Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-04-16

And II notice Ger. rcqnred 10 orde' TO 90. I
sbie The PfesiJcni TO push thcsc extreme
elsias 10 any and every result then notice
ought 70 b. to!u,ed by Coasfc., unless
Congr's - ready To support Ihese prsen.
sloos OF oil bszIIds Here lies the Difficult
iy. Coagrs IS not PREPARED, and The
country is moi prepared, ss ! believe, TO
make The Pres,lrtl, opinion Of eltaf and
uaquesiioaable fighl 10 the whole territory
an ollinstum II he wants notice for such
a pufpuss, be certainly must zee that IT be-
comes a gave question hetber Congress
v,ll grsns II
II ~ss . great, q very great mIsake, to
accompany the recommendation Of notice
with so posilive an assertion Of our right
10 the whole territory. Did the Pres'den,
mcaa 10 adhere TO that even TO the extern
~ Of waf7 Ifso. be should have known
,kss sksr ~Asa hsd happsssd v yesss pssi
|1Aesss1gyNu1Uos Alftlsey ~ seousn MN
Did he moan to @y this aud afterwards re.
ecde from H. II so, Why say it Of nll2--
Surely, the President could no, be guilty Of
playing 90 small a part, as to ondeavor 10
show himself to posse,s spri,, and bold.
ness, and fcarlessncss OF England, more
than hi, predecessors, or his eountrymen,
and ye, do al this in the confident hope
that no serious collision would arise be-
tween the two counties So Low an am.
brtlon, such pllry motives, ought not TO be
imputed When the President declared
that. 10 his Judgment our title 10 the whole
! Of eel. pd pnl 10 y
did he mean TO express on Official or mere
personal opn.on2 II the latter, II cerlaI
! " had no place IN an Official communlcA.
! lion II the formcr--if he intended So
Tenn official opinion, upon which he was
resolved 10 act ofhcially - then, 1t is very
grave question how hr he Is justified with
out new lights, or any change Of clrcum'
stances, 10 place the claims Of this country,
IA this rcspect,on other grounds than those
| on which they had stood under his prede'
! ccssors, and with the concurrence OF all
! branches Of the Government, for so many
| wears for II Is not 10 be doubted that the
! United States Government had admitted
through long series OF years, that Eng
land had rights IN the northwestern part:
OF this Continent which are entitled - b'r
.pec,cd
Mr. President, one who has observed
dttentlvely what has transplred here
and IN England, within the last three
months, must, ! think, perceive tina
public opinion, in both countries, j,
coming to conclusion that this con
troversy ought to be settled ; and i.
not very diverse, in the one country
and the other as TO the general basl
of such settlement that basis is the Of
fer made by the u. States to England
in 1896
There is no room TO doubt, | think
that this country is ready to stand b,
that offer, substantially and in effect
Such is my opinion at least and cir
cumstanceS certainly indicate tina
Great Britain would not, IN all proba
bility would not, regard such propo
ston as unfit to be considered SAT-
some weeks ago, that ! did not intcn
to discuss titles and certainly not (
adducc arguments against our owi
claim. But 1t appears to me that thcr
is a concurrence OF arguments or con
Slderatlons, III favor OF regarding III
19th parallel as the Just line Of dcbarL
cation, which both countries mgf
well respect 1t has for many year
been the extent of our claim. W
have claimed up To 40 deg. and notl
ing beyond. We have offered 10 ylcl
every thing north of II. IL is tn
boundary between the Rocky Mour
tains, and has been since the purchas
OF kouisinna from France,
/ do not think it important either
, prove or disprove the fact that con
. nissioners under the treaty Utrecht G
/. tablishcd the 4oth parallel as the bouI
dary between the English and Frenc
. possessions in America. Ancient MAJ
1 and descriptions so represent 1t son
D saving this line of boundary is TO ri
e indefinitely west others saying
q terms. that il extends to the nortwes
ern ocean But what is more lmpoI
: ant, we have considered this bonndal
"a rs eShDllSneu u! VIC 'iS"'y Va ''N'
:, at least on this side of the Rock
, Mountains. twas OH the strength
!, this that we drove back the BIRTHS
., pretensions, after we had obtains
d Louisiana, north from the head waite
of the Mississippi to this parallel OF
a, deg.
II This is lndubtablc. We have ncto
~ therefore, and induced others 10 n
W on the idea thai this boundary was q
tualIy established. 1t now so stan
% IN the treaty between theUnlted Stat
a aud England II, on the general !
. ton of contlgulty, or continuity, Il
:" line is to b. continued indefinite
20 west, or IS allowed Ito the northwc
! ern ocean then il leaves on our 81
n, the valley Of the Columbia, TO whiC