Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1846-06-20

1924, was the opinion Of the public as well us of tie
minister. Ii is found in the London Quarterly Review
October NUMBER 1922 IL is in discussing the bouil.
darIes of New Caledonia, for which he proposes on
the south the line of the lake of the Woods to the sea
"Another river called the Caledonia, (Frazer holding
parallel course TO the Tacouche Jesse (Coumbia) falls
into the Admin atty Inlet of Vancouver
tude 49, and forms boundary between ne ter
rl'oiy Wese Caledona and that Of the United States
and falling III precisely continued line with the
parallel with the lake Of the Woods, and leaving about
degrees OF latitude between it and the Columbia"
So said the Quarterly Review in January, 1922, No.
II, article "Western Caledonia"
set out to establish, upon the admissions of Great
Britain herself right to the Columbia river and its
valley. L have done more. l have established her
admission TO the line of 40, giving near three de-
grecs on the coast, the valuable waters about the
Straits of Fuca and Pugets Sound, and the whole
Olympic district, part of all which In the valley
of the Columbia.
We thus see that, in 1921 the British government
by authentic acts, and by the language of Mr.. Can
ming, admitted right to the river and valley of the
Columbia; ard, what better, limited their ella i'm
To 10. AT the time we see, that our govern
ncnt Was Offering 49, so that the two governments
were of accord and the question is, why they did not
agree. The documents furnish the answer to this
question, and strange answer IT is. Nothing else
than love of partnerships, and desire to go in
To partnership with Russia and Great Britain IN the
Of all the country beyond the Rocky mountains,
each enjoying the OF the whole Ill common with
others, and the title to remain in allegiance The En-
peror of Russia, like wise man, declined all share
III this mixed concern, got his own part land oil to
himself. and has enjoyed it since i'll peace and
quietncss. The British government, like another
wise man, accepted our PROPOSAL went into partner
ship with u.s. took the use Of the whole herself and
claims it as her We were the only
wise In the transaction and our lmprovldence, 50
visible to everybody now, only by myself then,
evidently resulted from the under estimate of the
country, which was then SO universal. BY our pro-
posal OF partnership prevented the settlement OF
the boundary, and put power stronger than
selves III possession of our property power which
has kept long that 1t begins TO dream that 1t Is
its own and now we are raising fleets and armies
and preparing set the four corners of the world
fire, TO get HIM out again. | had the vanity to de-
II the day first heard of IT, in the year ISIS
and thought | doing something. | even pub
shed my remuneration in articles which deemed
quite sensible, and expected to make great sensa-
ton. On the contrary, no. one responsive note was
obtained from the thousand newspapers which
the United States contained; and found myself as
solitary then i'll advance of the public as am now be-
hind it,
trust that have made good title, and that up
on British admissions to the Columbia river and its
valley. modified by the line of Utrecht. Up to that
line, If 1t becomes necessary, am willing TO fight
but, before fighting, | want to talk-to talk under
standingly, with a knowledge of the subjcct-and to
.
ask nothing but what is rght-submlt tc nothing that
is wrong Upon this principle have spoken,
whether wisely, it not for to say but 1t is not
newly-lt is not new talk with me- Twcnty-cigh
years ago wrote what now speak. Eighteen years
ago. and when had already been eight years
Der of this body, submitted resolution in relation to
this Oregon question: which have seen no reason to
reiract or modify since that time, and which may
stand for the text of my speech this day. 1t III
these words
Rcsolred That is expcicn for the Of
the Uuited States TO treat with his Britannia Majesty
reference to their territorial claims and boundaries west Of
Rocky upon the basis of occupation ty
the citizens Of the United States and subjects Of Great Bit
ain. of the country claimed by each power.
Reoired That it is expcdent for Of the
United with his Britannia Majesty refer
their said claims and boundaries, upon tie basis Of
separation Of interests and tho establishment. Of the 49h
degree Of latitude boundary between
them. in the shortest possible time"
1t was in the session of ls27-'2s, and before the
ratification of the second partnership convention
the one we are now determined to get rid Of at even
the price Of war-and with the view of preventing
the ratification of that convention that this resolution
submitted. 1t presented my view of the settle
ment Of this question: namely, no partnerships, the
immediate establishment Of a boundary, and the 49th
parallel for that boundary. They my views now
and, having said enough against partnerships, and
enough in favor of settling upon some line, GO on to
give my reasons in favor of that of forty mine.
1t i the line which parts, more suitably than a
line following their high lands could do IT, the val
lcys of the Columbia and Frazers river saving to
all our discoveries and settlements beyond the Rocky
mountains, and leaving to the British the whole of
theirs 1t continuation Of the line this side of
the mountans-a line which happens to conform
the phical Of the continent this side
of the mountains, and equally so on the other. On
this SIDE it parts the two sytems of waters, one of
which belongs To the valley Of the Mississippi, and
the other to the basin of Hudsons bay; the other
side, it parts the system of waters which belong to
the valley Of the Columbia from those which belong TO
Frazers river cutting off the heads of few streams
vi about equal value each hand Ii Is the line of
Utrecht line which will be denied but by
, fcw-and to which few, nothing more on this point
will ever be said by Ii is the line Of RIGHT,
sultng from the treaty of Utrecht and as such al
ways looked to- in the early stages of this conrover-
sy, both by British and American statesmen, the
ultimate line Of settlement and boundary between the
countries. 1t is the line of right resulting from the
said treaty Of Utrecht, up to which Mr. Adams, III his
despatch to Mr.. Middleton, Of July 49, 1923 alleged
- unqucstonable title" TO extend; for only upon
that treaty could line of unque>onoble title" be
avcrred. On any other basis, II could only be line
of conventional conventional line of mutual agree
ment; and Mr.. Adams To confound
two things different In their nature 1t is the best
line for Us for it gives us all the waters OF Pugets
sound and Bengham's bay-I do not say the Straits
of Fuca (for those straits. like all the other great
straits III the world part of The high seas, and
capable of sef-approprlaon by any naton;) it gives
us these waters, and with them the picturesque and
fertile square, of more than hundred miles every
way. lying between the Straits of Fuca and the CO.
lumbia, and between the Pacific coasts and the Cas-
cade range of mountains and of which Mount Olym-
pus the centre, is the browning ornament, and
from which the whole district derives its classic name
Of Olympic.
All this The line of the treaty of Utrecht gives us
which the line of the valley of the Columbia would
not for that river has valley at its mouth and cn.
ters the sea through gap in the ron-bound coast