Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-31

Mr. Galatn claimed for the United States the possession
OF the Territory Of the Rocky mountains, between the
42d and 49th parallels, the grounds oE-
"The acquisition by the United States Of the titles #
France through the Louisiana treaty. and the titles OF Spain
The discovery Of the mouth of the Columbia the first
poraon Of the countries through which hat river flows and
the establishment OF the first posts and settlements in those
countries by American citizens
The virtual recognition of title othe United States by
first article of the treaty Ghen Of the post the mouth
of the Columbia, which had been taken during the
give the United States stronger right to those territories
than could be advanced by any other doctrine al
maintained by Great Britain. from the period Of her
earliest attempts colonization in America clearly proved
her charters in which the whole breadth Of the continent
between certain parallels Of atude granted to colonies
established only points the borders Of the Atlanc
This is the exhibition which Mr. Greenhow makes Of Gal
correspondence document Of eighty pages and
eleven Of them taken up with counter statement Of the
American clsim in opposition 10 the statement of the
British claim. This is all and this all is little. Mr. Green
seems to have been aware that apology due for
such conduct and he accordingly gives thus in note at
page SAT:
"IHe counter sfaiemenfef Mr. GaAaan, able docu.
aen omitted only because is nscron would haze too much
increased the bulk Of the vohime."
These the given for omitt ng Mr. Gallains
statement Of the title Of the United States: " too much in
creased the bulk Of his volume" Now, Mr.. Galatins
counter statement only eleven pages and that too
much put in. The British statement nine pages and
that much. The volume itself was nearly 500
pages and eleven could not have been told by looking
at handling the bookcoud only have been found out by
looking at the figures the margins of the pages Besides,
the American people might have pardoned Mr.. Greenhow
for spang his exposures and detecons Of the British
nis-statement he smartly calls them, and OF which ne
note at the bottom Of page 446, and accepted Mr. Gal
atns reply in the shape of his "counter statement to all
the Of the British statement" The country would
probably have padoned him for such substitution but he
could pardon hmselfor doing; and he emitted Gala
tins answers and substituted Greenhows The fact now
stands ndspuable that in compilation of the history of
Oregon and California, for the instruction of members Of
Congress- Mr. Greenhow left the whole of the negota
ions and the whole Of the correspondence Of Mr. Gaan
That fact is clear Why did he leave it out, sir Why did
give the British statement Of nine pages and leave out
Mr.. Galans eleven pages Can be that for the
given II is immatera what the reason, except
that false shows bad design. guess different
from the he gives. Mr.. Greenhow had under
taken deny the existence Of the line established by the
treaty Of Utrecht He started with that foot foremost and
then stuck TO it. trying prove well he could by leav-
ing out Mr. Gallatns correspondence which averred the ex
isence Of hatne. guess he left out Mr.. Galans coun
statement because contained this paragraph page 81
of the document Of Galatn's correspondence
"The limits between the northery possessions of Great
Britain in North America and those Of France 10 the
eonnassioners appointedn pursuance Of the treaty of Utrecht
From the coast OF Labrador to certain point north of Lake
SUPERIOR those limits fed according certain
and bounds and from that point the line of demarcaon
agreed extend indefinitely due wes along the 49h parallel
Of north latitude in conformity with that arrange
that the United States did claim that parallel as the
northern boundary Of Louisiana 1t has been accordingly
thus settled far the Stony mountains by the convention
1873 between the United States and Great Britain and no
adequate be given why the boundary should
not be continued M the claims of the United States
extends that is to say, as far as the Pacific ocean"
ibis is the reason guess that Mr. Gallatins scounter
statement was carefully left out, and bad
given for it averred the existence, in the formal
manner, of the line Of Utrecht Mr. Greenhow had denied
the existence Of that line and did feel called upon
stuy himself in the face Of the public by producing Gaan
to contradict him. But he does content himself with
tho linp ha
against it. At page 436 Of his book he has three pages Of
argument against this line, under this imposing caption
horving that The 49 paraRelof attitude not selected
te1isories n NORTH anrica, BY comassaries appointed
GgTeeabiy to the treaty Of Utrecht"
Al page 2sl he again denies it in these words
Bur there eradrnce ,ech be admitted esiab
isng the fact that line running along the 4sM parallel Of
latitude any other hne adopted PROPOSED
BY those eonissazss, BY their Governments, the limit
any part Of the French possessions the NORTH and Of tie
B'ihsh Huasm's Bay Territories on the south"
And he puts that into italics, by way Of giving en-
rhass to the contradiction. And page 2s2 he
be perfectly satisfied with himself for putting end
to ''beie which had been "hifherto' I'D est, until
his book appeaed entertained Without suspicion in the
United States and "tomed the basis Of most impo
tant eatie 1t his design that should the
treaties; SO he conadced, suppressed Mr. Gaans
avermeat and the British admission, and pushed up
| ffy-four forty.
Mr. President former OCCASION when the state of our
negotiations with Great Britain relation Oregon were the
subject Of much discussion drought these
facshe main fact of the line of Uuecht-fo the purpose
checking arresng the furious passion which then broke
out for $40 4V adduced the line of Utrecht fixing the
line between the United States and Great Britain While
was doing this, and actually extricatng the Administration
and the Democratic party from the perous condition into
which they had been run backguaded every day in
the "organ" in this cythe organ calling itself Democra.
ticsomeimes edorialy, sometimes by Mr.. Geenhow,
der his own nanie blackguaded, v6ed, contradict
ed, and Al last rdculed and pied by the organ and its
backer Tor mentioning the line of the treaty Of Utrecht
have doubt that nearly the whole of the Democratic party
which at that time put faith in the organ fully believed that
there such line of Urechthat Mr. Greenhow
had ecpsed all American and British negoators, and that
-four forty fight the duty of every Democrat
who British traitor literally cried down,
and Mr. Greenhow cried up until he rode upon the clouds
Five hundred country organs played the of city
saving the country from "neritab Oih Great Bri
TAIN" 1t the first time, perhaps in which member of
party, saving the party and the country from absurd
assaled by the organ Of the party Justly, and
much less falsely and wickedly. But, with the help of
others, succeeded. The danger averted. The
line Of 49, which had offered Great Britain for forty
years, established; and see from the exhibit
have made this day, that all the danger then
from book auduently false for which paid SO, $50
give ourselves thirty copies of it each say for, though
fought against and refused touch the book yet its pur
chase the act Of the body Of which MEMBER and
therefore zoe did il.
This is of experience in buying hornbooks for
our Senatorial instruction Mr.. Greenhow gives history OF
page, which cost Gaatn eighty pages being the
largest instance have known Of the play Of Hamlet with
the part of Hamlet left for he gives Galstns cores
pondence with omission of the of Gaan