The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-04

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sna snaecd unequalle6 elseu here On tie surfnce
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- 49, cDu1nrx1nE TIE enshuxsasm with which
- ADalHsnn purxbass Was received By shz
1929 Ct De rnfsra states in the ysax ISIS.
cessaas1nE III tnsefess exrzsef By the reports
o. he exptosDSsons Of Lewis aud Clark fn the
Jesf tsote and b. tie sEorss Of John Jacpb
assor "a eehess 70 establish srsasng posss On
zee Ceasmnsa PRIOR 70 the yeaz isis-shst TIE
ssspossansy ssordcd b TIE treaty Of isfz wouIa
aaaekly sezxsd np0n and i'm
pseved both ~ the government ana pec-
pc Of he Emitted ss.sex nus the
Auih 81 history nnd the facfa In the cM&s compel
us y stste thak such. unforfanasesy was not fhe
Isets hat uct ouly did oar sosernrnsut tail. re-
10 ana nezfeck - afsorc any assistance a. pro-
lection g IL eh1idren n fheiy efforts 20 colonies
THIS snet rsg1oa. with III al il fabuIous wealth
e prnduefton and adssnsAges. bus Il was in
i<sRe degree hosz1le 10 any measure hooking 70
such asssxtxnce and protection
On tie 18th Of February. Is1s, Mr. HARBOUR Of
Virginia. said IN oonxrssz, Oregon can never be
one Ct the Unlted statfa worid 70
thas should icfersY secure 70 the sbor-
Zines Of that sol TIE quiet possession
81 she country they now enjoy.s Al the same
session 81 Congress. Mr. Dickerson, Of New
Jefsey, rtdicuied the idea that Oregon could
ever BE state because OF it, distance
rom the seat Of government Che time neccs
eaniy expended Ia travel. the expense in mile
sge etc Even a. late - the year 1876, when
measures for tbs exfeAsion OF the laws Of the
United states ever Oregon and for The prosec-
ton OF American e1sikns who had settled there.
were nndes discussion. Mr.. Pendleson. of vir-
kInia- sid: The president Of the United
States speaks OF our obligations to facilitate
emigration to Oregon. and TO pro-
seet our patriotic pioneer who ara there
ana gentlemen tell Us OF the attachment Of
mese people 70 their dear native land. Why 90
they ieAve II air. Why Is It they resfre before
civilization. pseierriEg the Wild excitement and
rugged disecmforts OF the wilderness. TO the re-
pose. the security and tbs refinements Of civil
ix<d iile7 They manifest their attachment by
diStegnrdiug the attractiona that bind ordinary
men to the place Of their nativity. By swapping
seckieasiy the ties OF blood ond kindred and
social connec tons. and calmly. and of their
own FREQ choice. deserving . generous soil
and genial Cline. abandoning their
hearths and the affairs OF their chiI dhood and
youth. TO toll through vast and perilous will
dsrness, where savage men aud savage beasts
meet them ct every turn - Aud il Is for these
restless and Maynard wanderers that the dis
unguished eentirmsn from Alabama would
have our government endeavor TO realize the
fabulous ubiquity al ths komsn power. sending
III ceis throughout the world for their protee-
ton.
i "Ssr." he continued, II am against any such
principle II il easier for these people to stay at
home than for ns to 90 10 war; II they Will 60
upon territory, the title to which Ii unsettled,
Let them 80 1t their own risk. A few men have
no right TO involve millions In war. 1t Is not
the policy OF oar government u be running
over the world locking alter citizens whose allie
gisuc ID manifested only BY acts OF expatria-
ton" such were the cowArdiy and Infamous
sentiments expressed by distin-
gnished memteroi congress ~ late Is January,
1885, In regard to the piof GERS Of Oregon. then
and until the year ISIS. including the state Of
Washington and especially prior TO 1863 often
exDlsssed By men processing 70 DO Americana
and calling themselves statesmen That the
government Of the United States was. for
many ycen, controlled by men who en-
tertained and were controlled by such
craven and unpatriotie principles was
owing to their devotion to tho csnse
of slavery which made them towards In the
presence OF England. and traitors 70 their own
country In it, tTuest and bess fntercsta such
WIS the animus which controlled Calhoun.
Archer. NcpuIi1e. crissenden. Conrad, Chonte,
Bersien and others who acted with them in the
conxrcku Of the United states, and which dc
tated the policy OF the government towards Ore
t~>F~~
fsze
Their hostility could hardly have been
greater he'd they distinctly foressen that In the
providence Of Almighty God. the missionary
spirit and enterprise Of the country. By It's co.
tabstshment Of missions In Oregon including
Washington. would have opened the way for
the pioneer; that the pioneers by their own
labors and sacrifces would save this vast region
10 the Union. that this In turn would make the
aequtsttiou OF CAiifornia practicable, which en-
a5icd the Argonauts Of that state, to far
nish the stncws OF war, By which
secession and rebellion were at last over
thrown and the entire country. with
ell the inhsbstants thereof. the Oregon territory
included. were consecrased TO freedom and TO
free institutions for evefmore- For in the year
isS6 the palse of the nation was aroused 10
fever heat with reference 10 its interests on the
Pacific eosst by reason oil the Mexican war,
which broke out In the spring Of that year. and
the result was that on the 18th day of June of
the same rear treaty was signed with Great
Britain. by the terms Of which Oregon territory,
a. far north the forty ninth parallel, with the
exception Of certain islands which remained In
dispute antii 1s72. became tho exclusive prop
erty OF the United states, and on the "a day Of
March. ISIS. by the treaty Of Gnadaiuupe
Hidaigp. California was also secured TO the
American uason. However. the race fer the
permanent possession OF Oregon territory
began on the 10Th day of October ISIS, when
the treaty was signed for liz Joint
occupation fer ten wears by Great
Britain and the United states. During
those ten years nothing was done by the
United States in the way Of settlement or cccn-
ration On the I'D day OF February. 1919 by the
Florida treaty. the United States secured from
Spain ssi the right. title and interest OF that
nation TO lands on the Pacific coast north of the
forty second degree north latitude. Ia the
yesrs fss4 and isss the uaites states and Great
Britain. respectively concluded treaties with
Russia by which nfiy-fonr degrees. forty
minutes north latitude were made the southern
boundary OF the Russian possessions. leaving
ia dispute between Great Britain afri the
United STATES ali the territory lying
between forty two degrees and Fifty -foar degrees
forty minutes north LAT tnde. In is7
the treaty providing Zoe the joint occupation Of
this territory was renewed. with the additional
provision that either nation might abregste ia
hy giving twelve mouths notice TO the other
TAis cenditioa % affairs cnnttnned until the
Treaty OF Limits vas enssres. into IN 1876 no
netsre hy either party tax is sbrcgation having
been given until that year. In the meantime,
England was not Idle.
TIKI HUDSON sAy eosrAsy.
The English parliament shortly after the
5clns occupation of the country agrred 10
extended The colonial Jurisdiction ard civil laws
OF csasds over all Britain subjects within tho
disputed territory. Justices OF the peace we're
appointed TO administer tAoSs laws, and they
exercised jurisdiction in civil eases where the
asaaant Il issue did not exceed 800 sterling
eouaaif persons xceussss 81 crime ard send faem
10 tsanata Ia Eae year lsss The Hudson Bar
corspsay absorbed the Northwest Company,
whicA prior thereto hal ecea an English rival
in the fur trading b9sinesS az North
America. and thereafter became cne Of
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