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set the leas, value on lhe Oregon territory,
and are most sincerely de-irouso Of pressrv.
ing peace, who would rot At onre declare
ihatsueh pretenson on the par Of Grsa.
Britain was ouusgeous and mus! be rp.is.
tedi
II Is not certainly the inieresi Of Great
Britain 10 wage war against the Un.ed
States, aud it may be fairly presumed tia,
the British Government has no such wish.
Bat England i, A. well as the y. States, a
great, powerful, sensitive, and proud ia.
ton. Every eTu.ion Of tie British press
whi'h disPiays hostility 10 the U lied
States. produces an arrorors senliurnt
aHd adds new fuel IN cxcilsn entIn Aueri-
CT. A moments reflection vii enable Us
TO judge Of the inevitable effect Of an nj.
irnsire and Iheaieaing act eiuan,linz
from our Government; an act which ,hrows.
in the face OF the worll, The gauntlet Of
deftnce To Great Erilain. The Quotations
from the statement Of her claim, " hch " ~
immediately Ie made, remove every doub,
respecting the steps she Z take. Under
such circumstances negnidtDn is mofalIY
impossible during III" year following the
notice. To give that no. ce, with the
avowei determination to assume exclusive
sovereignty at the eud OF the year, is n de-
Csive, most probably an irretrievable. step.
"AiIer that period the United State, can.
rot abandon their right Of sovereignty
without sarrifce OF national honor"
! A temporary pUslponemento OF the rolice
will give tine for reflection, and permit
renewal oil the negotiations. But it is ne.
Cessary to examine whether any and wha.
steps may he taken, without any violation
Of the convention, TINT will preserve the
rights and strengthen the position of the
United States.
! The only positive condition Of the ron.
vfnlion is that the territory in question
shell, together with its harbors. hays. and
creeks. and the navigation Of all rivers
within the same, be- free and open to ves-
spls, citizens, and subjects OF the two
Powers.
For the construction put on this article
ly Great Erlain, it is necessary to recur
again to the statement OF her claim, as
given ny hprselI. and To her own acts sub
scquen' 10 the convention.
! Her claim and views are laid down in
her statement OF Dcctmler, 1926; Great
B ilain claims no exclusive sovereignty
over any portion OF that territory. Her
present can, not in respect to any part,
hut to the whole, is limited to right of
Joint occupancy in common with other
States, leaving the ri ght Of exclusive do
minOn in allowance Thu
pretcneions Of Great Iriain tend to the
mere maintenance nt her own rights. in re.
sis'aHre 10 ihe cTcigsjUr character Of The
pretenso Is OF the United States.
These rghDs embrace The rieht IN navigate
the watCrs Of those countrl,s, The right io
sFiiie ia and oUrr any part of them, and the
right freely TO trade with the iuhl'ianis
and occupjerS nj the same. 1t is folly nd
miird ,ha tn United States ,cssess he same
. rights. Eul eyo0d these rights. they nos.
sees none. To thr Interests and establish
menrs which Blush industry and enter
prise have c'eaipl Great Fri ain owes rrn-
tert'oN. That pr"iecii1n w'H giUra, both
Ms regards settiemr,i and freedom ri trade
and navigation, with every aucnron not
tn infringe the coordinate rights oI tie
United States
The acts Of E"olaHd. subsequent To Tho
! convention Of lGl8, are to Ie ttunA in the
various chaltrrs ot the hudson Bay Com.
pany. (oh;rrvirg that somp NJ their most
Inn q taHt pr"visiOrs. though ol much
earlier date, sta i uNrop"alrd.) and in tie
act ol Pall'amert oF the year l82l which
confirms a@d extends Il prior ola Of Q
year 1903. 1t must a'so he r,c A''"toh
that, ly gn0ls or acts subsequent 10 the
convention, thc aNcient Hu lsOn Bav Com
parry ID the NmLhves Company OF Nor
trcal have leen united together. presprv-
ing The name Of Hudson Bay Company.
This Company was and remains Il nody
corporate and polite, with provisions for
the election OF Governor and other off.
WIS Nv NltNl 'lS lllSllltSfS dllU dItlODgSt
other powers The Company s empowered
10 build fort fications for the def nee o. ils
posscsSiors as well as 10 nuke waror peace
with all nations or people, not Christian,
inhahitng their territories, which row rn-
brace the entire Oregon. BY the act Of
Parliament of 1921, the jurisd;c ion of the
courts of Upper Canada is extended, in |
all civil and criminal cases, to the Oregon |
territory; provision is made for the appoint
ment OF justices OF the peace within the
said territory. with limited Jurisdiction,
and power 10 act as Commissioners in cor.
tain cases, and TO conve. offenders to Up
per Canada.
Il must also he observed that. although
the Company is forbidden to claim any ex-
elusive lrrde with the lndiars 10 the pre-
iudicc or exclusion Of any citizen Of th,