Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1846-06-03

parallel To- the winnings of the coast and hch shall
never exceed the distance OF ter marine leagues there
from And the line of dcmarcaoD shall follow the sum
nit Of the situated parallel To the coast as IA
~ The point of intersection Of the l4lst degree of
longitude, OF The meridian and finally, from the
said point of intersection, the said meridian line OF the
ilSt degree, in us prOongaiIOn far the oZen
shall form the limit between the Russian and BRUSH pos
sessions the continent of America TO the northwest
These are The proofs. these the conventions which
.s.a Slcd limits on the northwest coast Of Americ
between the United States and Russia in 1924, an,
between Great Britain and Russia in 1929 They arr
ltenfical in object, and nearly in terms they grow
out OF the difficulties and terminate in the same
way. BY each tie Russian claim is confined TO tn,
coast and the islands; by each the same limit is eivel
both to the United States and treat Britain and Tia
limit was fixed at the south end of an island, to thu
latitude of which (surposed to be in 30 deg bu
found 10 be in fy-four forty) the Emperor Paul La,
granted The privileges Of trade to the Russian Amcr
can FUR Company. 1t limit wholly in the wa
ter not at all on The land The American line never
touches land the British only by gong
through Portland channel to % deg, and thence to
pursue the coast ut ten leagues from it norhwardly &c
I'll deg, and thence due north to tie Frozen ocean
.eavng to the Russians only the projecting part 81
the continent which approaches Asia and the
ocean into tie strait Which Btlrng found, and which
bears his This the Russian line tie
tinent with Great Britain; the United States have 10
continental line either with Russia with Great
Britain.
have shown you tie limits established with Rus
STA in 1923; | have produced the treaties which es-
iabslcd them; and here, Also is a map which Illus
tratcS lhem and shows everything precisely as have
read il from the treareS
Ii is the map of Mr. Greenhow, a clerk in the De-
p1rtment of State, who. long he confines him.
self to the business of copying maps and VOYAGES.
does very well but when lie goes to issuing opinions
upon national subjects ard setting the world right
about tie execution or non-cxecutOn ola great treaty.
that the line of forty nine no. established I'M
per toe treaty Of Utrecht when he goes at tins work
tie Lord deliver us from the humbug. But here is
the map with tie lines all right upon it, drawn in
the water and along the according To the trea
ties. First few dos IN the water at the end of
Prince of Wales island, in latitude IL deg. 10 MIN ;
tken a dotted Inc up forth. through the middle of
Portland channel, to latitude %
along TIE coast, aud ten leagues from ii, to 81 deg
and then north TO tie Frozen ocean. No line at
all along u deg 10 min. to the Rocky mountains :
and that right for the treaties never put one there
And here IS another map which illustrates error
and shows YOU line paper where there is none on
earth. and OF which the Senate has ordered ten thou
sand extra COPIES TO be printed for the instruction of
the people Here it goes, running straight through
from the sea to the mountains caring for nothing in
It's cOur>e-cuttBg lakes IN two, dividing neiglbor-
ng posts from each other, and reckless of everything
except to follow ifty-our forty. That 1t pursues
with undertaking fidelity and he engraver has mark
ed strong on the map, that no may overlook it.
In all this there is but fault. and that is that
there is no such thing no such line upon earth
was, and never can be, b. any principle recon-
nizcd at the time tat the Russian convention of lS2i
was made.
We'll, there is no such line. and that would seem
TO be enough to quiet the excitement which has been
got up about il bat there is more to come. set
out with wing that, although this fftv-four forty
was never established northern boundary for the
United States, yet it proposed to be established
northern boundary, not for Us, but for Great Britain
and that proposal made to Great Britain by our
scves. This must sound like strange statement i'm
the of the lifiy-four fortes but it is no more
strange thln true and, after stating the facts. mean
To prove them. The plan Of the United States at
that time this that each Of the three powers
(Great Britain Russia and the United States HAVING
claims on the northwest coast of America should d.
vide the country between them, each taking third
In this plan Of partition each was TO receive share
IF the continent from the TO the Rocky mourta ms
Russia taking the northern slice the United States
The southern. and Great Britain the centre with fiv-
four forty for her northern boundary and fory-nlnc
as her southern. The document from which ! now
read will say fltv-0ne but that was tie first offer
orty-nne the real one, as | viii hereafter SHOW
This was our plan. The moderation Of Russia de-
eated it, That power had settlements on that
part of the continent. and rejected the continental
-laTe which offered her. Sine limited herself to
the coasts AMI islands where she had settlements
and left Great Britain and The United States to share
the continent between themselves. But before Tbs
known had proposed 10 her fiy-four forty for
the Russian southern boundary, and to Great Britain
tic same for her northern boundary. say fftv-four
forty for. although the word in the proposition WAS
f y-ive, vet il the principle which rave ffv-
four fory-namcly running from the south end of
Prince OF Wales island. supposed TO be in fftv-fve
bat found to have point to it running down to fv
,rfv- We rrD oil 70, PIT.
refused il, saying she would establish her northern
boundary with Russia, who her north, and not
with the United States. who was on her south. This
seemed reasonable; and the United States then and
rot until then renquishcd the business Of PRESSING
fty-our forty upon Great Britain for her northern
boundary. The proof IS IN the Executive documents
Here i is-a despatch from Mr.. Rush. our mini ,ter
in London 70 Mr.. Adams Secretary of State, dated
December 10, 1893:
II at unfdej TO him (Ar. Cannins) Tie propo-
ials of my government, which were l. That as re.
.ardce the country lying between the Stony mountains
md the Pacific ocean, Great Britain, the United States
md Russia, should jointly enter into convention sal-
in lis the third article the convention of
he 29h October, ISIS. existing between the two
;rnlcr powers, by which the whole of that country
westward Of the Stony mouniains, aud all waters
would be free and open 10 the citizens and subjects of The
hree powers long the JOINT convention remained in
oce Tins, my government proposed, should he for the
erm of ten years That the United States were will
ny 10 stIpuafe To make settlements north the 81 St
csrce Of north latitude that coast, provided Great
'r'iain stipulated 10 make south of 81 or north If
-, aud Russia To make none south of 90.
Here Is the offer. in the most explicit terms in
S23, To make fffy-fre, which was i'm fact Gftv-f,r
oriy. the northern boundary Of Great Britain: and
ere is her 70 that proposition II is the next
paragraph III the same despatch from Mr. Rush TO Mr..
adams
Mr.. Canning expressed no opinion on any of these
oInis but hs inquiries and remarks, under thai which
af.f.f- -rft.f
nd %, were evidently Of nature Indicate strong OIL
ecions on his side, though lao protested TO speak only
rom FIRST Impressions IL is more proper, should saw
hat his objections were directed our propusa or moi
tfflup Great Hfiiain op abnve -, nortL