The Washington union., 1858-03-09


EsGIIsH VIEWS EEsPEcTING THE AIAEGED
MOVEMENT or THE MoRsGONs 10 vANcouvERs 5
ISLAND. ASD THE SETTLEMENT OF AMERICANS
on BRITISH TERRITORY THE BOUNDARY COM
MISSION
The English oTeruuent seems to have taken alarm AT
the reports tha the Aomons about 70 Taeate salt
Lake City and tbs British possessions north Of
the 4sfh parallel The London Post the Official paper,
q the 9Th Of January SAYS
The authorities Of the coonal oice we suspect win
hear with equal surprise and regret thai te MOI0ns al
the date of the last aGvioas from America preparing
O leave tab or the neighborlng British POSSESSIONS and
that pioneer parties had already left spy out the
promised land which this strange sect of fanatics has
already selected for its future h0ne We believe there
IS no right-Iainded person IN England who has the
slightest desire 10 the solitary and urnpr0ving
reign Of the Hudson Bay Company supslAz.ted by the
despotisn Of arch imporf9F whose power is based up
sysenatized hceItiousness and organized bapheTny
The general impression was that this Mormon
dous would direct itself towards the western portion of
Meioo where neither the authorities Of the STATE the
population would have power 70 impede its iagTess IL
however comparison be drawn between Tie weakness OF
the Mexican government and the utter imbecty OF the
Hudson Bay Company r every purpose except that Of
trade there be doubt that Brigham Young has
ercsed wise discretion in directing the attention of his
followers 10 reglcn in which naaing thai he Dig
ned with the ol British law Is asserted to
st We confess that We cannot contemplate without
pain the probable complications 10 which ts movement
OF the Mor1nons may give rise.
sIs England receive within any part f her territories
horde armed reels wo have fed fr0Fa that retribu
iiye justice which the United States ia yindiAtion Of
their national sovereignty, and iaF tire repression Of
odions crimes, bound to infiict How is Eng
iaBa rather its 0azeps rsrezaa1sue the Hudson
Bay Company to keep ia ordsr this colony polyga
Inists NJ are aasae{ naEA tlaf Eglsll Layis-
aataoa trolld ta9 b0aAd 70 saer end aisg@ The
IrE n ts extraordinary eoRaHnly, laAa, fsr sasA re
Esgtr raag g1zslg 81 aRa apg4 GGd TogzJfp
fsza7-an island which, from its position. say
nothing its valuable prodnca1As, commands the north
western coast of tile Pacific and WHICH bat Cor the
did and selfish policy Of the Hulsons Bay Company
would wears ago have been the e Of industrious and
enterTrising British population.
With reference to the settlement of Americans On Brit
ish territory and the great interest the English
present feel relative their northwestern possessions
and to which attention called in communication in
columns Of the llth ult, the Journal remarks
se are glad that the condition Of that territory
which extends from Canada To the Pacific il the present
time engaging te attention Of the colonial office The
Ea sy qestioa nraa u see9 during 1e eggsoafg ses-q
d Parlianp and ti4a. extnrtion is impending
the great East India Company OF creduiity
win induce the public TO believe that Parliament
consent to paTlstuate the Hadson's Bay monopoly.
'I Ii well known, from tire recent eIloTats of Mr.
Pallir thai 11e arse Izsas eied rur ae leg rper
ta 10 e foo u ls Ro 1oa11ias and that Americans
from the nrighbsIig State Of Minnesota In large
numbers settling within British territory, and talk openly
Of annexation The seifassned lords of the soil the
Hudson Bay Company, having power 10 them
off on 10 prevent them from accomplishing that which
Mr. PeIliseT records iacf ihe erecfion within the
British border of to~n the inhabitants of which
acknowledge not the Jurisdiction of Qaeen Victoria bot
that Of President Buchanan
Lord Barry, in iaie iaars Canada, CONSIDERS that
great inaoas Iait1ees mHst arise that the
present BOUNDARY t~tren the territories q tbs oOun
tries is only an ules.ed astroneaisl lire or be APP
propriately described it, mark the Inap which
no United States engant wonld care to respect who
ahead Of him good land be had for the trouble Of
king it.
The boundary line fixed by the treaty Of Oregon Is
about be marked; the commissions Of both countries
being ready to commence operations during the slsg
season The officers Of the United s commission are
Archibald Carept .al commissioner, and Ileuf j.
G. f1Ic United States Typographical engineers chief
astrJHaner.
The British commission consists os .apt Hzw kins
r. e. co1nrnissollet--as Major Lowell, r. e. first
astgz.,er with other officers az artillery and engineers
and staff oi civil assistants to Ilase seer.io oi.py-
tions This commission w.l dpine the nogtteln bound
AIRY Of EaaiIgson Territory But is obvious that the
immediate formation of another branch of the
mission to proceed westward from the Lake o tie Woods
to meet the branch which viii start from the Pacific side
and proceed east would greatly facilitate the accomplish
r1lent OF this work.
This vas the plan submitted to Congress II 1854 to
settle and define the northern boundaries Of Aireo.a IN
such 70 prevent our e..-4Ia ires lnoraltly
trcspassig on Br- psogslt Our citizens have ne
oesairy pf crossing northern bounds The vast and
fertile pr4iries the great fJrets Of abcr and the
nense mineral wealth of Oregon and Washington Terri
tories are Fet he Developed and our engra1s should
turn their STEPS towards those regions before thinking OF
settling upon .4ehafHble eTeuEd encroaching upon
our northern neiahbpts. This boundary question il oe
of great Importance, and which con3n ssri TO the
careful attention II tF lssseni Congress aad trust
that prosapt action win be had and joint commission
at once appointed to ciinac and finish the survey