, 1859-08-26

notice, for the sake Of aggrandizing th,
members Of the parent cOmpany,-inventet
to defraud the government by avoiding tn
restrictions imposed by the charter, bu
falling " still born," because no rights hat
vested when the treaty Of ls46 was nego
tiated, and certainly none have been sinc'
acquired.
Who are the Puget Sound Agriculture
Company Traders and capitalists resi-
ding in Great Britain, with no shadow o.
claim except as tenants by occupancy
no grant Of any sovereignty ever conferred
having no rights Of possession, save those
personally acquired, asd none Of Medessity ia
this Territory, because he large majority, j
not all LGe parties 10 This fraud at The date Of
he treaty, had nsrsr SET foot upon the SOIL
We refer to this because we deem these
two companies named in the treaty as one
aud the same. By the charter TO the Hud-
son Bay Company, that Company could
not acquire any title to lands. To eVade
this, they conceived the above dodge, which
being fraud, vitiates any and every con-
tract regarding the same.
With this explanation, we include both,
and their acts, under the name Of the Hud-
son Bay Company. We will say nothing
of their persistent efforts to defeat the
growth and settlement Of our Territory, by
warning off American cities, by setting up
fictitious claims to large portions Of the
Territory, but con6ne ourselves to the late
attempt q Gov. Douglas in their behalf,
and upon their sole account, to involve the
United States and Great Britain in war, to
preserrs to him and his cOnferss the Island
Of San Juan as a range for Tie raisiHg of
SheeP, We are credibly informed that il
the United States claim to Ban Juan is ig-
nored, that said island is to be purchased
for that purpose.
Thanks to Admiral Baynes, a British
officer sent out to protect British honor
and British supremacy, who, seeing through
these miserable attempts to aggrandize this
hitherto purse-proud monopoly, throws the
weight Of bis name and judgment to avert
the dread calamity Of war, to put wealth
into the Golfers Of this Company. His ar
rival was indeed OppOrtuue, and though
we know that our gallant troops were there
ready aud able to maintain American hon
or and American law, wO cordially attest
our hearty admiration of = pStrioGc BritOn,
who, appreciating the difference between o
Hudson Bay Company speculation and an
assertion Of British supremacy, exposes the
selfish and mad folly Of an ignorant, con
ceited trader, who, grown rich upon the
uuresisted encrOachment upon private right
by this company, should yet be covetous
although securing further wealth can only
be attained by the sacrifice Of disinterested
blood and treasure.
We trust good feelings between the two
nations will long continue. We have ne
right to object to q British colony being
entirely subserVient to the Hudson Bay
Company, yet we are happy indeed to wit
ness an officer not connected with thai
service, developing the bansful policy o
eptrusting a frontier colony to the govern
ment Of that Company. We implore til,
national government to look carefully int
this whole matter. The pestiferous pres
ence Of that Company in our midst, tn,
evils it has heretofore entailed, the baC
feeling now engendered between our cti
zens and it, growing out of contested lant
titles, the humiliating presence of foreigl
monopoly, succeeding only to our disadvan
tage, the singing modification Of the chea
which secured the treaty Of ls46, and last
ly, the narrow escape from war, in conse
quence Of the efforts Of the Hudson Ba,
Company TO aggrandize themselves. Ii
Gods name, how much longer are we t,
submit to these indignities, these humilia
tions 7
MAsoNIc.-The Grand Lodge of Wash