Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1846-01-17

pOSsesSor OF every foot north OF the river.
Are we prepared for this Is that strip Of country,
as the gentleman from Massachusetts would intimate,
worthless and not worth contendng for Sir would
soon abandon to Great Britain every foot of Ore
gon to give her up the harbors Of Puget Sound, "
ing as they do north Of the Columbia, but south of AZ
deg. Have You remarked, sir-you must have done
so, if you have followed the of this question
that every proposal made by Great Britain officially
unofically, proposal chich direSts of Puget
Sound. When hard pressed In 1886, they offered to
concede rocky peninsula lying southeast of Cape 1
Fattery, but wholly west of Puget Sound, which /
was to be Engands And recently, the Albion made !
what may perhaps be deemed a sort of semi-oficlal
British proposal namely, to down the Columbia
to point fifteen miles south of the south
ern extremity of Puget Sound and thence due west
the pacific still lea wing Puget Sound to Great Br
tain Let the offers be varied they will, the har
bors of Puget Sound not to be Sir the Bri
fish government contends not for the useless and the
Improbable. When they adhere to unreasonable de-
mands, it is always for something valuable and Of
which they know the value. They know well, that
there not from the straits Of Fuca clear down to
~ deg, a single harbor where vessel of two bun
ldrcd tons burden can ride in safety. They know,
that whoever these harbors has tie key to tie
commerce of the whole country. They know, thai, if
things are suffered to at present, they will
have the maritime control Of Oregon.
Such q contamination never can be permitted by
these States. IT, every one must soon happen,
a great line of communication with China and the East
Indies is established through Oregon that line Will,
in all probability, terminate the southern extremi
tv of Puget Sound, and there Will be the point OF en-
barcation Needs it more to prove that Oregon,
without Puget Sound, is almost worthless to us
differ from my friend from New York Mr.. KING
in the opinion, that government offered the COM
promise of 40, with intention that it should be ac-
cepted. | believe the offer made, the Pres-
dent has said in Difference to the action of his pre-
decessors believe the o..er was made IN Difference,
also to that which we may not despse, the public
D opinion of the world public opinion, which has
, been mainly formed on this point, by our own con-
cessions and offers to compromise. Nor do agree
with the gentleman from New DIRK, that every man
of common must know, that Great Britain would
: refuse that offer Every who has strictly exam
ncd the subject must, think, to the conclu
SION that compromise, 1t is one far more favorable
to Great Britain than she, eren on her o'cn grounds
: of pretenSon had right to expect. Tie gentleman
from Massachusetts talks of vague radltlonfry dis
II coyeres as sources of title. Does he not know tina
Great Britain, rejecting these now Pounds her claim
It on other ground that her commissioners have Official
" declared that the rights OF the United States ant
of ENGLAND on the northwest coast, arc now to b.
d traced not narratives of early voyages many OF then
apochrvpha but in the text of the Nooka convention
OF 1870 That she declares contains The en-
l. tire title ours and hers. Now, sir, Will not at this tim
Of 90 into subject somewhat intricate and tedious bu
if the House, when the Oregon question comes direct
he " before them, will afford me opportunity, prom
even if we grant England all she asserts in regar
lie to this celebrated convention and admit that 1t is
I'd force to the present day-that even them compron
n Use founded this very document thus claimed
ENGLAND as the sole Just foundation of territorial RICH
ly in Oregon would be compromise at latitude ty-tr
not at latitude forty-nine And that, when our go
it. ernment as she has often DONE has offered forty
nine she has stricken off for the sake Of peace thre
entire degrees; and that, too, from her just dema ne
y, supposing it founded on the very convention whlc
It. England sets up the charter OF her rights III or
e- gon.
The gentleman from Massachusetts, has said, tn
er peace-nny peace-is In itself an honor. must d.
lot fer from him in that opinion. | hope and belev
ed that there is not this floor, one more sincere
Ter friendly to peace one more DESTROYS TO II maj
in tanned than myself But there may be peace not on
not honorable, but utterly osgraceul; peace obtant
DC by trucking peace toerating gross Injustice Al
more there may be peace for the moment to be Il
sed lowed bv aggravated war, ere long | am remlnd'
on of an anecdoe related by revolutionary writer
his was on the eve of the great struggle, which ma
nd America free that a certain was standing at i
ud door his little boy by his side, and engaged IN co
Gu versation touching the apprehended war IL was
lg gued that, later, II was evident there mt
our be rupture with Great Britain and that all u
zed could be done was to delay it for season. w ell
said he at any rate, let me have peace in my day
How lust and noble the sentiment Of the writer, "
ink remarks that if that man had felt as parent siou
we his LANGUAGE would have been far different he wo'
ing have said: II war must come, lei IL come now
my CHI Id may have peace. Hollow peace neither h'
be orable nor profitable and hollow that peace must
cal that leaves the entire question of territorial right
ui- of the Rocky mountains vague and open DO you
leye sir that our people-thosc of our western ir
v ter esoeciay-are to be tied down TO the line Of
nat lumba because Great Britain or her Hudson /
be COMPANY sees fit to seek to prevent settlement no
Of that River! And even if they were permitted
the settle there how long think you, will they be cont
Mr. without title to lands, which we cannot give TIL,
man the notice. this convention Is terminated 1t av;
)uld us little to postpone declaration OF war here,
nee, transfer itself to Oregon.
Sir there another remark OF inc gcHlcniah II
on Nnssachu- cts on which have word TO say. !
world. he SAYS will not hold blamccss, If, IN G
yv we cannot otherwise settle this difference, we decl
-. In refer II To arbitration. Great HrItan, he renl
7 us has proposed to ar5trate. If the gentleman
read the early history Of the dispute between SP
lend and Great Britain in regard To this very territory
have knows that,in the of the negotiations OF
have between Count Florida Blanca and Aeyie fI'zi
ing hort this very offer to ar5trate was made 10y span
lust Grcat Britain: with the add tona admission
Mr. now made bv England to us) that she herself mi
Orh, select the arbiter Was that proposal agreed to
bv Grrat Britain No, sir. She declared, that
nile youd enirtst the settlement of her rights to no
the nerson. II i'll becomes her, now, to Ind iault
oc- our refusal The truth is, we have already OLE
c the the very utmost we ought under any clrcumsan
to acccde to- To what purpose, then, an ab'rat
they A single word more, sir, and shall close J
in reply TO the argument of the gentleman from n
give sachusetts that Spanish title OF which we sa
the much nfy-a- days was thought little OF IN IL
soLL that we did not urge in the course OF the
elk to cotiatons of that year If the gentleman Will
the troublc TO refer to the date of the treaty by WI
lven- frs, md alone we obtained the Spanish title 10
day, ,o, lao ~ III find the date be 1919 How coul,