Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-04-23
TWBNTY-NINTH CONGRESS


MIR McHenTy, OF kentucky, moved IN. ~
bill and to conhne its operations or p,,S iuea'
the line Of 40. The amendment was ds Cca',li
brief speech.
Mr. Wentworth claimed the whole Of o..
opposed any limitation South Of 81 40 t~s
Mr. Rockwell of Conn agreed that III,
Of the bill would lead to conflicting claim, p'5
putes between the two countries, OF tle ,n,'.
the two countries in Oregon. T"ai
Mr. John q. Adams continued The deb,,.
had said and considered that the No,;,s
FIRST question 10 be acted upon before aby ~
This he had said before there was any mo-, 10.
for notice. Alter three or four weeks or JiI.
this House the Notice was passed tb,oag
House by majority Of 1903 votes. He NH,
surprised at this vote, and had expected ,h,,,,.s
iicc would have been agreed upon by fl, :.
House as well as by this
lie now heard it said that The preyailos ,..
in both Houses Of Congress, aud 10 the p,o.r
that we we're again TO offer the propo,iiios ~
England had before rejected, three or loo,
with contempt. lie was moi for settling n, y,
ton upon 40, and il the gentleman would ~
his pending amendment 10 $40 he wooIs
for il.
Long before our treaty with Russi, he NJ,
had made up his mind that our coun,r, M
right to $40. He had been blamed for &C.,.
that this line was ours. II was no novel M,
with him. lie had asserted it as long avo ~.
treaty with regard TO Spain and Florida. a..
with his own hand drawn from ~ 10 the e1is-
the Russian possessions He said this no, E,,
ingly, but as q matter OF fact, that The Iine o.
was drawn by him. and agreed TO by Spain.
Mr. Farron, OF o., wished TO know II /, ~,
there had not been some understanding IL re.,,..
to giving up Texas for Oregon.
Mr. Adams said that there was no ,ueb ,-..
ment, and he knew of none, except whs, va, III.
the compact Of the Baltimore Convention M \
washed himself OF all compacis like this a,,5
ter.) Great Britain had renowned all pres,a-
to the South Sea on the Goth January, 1854 =
Commission to the Governor OF Georga n.
Commission was to the most southern sirs,r
the direct line 10 the South Sea The letter n,
George III. was to the Governor, and he gave up
the colony westward, as far as our terriiory sris
ed, and it extended TO the Pacific, BY treat, u
France and Spain.
Great Britain had no claim Whatever fou y
time Of the treaty with France and Spain, and x
renounced all claim 10 territory on the south s,
had no claim now, excep, that which related 10 Z,
Oregon as a territory. The ground on whichPg
Alexander the Sixth claimed, was TO coaTer d
savages TO Christianity. Il was 300 years liis .T
England entered uron nearly the same missioa
The British negotators laughed at our til
through the POpes, and we laughed at them 4, y
same reason. The ground Of claim was to cosz
the savages. and this was all the title any EunDn
nation had TO any portion Of the territory Ta
was the only ground of claim indeed to the 9a Z
earth upon which this Capitol rested Helix
claimed the territory when up before upon h. o..
egon question, from the book Of Genesis
This had been pronounced novel AUTHORITY 3
II gentlemen would look at Grotius aud BlstEsg
they would find the same novel authoniy M
the title Of Pope Alexander was Just as good Eiz
Of any Of the Kings Of England, from El1iSs
down, or from Henry down. There was no va
value TO be attached TO any Of these rights, bai
beyond them was the title from God Almighty.
Now Mr. A. argued that in I76I and 1864 d.
land had renowned her title, through her KIM /
his grant to the Governor OF Georgia.
In 1918 we did not want the Oregon. and We o;
fered TO take 40, but we wanted the whole nov
In 1919, when we made the Convention, we ius.r.
ed stipulation that the point occupancy should ~
extend longer than ten years, or properly, it Ens
joint occupation, but convention for trading
II was subsequently TO this that we had the us,s
Of Oregon surrendered TO us, as he contendsd b.
Spain, in the treaty by which we obtained Foril
England in l762, in her treaty with France nj
Spain, had also surrendered all her preyou: rrbs
west of the Mississippi river, aud in 1894 she hH
abrogated the right given to Georgia in The IsE
1861.
Mr. Adams had not closed at the expiration d
his hour
Mr. Burt Of S. C. replied with some earnestnea
10 the speech Of Mr. Adams He conlended thG
Mr. Adams was entirely responsible for much Of The
embarrassments growing out Of the question He
was responsible for the offer Of Mr. Gelatin, and i
was TO the gentleman from Massachusetts that he
expected MIR Polk particularly alluded, whenhe sid
that he offered 40 deg out OF respect to his prets
cessors.
Mr. Mclienry's amendment was then rejected
Mr. Smith Of Conn. then offered an amendment
that the law should not be applied to British sub
leets west Of the Rocky Mountains until directed BY
Congress Mr. s. argued that as the bill nov was,
the Executive had power TO carry on war ndePsn'
DENLY of Congress, and he therefore had moved l
substitute TO the whole bill
Mr. Thurman of Ohio made long speech 10 DE-
fence Of the right of the United States to 81 deg
40 min.
MIR Daniel Of N. c. was opposed TO the EXPIRE
sion of any boundary in the Bill.
MIR Woodward, Of s. e., was in favor Of ls
amendment of Mr. Smith. Of Conn He deslrsi
that there should be some limit in the bill TO lh
point Of jurisdiction, and that the territorial 9rs
dietion should be eziended over the whole oil oit
gon TO the Russian line.
Tuesday April a.
Mr. Vinton Of Ohio, man Of much discrlmlni'
lion, and whose mind is uHcleuded by party spin.
has demonstrated, to-day, TO the satisfaction o.
many, that this Bill, if passed, puts the Two couA'
ries into state OF actual war, upon the very mo-
nent OF the expiration Of the years notice
The following amendment to the Bill was oFsi'l
by Mr. Vinton:
Provided, nothing in this act shall be 50 con-
iirued or SO executed as to deprive the subjects o.
'reai britain Of any Of the rights and privileges
cured to them by the Convention Of 1897, nor "
Is to violate said Convention in any other mannsi
whatever; and this act shall remain in force ~
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