Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-02-26
~ so per anuuna
No. 40. Whole No. 1929

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| ted States 20 refer the differences be- !
tween them REHABILITATION, suggesting
tIJat, under the cireumstances. ; no mer,s.
! fair or honorable mode -of, setting tha,,.
1 quession,could be adOpted.I 9aDo, d IGnn ,a.'
4 Tvhis ,nt,,s,e,e;a;,,,~ A. n ,.,.;.,a.A -.
Edidsn pnsitiyeir decline. exnress;n. MI,
1 hone thatgthe- c0ntroyersv might he sci
4ileda BY the negotiations then, -pendi,.r. y.
between the tv o Countries b :. - !,
4 During the administrator. of The State
/ Department by MI. C. no direct proposition
was made ON oar mart for an adinstment III
the question; but Mr. c., it is believed, il
\ the discussion, satisfactorily proved that
were entitled to all that part Of The territors
! whichis drained by the waters of the Colur:-
bia river, and thus indicated az opinion that
i the country cOglld be divided by the paratfej
Of AZ, .+t.,..a e,ssss.s!ss,s., = XIX I'M
Under these circumstances, tie negotia-
\ tion fell into The hands Of Mr.. Buchana a Ran,
| who, on the 18th. Of July, last, addressed Ii
\ the British Minister his first letter, and d. i
fered a division on The parallel Of 49,, wifi
drawing the nayigalion of the COLUMBIA fiE
| en-, comprised In our la 81 offer, to wit, hatscf
1896, rs' ~ '-.,' o,5't fat'h9H b2% l,
This was promptly rejected bv The Er;t;St,
minister, he using til tart EXPRESSION that 81,
trusts The American nleninottentiary III;
be prepared to offer some further rroposal t; I'll!
the settlement of the Oregon question, NOR
consistent with fairness and EQUITY, and vii,
the reasonable expectations Or Tie Briisn,
Governments .sAof'ff9f 3ii21'ao6' 81"
Mr.. Buchanan ,heTn, 4 ,w;tbdra,vs ,Ls4 grr.,,'-
position of the 49th paralleI faTf acf IL
would seem 10 be 7superfuonsl aass III Prifif,
M Mister had already rejected it,5 totally I,
pudiates The basis Of compromise, and zoe : s.
peremptorily for the whole territory Of Ur n
egon.* ''5''''s'' 4E, .7.9,fJ iaff3 zoe 4 .a
In his stale Of tl;nes. the sn,h,;erct Il snfl
mitted FIR the coasideration Of ConprcssS}. j.
and there are three fea,,,,res witch ma 81 he d:
case which think sho,,ld attract the alten-
lion of the a mer;can neonla f,5'EE aFff IA
r.. While Great Ria q, in tbe i. IL IA
COLLATION.. has made 4 more "a or. bis la,tf.v
to MS ithan she ever did hefnra we .bayo
made to her one less favorable tlian xe aid
before. She has added 10 her offer of the i {tr
Of December, 1926, free ports either on Va. Z
couver's island or the main land below tho.
parallel Of AZ; while we have Withdrawn
the navigation of the Columbia river II ise'
this circuumnsttanc which attracted The atte-
ton Of the honorable gentleman from New
York. Mr.. King. eariv n Tie session wht 4
Fin remarking on thig Subject, saidhe belieys
ed the Adn;n;straf knec hal his osTc,
,couid be y e,;escfed ,ohsn thev made Il: atjA d
afterwards, explainine, he added all n Pc
meant was, that anu haan of c,,,an.b,i' sens
mus haDe knDapn t6dt he British CrG Der,, 4
MEM ,c,,,H REJECT Il; al The first categorsI
made the Admits ia tim kt,aycsg. the setone
fools but Il shall not be 81 INDIGENOUS as '.lsl
call them the one IF fhe' l6ther But VIII s,I
didth gentleman saw. that any man of corr. u
mon sense must have a anticipated allreie, III
! ton |? II was simply because. while Greatr
Britain was advancing towards as. we wei Il
rctreating FROM he r. the title being preciseps
the same now that 1t was in 1896. IL II
difficult to see Why TIE Administration, IL
disposed TO Withdraw the navigation of Co.
! lunbia river, did not offer an equivalent y (
| the British Government. How can tt
/ world think that WE are seeking a soluti,,e,.
| OF this question iii the Spirit of peace, if We
persist in such conduct 7. d ao 81 a9Asl ia,s
g. 1t Is anaextraordinarv fact. thatilhe
Offer made BIZ mfr. Buchanan lin his let,er
of the: 18Th OF Julv olastl WAS neithe, SIT
naitted to the British Government as an. nj. 4.
ntatuSs, nor was IL reti, rhAd as sucb !. or,.i,1
other words. Mr. b. ala no, give the Brit; \
plenipoten,iary to'understand that the AL
| paraHeI was the. only proposition he CpNlt i
4 or would ma Ike, Or the only, terms on whic !,
| we could adjust the CONTROVERSY On tie
contrafy nv, the British minister was distirnd "
told, that sthe President had ide,crmineet T.
pursue the negotiation ID, its conclusion US
on the priuclple of Compromise in which il
commemorate No doubt Nj. Pakenhan,,
supposed the proposi,ion of Mr.. b. wasis
t mere bid and as IL was q retreatinC id.l.t.,
unfortunately rejected I'll At This the Pres
ident and his Secretary seem to have taken
FIRE. Tbev Instantly dcicrmined to breas
upl The neso,;afion = Thev-' snatched taet
the offer nav had,cm.4e. and thsn nusT~I.
the Americas claim nm IN "a 10 III tie,
Administrations were resolved no, m conce h..
m l4rea, Hr;,a; !, .n,.' ,,,.s Sauo,ahls =. r. w.
tiias, na,aIler Of a.. ,;sby,did thew NO, ~.
So eknliciIlvp - N bvd;d ,Bey not re,,,rn li...
parallel as IN ultIinarum HI If Ibis had, ltt y;
aohe, alr. Fakenham Ewouiq nave nTS \ =