Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-02-18

The title. howevrs, Thus clearly established
In the argument Of Mr.. Calhoun. II Duet be
borne h mind, 10 not a title 10 the whole oil
Oregon. kna title, ss he himself describes
IL $50 tia portion u the territory drained by
the Columbia liver and its tributaries. The
whole Of Oregon. ~ now understood. COM
prchends thu entire country from the Roxy
Mountains To the Pacific, which lies between
the ~ deg. and the 81 deg. tOm. OF north lat
iiudc. The Columbia river enters the ocean
a Little above the d6th deg. of north lat. Its
course for some hundred miles from the ocean IL
nearly luc east aud west. aud then one OF its
Principal branches bears. in it's upward cour-c.
To the Southwest, having its source near the
~ deg. Of north latitude. while the other
branch bars To the Forth and northeast. hav-
ing its source very lar in the interior. and IL
is said near the 80 deg. of north latitude.
The effect Of Mr.. Cslhoun's view OF our
title, then. would b. TO give us a large extern,
Of inland country, corresponding with the
basin OF the Columbia and its tributaries, with
such a limited and reasonable portion Of the
coast above and below the mouth Of the river
us might b. considered fairly appurtcisnt to
the ownership OF the mouth. A large portion
OF the coast bctw cen the ~ and 81 deg. ION.
of north latitude, and all the inland country
north and cast Of the valley of the Columbia,
and lying bctween that valley and The sea.
and extending thence TO the 81 deg. y n "'
north latitude. would not be embraced by THIS
title. To make out, then. 1.-The clcsr and un-
questionable right To the trAoi, ef Orrgon.
which was proclaimed by the Baltimore Con
~,en,ion. aed adopted asa part OF its creed by
President, il became necessary To insist uPon
other and less tenable views OF our title. Ac-
cordinely. the President informs US, in his
message. at the opening OF Congress. the THAT
by his direction our title To the rhoie Oregon
territory was asserted. aud. ss il believed.
maintained by irriagable fscts and argu-
ments."
This task was, Of cour~e. 10 he performed
by Mr.. Buchanan. an has doubtless been CT.
ecutcd with sll the ingenuity and ability which
the nature OF the case admitted. But ! may
b. permitted to- say, with all NV sentiments
OF personal regard for that gentleman. that
plain people i'm the country, on reading his
two long and elabonte letters To MIR. Psken.
ham, were not a little startled TO find that his
argument. in asserting an absolute and eSclu-
\ siye Sovereignty in Spain over the whole ter.
rtory of Oregon previous 10 the Florida treaty
of 1919. utterly demolished. II true, the whole
sbric of our meiitorious title built up by the
energy, enterprise. anu lsbors of our own cit
i1ens, and which they hsd Just seen oonclu-
! sisely established. a. they thought. by the ar
gument of Mr.. Calhoun. The Treaty OF 1919,
after establishing the boundary line between
the United States wcsi OF The Mississippi and
the then Spanish province OF Mexico, along
the Sabine river aud other specified lines aud
courses, up TO the source oi the Arkansas, ia
latitude ~ dogs. north. and thence by that par
ailel Of latitude To The Pacific ocean. contains
a CLAUSE Of mutual rcnunriaiioo, in which his
Catholic Majesty. on his part, enounoes and
ocies to the United States "sll his rights.
claims, and prrtensioir 10 any territories cast
.xl ..a.sI "A A. H.. ~ A.. z
these vague rights, claims, and ~pretensions."
derived rom spain in 1919, which, Mr.. Blu
chanan's argument asserts, give u a good IL
tic 10 the whole OF Oregon. He therefore.
%msgnihcs and cxalls the Spanish title with all
the force OF language he can employ, without
seeming 10 b. at oil conscious. in the neal OF
the moment. of the suicidal cffec, OF his argu
ment on the true American title, derived from.
-t.-sr III. arhieyements Of our own
n,ue more eooli, +
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