The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-02

Gefl4 fnan4ers II ~ s1N compromises -
NOT send the PFesiderI ; rranlDiion o.
which he may Pat ja.t any inierFrstaiisa
that suits him.
II ws giEs this notice q IT. | think i
should he given substantially - has heen
proposed " he geallemeh fran Georgia
II consent 10 he n.slisr. il will be. a.
have ssisL % keep this agitation lrem Tun,
ming into the next Presidential elecIien
AMI finally - arrlniaaie The snssIlon; snd
II We give il 81 al. lei Us give il precise,
" as ne intrnd. expressing the opinion
that The difficulty sheUld be stIllrd By
eOmPrenfsc. 50 much ! feel iErlmed ID
vote fnF.
But ihis whole measure Is subnrjina.f
10 higher end. viz. the preservation 81
peace and he settlement If our difkcul.
ties without a resort To arms. My ynie
in regard 20 notice VIII rest on the cues,
lion whether the nniice will advance thai
end or not. And | shall. therefore. reserve
myself until shah be satisfied on thai
point.
I have thns stated why AN kor a CON.
promise, and hnw Ear I am in favor Of
giving notice. l vote on both subject.
under circumstances in which find my.
self placed, and Tor which ! am not in the
least responsible. AN doing the best
can where l find myself. AMI nut wha,
might have done under different cIrcnm.
stances. Irepeal that far these circum.
stances I am not responsible. leariy re.
sisted that state of things which has now
come 10 pass. In 1913 this question for
the first time assumed dangerous aspect.
| then saw, or thought saw, what was
coming. aud examined the question un.
der all it, aspects. AFTER the matures'
reflection | came 10 the conclusion which
! then stated. saw thai there were iva
routes before us Que OF them was 10 al.
here - the convention Of 1927, TODD no.
ll,ng 10 Terminate il, and to adhere STRICT
ly and rigidly to its provisi n. / saw
that although for a time that convention
operated bene6cially fm Great Britain,
yet the period was al hand when our turn
would come TO derive lis benefits. Its
operation threw into her hands the whole
fur trade Of that region, aud we stood by
while the-whole of that rich harvest was
reaped by her subjects: but saw that
we would SOON derive the mast important
advantages from the provisions Of the
treaty. The resisiless increase Of our
population and the gradual progress OF
their enterprise was bringing them fast to
the fnot of the Rocky Mountains. The
great South Pass had been discovered,
and | saw that the settlement Of Oregon
by American citizens was rapidly ap-
preaching.
ff we SHOULD only adhere strictly To the
the progress Of things would
eventually decide who should have the
possession Of the territory. Our power
TO populate the region, and thus to obtain
us actual possession, was far greater than
that Of Great Britain. Its distance from
us was far less; the access to il was
through an open, grassy country. and, TO
men SO active and hardy as our Western
pioneers, The journey presented compar-
aliyely but small difficulty; whereas to
reach Oregon from Great Britain required
a circumnavigaiion of twenty Thousand
Miles space but a little short of the
circumference Of The globe. OF all the
spots on the face of the earth. presenting
to her the possibility of colonization, Ore.
gon was the most remote. There were
hundreds Of colonies that Law nearer. and
presented better soil and climate. Even
New Zealand was nearer to the shores
Of England. All. therefore. that we had
10 do was 10 stick n The convention, to
observe all its provisions with the most
scrupulous fidelity. anil then let the ques
ton of title be quietly and gradually SET
tied by the actual occupation aud possess
sien bf The country. 10 this course there
wa. but one impedimeni: Grea, Britain
might give the notice. But had no such
fear; for had read the discussions Of this
question on her side, and thought |
clearly saw that she placed no great value
upon Oregon. as permanent possession
of the British crown, but rather seemed
TO conclude that, from It's geographical
position, the United States must Ultimate
" get the whole Of il. But, even if her
calculation was otherwise, there were
great impedimenss in the way of her Civ
ing notice TO terminate the convention.
She could do SO If she pleased: so could
we: this was an express provision Of the
treaty, and could not, in ilsei', be cansid-
cred As a hostile movements on either side.
But there was another convention WHICH
Great Britain contends to be still in exis-
tence, but which we insis, has expired,
and that is the convention of Noetka.
This treaty Of Nooka is in strict analogy
with our convention Of. 1918; and If she
should give us no notice, il could not be
sci aside unless its provisions were viela-
ted. We bad observed the terms of our
convention. and this foreeloscd her from
the possibility Of such movement.
h seemed, then. 10 me clear as the light
Of hea, en- that ii would moi do for us to
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