The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-06

! as the English 10 seize upon livery pfetea' 10
extend their territorial rights, Is not 70 De sup
nosed that thew would suffer any opportunity to
pass without impressing upon he hauo"' vi INC
| earth the rights they possess
| S,eoud Astoria was surrendered under the first
article of the treaty Of Client lhe act OF delivery
is in the following language
Sin obedience the commands Of his the
Prince Regent sgnihed in despatch IRON the hg Hon
orable the Earl Bathurst addressed 20 the partners o. agents
Of the Northwest Company bearing as.s s Lh q ysnas
aSth Of July from W A SHERIFF e,q captain Of has Males
Tvs ship AudrOmaehs we, the Indsf.snsa DO ~ soaoIn-
government Of the United States, through lis agent b.
Provost ESQ., the settlement of foH osorgs on the Colam
Owen under our hands in triples,e at Fort George
tcOlumbis rivsr> th, 9th day Ofoe'06sr ,sis ,csrv
Captain Of hi. Majesty, .hiP Blossom.
"of the Northwest Company"
The act of acceptance, on the part Of the Amer
lean commissioner, is in these words'
81 do hereby acknowledge 10 have this day received In
behalf OF the government Of the Uned states As Poss,s
ss q M , c s r. SS ' Given anSsq S.nS
IN tPea,s at Fort George. Columbia r'er) this 9th day
Of October, Isls. 10
.Assst ! = s Gss HlSss Ts..,-.s-
Third In 1919, we acquired all the rights Of
Spain to the northwest coast north OF the 42d degree
Of north latitude, and again England stood silent.
The boundary between the United States and Spain
was settled as follows:
THE two high contracting parties agree TO eede and re-
all their rights claims and Pretsnsons to the terri
tories described by the said line that Is % say the United
all their rights claims and pretensions to the ter
rory lying west and south Of the above described line
ga degrees9 and in like manner his Catholic Majesty
TO the United states all his rights claims AMI prsteh.
on any territory and NORTH Of the said line and for
himself his heirs and successors renounces all claim 10 the
said territories forever
Spain, at that time, claimed the sovereignty Of the
soil between 400 and Go north latitude.
Fourth BY the convention between the United
States and Russia, in 1924, the boundary between
the two powers fixed in latitude $40 40. We
thus cede to Russia 90 and 90 or extent Of eoun-
try along the coast Of three hundred and sixty
miles. II England had possessed title TO this soil
would she have calmly and quietly looked on, sui-
ferng it to be traded off by power 70 another
The following is the article settling the boundary
between the United States and Russia:
at Il moreover agreed that hereafter there shall not he
formed by the citizens OF the United Slte' under the
thOriy OF the United States any establishment upon the
cent the north Of y -four degrees and forty minutes Of
north laude and in the manner thers sha be none
formed by Russian subjects or under the authority OF Rus
STA, south OF the same parallel"
Fnh. So far from directing to the establishment
Of the boundary between the United States and
Russia upon the parallel Of $40 40, and n conse-
quent conveyance to Russia Of degrees Of territory
which obtained from Spain, England, in 1926,
established her boundary with Russia, making The
parallel Of $40 40 the basis. BY that convention
England obtained from Russia extent of country
three hundred and sixty miles in length, which the
Russians derired from The United Siafes-Ls latter
pooer holding under Spain. And yet sir at this late
day, the English government dispute the validity Of
our Spanish title. call the attention of the COM
mtee to the following article Of the convention be-
tween Russia and Great Britain:
ARTICLE g. Thsiine OF demarkaon between the posses
Continent and the islands q America to the nortSse
shall be drawn In the following Commencing from
latitude between alst lsSd Of west lon
70 the north along the channel called Porsad chsnne
Ear the point Of the continent; where ii strikes the seth
hs line Of shall follow tSs summit Of the
mountains situate parallel to the eSa. as q, The point Of
meridian And finally. from the said point OF inter
section the said Iy *. Fd ss Of the A ds gree. X
Russian and British posscssirn, on the continent
OF America to the northwest" T
Sirth By the convention of 1918, England had
joint right Of trade with the United States in the
territories possessed by both powers west Of the
Stony mountains The following is the Sd article
Of the convention of 1878;
an is agreed that any country tina, may be claim.
westward of tho Stony mountains, shall together with It's
bays and creeks and the navigation OF all rivers
within the same DC Tree and open for the term OF ten years
the vessels citizens aad subjects Of the it
bsng wei. that this Ia not to he CON.
the prejudice oil claim which either OF the two
high contracting parties NAV Rave to any part of said
S nor shall IL Be- takcr to AFFECT the cisims of any other
power Snte any of the said country the only OBJ
ect Of the high contracting parties that respect being
to prevent disputes and differences among themselves"
The convention Of 1897 indefinitely extended and
continued in force the convention Of 1918, giving,
however, to either of the contracting parties the
right to abrogate 1t upon giving to the other party
twelve months notice
What wish, Mr.. Chairman, to call the attention
of the committee particularly is the fact that Erg
land, under the convention of 1918, had right
to trade between tho 42d and the 6lst degrees o.e
north latitude, title embraced the territory be-
tween these parallels. But between the conventions
of 1918 and 1897, the convention of 1924 was
adopted between Russia and the United States by
which we transferred our soil north of $40 40 to
Russia, and consequently when the convention OF
1927 was adopted England had not the right of
trade even north of $40 40. 1t Is not to be supposed
sir that England, if she had rights in Oregon that
time, would have suffered them be so grossly in
frineed upon.
| think, Mr. Chairman, | have now established
my position, that the Nootka convention contained
no provision imparing the sovereignty Of Spain to
the territory upon the northwest coast.
But there is anoth,r treaty which precludes Great
Britain from setting up claim TO territory west Of
| the Mississippi river. The seventh article of the
treaty between Great Britain and France, in l763,
| is in the following Words
The confines between the dominons of his Batannic
fired rpSaeSy by line S drawn along The middle Of
the river Mississippi from its to the river Iberyie
and from thence by line drawn along the middle Of this
river and the lakes Msurepas and ronchartrain to the
| sea"
The boundary having been fr,d irerocabs upon
particular line, by England ,..she cannot go beyond
it. In 1903 France conveyed to the United States
whatever rights she acquired to territory by the
treaty Of 1853. "F
think, Mr. Chairman. have established thai,
our title is 'cear and unqSestionnbe" to the whole
Of the Oregon territory between,he ADD and $40 40
Of north latitude. -.
| will next proceed sir to assign reasons, which
appear conclusive to my mind, that this notice
should he given now, and thsconventon abrogated,
that we may assert title TO the whole territory
i The gentleman from Alabama Mr.. YAycErl
asked il gland has acted with bad faith, that
gentlemen should be 30 anxious 10 abrogate this
conventional ] unhesitatingy reply that she hn'
acted with bad faith; that she has violated the spirit
Of the conventions Of 1918 and 1927. BY the terms
of,hese conventions the citizens and subjects of the
two powers had right of trade in the countries
claimed by either party on the northwest coast Of
Amerjc, westward of the Stony mountains with