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Title TO Oregon.-The English ministry at.
tempt to make ,h.ir tito 70 Oregon by right
of discovery. when Spain. from whom we derive
title no, only discovered but possessed the coun.
try as far as Nootka Sound, North Latitude 49)
and our treaty with Russia fixes the northern
boundary at 81 40 N. latitude. Our southern
boundary with Spain. and next with Mexico, is
~ deg. N. lat. The mouth of the Columbia is
abou, 4G deg. N. lat By discovery, by actual
possession in 1911, in advance of any English
settlement, and by purchases from Spain and
France we became the propretors of the Terri.
tory. At the close of the Revolutionary war
England did not pretend to have any claim to Or
egon and as late as 1926. she offered to extend the
eastern Rocky Mountain boundary fixed al the
close of the war (40 deg. N.lat.)t 10 the Pacific,
asking at the same time transfer Of OAR rights
north of that line 10 lat. 81, as defined in our
treaty with Rus ia. This would hive given Eng.
land five degrees, and the United States seven de.
greos Of territory. Rnt our government very
properly rejected the proposition, which has been
again renewed, we have reason to believe. by the
Minister now at Washington. The London Times
saws that "he tone of Mr.. PoIk's address does no!
lead US to suppose that he would even adhere to
the ulimatum eytending the boundary along 40
deg. N. lat. of 1926" and the Times is right.
Although that line would give US the free navi-
gation of the Nultnomah and Lewis's Rivers, (the
great Southern tributaries of the Columba) and
the Columbia for two or three hundred miles from
its no.. would exclude us from the northern half
of the Columbia : liver, and from ClTrks River, its
great northern tributary, as well as from NoOka
Sound and several valuable harbors along tho
cost. Justice to posterity requires great sacrifices
to retain thai territory, and however much we
may wish an amicabIe settlement by negotiation,
we cannot see how our government would be Jus.
tilted in giving up any part Of it.


Ne,o York Sun.