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SEPTEMBER IL, 1874


The undersigned British penr sn,iary has studied
with much interest and attention. the statement marked
Az presented by the American plenipotentary, setting
forth the grounds which he declines the proposal Of
iered BY the British plenpotentiary a compromise OF
the dlncuities OF the Oregon question The arrange
ment contemplated by that proposal would in the est
nation OF the American plenpoten have the effect
of restricting the of the United States TO Ii
mits far more circumscrbed than their claims clearly
entte them to-


The claims OF tho United Statcs 10 the portion OF terri
tory drained by the Columbia river are divided into
those adduced by the United States in their own proper
right and those which they have derived from France
AMI Spain


The former, against Great Britain they ground OH
priority OF discovery and priority of exploration and set
uement.


The claim derived from France originates in the treaty
ofls03, by which Louisiana coded 10 the United
States with all its rights and appurenances fully and
in the same manner as they had been acquired by the
French republic and the claim derived from Spain is
founded the treaty concluded with that power in the
year 1872 whereby his Catholic Majesty ceded to the
United States all his rights claims and petonons to the
territories lying east and north OF certain line ter
mnang on the Pacific, in the forty degree of
north latitude


Departing from the order in which these three separate
the British plenipotentary will first beg leave 20 oh.
serve, with regard to the claim derived from Frsnce,
that he has not been able to discover any evidence Tend
ing TO establish the belief that Louisiana as originally
possessed by France, afterwards transferred to Spain
then rerocedcd by Spain to France and ultimately ceded
by the latter power to the United States extended in
westerly direction beyond the Rocky Mountains
There is the other hand strong reason to suppose
that at the tme when Louisiana ceded 10 the nj