Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-06-04

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EXCLUSION was enforced very soon aer we iok p,sses
sio" ihe ques"n now is. upon what authority did
.he oovernor &C, IN Masking this cuson and to VIVA,
Inc DID he extend ~ Doubles, by order Of hi. owl
u"vrr"men but II is good be certain; and in the case
o' MI Uresnhows overshadow ing authority backed AZ
II !" ny the Senator from Michigan II becomes n,crss,,v
:" prove every hing, even that Governor of upper
Louisiana had the authority Of his Government, for Tho
oo""dareso' ms province. Fortunately the first Cows
e'nor Of upper Louisiana wss man of letters =, w. .
" '"e sword aud employed his leisure hours in drawing
upa h'snry Ut the country which he was sent II, ,oy,rn
u was Malar Amns S'oddsrd who afterwards lbs, h,s
NE at ter, Mess during the late war with cr,,, nm,
ain In his useful work moJc,tly teamed S8f,br, M
i,ouS"nd ne thus sptaks OF the northern boundary Of
his province:
II he commerce of Cro1at, by the terms of the N,
Tent extended 10 the utmost nll OF Louisiana IN that
qua''e' which, by the treaty oil Utrecht in 1913. was
hNed at the 40h degree
ms Is Nsjm Sioddsrd's account Of This northern
boundary aud oi the line from which aud by which h.
excluded British traders from Louisiana lie did il nv
vflne OF ihe line ri Uech aud no British Minister IN
'h' oHy dd or would deny It's existence, OF mpugn It's
validity Lords Holland and Auckland Ia whmn IN,
complaint oil the Canadian merchants as made refused
I" present II officially 10 our Ministers. They do not
IN 'ac' appear 10 have spokcna word tho subject or
done any hing more than present their memorial to our
ministers Certain II Is. the uplani remained with,
out redress.
But the efforts of the BRUSH ,nr traders did ma, sian
al Ibis rapulse The next veal the Earl nj S,lk,tk
head OF The Hudson Bay Company went 10 Iondun Ia
e"e" 'e co"pa,his OF The iut ifaters IN formal
mahhtr ao !" eia'm 'hef restoration 10 the privileges
!" naue VIM" inc ''ni's oi Louisiana That gentle
man, as head oi the Hudson Bay Company-ns founder
OF the colony Lake Winnipeg las The person most il.
by The exclusion OF BRUSH traders from Louisiana
-ooSh' 10 Know something ahu0t his own rights and
"tongsi and ~ bringing these befre the British Minis
y Tor redress ought 10 BIZ supposed state his case AZ
strongly AS Truth and justice world allow lie does 30.
hui moi RlranuIy In ho ay
Az Under The treaty o ltfecht That line was J,,no
hIm all he mischief: The short remedy WINS Ia d,nv ,s
existence, II could be denied. On the contrary he
adults The fact ot former exslence md nnlv ,,ou,.
Qainsi present eAisrnce aud prcsen, M ,l,c,h,,y =
llIs argument is first lha, the treaty ii Illrech, as
not revived by the treaty Of Amiens of sol and there's
lore. that IL Vas ablouaed by vat, and ,,co.j,, ,I
the long occupation IT The ST PEERS rive, md If tL.
Missouri above the Mondan villages u,,hon, olscnn
i0m the Spanards was an udmlsslon ot ,b.i, ,,l Il,
Trade in Louisiana aud should be- cpnclusive ANN ,b.
United STATES. ia a memorial To Lard UlI,nd In
1907. he presents these views nj ,nu,, I,,,,L "a 49,
,as hen b, arguments Of which Ines. ars a' a"u sos
misunderstanding that you are NJ p,.sen, .,,a.naa !.
setlling with the American P,npoi,niiar.s , h.,.,.
rl,s beiwe, the province Of nui sian, md ,h nL
American ,uoi ilons ! bep leav. II, call wan, ,.,
to some surpeslions -. II, nm. ,a. WV, =,
Missouri britain has , pfetr,al,, cl,,,n ah, L.
Jude A. the BRUSH traders conine IN franz ,ha sa,
SIN Bav territories malnia,nrd ttnir u,,h m. NIan
dan Indians Ihrse Traders were The frs, En,,ns,ns
who Obtained any know iedoe al III, sutces of ,h N,
sour ana they had land dow the course of IN, ,,y
from the Alaudans M l., tbe RocLy nr,,,,,. ~
great mlnnleness many y,ots b,Io,o Tho ,,, 81
Messrs Lewis aud CIn1k, m. clam, NJ ,,.a, H.,
ain la the upper Missouri country il .on,hy ,,ld an,
rests ON the same ground as Le, claim =, N,,a S,na
and Nh, cnunl1v v,st of III, III N,, Nv ~,
Pacific Ocenn ul, ~ Li ~
grounds for DENYING that there are anv r,ohs in tho