The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-03-27

We must 90 back TO the discussion o' p''o' :
and all that. | grant SPAN
had the prior discovery. Great BRIAN
herself does not deny thus. She adhl's' !"
SnAin the general discovery, but denies y
her the minute Investigation OF the paIu'
cular features of the country. but We
stand on the general principle oil Tue Jaw
of nations, that u discoveTer Is, "hueI d"
circumstances, entitled 10 all he discovers
utt,l he meets another who hns Deue' "
lie. Omuting settlement ana poss'ss'on'
we 90 on mere discovery, ahd on 'h"'
Ground maintain our title against posses
Sion. settlement, occupancy, and every
thing else. THIS is claiming great ueh''
and, for one, doubt whether We can main
tain H. At all events, u Is question 10
he discussed. We plant ourselves on The
naked general principle, and on that alone
Great Britain claims against /" ae'ua' pos
session aud occupancy. go.
Blu, there remains a more serious uilh'
crltv st,l. Long before Gray entered The
col.mhia long before the Louisiana urea
Is, or tho Spanish cesslon IN the Florida
treaty, this matter Of the night ot nations
to territory on the shores OF the faclhc had
been matter of discussion and cohlToNeT'
sy and had well nigh led to war and II
was then settled IN a manner which We
cannot disturb. And wc have avoided the
question. We first Impule TO Buinin tie
assertion Of claims aud ughls which she
does not assert, aud, when We upset these,
we think We have established our tile
We speak OF her rs claiming exclusive a.
tic aud jurisdiction on the northwest coast
We upset that clam, and then We suppose
We have established our own CLAIM beyond
oil question. Great Britain has neycr, 10
thus hour, sci up a claim 10 exclusive soNer.
eighty, tide, or jurisdiction IN that coast
on the contrary, she dtsclaims aud denies
IL. She says 10 SPAN that Span has 40
exclusive title or jurisdiction there aud
She SAYS just ihe same 70 Us. Not that she
has any herscli, but Ina, no Power what
ever has r.; but that he country Is open
!, to all the world. The Senator from New
t York Mr. Dickson did not make quite
So great discovery as he thought be did.
He brought Us document to show that
, Great Britain dlsclaims the exclusive SOY.
ereiguly Of the country. 1t twas very good
proof ul that; but, II he had asked any
British ncgollaior, he would at once have
told him the same thing. She claims the
use Of the country lor her subjects. She
says tous, mud tooll other nations, NV bile
+ do not clam the exclusive possession ct
, the country, neither shall yuui demand
) the free use Of 1t for ny subjects YOU
may have the same Tor your cl;izcus 50
. may all others.
+. | was surprised tina, the Senator from
/ New York, Mr. DN,) Who discussed nc
e question Of title with go much accuracy aud
i general filrucss, denied that Britain haJ
L any rights IN the country because NarCuu
O yer suii that he was not making dIscoyc
RES for the exclusive benefit Ct England
{ but for lha, Of oil the nations Of The world
:, Spain included, He said tins IN 1893. Be
"a cause OF tins, he denies that Britain hat
5. any rights there at all. THIS is no, lb,
u way to argue. We are not 10 lmpule t,
II her as setting up what she dfsclaims ant
i denies, because We can demollsh 1t II she
/. did. We must meet her claims as sh,
1t presents them. What Is her claim " hei
u We claim exclusive jurisdiction and title
she denies our rlghl to 1t bat she doe
d not say that she has It more than We. Bu
d She says tins " ! have rights there whlcl
Y, Your clam e exclusive sovereignty vii
Of destroy II is curious fact that none 0
is all our uegatlators have asked her, Nv ha
N are your rights on thar coast p That Is
SO question which rcycr has been asked bu
bt we went at once into our title to exc'usiy,
10 sovereignty, because that would cover tn,
:. whole. The rights She caims there ar
- the rights Gf trade and settlement or he
ir subjects, without interfering with The set
Ia Elements Of others. Those are her rights
nc and we are to discuss them and dispose @
o. them before We can say that cur ute
is clear md uuquesliouabic.' That is he
Sc claim. How did she get it You kno,
e, when VIC have claimed under SPAN "
n have gone into her rights by discovery -
as But Great Britain says that she, too, mad
TO discoveries there. And thus she odd, II
r. this question Of tii,c was 10 bu settled O.
&c grounds Of mere discovery, then we Shout
$. set up such and such facts" But has sh
81 ever asserted lhnt she acquired q title I
ny the country by discovery. Never. 81
~ has adduced her discoveries only to rcfu,
nd our claims under Spain. SIC never ha
1g claimed exclusive rights in any part Of Ii
lls territory. She claims the rights Of CON
go mercc and trade there in common with a
st the world, and Of settlement where pro
n settlement has not been mnde.
ut But II IS said that she claims his BY VII
k, tue Of the treaty Of Nootka Sound, an
Of that that convention was Of character tina
he caused 1t 10 tc terminated hg the subsc
as quent war IF 1906,
a; The Nootaa Sound convention grew OH
or Of certain rights on the part of Great Brit
he ain which existed long prior to the fofma
he ton Of that convention. Gentlemen ha
n talked about certain concessions on the par
nd Of SPAN, certain benefits which had bee
Of conceded to England in the Noolka Sonn
g. convention but 1t would be remembers
&c that that convention was ended by the wa
st. of 1896. The honorable SENIOR from