Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-08-13


decapitate, and perseente all men who will not
swallow such compound of nonesense preparu.
tlons as are set forth in lbe above manner Of
political doctorsbip.
! SO much for national democracy or Federal
ism, and we hope our so called Democratic ed
ltors wili lay these prescriptions before tier
readers with notes aud comments.-F Fres Press.
Why do we not own Frazer's River +?
Many of our readers will remember that the
Polk party in lS44, when the Oregon boundary
question was Up, insisted upon our right 10 tue
/ territory ur to 81 deg. 40 min Mr.. Polk
himself declared our title up to that line was
! clear and unquestionable ana the party cry,
/ then, was "Flfty-four forty or fight" Yet in
/ 1916, the Polk administration, AIr. Buchanan
being Secretary af State, made treaty sur
rendering all our territory north of latitrde
| forty nine and west of Puget Sound. TO Great
/ britain. The extent Of territory thus relin-
quished was 10000 square miles. Within
the region thus surrendered lies the Frazer
river Gold Mines. Alr. Polk claimed great
credit for acquiring the gold region of Cali
tornn; bat the gold was net discovered when
California was acquired. 1t vas cononest.
/ anl considered at the time barren ono but
the region voluntarily surrendered north of 40
deg. was ours by right aud was intrinsioally
| valuable. 1t thus turned out hat we gave uD.
through the cowardice and slavishness of Bn-
chanan and u democratic administration. n
Galuable region of 10000 square miles, en-
bracing the immensely rich gold bearing valley
of Frazer's River, unl then fought for the
! acquisition OF barren region from Mexico.
which was Afterwards accidentally discovered
to- be rich in deposits Of gold The Albany
EUsa1ag JournqL justly says.
"Amld the congratulations which greet the
Discoveries Of Gold at Frazer's RIVER. are
! mingled some very natural regrets that the sald
goll belongs to Queen Victoria's dominion in,
stead of eur own.
Qaeen Victoria derives her title to it, Whetb-
| er we'll or i'll founded, through the Democratic
| Party Of the United States. Everybody re-
members the voeiferous brag Of "Fifty-Four
. feTtJ og Fight with which President polk's
Administration was ushered in. The Bounda-
ry between US aud the British Possessions was
then unsettled, and the country was assured
| oy the proclamation Of Democratic Presses and
Politicians that the Treaty about to be made
should secure US all the Territory up to The
Inc OF 54 deg 10 min, or else we should try
the virtue OF ''force and arms" to compel
GreataBrltan to accede to thai line.
But in tins case, as Ia that of Kansas, our
Financial Policy, and others sstoo numerous TO
mention" Democratic professions proved to be
very different from Democratic practice. The
Is rff t nor per
;sFlfty -Four Forty nor s'Fighf," but we sub
n.ii:ted to take only up to 10 deg, aud to give
up all claim to Yancouver's Island, even as far
south as 49,
Thus ii happened that Frazer's River, with
all It's appurtenant 'bars,' 'placers,' 'gulcLes, /,
Mines and other repositories OF golden Wealth,
which are in the latitude Of 49A fell into the
hands of our British heighbors, and the new
Colo Colony to be founded there will enrich
the Golfers Of the Chancellor OF the Excheouer
instead Of those of the Secretary of the Treas
ury
Either our claim of 81; 10 was iast or il
was unjust. If it was unjust, the Admins
tratlon had no business to make it, II it was
just, they ought never to have backed out of
it. Imagine what malediction and railing and
storming at the cowarlly British Wings"
would have graeed the coums Of our Demo
cratic cotemporaties just now, had it been an
Administration of opposing political opinions
which made this unlueky concession. But as
it is, they fud silence in regard to the past
history of Frazer's River, as convenient as it
is expressive.