The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-09

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eteigny is in allegiance. | appeal to the good sens
oil gentlemen &c say, whether II can longer be LEI
500 u has been said by travellers, that the conf
OF Mahomet Is suspended between Heaven am
earth; but greater miracle will be seen, If this mat
ter of title 20 the sovereignty Of this soil longe
| be kept in allegiance. Whether you give the notice
OF abstain from giving IL, a conflict must come, un
less this matter is arranged by treaty. That il MAJ
be 30 arranged, feryenty and sincerely hope. d.
not see that the giving this notice in any NAME
either advance or retard a settlement by treaty.
am for giving the notice because are bound to pro
tect citizens who have gone to that country upoI
| the faith Of that title, which we have again auC
again asserted. am in favor of giving it, becaus,
we must follow IL up by provision for government
10 protect and defend our citizens, who have plant
ed our banner the shores of the Pacific. 1 an
| in favor Of terminating this joint occupancy, be
cause we cannot give efficient government, ana
proper protection TO our citizens, whilst il re-
mains. ....
many citzens, to-day, Of the United States, are on
the northern bank Of the Columbia river Not one
Of whom | have any informationl What is the
reason The British government has now estab-
llshed there regular system of government-the
Hudson Bay Company, with their forts erected on
matters that no American citizen shall make per.
manent settlement on the northern side of that river
They have not, am, nfringed the treaty; but with
their great power and wealth, and looking to the
secrecy with which that company operates over the
whole North American continent, they have brought
other bear than that Of force, to turn the
emigration from the United States south Of the
Columbia river will read an extract from a work
which describes this organization. | quote from
Greenhow:
In addition TO assistance and protsction thus received
from the British government the constitution Of this Hudson
Bay Company such 10 secure the utmost degree OF
and sxActnsss in the execution Of Its orders Its snairs
superntsnded BY governor, deputy governor and
COMMITTEE Of dirsetors established at London b whom
and all reports and accounts are examined and controlled
The Proees5ns q this body sIe eIyeloPsd in profound
in writing which likely to be published expressed
in terms Ofnadisd caution and afford only the aetSh alb
solutsly required
Here, then, CONTINUED Mr. G. J isa perfect or
gsnizaion-an established government operating in
favor Of British subjects on the northern bank ofhe
Columbia.
am in favor Of giving the notice for another and
yet stronger reason. This matter has been again
opened by negotiation. The American government,
in that spirit Of liberaity which has character
zed its intercourse with foreign nations has again
and for the fourth time, made the most liberal offers
for a settlement Of the controversy by compromise.
The American government has again proposed TO di-
vide this territory by the 49th parallel Of latitude
which, in reference TO the extent Of territory the
northern and southern side, is a liberal offer OF
compromise, and will be pronounced by the d.
plomatists of Europe. Ii gives England nearly one
half Of that magnificent territory Did not the offer
90 even further than that Let me read an extract
from the letter Of the Secretary Of State of the 18th
Of July, to the British minister.
Mr.. Buchanan says:
"He [the PreSidcn has therefore Instructed the under
signed again to propose to the government, Of Great Britain
by the ash parallel OF north latitude from the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean"
That (said Mr.. g. was most liberal offer, but il
did not stop there. II further says
"oderng at the time free to Great Britain
any port ports vaneouvsrs island south Of this par
allel, which the British government may desire"
Can there (said Mr.. q. } be more liberal PROPOSE
ton than that which our government thus submit
tedi
Why, sir, If one were unacquainted with the histo-
ry Of Great Britain, he would be struck with amaze
ment that such proposition should be rejected.
But when we trace her history from the day that
the Norman conqueror planted his own heel upon
that sea-gir isle, down the stream Of time until the
day that she chained her honor to the rock at ST.
Helena with its royal captive, when has Great Brit
ain ever abandoned any claim Of territory she has
made except she has obtained the hons share by
treaty. has first tried the wager of batilei What
is her proposition nowi What has it always been'
"Gve me the north of the Columbia river. Give
me two-thirds of this territory, to which acknowl
edge have no claim; give me more than two-thirds
of that territory, in which have never claimed the
sovereignty Of the soil Now, sir, however we
differ upon her offer, her acceptance of the paral-
lei of 40 degrees, do not believe that, from Nova
Scotia to Texas-from the Atlantic to the Pacific
there breathes single man this day who will ever
permit Great Britain to south Of the 49th par
alel. . ...... ... . ~. ..
Mr.. Chairman, Great Britain is perfectly content
with the joint occupancy. it effects all her objects;
and she is willing to trust to time give her all she
wants. II gives her, Mr.. Chairman, all she ever
asked or contended for, as shall show. The Joint
occupancy is all she ever asked contended for.
Now, what is the basis of her title? Why, sir in
the negotiation at London between Mr.. Gallatin
and the British penipotentiaries in 1897 what was
the claim then advanced by Great Britain, Did she
dream that day of claiming the sovereignty Of til
tie to any part of the soil of Oregon Let us hear
her own plenpotentiary. In his protocol, he holds
this language:
Great Britain claims erelusrs sovsreIsny any
speet any part but to the whole is limited to right
joint occupancy in with other states leaving the
right Of exclusive dominion in allegiance"
| There il where she wants to leave il now
Why siri Whyi Because she has no title beuond
that She never asked for anything but the Join,
occupancy. We'll, upon what has she founded this
claim Why, at the close of this protocol she
holds this language;
"such being the result of the negotiation only
remains for Great Britain to maintain and uphold the quail
fed rights which she new possesses the whole Of the
territory in question These rights recorded and defined
in The Convention Of Nooka They embrace the right 10
navigate the waters of those countries the right settle
part Of them and the right freely with
| the inhabitants and occupiers of the same"
She claimed, then, no sovereignty, no title to the
SOIL but right in that territory merely for the usua
purposes Of commerce; right there TO pursue hei
commercial operations, founded upon the treaty Of
| Nootka Sound.
We'll now, sir, that was her claim in 1927. Tha,
was the opinion Of her minister Of her claim. Was
it correct, or was it not Can any man believe, il
at that day she believed herself to possess any title
been embraced in the protocol of her plenipo-
| tentiary' She founded her claim upon the
Nootka Sound treaty. Now, this protocol gives
you the opinion Of her minister in 1927, that that
treaty gave her right to the soiltha il gave he,
but Qualified" right. Was it in existence in 1927
Out Of what did il grow There is something
about the history ofthat treaty which speaks lessor
to the foreign policy of Great Britain. Why, sir
| in 1909, the Ki.s ef Great Britain made commu.
nicaon to his Parliament that two British vessels
had heen seized by the Spanish governor upon IN,