Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-02-19
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spot and inch "i the enfe territory VI The gbs shalt
be oeeaptd N by virtue IL such onyentions sssrs-
men's that yon sir. hold The yun occupy, and tkss
do not. aud thai no ulher lndividcsl ta lake hts
yon. ls ~ H
! Our THE 10 Oregon has tho same E,uuda,im Whes
the discovery u Columbus came ~ be- real,s~d a mat.
ief OF great lmpoftac~. other ,ook Into sAei,
heads 10 plant colonies this cn,ioent and Than asvss
gne'ons nnd to'vetseso rights between them which
ha'e never been settled To this dsy On, i,e IN De.
gon Is une vi these questions 1.-THE 10 tefftt ID draws
IRON yalious an - & =
Wehave been told tina, Tho lille ~ river snd 10
n TIE territory drained by thai river aud oil is branch.
e. ~ derived ifo discovery aud oa,i III the river
Aud his has been partially agteed to- n 10 peWesollv
allowed AZ comforting rghl--,nd this Il hss A,es
sad WI can maintain our auUry ~ the valley III TN
Columbia. 81 : y
But tins is mol The foundation Of out ,i,i,, hs,s u
pehilemen viii turn 10 the lst vnlnn ne III Hoard,
STATE PereIs they viii find charter piven ~ ChsvIes
J. TO The colony of Massachusetts Nay, In hjrh ~
monarch gives her all Of this continent lying bewsp~
mo PARALLELS OF DO aud Is deg. iro,n SEA 10 srs--
ma Was the inst charter granted any one ~, this en-
,!nen' lhe eome sort III chatter g,veo 10 Virginia
inc particular PARALLELS ot latitude lorge,, hut Il n.
'ehd'h iron, sea iosa Other American charters DE-
tised rom kings nj EnRland also EXTEND like tksss
nom sea !" sen but VIA, tight had these nris spvs-
gns 10 give away this continent In p,r,ions betSeea
certain designated parallels Of latitude any mors man
the Po" had 10 give AMY III. whoe continent Avn
p'e npnlo What batter ngh, had King IL Ear.
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pen,omen who Ell hete and divide the Spanish si,is
'n'd thet avn State tenory by pranis aud chasses,
iron Brush Kings, and they mus, RELY up,n ,he,u ~
sustain htr night to their own territory lftks terri.
'oy t" u una, or Instance, "as 10 be- tispued, an
'hse eeolomcn 10 tell me whether their rivh In IN
territory On which Rlchmund -iabds or NorCplk A.
moi resi- On Just such grants II they say tsse sous,y
no night where viii they % ,r their title2 They WM
immediately go !" The charter Of James tho First: I'M
must T." there they can go M where elsenn tAsy
prefer" 10 tlg by conquest under tho eciar,tis,o Is
independence. We NIL rely IN such charters in M
o"''u's. Al hs very hour, here Ia soniesi roinR -
between my own baloyed Massachusetts and The Ssuo
ot Rhode Island which love almost as much, vehiuA
turns entirely ona charter from William and Nos,v.
wh",h The by, were nsprprrs: what right had shss
!" give away this continent was reading the othse
gay the history Of contest between Spanish sfbitfussss
aud HE wise Queen Ellz,be,b--in which tho 1vees
says that The Pope had no rsh 10 make e,sc,s ~ ma
occupied and ba,afous territory she could disrcru m
Iieht he had, and his giants CREATED M valid siIrs
E'a,pe'h "As "ry wIre III this; but ask whs, drhs
"aa sue 10 make such grants any than the Pope7
come down To The pretended lvncple iiat dia-
rosefy o' The mouth nj tho river gives Tides 10 ~
lhe territory dra'0ed by that river, (which n me
er'ihn on Which We clam the valley of The NIisssslp.
r "a pa'cel oi 'he right by which you hold Soss
o'e' Va ms "ni 60, again. n the charters granted
by u" kngs NJ. .tplspya Ghsp, tsAro ~ fdu.N
hi HE continent a- hrs brwccen 40 aud 10 deg and
between The Atlantic and Pacific ocean, without any
regard 10 The mouths oi rivers Ut 10 any thirty eise.
