Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-01
REMARKS OF MR.. BURT,
OF South Carolina, on the Oregon Ques.
tor Delivered zia the House Of Repre-;

tion Delivered in the House Of Repre-
ssafd dtsUss. s6FaaT y 7',Ts466:z.
: The llonse being in Committee Of the
Whole on The stale Of the Union. and
having under consideration the join, reso
luton u terminate the convention Of
1927 for The jnint occupancy Of the Ore.
Tru tewisory, and the various amend
ilienrs thereto
Mr. Burt addressed the committee as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman II has hccn assumed
by those who have preceded me in this
debate. that The chief iuhuccncn, TO give
Tire notice recommended in the annual
message nf the President is. that it will
contribute 10 speedy adjustmen, Of the
question OF boundary between The Unilcd
Sares and Grea, Britain. And it was in
sisted by the gentleman from Alabama.
IMr. H0ustun,) as an objection TO the
proposition Of his colleague, tNlr. Darsan)
thai any definition of the limits Of the
country on the northwest coast, of which
we should take exclusive possession when
the notice expires, would embarrass our
negotiations; and we were admonished
by that gentleman, that If we desired a
compromise Of this question, i've should
give The notice.
Sir, entertain 4 different opinion.
undertake TO say that The only reason as.
signed by The Presileh,, aud the only b
iecl 10 be accomplished by the notice, is
be terminating the treaty of joint occu-
pancy, to ena1e US td take exclusive pos.
session Of the territory.
What is the language Of the President?
Does he not inform us thai, in considcra-
ton ,ha, Mr.. Monroe and Mr.. Adams
had each proposed to the government OF
Great BRIAN the forty ninth parallel Of
North iatitadc as the bo,mdary. ho fel,
constrained 10 make another effort to ad-
just this long pending controversy p
That he had submitted the offer of the
forty ninth parallel, without the right TO
navigate the Columbia river, which had
been rendered by his predecessors, AM! thai
it had been rejected! Sir, his language IS:
1.-The extraordinary and wholly mad
missible demands of The British govern
.nent, and ihe rejection Of The proposition
made in Difference alone OF what had been
done by my predecessors, and The implied
obligation which 'heir acts seemed 10 inn
pose, afford satisfactory evidence that no
compromise which the United States
ought to accep, can be effected" With
this conviction, the proposition of CON-
promise, which had been made aud re-
jec,ed, was. by my direction, Subsequent
Iy Withdrawn, and our tile 10 the whole
Oregon territory asserted, aud, as is be-
lieved, maintained by irresragible facls
and arguments" "All attempts a. com.
promise having failed, it became tho duty
of Congress to consider what measures ii
may be proper to adopt for The security
and protection oil our citizens now inhab.
iting, or who may hereafter nhabil, Ore
gon, and for the nain,aiaance Of our just
title TO that territory"
The measures which The President,
deems necessary 10 the protection OF our
citiz.ns, now 10 Oregon, or those who
may hereafter emigrate to that country.
are suggested in his message. They are,
the extension Of our jurisdiction and laws
over them; the establishment Of Indian
agencies; The erection o. blockbouses