The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-07

with tha treaty. ~ Chnnt IN 1Rfg--I have
hut alwsvs ~ 4 Msis never Al Al infiexi.
Me ssic,, visia,n1 81 M sccidents
81 land or wafer. neyer talked the nom
senre az every inch and acre IN to forty
nine. or War. know the Strait Of Fuca,
ana that that strait formed 4 naturaj
ho,,ndarv f,s ~ ana siso divided ti1e con-
tinont from fhe iriands. and the fertile
from the desolnte reaiona. / knew that
the continental coast and the inhabitable
countrv terminated on the south shore Of
that sfrait ana thct ths norfhwest archi-
peIaro--the thousand desolate and volcanic
islands. dereiict 81 ali nnfions-commenced
on their shore: and / wanted to 10 no
yfarti,er thar The rnoa land and the conti-
rertai ~. 81 xs.~ ~
~ was aivavs IN favor NJ a def,ection of
: line thro,,gk the Strait ~ Trica: hut
said nofhinr about n II was = detail. and
I confined myself to the proposition OF the
line nj a basis. mad expected the deflec-
ton to have commenced farther back--on
the contirfent--so a. 10 have kent our line
a little farther OF from Fort LANGLEY al
OF which IL now passes IL this had been
asked /. for one. would have heen willing
to grant II: but The Britiah aid not ark ia.
rrsnted n namely The entire worthIcss.
ness ~ ths dasoIats region about tha mouth
Of Fraser river. -
..The defiection ,eaves ont Vancouver tsl-
ana 'crd ~ s,aT ~ a. ~ a. az. - ~.
most worthless OF the thousand worthless
islands which the northwest archipelago
presents. and - the derelict OF all nations.
Tnat island Is not wanted py the
unl.eu Spates Ior any purpose wna.eveI;
- c,,,,.a 81, t'y ~ ISL et III - r. n.
mems that that strait IL NOT liable "a be
Commanded. either in fact or in law. II
is from fifteen TO thirty miles wide-rather
too wide for batteries to cross their shot.
a atra. VICE enougnd; IKE az otner grea ~
the high seas, and to be Incapable OF ap-
propIIaton py any nation. we want
ma W. ~ .a tre..s, .t,n. Wy,sna ~
hn,,ndarv con,es ali RAJ uva wart 4, .hae
quarter. namely. all the waters OF ps,xe,
sound and the fertile Olympic district which
borders upon them.
"When the line reaches the channel which
separates Vancouver island from the con-
tinent (Which 1t does within sight Of The
mouth OF ERASER river, 1t proceeds to the
Unique u .ns cnanneI. ana tnence, turnLns
i ,r,ttsr 81 s~ .,, nc, "a ~
~ Enca ana then west thrn,,vh tha ,rsdSie
Of that strait 10 the sea' This is : fsir
partition az those waters. and gives ia
everything that we want, namely all the
waters OF Puget sound. Hood canal, Ad-
miralty inlet, Bellingham bay, Birch bay
ana with them the cluster OF islands. prob
aoly or no value. petween Haros channel
anu tne CONTINENT
That this speech by Senator Benton at
tracted the attention OF the British, and
that they in a measure founded hopes of
success upon 1t, Is very conclusively prov
en- by the fast that Cape. Provost, in his
discussion with Mr.. Campbell, referred
to 1t number OF times. The moral Of
this Is, that great statesmen ought not to
make hippant speeches on subjects which
they do not fully comprehend.
x *
"N' W. . HhHNHf.
HE work Of Capt. Provost and Mr.
Campbell, as commissioners was In.
terrupted before they had reached any
agreement by the hostile demonstrations
which led up to the Arrangement for tenn
porary Joint military occupancy Of San
Juan island. In the summer of 1859 there
were about twenty-five American citi-
gems, with their families. settled upon the
island. One of these having taken the
life OF a pig owned by the Hudson Bay
Company, was threatened by the agents
Of that company that unless he would pay
500 for the pig he would be arrested and
taken to Victoria to be there prosecuted
and punished for criminal act commit
ted within the territorial Jurisdiction Of
the magistrate there. To prevent such a
contempt OF our national authority, Gen.
William 8. Harvey placed company of
soldiers upon the island for the protection
of the American inhabitants, and when the
captains Of three British war vessels
placed their ships In a position broadside
to the American camp and demanded that
the soldiers should Immediately vacate the
island, the general sent reinforcements,
and there is no doubt that so long as he
was left unhampered by orders from his
superiors this general stood willing to
meet force with force.
NOS ~ r,.r,,ad h' u d,s.,, =. zen aarney
az an officer Of our army. When the civil
war came on he was practically shelved,
presumably because he was known to be,
or suspected Of being in sympathy with
the people OF the South, il not with the
rebellion. In biographical sketch Of the
late Col. Granville o. Halter. contained
In the History of the Pacific Northwest
there is an intimation that Gen. Harvey
had purpose to precipitate a foreign
war. so as to divert attention from the
doings OF the conspirators then engaged
IN planning the destruction of the Ameri-
can Union. The facts of history afford
very little ground for such theory; Gen.
Harvey was too old soldier and too long
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