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land. With the exception Of the free
: ports, this was the same offer which
had been made~by the British, and re
IJected 6y The American government in
the negotiation of 1926. This propo.
.sltlon was properly rejected by The
American PARLIAMENTARY on the day i,
! was submitted. This was the only pro-
nosluonof compromise offered by the
| British plenipoieRtiary requesting that
"a proposal should. be made. by the Uni
ted States for ''an equitable adjustment
Of the, question"
+ When | came into office, found this
/. to- be the state of the negotiation.
Though entertaining the settled cenvic-
ton, that the British prctentions of title
-cueld not be maintained to any portion
otthe Oregon territory upon any prin.
.lpfe of public law recognised by ma
/ lions, yet, in difference to what had been
l done by my predecessors. and especial
Iy in consideration thai propositions Of
| compromise had been three made By
! two preceding admin stratioffs, TO adjust
the question on the parallel Of forty
nine degrees, and in two-olsthefn yield
ing .tosGreat Britain The free naviga-
Ton OF the Columbia, and that The pend;
ing negotiation bad been commenced on
the basis Of Compromise deemed il to
/ be my duty nota6rup!e!yi 10 break it off
IN consideration, TOO, that underf- the
conventions of.18l8 and 1927, the ci-
! tizens and subjects Of the TWO Powers
held joint occupancy Of the. country,.I
was induced 10 make another effort.to.
settle this long pending controversy in
the SPIRIT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ad,giv
birth to tferenewed discussion. A pro-
Rosltlea was accordingly made, which
was rejected by the British Iae1ipeten
tiary, who, without submitting any.
other proposition, altered the. negotfl.
-taoneon his part TO drop, expressing his
trust thai the United States " oi,la Offer
what he saw fit 10 cal. ..sotf1e furrn.her
proposal for the settlement Of the Ore.
gon question, more consistent with fair
nesssand equity, and with the reasoTia,
bic expectations of the Rsseish. govern
menl." The propoSit'oti Thus offered
and rejected repeated the offer Of he
parallels Of forty -n'ne degrees OF riorlh
latitude; ~hichsFg4d been made by two
preceding ADMINISTRATIONS, but without.
proposing tie surrender 10 Great Brf-
tam, as lhey hal done, the free naviea-
ton OF the Columbia river. The rfrht
81 any foreign Power to the free aayi
ga1son of any Of our rivers, through the
scarf OF our country, was one which, [
/ was unwilling TO coneede. 1t alse en-
braced provision to make free TO Great
+ Britain any port or'ports on the cap of
Quadra Nanceuver's island. south Of
ibis parallel Had this been a new cues
-t1on, coming under a discussion ia -fhe
first time, lhis proposition would moi
have been made. The extraordinary
aud. wholly inadmissible demands Of the
British COVE rnment, and the rejection.
OF the proposition made in difference
alone 10 what had been done by nv
predecessors, and the Implied obligat ion
which their acts seemed to impose, al,
lord satisfactory evidence that no com. !
promise WHICH the United States ought
TO accept, can be effected. With This
conviction, the proposition Of con1pro-
mise Which had been made and. rejected.
was, by my direction, subsequently,
Withdrawn, and our title to the whole
Oregon territory asserted, and, as Is be
llesed maintained by irrefrag able facts
and arguments
The civilized world will see in these
proceedings spiritof liberal conces-
sion on the part of the United States: and
this government will be relieved from
all responsibility which may follow The
failure 10 Settle the controversy.
All aitempis at compromise having
failed, 1t becomes the duty Of Coneress
to consider what measures 1t may be
proper to adopt Tor The security and I
protection Of our citizens now lnhabit-
ing, Or who may hereafter inhabit Ore
gon, and Cor. the maintenance Of our
usi title 10 that territory In adopting
for this purpose, care should
be taken that nothing be done to violate
The stipulatlons of the convention Of.
1927, which Is still in force.' The faith