Iho kinlsof Europe. f,lowng the examIie ~ sks
Pope, made grants this oonent and else is.ys m,
on such principles AS 'hry though, proper WhsN thsS
ouhd ai HE discovery Ut thu inouh ol ttvet k.m =
Tor their advantage. uey claimed that MI The trtrtfv
drained by snch iver N r own, and they rfshsed
II Ia whom they WOULD aud on shch erms a. sus,pH
themselves IN his WINS Louis XIV granted 10 CnAast
power 10 trade @ih i' Nis,n sippr--ie o., III him
~ but gave hun rowcr trade IN the Mssise.ps
p Valley yet we hold by that very chariet, Ihs sivev
had been discovered, however, before by Brush sabs
Iecs. stisasr q p
All these titles impetic,. the hrsc dlscov.ty
i ilveI 81 u Island uonlefs no thla In itself Es
porann comes next this gives snuehhe rh"re 81 ".
tie Then community and coneni,y, both in giving
some degree Of u'le but none Of them all give rrsfscs
tiile III and OF themselves Nothing 10 compets N I'm
way OF ic but ac'uaI possesson, and thai n an
want 10 iave "eear and ndispnahso iitie 10 OfW.
gon. We want rossession--oc ,npa,ion. s 81
we have made two conventions with Great DFstW
-one IN 1915 and another In iS2Y--cOnveniiuws ~
which We did not astHr any iini ocs upa,ion NJ aWv
thing like II. w the days of Jack Fasaif WIN wss
so 'ace"usy alluded TO N. other evening by the ssnlls
man from oho Mr.. Stark eather) certain Dull les. N
sheet once said "liisse villains III n.ske tina Wsvd
captain a- odous the word occupy, which WAS an ek.
cellenl good word before il was III sorted'
tear that before long this word jnt occupation will
become as odous as Faslafs said be feared Il would
be; II Is SO often ' sorted" There ID no ocevvs .,w
OF Ofosonj occupation is what we want, aud VIVA, {
would gei by putting end 10 the dnvenun sT 1927
What Is that cunverllon? The genllenan ffun Ueos.
GA MI King. 10 his personal remarks little Nhilo
ag' called upon me 10 say why agreed tn thai chvea-
item and yet how can say That the American title
IS good 10 the whole Of Orrpon7
(Air KING rose Correct Inc statement. The pres- i
Ito" he had asked was, not why the honorable gentle.
man had agreed to the conven,o, but why lie had MT
entered protest against the British ciaim)
Mr.AoAMs. ! answer, according to his own des,
that IN the OF The first convention WAS acting In
subordinate capacity Secretary Of State 10
cellen' and esmable man, Tor whose menoty shall
er cherish the highest regard James Monrie: and 40 10
the second convention which was made during The time
that occupied the office of President tell that aentls-
man that Il he will read !, he will find il contains fus
NAL protest against the claim ot Great britain. have
the conventions here, and will read from them. Mt. J,
A. here quoted Tie third article Of the Nrst cenveu.
ton: .e ls.sEg SO fakt p $3.50 tsA tsts
at is agreed that any country that may be claimed b.
either party the northwest coast Of America vest
ward 10 HE S,ofy Nonnians SHALL together with iss
harbors hays, creeks. and the navigation Of ~ rivers
win the same be freed and open f.r lire term Of ten
years from the date OF the signature u" the present
ven'lon To the vessels, czens. and subjects of the
Powers" SIS ias'3 II gvE N -
i that occuraon--jaiut OF sevessi? NJ such t.iss 1
II is non occupaon Il is an agreement Il, leavs Inc
country l.c aod olen all the world or ten yea,s 's
oeing well undeIsood'-here's the pfotesi--.sn ksimg
well understood that this agreement H. e.s.
sirued TO the prejudice l any claim which either RsAs
two high Contracting pares may have 10 any psst ~
claims Of any other Power State ~ sny rsr II ~
said country" ,.s, ,a .sa.s ~ HiisFfse ses2'
beg the committee 10 take good nsiice al what 49,
lows, for mean 10 draw my argument from II: "The~
only object If the high contracting PARTIES bea9 -
prevent Disputes and differences ahoh1ss shemssbssa
This is my answer 10 the gentieEan tom Gewxta.@s
That is The only object Of the cnvsntnn. That N~iSe
H.. III. ~ 1n~~