The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-01

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~ h o ms Ssi S,s1ssct III psav ninth
parallel Of north latitude snd om the point d such inter.
section due west along and with the said parallel shall be
the dividing line between his Mgesys tsrritoHss and
saS sbst h me oatea states 10 ihs s S b ss
shall form ls souiAs BOUNDARY Of his Msjasty territories
and the northern boundary Of the said territories Of the Uni
yea FTspdsd That nothing 10 lhe present article shs
or to the srorss to or claimed by either ma ~
the continent Of America 10 the westward Of the Stony
mountains"
'"'''" o. as the British eg.~'''''""' "'IS agree /"
~a""'
es,s ma rsi' go ~ 49, SYsssrn naint of The
Lake Of the WooSs until il sbs intersect the ortynnth
section west along and with the said parallel shall
the dyIdng liz. htsssn bis Nassty,s territoTes and
those Of hs nid ss 10 The westwsr OF he ssd lake
their Ttspse sytOrsS attend in that quarter and
that the said line shall 10 that extent form the southern
souEDAKT of his Majesty said and the northern
boundary OF the sa1 Territories of the United states Pro
ridsd that nothing In ths present article shall be con
strued extend 20 the northwest coast Of America
the territories belonging TO or claimed by either party on
the eonnent Of Amsrea 10 the westward Of the stony
msuntainsH
,.,Ns p,,L,
iie 20 concurrence (saiu nrI d. III 'he PIocesa-
lngs OF the eommissares under the treaty OF Utrecht
ners Is submission to that treaty on the part OF the
nriuSh' ana surrender under its inekoraoie pro-
visions OF all pretensions to the long-ehenshed and
Earring pursuit OF the free Navigation OF the Mlssls
sippi' True, the article did not then IlPen into
treaty stipulation IL was many years afterwards
namely, al London, In lelo-that this line OF ~ was
estsoHshed to the Rocky mountains but the offer
VI inc aueie IN leUI was conclusive OF the Preten-
SION. ana though mentioned al Ghent In 1913, Il was
quickly abandoned
Inc question now Mr.. b. said) was TO see what
reception these articles mel with at home-met with
nom Mr. Jsferson--to whom they were OF course
Ihheoiate'y communicated And here let Mr.. JEFF
,eIs9n speak ior himself as speaking through Mr..
"auisohi III leter 10 MessIs Monroe ana PINK
NuhT' flnhncy, OF Ndryldnu, having men lOln-
ca Mr. Monroe In London under date OF July 3Oth,
iooH
Your letter Of April 26th enclosing the British pTojet
son'shuon o. hm' and your proposed amendments have
The terms on which tbs P.idsnS ssbn"ss. vo 70
and sign the Instrumsnt w. =" N'
The modiheson Of the Sth article (notsd which
the bi'h eommi'siohen would have agreed to- may be
tainabe But II il much u he 10 ssa.sg ,hh
not made ultmaum that the prgri,o 10 10th shonH be
omitted This Is in no view whatever, neces,ary and
ns otneI ense' man as an offensive intimauon to
Ever rsssonsbls ,ncb cIsi " 'he Lscne ocean HOW
Of Others Il Is mpolie especially at the present moment
to strengthen Spanish jsaOusss Of the United which
a opyeo' with Great Britain to excite BY the
M. :,
ms, MI rt iea was Mr. Jenersons opinion
oil inc llne OF 4SO-ior II hroughout-ln Its whole
extent, "dfhnueiy, as settled under the treaty Of
ouecht ana not only Tor II, but earnestly and
pressIngly 10. lie was for cutting of the proylso,
and iettng the line run through to the ocean! And
who and what was Mr.. Jefferson, in relation to this
oregon rVer, the uLle TO which was to have been
settled by this liner lie was, we might say, its very
dlscoyerer Tor, long before the time of Lewis and
Clarke, and even before that OF Gray, when IN ano
ther part OF the worid-when the United States min
lister to France under the coniederation-his pho
sophie nina told him that the lofty ridge Of the
Rocky mountains, penetrating the region of eternal
snow, and uaversing the country north and south
must turn waters each way-to the west we'll as
n N he lhn
well as to the Gulf Of Mexico: his philosophic
mind saw this, and his practical genius propo-
sed the realization OF his vision. The young
and intrepid traveller, Ledyard, was then in Par
ID, on his way to commence that African
petition in which he so unfortunately lost his life
Mr.. Jefferson proposed to him to relinquish that
design-to betake himself to a new theatre-to the
new world, and TO the western slope Of the North
American continent lie proposed 10 him 10 pro-
coed to 81. Petersburg, furnished with the proper
letters to obtain the permission and the protection Of
the Russian government to proceed overland to
hamschatka-cross the sea at Behring's straits
follow the coast down until he came to the great
river which must be there-then follow il up to its
source in the Rocky mountains-and, crossing over
come down the Missouri. This is what Mr.. Jeffer-
son proposed to Mr.. Ledyard some sixty years ago.
twenty years Afterwards and when President Of the
United States, he carried his idea into effect through
the expedition OF Lewis and Clarke. Their expedi-
uon was the execution OF the object proposed to
Ledyard; and nobly did they execute it. Their re-
turn route was particularly valuable. They dis.
covered the route on the return voyage which
Will be the commercial route between and
ASIA. The year after their return, Mr..
Henry, OF Missouri, discovered the South
Pass, and through it the overland line of travel
will forever be; but the return route OF Lewis
and Clarke will be the route Of commerce. 1t pre-
sents but two hundred and ten miles Of land car
riage between the great falls ofthe Missouri and the
upper falls Of the Columbia, passing the mountains
through low gap and a fertile country, long
marked by large Indian and buffalo road.
Mr. Jefferson, IN this proposition to Ledyard,
and In tins expedition of Lewis and Clarke, stands
,or.h as .ne virtual oiscoSerer' and almost the IA
'Ier OF the oo'",npa river IL was the chid OF his
ahec,lohs anu o; ms Pr'ue, ana ne cherShed 1t not
mercy as an oolecs OF science, out OF the greatest
utiny' ne lookeo 10 u Tor great practical DEMENT'S
70 nus country, ye. me- 'ory years ago, IN the very
sn,hns;sao for Their smccs.s Sli"d anu "neh
b;s ou,n nor. ,han oil rro LIZ 'aey oosohl, anu
os.d b,,, nrssssd ,ho p,oposeu anu not o' S6 pro
uo Of 70 ,ho 60 10 hehe 49, .ne
yell wbat he was obout tben and vhsro 'ba, 'Gy