The New York herald., 1872-10-23
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channel was alluded TO- and if that is the
Canal de Haro to-day it was the Canal de Haro
on the day the Ashburton Treaty was signed.
! We claim that between these two lines alone,
the Canal de Haro and.the Rosario Straits, the
Emperor William must decide under the terms
OF the Treaty of Washington. AS he has vir-
tually rendered his decision in favor of the
former, the English government through Mr.
Odo Russell and the London Times, seems to
have raised the quibble that the Emperor was
not confined to these lines, but could have
chosen some middle or compromise channel.
A glance at our map will illustrate the disin-
terestedness and magnanimity of England by
showing that no middle line could be drawn
that would not leave San Juan Island, the only
valuable one of the group, to Great Britain.
But let us dispose at once of this new English
special plea. The words Of the article of the
Treaty Of Washington submitting the boun-
Diary dispute to the German Emperor, after re-
citing the facts in the case, are as follows =
And whereas the government of Her Britannia
Majesty claims that such boundary line should.
under the terms OF the treaty above rected, be run
through the Rosario Straits, and the government
througi the Canal de Haro, it is agreed that the
respective & claims Of the government Of Her Her
Gnlted states ~ shs be hs submitted s 70 the arbitration
and award OF HIS Majesty the Emperor OF Ger
many wIo having regard 70 tne a96veomenslonea
and without appeal, which OF those claims is most
In accordance with the true Interpretation Of the
treaty OF June Is, lS46.
1t surely needs no argument to prove that
the Judgment of the arbitrator must be rem
dered distinctly upon the two specified lines
must decide which of those two claims-that
made by England or that made by the United
States-as distinctly set forth in the text of
the above article, is most in accordance with
the true Interpretation of the treaty Of 1846
Any decision that might be rendered contrary
to this Interpretation would be null and void
any suggestion of compromise would be
Instantly rejected by the United States, for, as
our map shows, no middle course could be
adopted that would not give England all at
which she grasps and deprive the United
States of all of any value that our government
claims coveted Island of San Juan.
The American people will now understand
better than ever the worthless character of the
Washington Treaty with government so
exacting as that of Great Britain. In the
Geneva arbitration we were out-man9uvred
our reputation, and sneaking off, like a
baf1ed impostor, with about as much money
in our pockets as would suffice to build
another New York Court HouSc. Now,
in another phase of our profound di-
plomacy, we see ourselves threatened
with the overthrow of just and
righteous verdict, because it promises to
be cast in our favor. We tell President Grant
and his administration that this triAing with
the national honor and the peoples patience
must cease that we must have an immediate
and thorough change in our foreign policy
that England and Spain and Mexico must be
taught that, while we ask nothing that is un-
just of other nations, we will suffer nothing
that is unjust from other nations. So far as
England is concerned we believe her policy to
be unwise and dangerous. The constant carp
ing and snarling of a neighbor who holds
under doubtful tenure is not likely to be al
ways patiently endured The American people
nave no passion IOr conquest OF hnnexauOn
Our territory is large enough for the present,
and we are willing to abide the time when
our neighbors of other nationaities will come
to US of their own volition. We are in no
hurry to grasp the American possessions of
Great Britain. The hour will surely come
when, in the decay of the parent tree, the
limbs will drop off without violence, and then
we con gather them and protect them at our
will. We are anxious to live in peace and
good fellowship with all men, for in
peace is our strength and the certain
fulilment of our manifest destiny. But when
we find a nation whose presence on our soil is
an offence to repubicanism seeking every
occasion to embroil us in controversies and to
encroach on our rights, the question forces
itself upon us whether the irrepressible con-
fiict had not better be settled at once even at
the risk Of war, than left as q legacy Of danger
to our children. We trust to see from this
time forth such q firm tone in the foreign
policy Of our administration as will prove to
England and the rest of the world that this is
not mere bluster, but the earnest determina-
ton Of a strong and resolute people
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