Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-06-04
GOT CON IL Il = = i.
FIRST SESSION.
SPEECH OF MR.. BENTON. ON THE ORE
Con ny

/ rIhSl SENSItN.
SPEECH OF MR. BENTON. ON THE ORE
CON BILL.
WHICH WAS ron THE PURPOSE OF PosrPoNINo ISpErI
SrELY TIM piLL EArrSp,No Qua LAWS
OVER OREGON,
IN the Senate Of the United States.
Fa'oAy, May "a. 1876.
lcoNrISUEp
come TO the line o Utrecht, the existence of which
Is denied upon this floor by Senators whose fate II seems
IL assert hr existence Of lin. that not aud 10 DENY
the existence o one thai s clerk in the Deparu en-
u! State has compiled volume of voyages and m ,Jea
ties. and undertaking 10 sci the world night has denied
that conmssarles under The treaty oi Utrecht
and fixed boundaries bew the Brush northern and
French Canadian Possessions In North America. That
denial has been produced and accredited on this floor hy
Senator in his place (Alr Cass;) and this production
ri Numbering book with this Sena oral endorsement
oil It's assertion lays under the necessity OF correcting
ihlfd error which The eff four turtles" hug 10 their
bnsom. and the correction ct which becomes
"f the 'Indlcalion OF history the establishment OF po
lca riehi and the protection Vi tie Senaio from the
suspicion at ignorance
affirm that the line established; that The com
mlssares met, and did their work; and that what they
did has been aclniesc In by all the Powers interested
'rnm the year !.l3 down 10 The present time thus is
my ailirmaOn and aud, in support OF it, and without
repeating any hng said heretofore shall produce some
ht" piouIS uHu laht new plsillunS, Inc UfS OF
which Is, that this line Was enforced by (without any
lhlng else but The treaty Of Utrecht stand upun) nr
fifteen yearsifnm 1903 10 leS--as the northern boun-
Diary lne OF nnisana. and submitted snch by the
Blush Government, and BRUSH traders thereby kept
ont OF our territories west OF the Mississippi while our
own treaties let them into territories this side
The river. IN word, will show lint tins treaty of
Utrecht saved us from calamity for fifteen years. in
our new territory OF LOUISIANA. acquired run France
which The treaty of peace oil 1888, and Mr. jays treaty
o lisa exposed To in our old territories of the I'M
ted States conquered lo by fathers the war ul
the Revolution. This is my firsl POSITION aud this is
the case which snslans II.
Ia The year 1903 the Uucd States acquired Lonisi.
ana and with II became patty all lhe eaties whlch
concerned the boundaries of that pruvlnce The treaty
o Utrecht was Of these, and the paracl oi forty
niue OF The lines established by It, and governing us
nnrlhern boundary. We seen bad occasion Tor the pro-
| tecllon OF that boundary. Spanish connivance mud
weakness had suffered BRUSH traders invade the
whole northern htuk ui LOUISIANA tom the Lake Of the
W GODS 10 the head waters Of the Missouri river; and on
our acquisition n that province we fund these traders
III the actual possession of the Indian trade huug
all that extensive region. These traders were DUNG
Immense mischief among our Indians tins side oi HE
Mississippi, by poisoning her minds and preparing hem
tuf against The United States. The treaty d peace
aud Mr.. Jays Treaty, under the deusvc idea If rec-
pucy gave them this privilege of rade IN The old Ter
nj es OF the United States Experience OF III evlI tis
feels had taught lesson Of wisdom; and, While valy
SirvlHg 10 yet I'D 81 lie litAlN SUlaOtS winch ad-
united lhpse Indians this side OF the Mississippi
er the treaty Of Utrecht eagerly seized upon ex-
pei them from the other. Mr., Greeuhows COMP alton
Was published at that uue, aud Mr. jefferson aud
his Cabinet proceeding according to lie lights OF Their
ne iarlhirC candies, III the absence oi that vast nml
nary Just louk the line Of y nine The nnn, bum
dairy OF Louisiana and drove oil the BRUSH traders
The north of that line.
These traders complained loudly and appealed to their
Government hut The British Ministry. just as much IN
The dark Mr.. }, fierun ard his Cabinet, refused Ia
lake ucla notice of The complaint only presented II
unofirally to the United States Ministers IN London,
and asked avor fiahr, the privilege OF ira
ding Louisiana SOUTH Of ago. OF Course tbs favor
was not granted and TINS BRUSH traders were excluded
from Louisiana by the treaty Of Uuech, while admit
led into the old northwest territory Of the Unlen by
tue of our treaties with Great Britain. The treaty Of
Utrecht did Tor US hat treaties did not And
this was the case from the year OF the acquisition OF
Louisiana until 1918. The year Of concluding the con
ventlon with Great Britain which adapted The line of
Utrecht as far The Rocky Mountains. Then for the
first lime the northern line Of LOUISIANA was agreed up-
On IN treaty between The United States aud Graf
Brian. That convention was an act Of superengaon,
SO far il followed the nc Of Uirechtan act Of deep
injury far IL stopped II. The line OF 49o Just
well established and just as well respected and obs
served from The Lake OF The Wopds to the Rocky Noun
lans before that convention as alter II. Nay, more II
was The understood line beyond those mountains TO the
sea and would itself have settled the Oregon question,
and settled II wisely and beuehcaly II had only been
permitted to remain unmutilaed,
This is the case. Nnw for tho proofs
| read The extracts from unofficial communication
made by the Brush Ministers, IN 1906. 10 Messrs.
Monroe and Pnckney, Ministers at hat time IN Lon
dom and by them communicated To our own Govern
meut Il is the substance oi The complaints u the Can
ada merchants against The Governor Of Lousana Tor
GLIDING them from that province, and iher application
To The BRUSH Government 10 be restored 10 II. HE
whole paper is State papers OF that period. and
may there be read al length by any one who desires A.
.Ertract o1icidl communication rih regard 10 The
Canada trade" December 81, 1906.
"a memorial has been represented 10 Lord Holland
and Lord Auckland, the part o the Canada merchants
setting forth variety oil INJURIES which they compait
of la wing sustained the Government aud ser'an'
of the United States and praying that Their complains
NAV be attended and redress obtained Tor them N
tn. discussions which are al present pending between
The American aud BRUSH Commissioners.
"ihe Injuries brought forward IN their memorial may
be reduced TO the three following heads ]. Then er'
ciuson from Lousiana.
"By ,he third article Of ,he treaty of 1884, ii is agreed
that II shall all tie free 10 his Majesty SUBJ
rcrs and The clzans OF the United STATES freely 10 pass
by land or inland INTO the respective terrific
rrs and countries OF the two parties On The continent Oh
America and TO navigate all the lakes aud waters there
of. and freely To carry on trade with each otoef."
.Bur Notwithstanding this xpress stipulation, which
secures 10 his Majesty Subjects without Limitation o
reservaon the fgit Of commercial intercourse by land
or inland iuatlon with all the territories ct the Ohi
ted States on the continent OF America. the Governor
Louisiana has though, proper To exclnoe them rom n
commerce of that extensive provlnce unless they alb
lure Their allegiance his Majesty. and take an oath .
allowance to the Uni,ed Staies and the same Goverho
has also taken it upon him to prohibit the Introduction
Of anv goods or merchandise which not The property
of cl,Izens of the United States"
This arbitrary proceeding besides being direct VIC