The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-09

hrtensilH and racl1c- l10ao4 exceecsagiy
whether, under present circumstances.
noaise would hasirn negalialinni and yel
such are hose circumstances ulag there
maE be - much Inconvenience in stand.
ing slil - in going foru ard
The truth i, thas great slnbsrraSsmsnl
arises irnm The exaEeme preseniions and
apinions put osward By TIE President ia
hrs inaugural address. year ago, and IN
his messagelasl Deeembsr- Boz Tor H. Sc,
no:ies would have been harmless. and
perhaps would have been authorized BY
bo,h Houses without much opposition,
and received by England without dlssa-
IlsfaeiiOn. But the recommendation d
the notice. coupled with the Presidents
repeated declarations that be held our Il.
lie 10 the whole Of the territory In be
L" clear end unGaesiionabls." alarmed The
county. And well il might And IL
notice were required. in order to eazble
the PresideniIo push these extreme elsims
10 any and every resuk, then notice eughl
% be refused BY Congress. unless ton
gress is ready 10 support these prsien.
sions al all hazards. Here lies The diff.
Guilty. Congress is no, prepared. and the
country IS not prepared. a. believe. 10
make the Presidents opinion Of . clear
and unquesiiOnable right to the whole Ter.
ritory an ultimaium. II he wants notice
for such purpose, he certainly must see
that II becomes a grave question whether
Congress will grant il.
IL was great, very great mistake. 10
accompany the recommendation of notice
with so positive an assertion Of our sighG
TO the whole territory. Did the Presi.
dent mean 10 adhere to that, even TO the
extremity Of war! II so. he should have
known that. after what has happened in
years past. the country was not likely TO
sustain him. DID he mean 10 say this.
and afterwards recede from iIs If so,
why say il at all! Surely the President
could not be guilty OF playing so small
part, as to endeavor to show himself 10
possess spirit, and bOldness, and fearless
ness OF England, more than his predeces.
sors. or his countrymen, and YET do al
this in the confident hope that no serious
collision would arise between the two
countries. So low an ambition, such pal.
Try motives, ought not to he imputed.
When The President declared that, in his
judgment, our title TO the whole Of Ore.
gon was " clear and unqIeslionable," did
he mean TO express an official or a mere
personal opinion! II the latter, it Ger.
tainly had no place in an official eommu.
nication. II the farmer-ii he intended
a solemn official opinion. upon which he
was resol' ed to act officially, then IL is
very grave question now far he il jusii6-
ed. without new lights, or any change Of
circumstances, 10 place the claims of this
country, in this respect, on other grounds
than those on which they hal stood un-
der his predecessors, and with The con.
currence Of all branches of the Govern.
ment, for so many years; for il is not TO
be doubled that the United States Gov.
eminent has admitted, through long Sc.
ries of years, that England has rights in
the northwestern parts of this continent
which are entitled 10 be respected.
Mr.. President, one who has observed
atientirely what has transpired here and
in England, within the last three months.
must, | think, perceive that public opin.
ION, IN both countries, is coming to a con.
clnsion that this controversy ough, 10 be
esttled; and it is not very diserse. in the
one country aud ,he o1her, as to the ge-
neral basis Of such settlement. That ba.
sis is the offer made by the United States
to England in 1896.
There is no room to doubt. | think
that this country is ready to stand BY IN 1t
offer, substantially and in effect. Such h
my opinion at least. and circumstances
certainly indicate that Great Britain would
not. in all probability would not, regard
such proposition as unit to be consid-
cred. said, some weeks ago, that did
not intend to discuss titles at length. and
certainly not 10 adduce arguments against
our own claim. But it appears to me
that there rs concurrence OF arguments,
or consideration, in favor Of regarding the
49th parallel as the jus, line Of demarca-
tinn, which both countries nigh, we'll
respect. II has, for many years, been
the extent of our claim. We have claim
ed up TO 400, and nothing beyond il. We
have offered to yield every thing north of
it. 1t is the boundary between the two
countries on this sit ) OF the Rocky Noun.
tains, and has been since the purchase OF
Louisiana from France.
| do not think it important either to
prove or disprove the fact. that commits
sIoners under the treaty of Utrecht estab-
Iished the 49th parallel as the boundary
between the English and The French pos
sessions in America. AHcien, maps and
descriptions so represent IL; some saying
hat this line Of boundary is to run "in.
definitely west" others saying, in terms,
hat it extends " TO the northwestern o.
'eaa." But, what is more important, we
have considered this boundary as estab-
lshed by The treaty Of Utrecht, a, least
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