The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-03
TwENTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
First Session.
TuURsDAr, April ., 1876.
lcoscLUDsp.
IN SENATE.

IN SENATE.
Mr. BENTON. 1 understand him MIR. CAss,) TO
say that ifthe proviso in The 5h article IN the British
pro,d for boundary were stricken out, the line
would stop al the Rocky mountains. SO understood
him when he made his speech; so understood him
in his first explanation; and stli 90 understand
him. And then understanding him 40, and his
silence admits that am rght--thsn l say that ths
honorable senator ia .sout efths fysog p~s into the
hren When heard the gentleman refer to that 9Th
article and stop the line the mountain, n the pro-
yiso was cut off Il construed that the oopyist M
uanscribing il had made some fatal omission; but,
on turning TO the report OF my speech as gwen IN
the newspapers, find the whole article was copied
correctly, and that instead of beng omitted, had
feared, the clause was made emphatic by being
printed in italics The senator has fallen into so
grave an error as by Implication, TO say that IN 1907
The United States bad claim 10 any territory west
OF the Rocky mountains, and on the assumption he
has just made, our claim IN Oregon must date after
1907.
The article TO which Mr.. Monroe says the Brit
Ish ministers were willing TO sccede, was IN these
words
".iriels D. as he British eommisHonsE Voud agree
make IL.
~ agreed that line drawn due north south the
case may requre) from the north point OF the
Lake Of the Woods until II shall nterssct the forty ninth
parallel Of north Latitude and from the point Of such inter
he dividing line between his MeJs.ys territories and
those United the westward Of the said lake
nj the said ns shall to that extent be he southern
Of his MJsStys said territories and the northern
boundary OF the said territories Of the United States: Pro-
rAsd that nothing in the present article shall be
Eusd to extend to the northwest coast OF America or to
territories belonging TO- or claimed by either party
the continent OF America 10 the westward of the stony
mountains"
This is the article and the SENATOR by saying that
the omission Of the proviso would stop the dividing
line at the mountain, clearly says that we had no
territory al that time west Of the mountain.
4 -. Al
quarter"
The parallel of49o is here recognised a boun-
dairy so far west the territories OF the pat ties
tended at that time. THIS was in 1907, fteen years
stig Grays discovery Of the mouth of the Colum-
ba and the year after Lewis and Ciarke's return.
was in that state Of title that Mr. Gallstn in
1917, speaking OF the valley of the Columbia, de-
clared our right TO it to be clear and unquestonabe.
Il s 10 this tlle such as we then had west of the
Rocky mountains, that Mr.. Jefferson wished Mr..
Monroe TO "press" upon the British ministers d.
vision by the 49th degree. Happily, in pressing this
line then, he cannot be accused OF having been
under British influence. No man will accuse Mr..
jefferson Of being the advocate Of British claims;
and therefore, the fact that he offered the line Of 40
throughout to the must be beaten down; beaten
down. hidden, concealed; torn out Of the minds of
the American people. Mr.. Jefferson consented to
this line; and he, thank God, cannot be attacked by
such weapon; he must escape, and will escape,
The charge, though cltsr living who follows
him can hope to do so. All the forty-nines of the
present day to be brought into and arraign-
"a and condemned, but Mr.. Jefferson there
fore the people must not know what he said; tina,
fbrtv wears apo he proposed the line of Utrecht TO
,he oc..n. bis language must be nerverred: his pro
uosion denied. mia words read backwards: and
some GreeDhow must write new book to disprove
the fact that he over proposed the dividing line Of
,t.,k ~ r,h. son.rd IN ,be Cb,sane.ks and
oL.rs Ma III, $500 ., n,.,.r ,be ,;nr;no ~ Oh.
,re.,v Twb;ch wss inst nm M. eve ~ taking
Ma. md Tho, ,h;s ,r;cls n. M IefTerson ,y;.b.d
had been inser,ed xvithont the nrov;,o snd the
,ys.,v baa bs.r rs,;s.d ,ha, ,yo,d b.vs been m.
.Fsc;, wa, would have her nur hon,dsrv l;ns
viii C,,.s, Rr;,ain hswond ne n,ount,;ns Al this
Nm, IL ,h;s hsd h..n dnns 10 ,he ,r.s,u had
been sipn.d--tbere would have been no ESCAPING
fon, ,Ss .dr,ia.;o ~ Vii. iine of 400 in Oreron
bu, To Mead mat an Inc line was To run onIv as ia,
"A onr ,err;,or;.s ex,.ndea II dd mot cross the
monn,.;ns hs.an.. a.. al i,.rr;,or,y n Tho u.,,
~ ,h.n D'rhs ssna,or a,on,d have b,I N ebandon
ali onr r;oh,. N ,srr;,or in Creoop At all ar he
conId M, avs 10, cis.r ~ tb; j;ns or we sbood
bsvs h..n ,hro,sn YcI,sv.l,, on ~. S,ari,b tile
Sim. ob,a;nsd tn. d;scovsr, or ,y y,ond b.v,
hem cm, ct Tho srn,orat;on Sv eu,;s and CI,rk,
,Son,d No. aau 90, na H. r;h,s ond ,ns,e..ons
of Tho Am.,;..n F,,r Con,n.ns would nave beer
cut of.Il ,her ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS uest of The NOM
sinsMr Henrv, "a d;scoverv of inc South Pass
everything we had there before 1907 would bay,
ham c,,t az Thase tho | MI mr.
hsv snonn, in f.c, n ,bs whnJs th;no in d;su,,e
The senator from Mcb;o.n came, escanei h,
never can eacape the POSITION in which ne ba,
nlsred himself N. den;.a I'm, ,.e had ,ny terri
ior;es west of the ROCKY noun,ans m 10 lao7 IN,
inference is inevitable IL cannn, he denied: il can
moi he rscaned from il ia NIL perfrcv fair and clear
and no cannot pet on, Of il. Mr. Jeaeraon u,;ahed
To follow The line Of Urecht inde6n;,eIv wes,. anT
I,k, II he knew about as much Of the pol;,;co
history of the world. and of all connected viii
Amsr;c, in p,r,;cnar, AZ anv other man living
This non, I herefore consider as concmsivelv es
tabIisb.d In DENYING that the line named in IN,
arcIe conld cross Inc mountain IL the proviso wa,
omitted he denies Tint we then hind anv territory
beyond the MOUNTAINS for tho line was to 90 as IA
as our terri,ories eytebded Rnt coming to thu
next The senator s,vs thu. Mr.. Monroe pro
4 duced no Lis, of antbo,;,ies N Lord Harrowbv
But before he demands Ist of authorize
10 proye Mr. Montoe,s assertion that this lin
was estabii.hed bv commissaries under tn
treaty Of Utrecht, he must first show that Lor,
Harrowby, the British secretary of state dispute,
or denied the fact If ,u,o r,art;es have opbosi