnt:aries haVe thought
proper TO decline the pruposa! which ynu
made Of that liue." A distinguished SEN
a,er, lMr. Benion.} who has ever Eel, q
deep interest il, any lflng which affects
The interests Of the West. attributed, in
1912, ID his place as Senator, TO the con-
venlion OF 1918 certain "great faults ~
amongst them one, .'in assuming that
there were divers harbors, bays, creeks,
and navisable rivers ives, Of the Rocky
mountains, SOME belonging To the Uuiled
States, and some to Grea, Britain /; aud
tha, nulualily Of benefits was conferred
by giving 10 each parry access to the wa
lers Of The olher," Another was "in ad.
mirlng claim OH the part Of Great Bit
ain TO any portion Of these territories.
confidently affirm. and appca to our
negotia,ors, that a, no period OF them has
our government insisted op a moro favor
able boundary Than. the 49lh parallel Of
latitude. The convention Of 1918 was
renewed in 1927, and has been acquiesced
in by every administration to the present
moment.
Now. Mr.. Chairman, when it is mol
even alleged that Grca, britain has done
any act to forfei, or TO impair the rights
which, from 1918 to 1915, our govern
ment has admitted the possesses in the
Oregon territory, with what force can we,
befoie heaven and man, deny them =
Sir, as just people-as Christian ma
,ion-we cannot, we dare nol.
Sir; as we have been informed that no
honorable compromise Of this ancien,
controversy can be elfectol, and have