The daily union., 1846-09-30


wise that the claim of the United States as high up
a. 600 would ''preclude other nations nom forming
colonial establishments upon any Poruoh o' inc
American coast"
lie said also SIT was clear by the treaty OF
Paris in 1853 that her territorial rights, Chose OF
Great Britain, were bounded west by the MIS-
sissippi.p
Il Mr' Gellatin, in 1927, under the administration
Of Mr.. Adams, after the British government had
refused to accept the offer Of compromise made to
them, announced that The government OF the uhileu
States were now released from any obligation I'M
posed by that preceding offer, aud oOud hsnss-
forth be at liberty 10 contend for their ehos claim,
which distinctly shows that the offer OF 49o was all
offer OF concession, and not Of right
| The senator from South Carolina, MIR CAL
HoUS, j who conducted the negotiation under Mr..
| Tyler, claimed for the United States "the territory
drained by the Columbia river" which extends
| probably TO the SD parallel He says "he thinks
he has shown clear title on the part Of the United
States TO the whole region drained by the Co.
! umbia"
And these are the claims or the administration OF
| Mr. Monroe, of Mr.. Adams, and Of Mr. Tyler,
sach u ohieh offered 49o line u right as 10 now
asserted; but each Of which, Ia here shown, car
ried our ue far north Of that limit, and agreed TO
| accept il in spirit of compromise.
The head Of one of these administrations is now
| living and holding seat among US in the councils
\ of his country. He was also In the cabinet OF Mr.
| Monroe, and charged with the adjustment OF this
controversy. He has said in the House OF Repre-
senIatiyes this very session, that I've have right
| 10 the whole Of Oregon;" and again, "She (GiTeat
| Brilain) had no claim whatever" Add the senator
rom South Carolina, mir. CALHous,l who was
Secretary Of State under Mr.. Tyler, speaking of IN
conventions Of 1915 and 1921 told US not long since
| that "If we could at that time have Obtained the
latitude Of 49o az a compromise boundary, Il would
| have been well 10 have done so" "NegouatOn
must end in compromise mot in lines Of righO or
| war" 81 also saw that il compromised II must
be on the parallel Of 4yo" III go Tor compromise A"
| And the hon Jrable senator from Missouri himself
speaking Of the parallel Of 49e, declared IN lo42
| that "wthout giving us what we were entitled 10 by
| the right Of discovery, and the SUCCESSORS OF
| Spain, il would still take from Great Britain all she
wanted" That "ss claiming from Spain, our
title is good against England, throughout the whole
coast"
! "The British are excluded from the northwest
coast Of America for all the purposes of settlement
and Of colonization" "Our title is clear, that Of the
British null. She sets up none; that is, she states no
derivation Off There is not a paper, upon the
| face of the earth in which a Briush minister has
stated uIle or even a claim. They have endeavor-
ed TO obtain the country by the arts of diplomacy
but have never stated title, nor state one" ="
| Her title is her will and her arms"
And here, but the other day, the senator said, 81
think the President did right to renew the offer Of
compromise, his predecessors had made"
These great points gained by the renewal Of
have gained them"
How proposed line of boundary can be liberal
offer Of compromise, when at the time 1t is "a
| line Of right" "marveousy proper" established
than a century ago giving the full extent OF
our true clam, II is not necessary that should IN
quire, and if il were, should find myself at dead
fault Compromise, or u termini, includes conces
| sim, and no nation cedes anything, which obtains
all it is entitled TO, and all 1t has demanded. And
offers Of compromise, when rejected never furnish
e ha.t hagn
though they had not been made, leaving both par
ties, Mr. Gallatn expressed it, free to contend
| for their whole claim"
| During the long nnd animated discussion which
this subject has undergone the present session IN
both houses of Congress, desire has been express
ed by many of those, who have participated IN II,
to the controversy terminated by the establish
ment of line of boundary upon the parallel OF 49O
do not recolect single speaker who has ever IN
timated the possibility Of an adjustment less favor
BILE to this country. Substantially" was indeed
the qualification of one honorable member OF this
body. But take it for granted, that when Eng
land insists upon concessions south of that line, and
is prepared to obtain them peaesabiy she can, fore
IDLY II she must, these demands "substantial''
advantages, worth their consequences to US, If TO
her. The honorable senator from South Carolina
II Mr.. Calhoun has assumed this parallel as n
proper conventional boundary and the senator from
Massachusetts, Mr. WEBsTER remarked emphati-
cally in to observations Of the senator
from Ohio, Mr.. ALLEN, "bm the gentleman from
Ohio and the Senate tciH do the justice 10 aoic,
that said as plainly could speak, put do,rn
,pOrds in ioritng, that Engiand must not sIpset any
Thing south Of 49o Isaid so in many pOrds."
And what said the senator from Missouri on this
point "Senators may noc see why for tcenty years
hare adhered to this line Of Utrecht his The line q
right, ,hieh gipes 10 The Olympic district and its
Invaluable toaitrs, and secures 10 the irtr and raj
lev Of the Columbia. IL is the FIGHTING LINE OF THE
UNITED STATES"
This line the honorable senator tells us now, SIS
mmueilousy proper line, and does great honor to The
discnneni illustrates the good fortune Of the French
and British commissioners under the treaty Of Utrecht,
d by ichorn ii ioas so long ago established"
In illustration Of this remark, the senator has ex-
hibited to us the topography Of the country shall
not follow him in review Of it, but content myself
with remarking that it passes my comprehension TO
conceive how line can be marpsllousiy proper
marreLousiy lucky one, "wonderfully adapted to the
natural divisions of a country" which follows none
of its geographical features; neither RIDGE nor hill
nor valley, nor river nor prairie, but pursues In
fexiby of the artificial circles Of the globe, from
the summit Of the mountains to the sea; which cuts
at right angles all its ranges and in the middle of its
course its great river with its magnificent basin, de-
scribed Ly the honorable senator from Missouri as
"a country which hare but one people, one interest,"
government, and that people should be american
that interest ours, and that government republican Ac-
CURSED AND INFAMOUS BE THE MAN THAT DIVIDES OR
RI ALIENATEs IT."
This region, thus recently destined to empire and
indivsibilty, is not only about to be divided, and
almost the moety of it alienated, but that division
is SO marpeiiousiy improper and unlucky, that it will
cost of the proudest attributes of inde-
/, pendence--he control of of our great rivers
within our own territory, which to yield, in
order that the country alienated may find ingress
and egress to and from the through that por-
, ZION which retain
But, repeat, unfortunately for our honor and
interest, the boundary fixed by this treaty
the parallel Of 40 degrees The senator from Mis-
soui says it is bang the nonssnse Of epsry inch aud
every up to 49o and the stipulaons as | shall
show, say that it is not. This saving expression,
he nonsense cfepery inch and every acre" means,
n suppose, when translated into plain English, zoe
should hare had 40 had not England demanded terrific
rial Jurisdiction and free navigation and grants Of land
south Of that line, and these ,oH ysidto her, SO
well content is the senator with the proposed par
on, that he says: IN isin the pery ,oords myselj
could haze used, Dihe tro governments had IN 70 me
10 draw the boundary befpeen them"
The principle that more on less is "nonsense" in a
question of boundary where each pnrty goes for s