Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-04-18

neht west OF the Msssspp lie produced ana sent 10 the
Clerks table to be read, commission Of George Ill TO the
Governor Of Georgia. dated in 1851 and another in l764
In the former the northern boundary Of the State said TO
run TO the South Sea but In the latter that clause omit
ted and the line described running only far the
territories of Great Britain extended And why this differ
ence Because in the interval Great Britain had made
peace with Spain and France and had entered into treaty
by which she enqushed forever all title TO any territory west
Of the Mississippi iver Therefore, she e in the latter
the clear language employed in the FIRST and sub
stuted such left the boundary TO the west in utter
obscuy nsomuch that nobody could @ from this instru-
ment, where it went to. bg.
After this he would ask what claim Great Britain could
nghuuly up territory the coast Of the Pacific
Twenty years ateward that boundary Of the Mississippi
again designated separating the territory Of Great
Britain from that Of France and Spain and again made
the boundary of the territory coded by England the United
States 1888 All that time neither England the United
States up any claims territory in the South Sea- al
terward, till our treaties with France and Spain
He insisted that Great Britain had claim territory
the Pacific after her treaty with France and Spain, securing
to her the Canadas From that time forward she renowned
any such claim. She had Mr.. A. believed she had
but she claimed that the whole open and
fee be possessed by the first European (civzed) Chris
an sovereign that should choose send and
for purposes of carrying trade and commerce, and concert
ing the sauages to Christianity. II that ground that
these grants usually made The grant of Pope Alex
ander W. which gave territory this continent Ferd
nand and Isabella Of Spain, professedy made in order
that they might the savages and make good Catholics
Of them. That the consideration in the bulljust as
three hundred years previous Pope Adrian gave Ireland
Great Britain because the Irish then held sayages
and was to reward the patriotic and pous zeal Of Henry H.
in converting them that he gave him Ireland That was the
ground assumed by all the Popes in their grants European
soyeregn until they ceased to confer kingdoms from the
countries inhabited by savages On this ground that
Pope Alexander VI of pious memory" gave America to
Spain. tf i
The British negotators when speaking Of these titles from
the Pope mentioned them only to laugh at them but he
asked what right had the Kings of England to cede CONT
nents in whole in part than the Popes All the
Kings Of England after the days Of Luther had given grants
in North and South America and all for the idencay
mentng their not for purposes of ag
grandzemen ALL but merely convert the savages Such
the of all the charters whether from the Kings of
England or the Pope. And there the foundation of all
the title Of European Powers any part of this continent It
merely from acquiescence in these grants They
all good for nothing And yet Mr. A believed that the very
spot which this Capitol stood held by no better title.
We claimed possession of the country by virtue Of grants from
the Kings of England Of Just the nature with the grant
by Pope Alexander VI
When Mr. A. had been up before he had undertaken
show the origin of title, and he had traced to the
first chapter of Genesis Some gentlemen expressed not
little establishment at this and considered something
vel Mr.. A. supposed, then, he must to higher
authority. Well, he would produce it and it
other than that of Hugo Grous the first great founder Of
the theory of national law He would send the book to the
Clerk, and ask him to read short paragraph.
When the Clerk had finished, Mr. A. said, please read
the the bottom of the page where Grous gives his
authority. The Clerk read " Gen. !, 26 v" laugh
Mr. A. said he was only resorting higher authority be-
gentlemen did not quite content with the
authority of the little book which they He
them, therefore, this writer of established credit and Of
the first authority in all that related to the law of nations If
gentlemen would consult the second volume OF Backsone
Commentaries, page two, they would find that he too
weak enough refer TO the identical authority which Gro
thus had, and which gave gentlemen much surprise
He would ask whether the authority Mr. A. had quoted
was " novel !"
II looked upon these titles, well those from
the British Kings those from the Popes of avail
But to the primitive origin Of our title that from Pope
Alexander VI quite good that from Queen Eliza
BETH if gentlemen chose go up Henry VII, down
ward What then title II rested discovery,
exploration, settlement, contguiy, continuity treaty All
these however matters Of fact and matters Of right
Here there another break especially from the conduct
of the pages whose rude and sports in the obbes
fast becoming nuisance in the House.
From comparison of the commissions to the Governor
Of Georgia. to which he had already referred dated in
176 and the other in 1894 it manifest that the British
Government conscious-it amounted to conscious ad
mssionthat she had right the Pacific and therefore,
instead of describing her boundary unnngo the Pacific she
spoke of only running far her territory extended
Was this disposal OF the title Of Great Britain the shores
of the South Sea If how and whence did she plead
Their title She had soemnly and with every form of
treaty stipulation renounced all claim to territory Of the
Mississippi What then, her title Ii was derived
through man by the of Meares. He coming
to title from discovery all these however, matters Of fact
only, and did not in reality settle any question of title. No
nlng could settle that question but actual he
wanted possession because that what wanted to
perfect title In 1918 had offered to Great Britain TO
take 400 the boundary and allow her the navigation Of
Columbia river Our title TO the Columbia disputed
by Spain. We had discovered the river and claimed
without much inquiry the value of Pope Alexande
grant We had also partly explored the river and bad
made settlement upon it. In 1918 made convention
with Great Britain, in which stipulated make any
Elements north Of 49, but agreeing that the country should
open for navigation, hunting, and Indian trading for
ten years. What rights then We had rights on
the Columbia had made settlement its mouth and
though this captured during the by Great Britain
formally restored to after the peace. Our stipulation
in the convention Of Sls merely that would not
cupy the territory and that stipulation equally bind
ing Great Britain II total misnomer and perver
sion Of the whole question of right between call that
vention convention of joint occupation II just the
verseit convention Of occupation And in that
instrument stipulated further the rights Of
any other nation in that territory but there other ma
ton who claimed any rights there but SPAIN
Ii plain, them from the words of the conventions that the
rights Spain reserved and the year after Spain coded
to all her rights north of latitude az. Thus those rights
which had been reserved in the convention Of 1918 all
transferred to When in 1927, renewed that convention
for indefinite time, did in the terms in which
had been originally made in 1918, leaving out however, the
reservations And Great Britain, by conserving this oms
sion, did virtually admit all rights held under Spain
There another thing which Mr. A. intended notice.
Great Britain claimed the basis Of her title Oregon
the Nootka convention Of 1890. The origin Of her claim
founded that instrument had been fully exposed in adj
mrabe speech delivered in the other end Of the Capitol by
Senator from New York, (Mr DIM That gentleman bad
clearly shown what moral right Great Britain could found on
the proceedings Of Mearcs This Meaes had been sort OF
supecargo board vessel Macao China sailing under
the Portuguese flag owned by Portuguese and having her
He saiiad frorpM 4,