The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-13

entTely the Tact that no had not the smallest rich,
any indemnify; thai il there was an Outrage me-
him at al, II was becaus he was acting und.,
commission from Portugal as a subject of Porn
gal. All this hidden; Mesres never tol4
that he acting under Portuguese author,y
and fraud Of the East India Company, as we'll :,
Of Spain and of China. Mr.. A. was unders,ooI
TO refer to publication within the last wear q,
two from English sources, which said il was Inn.
that for the sake Of avoiding trouble with Chin. l.
did ft out under the Portuguese flag That was ~
way (said MIR. Al that they got rid Of that; and
al the same time they tell that one cause of H.,
superior title TO ours is that Captain Grays d.
covery gives no right at all, because he had MOI
commission from the proper American suthOnt.,
Of that day. ...... .sg... ........
floor Of the House before, was the variation Al
expression between the convention Of 1873 and
that OF 1877, 10 neither Of which the word
settlement" was used. Now, in the NOotka sOvDd
convention, the substance Of which was III. nam,
as our conventions with Great Britain Of the y,,,
1918 and the year 1927, the word "settlement' W.,
included that was TO say, that Spain agreed ~,
the subjects Of Great Britain should have N.
right of navigation, and trading with III,
sayages, and Of ssiilsms,a. He had not %,
the convention before him. II anybody would
get Greenhow's book they would find thai eony.,
ton, and they would there find that among m,
rights and privileges reserved to Great Britain Ar
that coast there was nothing like possession of I'M,
territory nothing like jurisdiction, but merely N.
freedom TO navigate, the freedom to trade with ,h,
sayages, and TO make settlements. Now that WORD
settlement" in the Nootka sound convention, WA,
Of the strings upon which they harp the most a,
giving Great Britain territorial rights over N,
northwest coast because they had stipulated win
Spain that they should be allowed the RICH, 70 nav
CATION, commerce, and trade, and to make seul,.
ments. IL was very Unnecessary to inquire wh.l
the spirit Of that treaty; but The said) they hsr
upon il very much, as giving 10 them the right 10
exercise jurisdiction and possession Of territory
there. He would not enter into the question whelk
er that Nootka sound convention was abolished by
war, nor would he consume the time Of the con-
miuee by bringing up the controversy which h,
himself held with the British government in 1918, IN
which they say, IN so many words, that TOUR right
to claim under the Nootka sound conventions; th,
that claim Is Of no account whatsoever, since war
abolished the treaty. That was the question
whether the treaty Of independence was violated BY
war. They maintained it was. Mr.. A. maintained
It not; and he stated the discrimination of tre.
ties which were not violated; and Lord Bathuna
took the ground that the British government knss
of no exception to the principle that all uealia
were abolished by the war
Mr.. HoLhEs here addressed remark TO Mr. "A
which was not heard by the reporterl
Well, sir, CONTINUED Mr., A., make no question
whatsoever whether the treaty Of Nootka sount
was abolished by the war or not. | say, that 4
Great Britain entitled to make settle menu
by the treaty Of Nootka sound in 1890, sh,
has forfeited and abandoned that right by the omL
son Of the word in the convention OF 1918 aDi
1927.
10 1918, the convention was made between o,
and Great Britain. Great Britain claimed at thal
time the privileges Of the Nootka sound convention
but she did not choose to claim the right TO maxi
settlements for the limited time Of ten years, ThE
convention itself excluded it; 1t left out that wor
"ahlsmeni,," copying the Nootks sound convenGOn
IN all other respects, leaving the country open for
navigation, commerce, and trade, with the savages
Why did they leave out the word ''settlemenGr
There was no reasons assigned for leaving il out
but If had been included, should have the righl
OF settlement as well as they. They forfeited it;
they renoanced 1t by omitting the word "setemenlr
in the eonSsntion Of 1918. and il continues to b,
omitted to tina day. In 1897, when the convention
came TO be renewed, and indefinite time was assign
ed instead OF ten Years; and there again the reserve
uon of rights OF any third power was omitted, clear
~, because We had acquired all the rights Of the 81
power, whose rights were reserved before, and the
word settlement Continued to be omitted
Great Britain having no right under that conyen.
ton to make any settlements vh,,eyer.
| Mr.. A. had not the Nootka Sound convention h.
fore him, but If he had, he though, be should ,sk,
| the trouble now Of making the comparison [as bs
had intended to do at the close OF his last k,
between the three conventions. --,
The convention being here brought him by Mr.
JAMES THOMPSON. 49,
| The clerk, at Mr.. Al request proceeded to read
the third article, on which Mr.. A. said he based hi,
argument so far regards the right Of Great Britain
| to settlement.
The reading had but just commenced, when Mr.
| As hour expired.
Mr.. BURT addressed the Chairman, and pro.
posed, in compliance with what seemed genera
wish of the committee, to yield, to allow Mr. ADAM,
to continue his remarks, stating that he himself did
not wish to occupy his whole hour.
| The Speaker here resumed the chair informally,
and message IN writing was received from N.
President of the United States by the hands Of J.
| Knox Walker, esq, his private secretary
Mr.. ADAMS still retained the floor, and tn.
reading of the article having been concluded, with
the remark that if Great Britain ever had the right
OF making settlements there under this convention
she had forfeited it under the conventions Of 1915
and 1897 by emitting to provide for it, he declined
to use, the privilege Of 81 eakng longer than his
hour, and resumed his seat.
| Mr.. BURT resumed the floor, and said he had
not risen for the purpose of discussing this question
at length.
Mr. BURT said that hs did not intend to enter
into the question of title to this territory, 10
PROFOUND nterrogatories to the gentleman from
Massachusetts,, Mr.. ApAMs,l That gentleman had
| ariSnt 10 pursue sucn course OF argument as, VI
his discretion, he thought proper But CONTINUED
Mr.. B. should have been gratifed if the gentle
man had thought fit to answer some of the objec
tons whish have been urged against his course on
this subject. ! remember that when, amongst 9th.
ers, had the honor Of addressing the committee
upon it, desired to know why it was that he, (en
tertaining the views he had expressed to-day, and
denying, as understood him, that he had received
any new lights respecting our title to this territory
while Secretary of State under Mr.. Monroe
and again whilst President Of the United States
offered to divide the country with Great Britain
and, in the emphatic language of Mr. Clay-an
guage which, upon the gentleman's own au
thorlty, l may attribute to him conveying
his sentiments, and not the sentiments of his Secre
rotary Of State, spoke of an equal partition of h
territory as being the only just mode Of settling tn
conflicting pretensions of the two governments.
then said that this House, and this country, had
right to know of that honorable gentleman, why,
he entertained the opinion that Great Britain had NJ
just preension to this territory-nay, without TIL
expression of any opinion whatsoever Of our owl
tltle--if he believed, as he says to-day he does ba
Great Britain has no just pretension or title to LAM
on that coast, why he was then willing to divide h
country equally between the United States AM
Great Britain believe that he is responsible 70