The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-17
LATEST lyfELLIGESCE 81 Tia Halls.
Important Exposition.
WASHINGTON, March II, 1876.
Secretary Walkers posititior dsfnsd-7H< Book
from the Treasury Depa, tmert

WASHINGTON, March II, 1885,
Secretary Walkers posititior defnsd-7He Book
from the Treasury Department
osroor Our right and title containing an account
Of the condition Of the Oregon Territory lie soil eli
ment VI the claims OF Russia, Spain, Great Britain and
me United states accompanied with map. prepared
oy tho author b. WrSsHAM RosEKTsor. Jr OF vir.
gina, Washington Printed BY & o L Gideon, lsae"
Ine foregoing Is the llile-page OF Mr.. koberison's
new book on Oregon, for q copy OF which we are
indebted to the author. Turning over the first leaf
OF the cover, We find the map prepared by the
author" The line OF " Is dotted through from the
Lake OF the Woods to the base OF the Rocky
Mountains, whence, according to the Presidents
"clear and unquestionahle tte,"n should follow the
main ridge norhward to 81 49, thence across to tho
Pacific ocean, embracing all between that latitude
west OF the mountains, aud south 10 the 42i parallel
the Oregon territory But II does no such thing
This book, protesting to give the latest and most
authentic exposition oil "our right and title" and
this map continues the 10Th parallel our boundary
straight through the Sound, and the southern coraer
OF Vancouver's island to the Pacific. Above that
line the territory west and east OF the Rocky Noun
ains is Labelled in open capitals, British Terrific
ry." Between the 49th and 42d degrees the coun-
Try west OF the mountains aforesaid, is marked in
black letters, /" Territory Of Oregon" The map is
Oregon, iesst Of the Rocky Mou,,taiNs &C., prepared
expressly tor this book. The 4oh is set down az
the northern boundary of 1873" assumed, of
course, as the legitimate boundary for 1875. On
the back OF the 'iepage We find this significant in
scription.
Is MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED To TxR
HON. X. j. WALKER,
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Now this u signficant-very significant. We
hope Mr.. Robertson will pardon us that ne ia not
only intimate personal and political friend OF the
Secretary OF the Treasury, but that he 10 also clerk
Treasury depaYtment. In clO
intimacy with the Secretary than mere private ci-
tizen. It is very probable, also, (and this we &C
knowledge to be nothing more than conjecture,) bun
it is likely that Mr. Walker, from his official rela-
tons and proximity to Mr.. Robertson, knew Of the
book before its publication, readit, and endorsed it,
book assuming such decided position against
stances, nave been dedicated to the honorab, Score
tary without an antecedent conference and a fore
gone conclusion.
The preface sets forth the object Of the writer to
to this territory" 'propery appreciated and adjust
ed, and its history far back can be traced read
and known every where" Passing by the hlsto-
rical part OF the work. which, though full oil inte-
resting Details is abundanty known through various
other channels, we come to the 7h chapter, which
consults the question, sshai Oregon be surrendered
to Great Britain" After briefly reviewing the diff
icuties surrounding the general question at Issue.
III is now our duty to submit to no comprombs-to
no halt and os % to
crcumstsncs recsds one hnndrsdsh part Of an inch
from [bA 4of No, but FRONT the Aoth parallel"
Alter setting forth by this arrangement, that we
should secure the valuable harbors OF Fucas Straits.
and almost the entire centre OF the Columbia, the
writer proceeds -
LAS far the coast ia concerned what moro do We
want than this We have all it, advantages all that
poUua Of the whole Of The
tains inexhaustible 10 its soil, admirably adapted to
fishing and hunting and valuable in locston Bat sup
pose that this arrangement would not satisfy US that
oSsosa1 dsnsndns ~ sSSts .:Tritssy from The NJ:
sissippi to the Pacific Oceani demand like
this, in view of the Different csssions and trsa-
ties and after the svowsd and tacit scknow-
Judgements made by our Ministers and Secretaries.
giving TO Great Britain At time the right Of Join
cupancy and at another extending the privilege Of nav
uioaou of the national HONOR siur NPon country,
Chich sOed b. uised Latest Pestsry enS ver
thy @ Ms prompt ,tsssaes Of Great 5,ita'n Ths good
wrong, holds good with nations AZ we'll AZ with ndi
vduals The Concessions that have been made BY our
the world. and change of circum,tsscss and
no stop can destroy their force or ensct We should
anomaly in the history 81 nations but we should en-
desvor by peaceabe means to persuade England intro
ducing plain and nxed facts that our claims are true"
Consequently, by claiming only to -, the author,
BY just construction, declares that north Of that aA-
tude our claims are not true; and that they cannot
| be supported ny "plan and fixed facts"
~
the Secretary to whom it is dedicated, are unequi.
vocal advocates of settlement upon the line OF -
We further assume that the book not without ts
design upon Congress. Both these gentlemen. Mr.
Walker, and Mr. Robertson, were prime movers in
the Baltimore convention; ana they certainly under
stood the drift Of the resolutions for the re-annexa
ton OF Texas, and the re-occupation OF Oregon, moi
less distinctly than Mr. HAYWOOD The !" Kane
letter. not more sfsctory 10 the tariff DE- mo-
Gratis OF Pennsylvan than the re-occupatioa re-
solutions were To the Oregon men OF the West; and
yet their intended construction, adroity disgus-
ed, in both Cases. involved surrender of the very
doctrines which upon their surface, the resolutions
appeared 70 honestly to adopt But the great object
was achieved in the election Of Col. Polk And he
may now, through the ingenuity OF the Souhrons OF
the Baltimore convention. enforce fifteen or twen-
ty per cent ad vaiorem tariff, without violation of
the 'sKane letter" and compromise" upon the
49th degree without intra cou OF the resolutions for
the "re-occupation" OF Oregon.
Again, we assume that Mr.. Walker is advised OF
the position OF the President upon the Oregon ques-
ton, that h would not have accepted the dedi-
cation OF this book, apprised as he must have been
other hand, it would have been his duty, and the
duty OF the author, TO have suppressed il, had the
President lnexorably planted himself upon 81 40 =
But they knew better-they knew the President
not only Wiling but ANXIOUS, to settle the con-
troversy upon the line Of 20 Nor does this position
conflict with the declaration Of the Executive that
onr title is "clear and unquestionabe to the whole
OF Oregon !" Tor the book assumes that the whole
OF Oregon !" is comprised between the I'D and 9th
degrees. What beautiful SOLUTION TO the whole
problem! How clearly the consistency Of the Pres
ident is here maintained During the campaign Of
~, did any body hear oil 81 40f Did any body
hear Of any thing else than the whole Of Oregon
And here we have book which sets down the
"whole Of Oregon" as lying south of the 9th de-
gree And this book emanating from the Treasury
Department.! The d 70 men must give IL up
wrong side Of the fence.
The book is very valuable one on account of
the history, the statistics, the diplomatic corrcspon
dence. and the treaties which it embodies, indie
pendent Of the map and the argument in support Of
the line OF ~ Tn DocroR.
PHILADxLpuiA, March 10, leA6.
The great Freshet-Dsfsntion Of the Hails7As Weaker
-D'Sarfsre s the Eastern Asiisi alteration Of N~s-
Psnic in the Stock Market.