Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-15

Fox, although opposed 10 the mlnlStf,
t in this case, sustained the address TO lh'
king, distinctly upon the ground, no
that England should maintain merely ~
indemnificaticn for the vessels taken ant
the property sei&rd; bul that Spain shoule
be made 10 renounce the pretended anC
absurd tile which she had set up. The
fact is undoubtedly true, as the Secreta
ry Of State has declared that, in all her
discoveries, Spain did moi send her nav
igators to acquire "A tile, but 10 ascer'
tain the character Of the country to
which she thonghr she had a title under
the grant of Pope Alexander vi. (Hers
Mr.. McDufie read an exIracI frnm the
speech of Mr.. Fux, in lie Hnuse OF
Commons, sustaining The view just CIV
en.) Twill not trouble the Senate with
reading the remarks made by any of the
other Speakers on this OCCASION in tn"
British Parliament; but they all concur
in the same view. M. Pitt himself de-
cIar.s expressly thai the property of the
subjects of Great B:ilan had been seiz
ed in a country to which she had as clear
right as SPAN, and that the pretension,
Of Spain 10 exclusive sovereignty we're
itotalIyunfounded. think have shown
that Spain had no right by virtue Of her
discoveries: | think | have also shown
that Grea, Britain has denied the ri ghi
of Spain from the moment she had any
occasion 10 contest il. SO far as our
claim rests ON that of Spain, really
regard it NOT al all 1; and believe that
previous TO the convention and during
the discussion with Great Britain'in 1918;
neither she nor the Unired States, gave,
for one moment, the slightest cnnsidera..
lion to the Spanish call. For il will
be- remembered, ami now assert it,
that Spain never did makt settlement
on thar coast. Mr.. G. eenhow states
that she never nigds settlement until
1789. Without going in'o that, cons
lend that in any just sense of the term
she never made setllenicn!-never in!
tended 10 make setlIeneht-never in.
dicated design to make d settlement.
Well, let it be remembered tina, previ.
Gus TO 1889, or a few years previous,
nobody supposed that. a settlement on
..ssillaL.coa possible: Ii HasuHssoF-
ally regarded as an iron:bodnd coast,
without bay or inlet, or any place where
a vessel could obtain even temporary
relief. Nobody had ever attempted to
land north Of a very southern latitude
Spain had never designed TO make a
settlement there: | have heard it said
10 the course oI this debate; hat The set>
dement's of CIR a, B.ilaln weie for ira
ding purposes, but that Spain intended
to settle it for agricultural PURPOSES
Where is the evidence that Spain intend.
ed to settle ii for agricultural purposes,
or for any other purpose? She had
hundreds Of thousands of square miles
of territory south Of that country, infn-
itely more valuable, which TO this day
she has no, been able TO people, and
perhaps never will. But the settlement
OF Noolka Sound-let me call to that
the attention OF the Senate, with view
10 the argument advanced yesterday by
tie honorable senator from Arkansas,
and which has been very ingeniously
made use Of in another quarler some
time ago:
Ii is conlcnded that one of the claus
es of the Nuolka Sound convanton,
winch refers 10 the captures m de SUBJ
sequent to 'he final ratification Of the
treaty, the claims which England deriv-
ed under The Noolka Sound conven-
lion we're north Of Nnu'ka SQUAD, be-
cause Nontka Sound was tho northern
Spanish settlement. Now a settle
ment, according TO the law of nations,
is that in the sense evidently used in the
convention of Nooika, and meais bo-
dy of people settling dow, wilma view
to reside in tile country. That is set
clement. Wha. was the character OF
the Spanish settlement at Nootka sound!
Mearss had indicated some intention OF
making settle ment. He had gone there
and built houses--as he alieges-aad
another English captain who came 10
there afterwards, says he was directed
10 make permanent settlement there.
Be that as il may, what was the nature
Of the Spanish settlement Why there
were one or two armed vessels sen.
there by the Spanish authorities for the
sole and exclusive purpose OF driving
oul the English and Russians, or any
others whom they might fnd'here. they
look military possession, and retained
tba, possession-how long7 Why exact
iv up to tho period when, according to