Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-09

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'u"ue" ne comnenced measures t'r lie recovery. tie
| 'PP"eo 10 MT BAKER, Tie bnish Chargc dAnaip, for
~ ofdef TOT the deytry y the sclemeat the Co.
.omo's river 70 the United States. Mr. Bsker excused
osti! 'iom compliance. on The ground that he had
ORDERS TO That ELECT from h,s Government Applies itn
~"'"en made 10 The Ministry IN London. Sumo dc,
J occurred; ou' a, irng'h an order arrived for an
surrender Ut the whole territory of the Co
'u"os valley, Win adeclata'on dated On the Sh Feb
'.Ay icio. ~ Lord Css.lefenkh ihs, he aeknowedg
eu 70 'e extent no' only oot light 10 have The
country restored hut 10 remain ssthe parry Ia possess
.,o" M'e negotiating on ME question Of lillc and un
'ne c"npe'en " SUCH negotiation III August British
S''p " "hs despached 10 make the stipulated
."u'', Was an honofsolc nc' OF Roud faith. But Al
.uo very moment WE mus got back Oregon under the
lbarh hv ,s,tv ,f min, ,ns ,,,s Xte,,givcn II all
fjas .esrino rssrsson yslfh ON. hand va were ihfw
Ing 1t away wih the o,her IN, treaty. uf i,int us,
as ,houpht TO OF ee the Enol.h ,oia y6,, Ia he ,e,
riiory with ourselves
From that day Il, ,his tina, treaty or convention If
jun use had risen M against us as an adversary In out
path II nufcd the treaty Of Client IL pa,e back Il,
Great Britain what she had st red ,no
hands il hs, her INTO the pos,,ssln Of The valley If The
Columbia and pu us out Of possession; il derived ~
of the tipht 10 eArnsiye possc.sup which Lard Chs.
tlereaph had acknnwl edoed under bis hand ba, ~,
were entitled To while treating nba,t lille Ru ii, Inn.
canv en,lon the whar cmn,ry w,,ud bave been deliver
ion I'm ve nkpi,
pos, ssnn Of the whole valley II would All have been
free 10 us without question on The part of any Power
We nnh have p,yen laws Ia Oregon "A We do 10 miner
portions Of our lcrritoy aud dnnmeJ of II JUS, az ",
thought proper With III. sdvanrrr Of possrsslou (ul
" conceded 10 us by the British Government, We
should not have had = thirty years pepo,,a,ion on The
tile.
The venion Just reversed the position of The mr.
lrs has given Britain the territory for thirty years;
aud all they now ak Of you H. To let the convention
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evil flow nu from the corv eu,io il has ensnprd us In
n conne1ion We have this day been able To oct
rid of and ifnny difficulties and dangers exs, On
this supjecI they oil sprung from ibis source.
How had this convention operated within The terrific
yi Our river has been navgaied by The British ira.
ders from lis bend tn its mouth both spring and fall -
The traders Of The Hudson Bay Company had br.ught
down their lurs for shipment from tho mouth Of ~,
river. which rghilully belonged to our traders
JOINT occupancy Who ever heard Of American ,rad-rs
going up or coming down Ffaxer's river BY The con.
ven,on the harbor at the mouth Of the Columbia was
made Tree Tor The importation of all the companys goods
from Europe and Asia free ofdu,y, in Consequence Of
which 90, loss has bern suffered by DOR Treasury
which otherwise have received those dn,ies aud
equally great injury inflicted en- our own fur uades
WIN had ,op pay duty much Of their goods. while The
British traders paid noue NIL which difference was NO
much uss Ia them IN the sale Of their lus, as well ns
in other respects.
| The Hudson Bay Company Ind spfead their terrific.
rial possessions, ony over the while valley of ihs
Columbia and into California, bui across the Rocky
Mountains and dow upon the headwa,efs Of sOmo VI
the streams which tell into The Missouri The Amer.
cans had been swept from thu hole region; and w
had continued 10 be expelled from II down 10 the Yea,
SAP, when the heroic people Of the West commenced
recovering back the ground We had lost by
impfov Idence
Mr.. u. referred 10 message OF President Jackson
sen, 10 the Senate fifteen years ago. in reply TO acall I
information "uching HE BRUSH establishments in Ore.