Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-07-10
MOANING TsEADERs
TUESDAY 5757NTN6. july 10, 1880.
WARREN OORREsPoNDENoE.
WaaREN. oa JllY B. 1s0a.


isienaly criticism upon Gen. Blereos address
has brought out q IrSRlyi 10 which lbS grace
fally yields every point out 'the matter th'
possession Of the country west Of the ouya.
hogs and tie Fort at ths mouth of that river
Not to be cut done in courtesy, also nust
acknowledge myself n error in respect t
the statement about the Treaty of Green.
Ylbe, TIE authority consulted bad Civ.
en- the matter as I had given Il, and spok,
Of che reservations as mqde for tbe In,
dlans, where's, the whole country was 10
served to them except certain cessions o
land to the United States. My reference L
the treaty was to illustrate my position tina
the British could pot bays had any possession
of this country in July, rec, at the time. The
surveyors speak Oftheir having I. Fort OF
trading post at the mouth Of the Cuyahoga
The treaty itself IS the strongest possible tes.
tilaOuy in favor Of my position, rs will be
seen 10 Che quotations shah make from it
although, it IS true, that it does not eeds al
sIaBd west Of the Guyahoga and south OF
the lakes li.I l4q.E 4aaIE usa.a
The French Grst claimed dominion over all
this country, and If first discovery gives the
right Of suprenle control, then indeed, was
their claim just one. James Cartier mar
FineT Of st. Mslo, in France, the leader Of a
yogegO Of discovery, fitted out by the illus
trious Chabot, discovered the Gulf and River
ST. Lawrence, in August, 1884 BY virtue
of This discovery the French government
claimed title Oall the country drained by
the ST. Lawrence and her tributaries Her
and the Jesuit Missionaries ex-
tended ;lte discovery by making trips into
theinteriori the one for the love Of adventure,
and the other for the purpose Of bringing the
sayages under the dominion Of the cross.
The French extended their forts trnding
houses and settlements west TO the Mississippi
and south t., the Ohio at length d contro-
very arose between ahe English and French
governments about this whole country be-
tween the Lakes on the north and the Al
leghanJ on the south, and ont Of this con-
trOyersy grew the bloody q French and Indian
wal" in which the powers of a Washington
were early manifested and the French at
length brought under-the Lilies beading
under the superior strength Of the British
Lion, aided by the young eaglets Of the west
and the treaty Of 763 was made; hywhich
the French governments ceded all her territory
and possession to the English government
After this came the Revolutionary war, with
its termination in favor of the Colonies, and
the treaty Of 1888, BY which al the territory
south of the Lakes and east of the Mississippi
was ceded to the ConedeFated States.
By the treaty of lT63, all the French posts
went into the the possession OF the English.
In 1852, or tlsreabouts, the French had a
trading post near the mouthOf the Cuyahoga,
but this appears 10 have been abandoned, as
there IS no statement By the surveyors or
others, as to It's occupancy in f796. This is
not the house referred 10 BY surveyors at
.he mouth Of the Cuyah0ga The French
house was Eve miles from the mouth Of the
river. l..- l,.i.alls l--....f 4.--t -.il3 e4. 81.
The dispute seems to be, did the British
have Fort at the mouth Of the Cuyahoea
in 1852 and did all " the territory west of
sword and the tomahaWkP l have assumed
that this statement was an error, and appeal
to the truth Of history to support me in that
lst. As to the house at the mouth Of the
Col Hillman, a trutl1fnlman, said
in his narrative, that he, with his associates,
built this house IN 1886; to store the goods
Of Duncan & Wilson of Pittsburgh, to await
the schooner 1Iackinawv to De
trOit, He was in the employ of Duncan &
Wilson for two years, conducting this trade.
Now, it matters not what the surveyors have
said about this house; until Col. Hillman is
impeached his statement must be taken as
correct. l have not seen the book referred to
by Gen. Bierce, "0hio, It's History and An-
but the quotation given seems to
depend entirely upon what the surveyors
have said abOut It. Duncan and Wilson were
not British subjects, but were American citi-
zens; were carrying on trade With Detroit
an American settlement and caused this
house to be built and had # occupied for
ten years before the surveyors came there,
and. Of course, the men engaged IN the bust
ness are more to be relied on than the sur
Vey0rs about this house and its charaeter.=
From these facts It seems Unnecessary to re-
fer to the play upon the words " fort or
g trading house la-l r. .TIf-
I'd. The British did not have possession of
he country west Of the Cuyahoga in 1855.
Nor did that territory west of the Cuyshoga
await the aebitrament Of the sword and the
~
As before stated by solemn treaty, Of 1888,
the British had eeded all the territory south
Of the Lakes and east of the Mississippi to
the copfederated States. The following is
the boundary line as made in the treaty, or
so much of il as relates TO this subject:
After starting tfrom the northwest angle
Of Nova Scotia, and proceeding to Lake On
tario and through the middle of that lake, it
proceeds: 'sThence along the middle of said
Communication into Lake Erie, through the
middle of said lake, until it arrives at the
water communication into Lake Erie through
the middle of said lake, until il arrives at the
water communication between that lake and
Lake Huron; thence through the middle Of
said lake, to the water communication be-
tween that lake and Lake Superior; thence,
through Lake Superior, northWard to the
isles Royal and Philipeaux, to the Long Lake;
thepce, through the middle Of said Long
Lake, and the water communication between
it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said
Lake of the Woods; thence, through the said
lake, to the northwestern point thereof; and
from thence, on due west course, to the
Mississippi" &c.-Land Owners Manuel, p.
50. ....---- ,---srt
Nov from this it win be seen that as early
as 1888 the Colonies had clear and unqies-
toned title to all the lands now in question,
and at that time the British could not right
fully raise the sword in defense of any pos
sessions west Of the Cuyahoga. The States
afterwards ceded all claim which they might
or could have under their several charters to
this territory northwest Of the Ohio, to the
United States Government; and in 1887 the
general government assumed civil authority
over the whole of that territory, This was
finally consummated before and in the year
1885.
It seems that notwithstanding all this ac-
ton the British had hankering after this
gopdly land, known as the Valley of the
Mississippi. They stirred up the Indians to
deeds Of hostility towards the American
settlers, and even became their allies and
rendered them whatever assistance was ne
eessary 10 keen up hostile action II may. b