The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-29

s0,tcr rlghS TO the island cr 'Sew or
leans, pmicr the ecssion referred to
han they have tN ,he whole district 81
territory which Il above described
| Down to ,Ne 0Oucluslua " tN'
Florida treaty IA February, 1919, h,
| United S,a,es asserted and nIlintaintJ
their territorial rights Ia mis- extent
Instances or such asa 'r,lcNs an, Mcr
given IN The message,
THE PACIFIC BOUNDARY,
From Bcn,on's ahridgrntnt " Srua.
tor BuchNnap's speech ~ the r,Snlu,
tinn 10 give notice ~ the ahrOgatior
W The Joint occupation clause " Oc,o.
Der ~, ISIS. hotwreu the United states
and GrNt Britain,
Mexico has an upi.SputCd claim aul
country M 90 latitude A. degrees uorth
Ry treA,y between Russia and the
United states, ana Afterwards between
Russia AMI England. the iomlnIops oi
Russia were limited {, 50 degrees ID
minutes " north latitude. 50 that the
territory IN dispute between ,tr two
patiNnsc tEpg)and aud the United
SNtrsl. embraced the whole north
WN'st cN1St " America from a. dcgtrvS
10 s. degrees ~ minutes uorjh, extend
ing east to M Rocky noun ,airs. Now
IN tho whole ~ ghs ;ertt,ory--to every
TOO, ~ q from latitude a. degrees north
To htltud, - degrees ~ minutes north.
he believed mos, drnlv We had a clear
and conclusive ;''e Uudcr me puhllc
law " ChrlSicndom. Witch hld existed
s'NcN ne establishment, ot the continent
" North AmHrita. n though, /, could
b. demonstrated that Wr had this
clear aud conclusive u,lc tie him.
SELF iu,rndei On 4 ruur, occasion, when
the hin should came btfnrc the senate
tor establishing territorial govern,
ment II no one elise rose. 90 establish
such 4 claim as ~ pNwar Nn earth could
galnsay From the time when
Lewis ami Clark crossed th' mountains
In 1905 until the prrsCn. dav We have
been always agi;Atlng thls question.
We werc In possession " this
territory before the war; but IN n
fatal r'omrnt ~, agreed O. ,hls Join,
occupation .rra;y N ISIS. The
uSeful and honorable Ne NJ the scua.
tor OI.inn, ~ Missouri who had sat
50 many years near him tMr Buchan-
am, was Sptpg fnr IN, lIst nVc years
In asserting our claims to this title"
Benton himself Is ,hua quoted on the
same resolution In June. 1874:
When Louisiana was purchasd Mr.
Jefferson recommended a free grant u
land "a the first lnO0O emgran,s 20 the
west ~ the Mississippi Lib raj nrinC,.
Piles were not sufficiently advanced then
to sanction the grants proposed by Mr.
] rtcrson. Let he rmlgrants
20 on and carry their rifles We want
10000 rifles IN the valley ~ the oregon
They will make an quiet there IN the
event % war with Great Britain for the
dominion u that country.
Thlrty thousand rifles on tho Oregon
will Annihill.e the Hudson's Rav Com.
Y0uy. drive them on our continent.
luiet their Indians AMI protect the AM
ar!can interests IN the remote r'gIons
" the Up>sr Missouri. the Plat, the
Arkansas, and all the VAST region y
.ha Rocky mountains
"Bnsl les tha recovery " what wAs
--losr 1- jeoparlsd by eur iipl'mac
N ISIS. The settlers In oregon will also
and open Tor Us the Northc
American road % India"
Note the expression Our continent"
the North American ruad 10 India"
llsi President Polk's apology. IA MS
ot December, iSib. Tor mr.
hitting boundary negotiations on a
basis ~ omprImis. AZ time when
he already hal he Mexican war bear
ng down on him
Though entertaining the settled con-
rctlon that the British prctansir7s -
lille could nor b. maintained 20 anv
11r.iJn ~ the or gnn territory upon any
~ public law recognized by
nations. yet In defense u what had been
Tone by my pre- ieccss1rs. and especial
Y IN consideration that propositions "
had b-sn made 0y two pre-
'eedIag lm.nlstratllns % Niius, he
ues.Ion on the ulrolIei u 20 degrees,
md in two os them yielding n Great
Britain the free navigation - tho CO.
um1i1. and thl, the p'niing uegutia-
Ions Ind been commenced on the basis
u com m1rIm.se. I deemed B. % be my
luty not abruptly % break 90 m
Representative ~ the west n those
lays wore always IN arms against any
,roplsi'.11 nli.a'ing against our tltlr
b the Lou 'si ma purchase which lnclul- .
d not only Louisiana ami Texas. bus
very hing else between the Mississippi.
ma 'ha Rio Grand. and west % the
'ar.fC ocean between the a. parallel
nd Russian America. The plains. the
AMI "a Pacific coast We're
ln3s NJ mystery. romance and promise
% the Youth ~ no west Every Ms
OUT. boys dreams were " future adj
.anturn In that region Their fathers
1okei upon u as ours because we need
4 IL for our children and for the .
Millions n migrants coming across the .
,tllntic. ours because W. alone could .
oJn make 70 an empire ~ civilization .
nd pro luc'lDn-ours by The hgncs, NJ .
Z titles, Title bearing the sign man
ual of Manifest Destiny"
SAMUEL WILLIAMS.