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

not qIppb3e 10 enter ,intO any elaborate
and minute discussion of the rre,entions
eitherith Of q. States or Great Britain;
bu, liGiend Il, show how that matter has
been regarded. by cur own government
from tho year 1913 10 l645. And @hils,
] wooidsscerli 10 lreconre the advocate 61
the preensions of Great Britain against
my owilconnsry, shall briefly bu, frank
ly s,atsahen,.
SirSih.sbal gallant old Stale of which
am lie i,amblest of representatives.
State ed tnHch misunderstood, so much
maligEGa in this hall-our standard Of
patriotism teaches us, in any coe'esl wilh
her foesright OF wrong, 10 stand 10y our
counlry But whilst No Caroliuian will
ever asserl the standard of his country,
even when wrong, 1t is lhc duty OF pat.
rio, TO sonnsel her to be right.
Ocrfslle, Mr.. ClIaiea.arl, 10 The valley
Of The Columbia river, derived from dis
coyeryScxplora,ion, and settlement, was
asserted in 1913, during ,ae adrniuislra
ton ofAir. Muurpe, before we had nc
qulredEtf, right Of Spoin TO the country
west .eetho Rocky meanla lains. II was
maintained by Mr.. alhoun in an argu
ment, WHILST Secretary of Sla,e. the
force aid clearness OF which our present
distinguished Secretary has said he would
mol iInpairb by repeating it. MIR. Buchan
an, iRshis late correspondence with The
BritishEminiser, speaks of This nile as ex.
ising PRIOR TO the treaty Of Florida. in
1919, and independently of its provisions.
lie insists that il was perfect and com-
plerc, independently of The Spanish
rights Which we acquired by that treaty.
| think so, SIR. But our distinguished
Secretary Of Stale, not content with a
perlectsand complete title, says: "Our
acquisition Of tue rights Of Spain, then,
underihe Florida treaty, whilst il cannot
affect 5tile prior title oil The Uuircd States
10 thesalliey of The Columbia. has rem
deredH more clear and unquesIionable
beiora1he world" Now, sir, Vt our lille
was 5sperfect and complete" beIurc we
acquired The rights "t Spain, and has
been rendered 'more clear aud unques.
tionahlee by our treaty with Span. il
sureiSsis good title, and we ought mol
to surrender 1t.
HBaTdoes he say of our title to tho
counisg1orth of the furty ninth dsseee OF
latitaae Why, sir, that II is recordedin
the Eorasla treaty; that Spain acquired
il iliscoyery, by the landing on the
sc6rss isssr rs,ar.g ators, iaonistiie 4Ist-lo
the 557fh degree oil latitude. ION all ol
which occasieas lhey took possession ot
the country IN The name .ei tAeir sovereign
according 10 u prescribed reg gulalion; Gel.
cbratius mass, reading declarations as.
serling the right of Spain TO The territory,
and erecting crosses with Inscriptions IL
commemorate the event." This, sir, is a
very fair statement OF the Spanish tile.
Spuin uadonstedIy made very carly ex-
ploratiUus oi the coast oil the Pacific
ocean, and asserted lille 10 the country on
lha, coast. Aud il discovery alone, with.
ou, settlement, could confer uIle. should
think we acquired by the Florida treaty q
right To inns territory, which we ought
never to have coEsculed to surrender to
Great Britain or any other power.
Il will not be denied, MIR. Chairman,
that from Cooks voyogc IN 1878, to the
convention of Nootha IN I79U, Great Bri-
lain steadily and earnestly cor:rovcried
the exclusive claim oi Spain 10 the cOun.
lry on the northwest coast. She main.
tained thai it was vacant country, in
which no nation had exclusive rights 0r
exclusive privileges. In 1870 MIR. Pin
pronounced the pretensioI OF Spain To eX
elusive sovereignty "the most absurd aud
oxlorblant that could be inIaged." 1t is
matter OF history that Great Britain in
l79U was prepared to resort to war in re-.
sisting the pretensions oil SPAN. This
couillc, ol prelehsons led to The conven.
lion Of Noulka III 1890. BY Ibis conven-
liou Spain yielded every delnand-ajmit-
ted every right which Great Britain had
asserted. She yielded The right 10 land on
tho coast, 10 navigate the waters, to make
settlements, and 10 trade with the inhab-
itan,s. How did these CONCESSIONS con-
sisl with the claim Of exclusive sovereignty
which Spain for moIe.lhan two cenluries
had set up to this lerritory2
But, sir, did our government, I beg 10
inquire, respect this ancient claim Of
Spain which we now so graveIy assert !?
Let The grounds on which we based our
tille 10 The valley Of tho Columbia in 1918,
on which we now distinctly aud emphati-
caIly restalhal title. answer. We, then
held it 10 contempt, and pal it at detiance.
What was our appreciation of This Span
;sh ,tie IA 1923, when we held i; since
1912 Why, sir, we surrendered to the
demands of lhe Emperor Of Russia tue
country between 81 degrees of latitude
and Sd degrees aud Az minutes, which
was coyered-every rod Of is-by this
Spanish claim,
What, Mr. Chairman; had Spain done
from 1890 10 1919, when she transferred
10 The United States her prerensohs to
this territory. to give TO them deduileness
aud validilyl So far from making set
dement's, she bad actually abandoned ev-
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