The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-15

~ the same may be applicable hereby exte ndsd
which lies west ofthe Rocky Mountains and also over
~ that portion ofthe intermediate country Of the
parallels Of north latitude provided that this act shall
mot be construed nor executed in such manner AZ to
deprive the subjects of Great Britain Of any Of the rights
and privileges secured by the third article of the treaty
sGned at London October goth 1885, and continued In
sres By che treaty Of August 9th 1927 unit: said treaty
pulaton shall cease by virtue of the notice provided
for ~ the second article Of said last mentioned treaty.
MI, McHESsv moved to smcnd the section, by adding
aiter the words Rocky Mountains the words South
ofihs asth parallel Of latitude He supported the
amendmsnt in fsw pertinent remarks, enforcing his
that gsntemep concedes we have alright TO- Weiwiye
up nothing by this temporary arrangement After the
seterrtory 10 fousd to be really good We css thsn 70
beyond the parallel designated BY the proposed amend
Mr. wrsrwsarn'breny oppossd the ansndm.n.
Mr.. RocEwELL, of Connecticut, thought Il was not
sr line psss that for sSy h ra r",
~ akng power
Mr. Aosss, of Massachusetts said that II tho amend
vote for it, He then yndicated claim to all Of Ore
son by references to docu msnts &c in combustion In
sndrsneved in ls7, forfeited ali right By the omission
e wosa sst'msnt" and she had no right to max.
ohie whether spain was mot asws tol keep Texas in
rsmon Of her grant to us Ct ell her rights the
r ro1 wssnos ths. confederation Mr. Adsas
ft- "a no confederation At all There was bar
es,n o. me nni We took line-A9 deg,-and ran il
70 me SCUM SIDE AZ previous time. under the Lou
$3.50 -
ae gnaer that treaty for fear Of giving offence
20 oesn we dd not claim, under the Lo1sana treaty.
any right On the Pacific The foundation Of an Eurone
40 title to any OF the territories on this confinenf s.
aequisscsnce IN grants OF the Pope and King 81 rncrnd
Mr. Adams gave bis authority for the tite A. oSsinsd
by EurQpeans on this Continent II was found IN CO..
S hrspbock. lst chapter, and 10th verse Blscts,ono
traced title to the The Popes grant ss
sssecd a. that Of any European King. Great Britain
he proved reainqnshsd By treaty in 1884, ali claims TO
an inch Of territory on this continent the Missis
ppi Prior 10 that time Great Britain granted charters
running westwird TO the South Sea; afterwards only 40
Gar % his msIestyb dominons extended Our risht
TO the whole country under the Spanish claim was
,pndoub'ed We did not want II in 1915 for actual
fhssH Wow swe did want IT, This convsn tion of
1859 which wss not one Of joint occupation, but
whtch eacluded any occupation. reserved the rights
q q third power. What powerl Spain She wa.
fhA only power that had any title besides the United
states The whole Of the Spanish title obtained BY
treaty Mr. Adams secuted the idea OF Great
britain having obtained any rights under the dsc
Of Ncbtka sound He treated Mearsss prsensions with
scontefnpt and went inso the history Of his voyages
Mesres vas trading on Portuguese account AT the
same time. our vessels, the Columbia and Washington
wers on that coast The spanish authorities did not
ssize those ysssels They seized upon the vessels Of
Meares Msares represented to England, not that he
was fraudulent trader, Porsguese acooun but that
he acting British subject still, were told
hat 0ruH ijs,nsaSv VS. not good, because 10 was