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

verge OF Wai WIN ueat Britain, and all by following the
blind guide which he had following false and
shallow book, which had bought and then took for the
compendium OF all knowledge These strong words but
no stronger than the truth admits or Justice requires and
mean to prove what say Mr. Greenhow bad taken il into
his head to deny the line of Utrecht beyond the Lake Of the
Woods, which Mr.. Galatin in his negotiations with the
British Ministers had relied upon aud to keep up his
side Of the argument be suppressed all that Gaan said and
the British Ministers admitted about the treaty Of Utrecht
Mr.. Galatn was sent to the Court of ST. James in 1896
for the purpose Of settling questions growing up respect to
Oregon. He eoeponded with the then Secretary Of State
Mr. Clay, and IN that correspondence from beginning the
end he rested, as number Of his arguments upon the
fact that the boundary line between the United States and
Great Britain was along the 49th parallel Of latitude from
the Lake Of the Woods The Pacific Ocean, and that that
was sgreed upon the treaty of Utrecht Mr. Gallatn, upon
his arrival IN London in the second letter addressed to Mr.
Clay, said that he would investigate that question Of the
xaion Of the boundary according to the treaty Of Utrecht
In his letter of M 25h Of November speaking Of the Oregon
negotiations. in elation TO Oregon he says:
s0n helast .4!jscs eSdno dDeu hnudng yet sufficient
This was the opening of his negotiations with the British
minister's Messrs Huskisson and Addngton, and the OPEN
ing Of bis correspondence with Mr. Clay He would not
dceH" the subject that time, because he had not yet
sufficiently investigated the articles of the treaty Of Utrecht
He then made that treaty his starting point in the negotiation
We all know something Of Mr.. Galatin; that he had
talent for investigation, talent for analysis, talent for
search, which enabled him to discover the truth wherever
e He did investigate the treaty of Utrecht and did satisfy
himself of the fact that established the boundary and hav
ing satisfied himself of the fact that the boundary line
fixed the 49h parallel of atude from the Lake Of the
Woods to the Pacific ocean, he then brought forward to
the British ministers, and stated it to them fully The Brit
sh minister's Mr. President well informed they abe
they sklu they bold and they gain many advan-
tages in negotiation by their Skill and by their bodness
But they proud also, too proud to lie and when Mr. Gal
latin mentioned this to hem they said yes it but
that subsequent treaty between Great Britain and Spain
that of Nooka Sound had superseded the treaty Of Utrecht
and thrown open the whole country to the discovery and
tlement of all Powers Of the world. They confessed and
evaded, the lawyers say. They admitted the fact, but
endeavored to get rid Of by bringing forward subsequent
treaya whether good bad il is my pur
pose agues but Mr. Gaan brought forward the fact Of
the establishment Of the boundary line, and the British minis
ter admitted it. but said It superseded by subsequent
treaty The point with me is this that Mr.. Gaatn in those
negotiations and in that correspondence from the opening Of
and before he had mentioned to the British minister's had
determined to investigate that ne and to maintain if he
found rue He did and did investigate, and did find it
true and brought forward the British minister's and they
admitted the ne said superseded by the subsequent
treaty of Nootka Sound. All this communicated Mr..
Clay, who in the Department of State, in which Mr.
Greenhow clerk and afterwards it communicated to
Congress and printed Now, the point which wish to call
the attention Of the Senate this that in this book of Mr.
Greenhow, which purchased for the purpose Of guiding
the American Senate and the House Of Representatives,
relation to the geography, history and title 10 Oregon and
which purports to give the negotiations the subject o
the northwestern boundary between the United States and
Great Britain. every word that Mr. Gaatn said in relation
to the line Of Utrecht is left It is all left And the
he gives for leaving it out shows it done pur-
pose the validity Of which will be judged Of after is
read have made statement sir, and statement going
to chow how have been imposed upon and fooled
Of these book purchases and which considered happy
purchase at the time made and intend prove
what have stated Here the Gallatin correspondence
printed for the Senate January 81 1925 and for the House
Of Representatives subsequently, VOL No. l9e, Executive
Documents In his letter Mr.. Clay November l6 1885,
PIP. u, Is of the Senate Documents, he says:
"The pending negotiations the researches they render
necessary do permit communicate than brief
account of what most important for to know.
= had but little to add to the arguments used by
ri,ory n question:. pointed out The discover
Grays harbor now improperly called Whby north Of the
Columbia river, by Captain Gray referred 70 e lns es.a6
recaptulation Of the whole"
Here the line Of Utrecht is brought directly to the notice
the British commissioners, and the next point is, what did
they say to it Mr. Gaan tells what they said and that
is found at page ID Of the document and the
letter. Il was this:
Gas at the time Of concluding the Noo(ka convention,
Louisiana did belong Spain and she made exception to
the provisions Of that conventions proposed boundaries
OF that province having been established by former treaties
with Great Britain, Of right extending 10 the Pacific
ocean, the United States cannot claim territory that
of louisiana either natural extension OF
its boundaries wesward as implied from The designaO
Of the boundary Ine tihe 4ssh parallel Of latitude settled
between Canada and Losidnd the part andH British
possessions Of Hudsons Bay the other part, By the
iss,0,ers a6poinedn prsuancs the treaty Of Utrecht
This convention OF Nootka must be considered gene
rally having become international law, least for the
Pacific and superseded the claims ascrbed to prior dis
covery set aside the exclusive preeons Spain the north
es bart of the american continent, and opened to the
and settlements Of all countries whatever including the
United States"
This was the answer Of the British
and Notwithstanding the establishment Of the line of
Utrecht but pleading that it superseded by the Nooka
Sound convention. do not stop to give Mr.. Gaans
swer to that plea That is not the point The point
is that Mr. Galain presented this line to the British
missone part the United States title up 49-or
one went higher that timeand that the British ministers
admitted it The point presently will be that MI. Green
how suppressed both this urging and admitting the line and
after that bis for such suppression We go with
the proofs On the 25h day Of November, page l6 Of the
same document, Mr. Gslain writes to Mr.. Clay thus:
The boundary line agreed upon by the
pointed in pursuance of the treaty Of Utrecht he 49th pa
rae latitude though falling short Of what might be claim
ed by the Ued States offered by hem and must all
events be binding on Great Britain That line was inde-
there why should be continued far
the claims Of both parties extended"
This is what is in the letters Of Mr.. Gaatn Mr.
Cyhe line Of the treaty of Utrecht four times mentioned
by him, and the British to it. But there is still
formal paper 10 be produced-"he statement and
"ths counter statement Of the respective negotiatos
There was then drawn up the part Of the British minis
statement Of the British e which annexed to the
protocol of the sixth conference and consisted Of nine pages
and found at page 81 Of the document At the time
there counter statement showing the United States
title drawn up by Mr.. GaatD, which consisted Of eleven
pages and is page So of the documents and in this
counter statement Mr. Galatin brought forward the whole
claim Of the United States, and rested it, among other points,
upon the treaty Of Utrecht Now, Mr.. Greenhow, in The
appendix to this book gives the entire British statement, and
omts Mr.. Galatins He gives the British Statement" at
exfen IN for n