Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-07-03
From the National Iairii,yrarer.
THE OREGON QUESTION.

NIs
through newspaper correspondence aud
Otherwise, before this paper reaches ,hrm,
reports OF the affirmative action OF he Sp-
nate on the British proposition tor settle.
ment Of the Oregon controversy, submitted
10 that body tor It's advice hy th- pr--Idrnt
OF the United States. Ne did not learn i'm
any authentic mlaner, the truth OF those
reports IN Time tor our paper OF SATURDAY.
morning; bat We now have the plea sure
OF stating that they were correct, and the
Senate dad, on Friday evening lat, by d ma
JnriIy OF three-iourlhs OF It's member, pres
euI, advise the President to conclude
convention with England Tor the adjust
ment Of the Oregon question, according To
the terms proposed by the Government of
Great BliIain and laid before the senate.
IL weare rightly informed, this pgopo-i-
tion did not consist in general heads mere
" OF an arrangement, but was, in effect,
the full draught OF proposed convention
which draught was assented 10 by the SEN
ate without alteration. In all probability.
therefore, treaty cOuiorm1n,y thereto will
be signed and sent to The Senate to day or
Tomorrow.
This result, we doubt not, while il sur
prises many by It's suddennpss, will suH
highly crafty the great majority ul reasoa-
able and Just men in the county; Tor it is
understood that the general basis of the
proposition is TO make the forty-ninth par
aIel of latitude the boundary between the
territories of the two countries, from the
pointon that parallel where the boundary
I4,g, ,t,,u,t ii. 4 -
or channel which divides Vaucouvars is
land from the continent, aud thence along
the middle OF thai chaaupl, and 20 south
wardly and weslWardlv through the $ rats
OF Fuca to the Pacific; the Navigation ol
this sound or bay to be open to 10th parties;
and the navigation OF the Columbia river,
up the main stream and up its north branch.
to the 49th parallel Of latitude, to he free
to the liudson's Bay Company and British
subjects trading with that company. On
the whole, as we understand it, England
has assented to terms not quite so iapora.
bIe 10 her as were offered in Ma. GaDlatins
proposition of 1927.
; We doubt not that the arrangement will
he found 10 te a just ami equitable one,
maintaining the honor and securing the
essential rights Of both parties; aud this is
Just what II ought to be. he. 1uaiIe men
IN both countries will approve it, and good
: men all over the world will rejoice that
"a' "oS "eeh oVetPu' an" lhe ail''ao.e re-
,a''olS VI TWO s'eS' 'e'"'us n'NoHT nave
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10y "l'o' '"I'' 'e"''''o"S tlI our MINDS
.o W '",Se ,I WV "'Ve no" ne'u'e' t''"' ho'
;oo'''' yuo'Hi WV '"'S 'o''' u''cN "'o crowd
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The Washington cor rnsconden, If ia,
phiadoInbja Nonh Amar,.,n sno,t,,,, ~
f the proceedings of the Tinted S,,les %sN.
ate on the proposition 10, The settlen,ant n
the Oregon question. saws.
Tho Ssn,Io ,r,o r.. b,,or.,A ;o,,.
ri,v Of ,he cono,, " J.crjaI W. r ''o' al , & ,'''
erao,e considerations, ana looked only NJ
Ji.eG"r,oJ " Nv !, I,Ivy Ia" =" '',. a. ln'S
, gratitude of their country. The first difi,
Guilty they had to encounter, was the differ.
eht amendments to The man proposition
anor m -, """pa,o. " amy 1.I' W. .'''. now,
d,I',, ",,l"P a,,I PI '%.'' "p"'" nave 'I'o'Veu
,ber wera ~ ,,o,aI r. % uT''as we S'''tnen'
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c,Innn.1 ea'',' ,'a Inr '"'' H"uSS'e' ana the"
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oharrad ~; W "'o rI eS''aI"''' "o"" nave
'"o' "'H 'p'e' "'u II u'eh necessary ic
h,oh ,,L w. :" o,,,''"s' o''', 10 'nt SIound
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