The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-06-05

Dett1Sh soo30cso 10 0eoe - NE Woteso 81 en<
Columbia. Ne should - saablsd 10 REMOVE
THEM Jssm ~ tssyiasU. AID . seesrs ths
Whols trade 10 cor cisissss." This suggestion
vas msds Ia 1924, and Il b valuable 8 sksw.
iuR that u vas the received opinisn, q thal
sims, that the British snly mmained BY eur per.
mission. and that at ths esPisstion q the issaty
for ioint occupancy, We could REMOVE
THEM ftea ~ issvisvy." Bot nothing wsa
done ct this session.
In 1871, Pvssidsat Monroe, In his last annual
msssags. urged the establlshment Of military
pess At The mouth Of tho Columbia. Bot NJ
heed was given to him.
President Adams renewed this request; and
h wss IN accordance Herewith that Mr.. hay.
lies. 10 1ss6, made the report from which ke
had already quoted. Bot, % usual, nothiag
vas done q this Congress.
NJ. w. said he bad thus reviewed all pro-
eeedinss, from the time We were pot "a posssx.
sion up TO the year 1877, wlhn the asticle Of
joint occupation vas indefinitely continued 10
force, with power on the part Of either party 10
asaul OF sbrogats Il By giving twelve noaihs'
notice.
From hat time TO the present, the proceed.
ings Of Coagssa have bsea pretty much the
same - hey we're los the Ten years previous.
Presidents haze recommended, ed Committees
have lavoeably reported, end there the matter
has ended. We have had tain eaough about
the matter, snd We now want action.
He would not speak Of our title 10 this coun-
ny, beeause hs believed no American douised
T. He heard nearly Ill the debates IL beth
bsanches Of Coagssss q tho last session, and he
heard not . single person, whig Of democrat,
expsess q doubt 90 . our tills 10 every inch Of
the territory up 10 the boundary established bs.
tween us and Russia by the treaty Of 1874.
uaVs siOhf ~yno0 1u NJ nm, t;sl.,
!. Discovery Of the mouth Of Columbia river
b. Csria Gray, Of Boston, giving the name Of
his vessel 10 the river.
Q. The discovery Of the head Of the same
river BY Lewis and Clark. under the as,horily Of
the United States.
8 The settlement OF Astori, under tho aus.
Psces Of Mr.. As.or. IN American natusalised
citizen.
I. The treaty Of 1903 with the French rspub,ic.
8. The treaty Of Spain Of 1917. acquiring all
rights Of 3paia 10 land north Of 42 degrees be-
yond the Rocky mosnta,ns.
8. The Nootka Sound contest between Eng.
land and Spain.
z. The treaty Of Utrecht between France and
England, settling boundaries -this settlement
becoming ours, - the successor Of Francs In
that part Of her dominions.
8. The treaty Of Client. restoring Astoria TO
the United States az American property.
That We were encs in possession Is equally as
clear. he thought he had shown, a. our title.
And II 10 almost a. clear that We are Row dis.
posse. sed. Indeed, one OF the issues in the late
canvass was the no, edpasion or n possession
OF Osegon. That we became dispOssessed 10
altogether attributable TO our Indifference.
Whilst we have been doing nothing, England
has done every thing. Whilst the American
settler has had TO NOPE along at the rate oflwenty
miles day. without roads, and through the
domain Of the most savage Indians, England.
through her ships, has been landing her emf.
srants It The mouth OF the Columbis, surrounded
BY all the c0nvenisnces Of lie.
0acs dispcesessed, the question arises. how
can Ne get Into p0sseasiouf Of course, he
meant without var. F0rcibls posses,ion can.
he would say, mast be resorted 10 whore ali
other means lsil. Il 10 . lust mcssure-just 10
The American settler 10 Oregon, just 70 our own
iaterests end our own honor.
There may b those who may think that, be.
fore tbs passage Of such bill, the year's notice
Of ~, wish 10 sunul and abrogate the treaty Of
joint occupation ought 10 be given. Bot II,
undes tho provisions of this article Great Britain
can extend tho jurisdiction Of her laws over her
citizens, can even arrest and panish our citizens
under that jurisdiction, can We not, under the
same provisions, extend to our citizens our own
protection, -treas them ~ American peopl.
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