Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-06-16

cutting lakes in two. vidng neighboring
pos from each ether, and reckless of ev-
ery,hing except 10 follow fIty-four forty.
That it pursues with underwriting fidelity;
and The engraver has marked it strong on
the uaap. that no one may overlook it, In
Ill this there is but one fault, and that is,
that there is no such thing no such line
upon earth! never was, and never can be,
by any principle recognized at the time
that The Russian convention Of 1921 was
made.
Well, there is no such line; and that
would seem 10 be enough to quiet the ex-
element which has been got up about it.
Bui there IS more to come. sat out with
saying that. although this ffiy-four forty
was never established as northern boun
Diary for the United States, yet 1t was pro-
posed 10 be established as a northern
boundary, not for US, but for Great Britain
and that proposal was made to Great
Britain by ourselves. This must sound
like strange statement in the ears Of the
fifty four forties. but is no more strange
than true; and, after stating the facts,
mean TO prove them. The plan Of the U.
States al that time was this; That each Of
the three powers (Great Britain, Russia,
and the Unued Sates) having claims on
the northwest coast of America should d.
vide the country between them, each TAX
ing third. In this plan of partition each
was to receive share of the continent
from The sea 10 the rocky Moun,ains, Rus
STA taking the northern slice, the United
States the southern, and Great Britain the
centre, with flty-f -four forty for her north
ern boundary and forty-nine for her south
ern. The document from which [ now
read will say fifty one; but that was the
first offer; forty-nine was the real one, as
will hereafter show. This was our plan.
The moderation Of Russia defeated it.
That Power had no settlements on that part
OF the continent, and rejected The continent
tai share which we offered her. She linn
iled herself to The coast and islands, where
she had settlements; and left Great Britain
and the United States to share the CONT
nent between themselves. But before this
was known we had proposed TO her fifty
four forty for the Russ an southern boun-
dairy, and TO q eat Britain the same for her
northern boundary. ] say, fifty four forty
for although the word in the proposition
was fifty five, yet il was on the principle
which guvs ffiy.four forty-namely, run
ming from the south end of Prince Of
Wales Island, suppose to be in fifty-fve.
but found to have a point to it running
down 10 filIy-four forty. We propose this
to Great Britain. She refused it, saying it
would establish her northern boundary
with Russia, who was on her north, ard
not W tn the United States, who was on her
south. This seemed reasonable; and the
United States then, and not until then, re
linquished the business o. pressing fity-lour
forty upon Great Britain for her northern
boundary The proof is 10 The executive
documents. Here i. is-a despatch from
Mr.. Rush, our Minister in London, to Mr..
Adams, Secretary Of State, dated Decem-
Der 10, 1923:
81 at once unfolded 10 him (Mr. Canninc)
the proposals of my Government, which
were Il. That, as regarded the country ly-
ing between the Stony Mountains and the
Pacific ocean, Great Britain, the United
States, and Russia should Jointly enter into
| a convention, similar in its nature to the
third article Of the convention of the % h
of October, 1918, now existing between
the two former Poweis, by which the whole
of that country westward of the Stony
Mountains, and all its waters, would be free
and open to the citizens and subjects Of the
three Powers as long as the Joint conven>
ton remained in force. This, my Cow
eminent proposed, should be for the term
often years. 2, That the United States
were willing to stpulate TO make no settle
ments north of the 5lst degree Of north lat
liiude on tha, coast, provided Great Britain
stipulated TO make none south of 81 OF
north of So, and Russia TO make none south
of So"
Here is The offer, in the most explicit
terms, in 1928 TO make fifIy-four forty, the
northern boundary of Great Britain; and
here is her answer 10 the proposition. |, is
the next paragraph in the same despatch
from Mr.. Rush TO Mr.. Adams.
"Mr Canning expressed no opinion on
any of these points; but his enqu ries and
remarks, uunder hat which proposes to con
fine the British settlements between 81
and 55, were evidently of nature to indi-
cate strong objections on his side, though
ne ~ ON tibiu iiisl
pressions. 1t is more proper, | should say.
that his objections were directed o our pro-
posal of not letting Great Britain 60 above
IS north with her settlements, while we
allowed Russia to come down 10 that line
with hers. In treating Of this coast, he
had supposed iha, Great Britain had her
northern question with Russia, as her south
ern Y ith the United States. He could see
a motive for the United States desiring TO
stop the settlements Of Great Britain south
ward, but he had not before known of their
desire TO stop them norlhward. and, above
all, over limits conceded TO Russia. Ii was
10 this effect that his suggest. on"
This was her anwer, refusing TO take, in
1923, as northern boundary, coming south
f.r quantity, what is now prescribed to her,
at The peril of war, for a southern boundary.
with nothing noith!-for. although the fact hap
pens 10 be thaiRussia is not thecountry boun-
ldiag US Oh the north, yet that makes no
difference in the philosophy of our Fifty
Four Foriies. who believe il to be so; and,
on that belief. are ready 10 fight. Their
notion is. that we goj I'm up TO 54 deg, 40.
and The Russians came Jam down TO the
same, leaving no place for the British lion
10 put down paw, although that paw sho Id