Show wt 11 41 joel tim tiie occupation of an 11 occa td A united al Ps lite y tho the london post 1 0 I 1 B we confess that we 11 cannot view ill I 1 some apprehension and distrust dis trust the tit ivi it re occurrence of an another other boundary lilt V alt i fr arc tw een una this country and the t 1 lie america by uie the last 0 1 alq tb too 0 o mail we 4 st tl gen harrey harney lias has taken pos possess sessi learn chiq aloo i land of san sail juano juan or liell hellene evue 01 of the 11 1 lit liar call it which his as the th B i pr in in puget boid soa aces geo claimed by both nat nathone natio ione nr the lala larid an d ir J I 1 is ifs e por tant as it commands the ent Is im JO i entrant 1 r zer river we do not k know rance to far Q the Bichan whose term or luw 1 batea iaea 1 expire e ap ire is 13 anxious to imitate abobo reent or 0 a 1 10 u az sd to surpass sui pass alie e b agh LT rather ri which aich mr pol avd cy w kursu pursued ed in ia pt poli rl ih s country cou itry at that time th valt atoian anle amiri to which extend from vast 1 i the back rela of if i 1 0 t ih he nt ta states proper and canada to ta th the b V M go the pacific 04 ab were ere comparatively 1 of IE of i 1 aro sa or commercial import atte autlee pa i the discovery of gold hail had lie not ay J arata ha ed cd the arid and aty ra airy enterprise clip cupidity or of euro rii in 0 of f america to that part of tile ill pe aiau pet illy was known of the that so territory naano a to h b ae ins 1 lecter from the accounts of oe e COI c joy a had visited the coast and alho from froin t the he VV wy att meats men of tle the employees of the iliodor dor ibur her t arid and northwestern companies alio 1 iacre scree pursuit or of peltries pel tries had traversed t tha in ireen creven 1 hunting gro ground und the treaty by which abac t U 9 aroun aa land d r recognized 0 ani e d th the e independence ot of abe Is P die t states did d not mark out the bouril ii linini tile the two countries west of the rock rocky Y f IOU 1 l the bains tire the subject object however bovi ever did 11 ll LO the attention of the british and abow rutlt t ita ikei governments in the years 1818 Us ig us 0 fa 1820 1826 lord castlereagh Castle reagh and sir air re canaii a arf sk st deavo red to decide tile the fie clah claims 0 of re enla 93 lai bernine t arid and the united states to the 0 territory terrI territory tor y vit v tion tl bore the name of oregon tbt I 1 after some discussion disc a temporary at ai lec lubbe rang ran gement ement was first made in 1818 and sub estaba sta indefinitely continued by li which dublet t the to ana ina subjects of the two countries were ft ere to have ad art kind of joint occupation in the territory terri territory tor tw end three years le a r after the ashburton Ash biton buton capitula call tula 1 1 B u ti ion onby y england without any coin cot ca w n b oti surrendered to the united stan ww a valuable district and which now how forma j testa ista t portion of the state of maine mr air firm ted m S dp dant ant polk was pleased to assert that ib calou title or of the united states to the whole fetn terna tle tory tor of oregon was clear and un 0 calr I 1 r ble 11 lord aberdeen then secretary Sacre tary 0 state forgetting that the award of all the j lr i of the netherlands on the subject or of le lh na maine boundary had bal been dessl ignored by the cabinet at washing Wahington cJ to refer the oregon dispute to arbitration 1 this his bottor frn was as refused agry rig and w in 11 II 71 facing na ing lar language guage was as held in america to 1 tr arii b wards ward englan arid war liar was 1 in a 1 the british parliament as a not lat imp robit the alternative lord aberdeen Ar erdeen I 1 however gavi bell way fra tile mouths of the 61 columbia litre 11 i i the united states and a line fp iroini flit parallel piral lel drawn dran from the lale lake ot of the tb 11 00 br g to the coast near dear straits vt dittl athe mined upon as the future boundary bout bou dary idary d ali 1 i B domi morts of the two countries this it lii P has never dever been marked but at th the e present ii reser de time a detachment of royal roval engineers angle engin were eera is anra en alt agad in in surveying the count country ir y and lixia the boundary the only persons i a who tie dt tat 0 o rived benefit from the atemon convention Conven liot ioa 1 adre idre were the shareholders of the hudsons Hud sons lay bay I 1 be mg company who ho were quite willing will ing to receive receil rece ii to mi a million of dollars from the united states po he for the surrender of british territory rythe atu the he va value lue of vt which aich as a hunting ground they bad haitt hai li long before exhausted till 1 the he discovery of gold in in california and british columbia has lio hou wever ever given a pi interest to the entire northwestern portion aly on en of north america arid and if some ten 0 fifteen pit P years ago a 0 the cabinet at a t washington Wa shig u anih va th a determined tied to enforce its exit acme e rights over oarl i la territories then comparatively comparative va ti eless lit 11 one can imagine that the oc occupation upa I 1 it 0 oili P island inland which commands the criar entrance ce to tit lit P last liver and therefore the gold g ld region reg lons british columbia is not an te tc constant policy of areson a agre re son sion that da dates t tarn it the enunciation of or the celebrated dwa al trine the americans have asser asserted tort that th ti ft 0 of line if extended beyond the continent would IP go include not only this island but the ino utho to frazer river ti if the assumption as to the mouth of fra ai r zer river be correct and it is one which 00 i not he be determined butil ui til the astr astronomical lite 1 has ben been actually marked free access ti lif I 1 means ea DI of a convention conven tio i must be V corded to the subjects of tile the country but the right of england to an island which t ill off of the coast must depend upon di scotY and occupation if the title of En Enela glandt 1 the island of sail juan all or bellevue hut bag I 1 to be determined tire the contention of the bew Ee vearial arial the ancient claims or of spain and rights of england will have to be consi co ini deredI the boundary of the united states ww must ct a I 1 necessity have haie a termination on the paa coas coast t the whole territory of new alla or raw new caledonia now how called british cot ambis was first added to the Bit isit do croll by it y drake formal possession of the 80 W territory was next taken by cooke anayat anil and yat comer and against the americans have this in only to adduce the visit of capt gray he mery merly commanded a merc merchant bant vessel which I 1 in no sence represented the na nationality tiona I 1 ity of be flag un under er which he sailed knowing the sensitive y if the i american people we are afraid ali that S diplomacy y may be bi incompetent to deal deala with that national aggressive spirit vi bich has clef marked the he policy of the uv ui cited states SOW the occupation of an n island th tap sovereignty of which is still till sub a j juitte ulice and which must I 1 form the subject of negotiation is an ost exl of which alch the british government cam cannot t tamely am submit we trust that the aa att the w will engage gage the early ay iy attention ot of foreign office and that no concessions vl th he be made which are inconsistent with dignity of the country or with the 8 of 0 those gold regions m which h 1 ch w will ill we ue bel be the means mean of cf t british lib liaw institutions t atio a and nd comi nerce on IT pill it Dort beast assi co coast t of the continent nent of north t arica |