The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-31
RUPERTS LAND.
THE DOOM OF THE DOMINION
Character Of the Charter TO the Hudson
Bay Company-Lake Winnipeg
and the Country of the
Red River Rebellion.

and the Country Of the
Red River Rebellion
The Red river rebellion Il gradually drawing TO.
wards 1t that degree OF attention which its import
sncs all along demanded The term rebellion, as
applied to the expressed determination OF tue Red
river settlers to have nothing TO do with the Dominion
government and to recognize no authority In its on
cals. Is aftcr all an inappropriate phrase There
nothing to rebel against unless were the Hudson
Bay Company and their claim to the soil OF the led
river region rests upon q very weak and question
able foundation, as Will be presently shown. The
settlers or Rupeits Land which appears to be the
most comprehensive ttle for the section OF country
lying between Hudson Bay and the northern poun-
dairy OF Minnesota. have always lived In glorious
independence OF the rule either OF governments or
corporations, and now that, at the eleventh hour
Governor McDougall, by order OF the Dominion
government, makes hls appearance to de-
mand an obedience aud an allegiance never
hitherto asked recognized the bold free citizens
Of this huntsmans paradise tell the Intrusive repre-
sentative Of the Dominion to go back and mind MS
business and not dare to set up an authority among
men who feel conscious OF rs proud sovereignty
as any OF the citizens OF this great republ &c.
The headwaters OF our two great Western rivers
rise In the bright, sparkling lakes of Rupcrts Land
and tho destiny OF the nation surely tend TO the
anal monopoly Of her grandest arteries the ocean,
The Mississippi Is not vet wholly ours II takes its
rise In Lake Winnipeg. which lies enclosed within
the boundary OF British America, and as we secured
rom France Its broad opening on the Gulf OF
Asxic0 we must have from England or the Domi.
Mon or the Hudson Bay Company. Whenever 1t
may please, the fountain waters OF our proudos
river.
CONCERNING THE HUDSON COMplyy
Tho Hudson Bay Company was chartered BY that
corrupt monarch Charles II. in 1870.
inc validity OF this charter by the King without the
express consent OF Parliament has been strongly
Questioned Adam Smith denounced 1t as void. Sir
Weary Gibbs afterwards Lord Chief Justice or Eng
lAnd Lord Brougham and several other OF the most
eminent lawyers Of England agree with smith.
smthS copies OF the legal opinions published in the
pamphlets respecting the dispute between Lord
Setkirk and the Hudson Bay Company on one side
ana the Canadian Northwes. Company on the other
are interesting In this regard. If the charter had
ever been per Sc brought before the English law
courts II would have been declared nuility. But
eqe company alleges that since the time OF Charles
~. II has been thrice recognized BY Parliament In
'oots passed respecting II, though no express con-
drnati0n OF the charter has been made and the
invalid oiausas could yet be reformed ana nuliifed
On reading the Charter II win be found that 1t pur.
ab0rtgtnes, 10 full and common socage all the
lands on the border Of HUDSON Bay to the company,
whereas Charles ii. had moro right to those
lands or 10 make such q grant IN fee simple, than
satan haa TO the Kingdoms OF the world when he
offered our Saviour the same II lie would worship
him. IL would also be found that the company were
20 give the King two elk and two beaver skins
annually, and do many things which 1T has never
done. II was TO use Its best efforts to discover
northwest passage 10 the Pacific. This 1t failed to
40, ana al LIS efforts In That direction were humbug
and prctence. The most sensible thing the company
said IN Its report to Parliament that tho reason
was abandoned was on account OF the imp p
,6,lity OF the attempt ana the inutility Of the
discovery after being made Arthur Dobbs made
complaint against the company for the nOn-fUlhl
nlent OF It's contract; but there little attention
pad % his CHARGES against 80 ricn and powerful
ssny were not to encroach on lands previously dis
french rom CSnaa R mad settlements and forts on
Hudson Bay when the charter was granted anu
sins and the height 's q iana al tue heads Of the
irivers moving into Hudson Bay The company had
the erontery to declare ina; It's charter extended
deed, all tne English lawyers OF note whose opinions
were gwen, he'd that. without the last mentioned
the lands OF Rupcrt's Land only extended TO tue
heads OF the navigabe rivers cmptying into Hudson
Bay; and the company have for "a long tune scqui-
ssced In that rule Of International law, being con-
strained 70 do 50 by the British government
THE CLAIMS OF ENGLAND AFTER THE CONQUEST.
Atter the conquest OF Canada IN i7eS Great Britain
west OF tho "heght Of land" mentioned as having
been acquired under the treaty OF cesson by France
rs Rppurtenant TO Canada, though II was divided
from Canada by the lands OF the Hudson Bay Com,
pany and great part of II by Hudson Bay the Red
fiyor country Is situated at tne southwest end OF
Hudson Bay and bprde- Inc United State 81 latl-
tude f0rty-nne. II was tins that Lord Sslkirk
claimed some half q century ago under an a2reoment
with the hudson Bay Company aud undertook 20
settle II with the Scotch. lac got into trouole with
the French Canadian Northwest Company whose
iand' referred TO- by denying them the priv ese or
passage through his country with their furs, &C., TO
Canada aud from Canada with supplies to the North
west Battles were fought ana many persons KILLED,
bur the French Canadian company got the best OF
tue war. The occurrences took place from 1872 TO
1871, when the BriI4h government constrained
both parties to amalyanatc, and IT leased IN
asa ior na nr as % , lo ss az ne or
hunting, &c. Under this lease IL claims the land
10 tho Paciflc and vancouvcrs Island, and II some
newspaper reports are TO DO relied upon, seeks
to sn0r0ach on Alaska. This lease has expired, has
not been renewed and the company has no more
rights than otner British subjects, ana more than
the subjects or citizens OF any other State any
lands west OF the Rocky Mountains, except VAN
shsy have settled and occupied. Hunting IS no SET
slenent. The company has not made any agr-
cultural settlements ana has made NO endeavor to
MviliHe and CnriStanize the Indians furs, peltries
and god have been all this souess aud sraspmg
corporation has sought TO acquire the Bri.ish gov
rnment cannot escape the damning charge Of per-
altting this unblded, avariclous and licentlous
monopoly to exercise Its unchecked and unques
Indisns ana the ignorant class OF white settlers.
rARfiDY AND FALsEHooD or TUX HUDSON BAY
COMPANY.
The Hudson Bay Company's territories bring the
countries outside OF the boundaries Of the Hudson
Bay Company, ~ prescribed by Its charter, the
lands within those boundaries being designated In
tive charter ~ Kupert's Land the other having been
occupied by 1t by snferance Of the British govern
Nent and later under lease for q limited time now
expired. Rcd River country and settlement, Van.
couver Island properly Vancouver and Quadras
fslAnd), New Albion, New Caledonia the Saspacha
win Valley, the ArthaDasca Valley, the Starr Lake
country and the Mckenzie river and Copper Mine
river countries and Labrador, &c.
The Hudson Bay CompaDy's charter was granted
oT King Charles H. May 1910 10 certain nOblemen
OF his COutt appropriately designated In the charter
- "adventurers.n That charter, bad and arbitrary
ls II was became still more odous IN the abuse and
5n!sDterpretatl0n Of II by tie Hudson Bay Company
rhcr record OF themselves also the reports and