Speech On The Oregon Question Delivered In The House Of Representatives Feb 6 1846

Author : Henry Selby Clarke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333412487
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Speech of Mr. Clarke, of North Carolina, on the Oregon Question written by Henry Selby Clarke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Clarke, of North Carolina, on the Oregon Question: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 6, 1846 Thus far of our title acquired by the enterprise: and'adventure of our own citizens, which I'regart! As the most reliable part of it. Let us now look'im to our title from Spain, by the treaty of 1819. By that treaty Spain ceded to the United States 'fall her rights, claims, and pretensions to 'the northwest ten: ritory. So far as prior discovery is concerned, these rights, claims, and pretensions of Spam extended, and were complete, as far north as 540' at least. Between 1774 and 1779, exploring expeditions, sent out by their government, had dis covered the Pacific coast as far north as the parallel of 600, had landed on itat various points, had traded with the Indians, and had taken formal possession of the country in the name, and for the benefit, of their government. Whereas, the first English nav igator who saw any portion of this coastnorth of 420, 'was Cook, in 1778, after every portion of the_ coast he visited had previously been visited by the Spaniards, Perez, Heceta, and Bodega. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.