Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-04-30

me supreme Court to existing statutes The act
Of ioEl, to which Mr.. Pierce alludes, received.
many years ago, from the Judges of the Suprcme
Court, construction, which allowed TO the County
Clerks fees for recording cases, where the record
included peadlngs, and fees for such records were
prescribed by the Judges and were charged and
allowed before the drafting of the Revised Statutes.
--'he'cu'y N. w.
TIE OREGON QUESTION IN ENGLAND.
me March number Of the London Quarterly
heVlew, Just published, and received here bv tho
CaIGuonla, contains long aud elaborate article
on the Oregon question: reported to be frnr, tho
pen OF Mr. Croker 1t reviews in considerable do.
tall the publication of Mr. Greenliow, on this sub
Ject and several other discussions of the onost,on
IN controversy, published in this country and in
Europe. 1t controverts altogether the leading nor.
tons OF Mr. Greonhow, by laborod reca pitulation
OF historical authorities, and comes to the conclu-
SION That 1t any man assert that these indsputa
pie facts can Justify the American claim to the sore
dominion OF the Western world, from AZ to 81.
from the Mexican to the Russian boundary. To the
total EXCLUSION OF the countrymen of Drake Cook
Vancouver, Meares, Barclay, Broughton Thomp,
son, and Mckenzie, we decline all further arru-
ment with such mind"
But after coming to this conclusion by course
of argument supported by authorities which con-
sttutes the greater part Of the article the reviewer
adopts the further very reasonable proposition that
" believing that every rational and unpreiudiced
man must agree that it is a case of mixed claims.
ce concltde That IS according 10 The lae of nations
and The ordinary rules Of Society and common sense
q H SUBJECT JOr compromise and Partition" On this
assumption he proceeds to consider what is lust
and reasonable line of partition The principle of
partition he says has been more than once assented
to by both parties. The most obvious line of d.
vision he admits is the continuation westward of
the existing onnndaryot 40 deg, and to that to a
cprtnI1 hath H..
that line should end became matter of DISPUTE
England proposed that when it had proceeded to
the Columbia River, it should thence take the
course OF that stream, and proceed by the center
OF the channel, southwark and westward to the
ocean.
me writer proceeds to state the grounds on
which the British government sustained their claim
TO TINS line, and the objections made f. it on the
Lart OF TINS country. lie then states the proposi-
non, made with view of obviating these obiec-
TONS, through Mr.. Packenham, and which was re-
Iected by the u. S. Government.
The proposition" the reviewer remarks. " wos
so reasonabe-lt so fully satisfied all the nrinci
pies that the United States had ever advanced
convenience and contlgulty to the interior terrific
RES OF either party-possesson of all the waters
where there had been exclusive eXploraton-com
hunity or possession where there had been COM
Ihunlly OF eXploratlon-the site of Astoria and ports
on I ucas straits, which compensated to both par
tiGse considerations we say constituted so reason
able an offer that the United States copld MT 9TH
er"lse reject II than by throwing aside all idea Of
common rights and equitable partition. and settinr
up claim to the exclusive possession of the whole
though TINS claim of exclusive possession was d
iecey at variance with all the principles of conpen-
renee, contigmty discovery, EXPLORATION. &c. for
which they had hitherto commended"
having thus FAR indicated the British claim and
'he oners OF settlement made by the British Gov
erhment, the reviewer proceeds to suggest an n
nendment of it, founded on an admission of a rea
sohaoIe objection to the insulation of portion of
territory reserved by it to Great Britain bv the nrn
posed concession of the territory on Adm 4 tv in
let-whlch amendment consists in the abandon
heht 10 tne United States of the whole territory
south of Fuca's straits
The reviewer, therefore, after due explanation of
the reasons of his proposition, distinctly recon-.
menus tne adoption of a line of boundary, which
ne uescrioes as the proposition made in Congress
by Mr.. Dargan of Alabama" viz to extend the
que west line on the 18Th parallel of latitude to
the south coast of Frazers river and thence to pro-
coed through the straits of Fuca, to the Pacific O.
ceaIl we were not aware that such proposition
had oeen made by Mr.. Dargan,- Dargn, the re-
az name we believe OF the member alluded to,-so
little attention did the proposition attract in Con-
gress. This line of boundary, however, has long
been iavorably considered by many persons in this
country, heng identical, as far as we understand
IT. with that which was described and recommend
ed as compatible with the interests of both conn
tries. many months ago by Mr.. Sturgis in his verv
sensible and instructive lecture, on this subject de.
llvered before the Merchantiie Library Association
In submitting this proposition, the reviewer takes
pains TO dlscalm all official authority for the rec
ommendation. "There have been heretofore &C.
casons not few" he remarks, " on which we have
been able to advise our readers on authority hlgh-
er than that Of mere literary fraternity it is
needless to dlsclalm any ministerial influence or
responsibility tor our present opinion and we may
therefore, with less reserve, express our hope that
the British Government may have proposed some
equivalent to Mr., DdrgdnS scheme, as the basis OF
an arrangement of the whole difficulty rational
and equitable in ITSELF and which being new ex-
pedlent, consistent at once with principles which
Great Britain can never abandon, and with offers
which the United States have already repeatedly
made may be adopted by both parties, with, we
believe, natural advantage, and obviously without
the slightest sacrifice OF national honor"
The London Morning Chronicle abiding to this
article of the Quarterly says, " It is an important
one 1t is so important that the British uitimailm
may be fonnd in it." But says the Chronicle, "it
is anything but official neither has Lord Aber-
deem hand in it. Great as are its merits, they
are not from Downing-street" The Chronicle does
not second the recommendation. We may have
occasion to advert again to the article as it is of
character to command attention in both countries,
and its appearance in the Quarterly Review, be.
sides ensurlng 1t hearing will give weight to
the recommendation which no other authority not
official could hardly give. Yet there is too wide a
difference between this proposition aud that which
has been last made by Great Britain, TO lead us to
suppose it probable that this or any proposition for
the entire abandonment of the navigation of the
Columbia will be made.-Boston Daily .4dreriiser.