The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-02-27
Oregon The Notice.

days paper, Il win be seen that the resolu.
lions inslructing the President 10 give Great
Britain che requisite notice Of lhe GeEnlini-
ton Of the joint occupancy Of the Oregon
Territory, have passed the House Of Repre-.
senialiyes by a large majority.
The notice is now to be given, and what
will be lie effect upon the minds OF the
English, remains yet TO be seen. That il
will be productive Of war, which many Of
the brawling politicians and political press
Of the country would lead the people TO be-
lieve, (for what object We leave them TO ex>
plain) we cannot believe. We consider it
asa peace measure, entirely pacific in all
its aspects, and we cannot perceive how,
without grasping and determined ambition
on the one side and great Encouragement
displayed on the other, il can result in war
between the two counties. By giving the
notice, we are only exercising right re-
served to US and to England also, by the
Convention Of 1927 right which is entire.
y optional with us, when and under what
circumstances to exercise.
And what will be the effect Ofthe noiicoel
Will it be to plunge our country into long,
bloody and DISASTROUS war1 We do not so
view it, and great Indeed must be the pre-.
JUDGE Of England, and determined and
deadly towards this country, If she can pos
Sibly construe it into a quasi declaration Of
war. To our mind the cessation Of The joint
Occupsnce will only place matters in tho
same condition in which they were in 1918,
and in which they have remained ever since.
And what was that siluationl Why, at the
commencement Of the Convention Of 1873,
il was expressly understood by both tie
high contracting parties, that the United
States claimed a sole and crcluSiUc right
and sovereignty over all that territory em>
braced between the forty first and the forty.
ninth degrees Of north latitude, whilst Eng,
land claimed no exclusive right or sovereign.
ty to aaV portion of the territory, but only
advanced some very indefinite claims to as
equally indefinite rights in the territory,
willis, equal claims were laid BY both parties
10 that portion Of the territory embraced be.
tween the fOrty-ninth and 6f'y-fOurlh de,
grees Of moth latitude.
Such, il our memory serves us right, was
the condition Of things in 1918, and such
they will be now, and we cannot see how,
by placing affairs in the same situation ia
which they were then, can bring Us any
nearer 10 war upon that subject than we
were before.
The dissolution Of the Convention oil
1927, instead of being Prejudicial, will, as
we conceive, be highly beneficial to our in
Ierests, and be the means Of fastening to
final conclusion the tedious and fruiiless me-
gotiations which have been carried on upor
this subject. By the Convention Of 1927
we conceded, and a great concession i
was too, TO Great Britain that she had som,
rights in Oregon, and upon this colOring o
a PFetext, obtained from US only through I
desire Of promoting peace and harmony, sht
has built up a. title 10 the whole territory
BY removing this ground Of her claim, ant
placing Ouiselvesin the same attitude which
We filed in 1919, England will pelceiv,
that, though a free horse, yet we cannot b
rode TO dcath-thal we are determined I,
assert OUT just and righteous Claims-which
until recently, we're never denied-and tina
it is much to her interest to speedily settle
a controversy which, however il may end
can never result in any material benefit Il
her. 't