Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-06-25

1924, the opinion Of the public as well as OF the
minister. II is found in the London Quarterly Review
October number, 1872 II is in discussing the boun-
darles of New Caledonia, for which he proposes on
the south the line Of the lake Of tile Woods to the sea
Anoiher river called the Caledonia, Frazer) holding
parallel the Tacoutche Tesse Coumbia falls
into the the Admiralty Inlet OF Vancouver IN lA-
ude as aud foIms natural boundary between the new ter
ntory (weslc Caiedonia and that Of the United States
and falling in precisely with continued line with the same
parallel with the lake OF the Woods and leaving about Two
degrees If latitude between IL and the Columbia"
SO said the Quarterly Review in January, 1922 No.
~, article - Western Caledonia"
set out to establish, upon the admissions OF Great
Britain herself right to the Columbia river and its
valley. | have done more. | have established her
admission 10 the line of 40 giving us near three de-
grecs the coast, the valuable waters about the
Straits Of Fuca and Pugets Sound, and the whole
Olympic district, part Of all which is III the valley
of the Columbia.
We thus see that, in 1924 the British government,
by authentic acts, and by the language of Mr.. Can
ning admitted our right to the river and valley of the
Columbia and, what was better, limited their claim
to 40. At the time see, that govern
ment was offering 40; so that the two governments
Of accord and the question Is, why they did not
agree The documents furnish the TO this
question: and strange answer II IS. Nothing else
than love of partnerships, and a desire 10 60 in
to partnership with Russia and Great Britain in the
use Uf all the country beyond the Rocky mountains,
each enjoying the use Of the whole i'll common with
others, and the title to remain in ubeyance The En-
peror Of Russia, like wise man, declined all share
IN this mixed concern, got his own part laid of to
himself, and has enjoyed it since in peace and
quietness. The British government, like another
wise man, accepted our proposal, went into partner
ship with us, took the Of the whole to herself and
now claims it her We were the only I'M
wise in the transaction; and our improvidence, so
visible to everybody now, seen only by myself then,
evidently resulted from the under estimate of the
1 Al
posal of partnership prevented the settlement Of
the bo<0ry, and put power st,2SIer than our
selves in possession of our property ~ power which
has kept 1t long that 1t begins TO dream that II Is
/ its own; and now raising fleets and armies,
and preparing 10 set the four corners OF the world on
fire, TO get him out again. had the vanity to de-
it the day first heard Of it, in the year 1913,
and thought | was doing something | even pub
J liShed my denunciation in articles which deemed
quite sensible, and expected to make great sensa-
ton On the contrary, no. one responsive note was
obtained from the thousand newspapers which
the United States contained; and | found myself as
solitary then in advance of the public am now be-
/ hind it.
trust that have made good our title, and that up
on British admissions, to the Columbia river and Its
valley, modified by the line of Utrecht. Up to that
line if it becomes necessary am willing to fight ;
but, before fighting, want to talk-to talk under
sandiugly, with knowledge of the subject-and to
talk rlghteously, with the great maxim before me
ask nothing but what is rlght-submt to nothing tina
is wrong. Upon this principle have now spoken,
wi ether wisely, it is not for me to say; but 1t is not
newly-it is not new talk with me. Twenty -eight
years ago | wrote what now speak. Eighteen years
ago, and when had already been eight years men,
Der of this body submitted resolution in relation to
this Oregon question, which have seen reason to
retract or modify since that time, and which may
stand for the text of my speech this day. ltw4
these words:
of
the United States treat with his Britannia Majesty in
reference their territorial claims and boundaries west Of
the Rocky mountains upon the basis Ofa joint occupation by
the citizens Of the United States and subjects Of Great Brit
ain, of the country claimed BY each power.
RsSOped That it is expedient for the government of the
United States with his Britannia Majesty in refer
said claims and boundaries upon tie basis OF
separation Of interests and the establishment Of the Ash
degree Of north latitude permanent boundary between
them. in the shortest possible time"
/ 1t in the session of 1S21-'2S, and before the
ratification Of the second partnership convention
the one we determined to get rid of at even
the price of war-and with the view of preventing
the ratification of that convention, that this resolution
was submitted 1t presented my view of the settle
ment Of this question, namely, no partnerships, the
immediate establishment of boundary and the 10Th
parallel for that boundary. They are my views now
and, having said enough against partnerships, and
enough in favor of settling upon some line, 60 on to
! give my reasons in favor of that of forty-nine.
1t Is the line which parts, more suitably than a
leys of the Columbia and Frazers river, saving to
all our discoveries and settlements beyond the Rocky
mountains, and leaving to the British the whole
theirs. 1t is continuation of the line this sideSi
the mountains-a line which happens to conform L
the geographical features of the continent this side
of the mountains, and equally on the other. On
this sde it parts the two sytems of waters, one OF
which belongs to the valley of the Mississippi, and
the oter to the basin of Hudsons bay; the other
side, it parts the system of waters which belong tc
the valley of the Columbia from those which belong to
Frazers river cutting off the heads of few streams
of about equal value each hand. 1t Is the line OF
Utrecht-a line which will now be denied but by
few-and to which few, nothing more on this poin,
will ever be said by Ii is the line of RIGHT, re-
sultlng from the treaty of Utrecht; and such al
ways looked to, the early stages of this controver-
sy, both by British and American statesmen, the
ultimate line of settlement and boundary between the
countries 1t is the line of right, resulting from the
said treaty of Utrecht up to which Mr.. Adams in his
despatch Mr.. Middleton, of July 10, 1923, alleged
an unquestionabe title" to extend; for only upon
that treaty could line of unquesiionobe title" be
averred On any other basis, IT could only be line
of conventional conventional line Of mutual agree
ment; and Mr.. Adams not man to confound
two things different in their nature 1t is the best
line for us for il gives us all the waters of Puget:
sound and Bellinghams bay-I do not say the Straits
of Fuca (for those straits like all the other great
straits in the world, part OF the high seas, and In
capable of sefappropriation by any nation it gives
us these waters, and with them the picturesque ant
fertile square, of more than hundred miles every
way, lying between the Straits of Fuca and the Co.
lumbia, and between the Pacific coasts and the Cas-
cade range of mountains, and of which Mount Olym-
pus, near the centre, is the browning ornament and
from which the whole district derives its classic
, Of Olympic.
Ali this the line of the treaty of Utrecht gives us
bcI. a. % Of