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No logic learn, nor history translate.
I have selected the motto of this
number for the sake of my honest
fellow-countryman, the writer of the
following letter. liiscascis, indeed
a piteous one ; and were it not in a
great measure of his own creation,
he should have my most sincere and
fervent condolence. 1 shall give his
unaltered, to the public; f:;. r
wwv., , * , .t
although he treats me harshly, yet 1
am so well convinced ol my own in
nocence, that l am perfectly willing
to submit to my reader his lett< r.
with all its argument, and asperities,
and rest for the present, on the char
acter of my former essays alone for
my defence.
Mr Bachelor,
It is the privilege of those who
are injured to complain—and consid
ering myself in that predicament, 1
shall, without ceremony, avail myseli
of the right—Sir, you have stung
me to the quick, you have done me
vital injury, you have touched ine
there, where l was most vulnerable ,
and shall 1 not complain t Vcs! and
the world shall hear me too—but I
am borne from my purpise by this
heat : iet me, with tcmpjr, toll my
story.
I am a plain man, a farmer, and
what th’c world calls an oldtashionei!
fellow : not like yourself, a Bachelor,
1 hough I speak not this in disparage
ment, for if your tale he true, it is
surelv not your fault that you arc
Still 'single—l have a wife and a
pretty numerous family—six daugh
ters and two sons—and these chil
dren 1 had thought to have brought
up with some credit —that my girls
should have made good house wiv cs,
for the young farmers of the neigh
borhood, and my hoys he qualili and to
take my plnCo on the farm, as age,
and the evils in its train, should r« n
der me unequal to it. 1 lie farm
which 1 hold has been in possession
of the family ever since the first set
tlement of this colony—and so long,
also, family tradition says, has there
descended’along with the land. Iron:
till her to son, a sot oi rules for the
government of the owner s house
iio’ld, which have known no vicissi
tude or shadow of change. My
father, a staid and sober personage,
felt for these domestic Canons tin
most profound veneration; and with
truly parental care, instilled into niy
infant bosom, the same pious rever
ence. In his last illness, -and tiut a
short time before he expired, the
good old man called rpc to him, and
wringing my hand, said, “My son,
you arc about to enter on an impor
tant duty, to assume a station which
will devolve on you serious and sol
emn obligations —yet. a little while,
and you will lie the head and repre
sentative of the Squaretoes family—
van have been carefully and diligent
ly taught the family laws, you Have
seen how, under my administration
of them, we have flourished, and so
may heaven bless and prosper y. u, as
you carrv them into Strict and steady
execution.”
My first care, after I had taken
my father’s place, was to look out tor
a help-mate—for it was one of the
laws, that the head of the family
shmild u-e his best endeavors to per
petuate the name—l chose for my
partner the blooming daughter ol a
neighboring firmer—not one of your
delicate, nervous, tea-sipping ladies
of the present day ; but a robust and
active damsel, "ho would lisc w ith
the dawn, milk her father’s cows, at
tend to the hcn-housc and diary, and
at breakfast, could dispose of as much
beef-steak as any lady in the days ot
good Queen Bess , no vagaries about
the rights of women, or the equality
of the sexes, ever disturbed her quiet
brain —on the contrary, both precept
and example, had taught her that
important lesson, to love, honor, and
obe'i her Lord and Muster. She
made me happy, (how could such a
wife fail 1) and our union has
been fruitful as I have told you—
Now in the family statute book, there
was no law, so fondly cherished none
considered ot such vital importance
as this : “ That a deep and humbling
sense of their inferiority to anil en
tire dependence on the males, should
lie, with unceasing rate inculcated
oh the females.” This idea they
were to suck in with their mother’s
miik ; it was to be presented to them
in a thousand shapes ; to grow with
their growth, and strengthen with
their strength; and as a means to
this end, the extent and limits of
their education, were exactly defined
—it consisted of reading, writing and
arithmetic to the rule of three—The
Bible and Testament, the Whole
Duty of Man, and the Art of Cooke
ry, by Mrs. Hannah Glass, made up
their library—all beyond was forbid-
den ground. Os the fruit of the tree
ot knowledge, they might in no wise
oat: this was prohibited under the
severest pains and penalties.—Deep
ly impressed with the importance of
this law, it was the fixed determina
tion of myself and wife, to educate
our daughters in strict conformity to
it—and though l say it, tiiat should
not, yet I will say, that with our three
eldest, we succeeded ci mpletcly—
aye, shew me, who can, three more
notable and housc-wifeiv women,
than Bridget, Winnifred an ; Dinah—
Girls that can turn their hand to any
thing—id ilk a cow, iron a shirt, mend
il stocking, or make a pudding*—And
i defy any one to catch them idling
over a book; except on Sundays,
and then strictly within the pale of
the law; none of your novels, or his
tories, ot stT-h; but one of the pious
books above mentioned. —These girls
were brought up when we were young
and active, and had an eye to every
thing; and (must he permitted to
add, that to me it is wonderful, that
women so calculated to make reason
able men happy, alioaht remain still
on hand. Ol .my three younger
daughters, would to Heaven, 1 could
say as much; hut they have blasted
all my hopes, broken the statutes ot
the family and thrown my household
into contusion.—This misfortune 1
owe, particularly, to my own impru
dence, but more particularly, Mr.
Bachelor, to the baleful influence of
your essays. t had before heard
that these old Bachelors were dan
gerous fellows, in a family. I now
know it to my cost —you have sub
verted mine—you have introduced
anarchy and misrule, where order
and good government reigned before
—you have divided the house against
itself —But let me preserve the or
der of events: about eighteen months
past, a sister ot' my wifi s came to
visit us —she had married very early
in life a merchant, who settled in a
city, distant about two .lays journey
from our residence—The steady pur
suit of commerce, had made them
wealthy—she was a true town-ladv,
with all the airs, and graces, and high
flown notions, and delicate sensibili
ties of the tribe: a reading lady too
—but this fact l did not know til!
sometime afterwards. Towards the
conclusion of her visit, I began to
suspect, that something was in the
wind. I saw frequent consultations
o-oing on among the women; they
would get into a knot in a corner,
and whisper most earn stlv, every
now and then casting towards mo a
iook of apprehension —my daughter
Grace, too, my fourth girl, was un
commonly assiduous in her attentions
to me—she had always been a duti
ful, good child—but i litre was some
thing of eagerness and solicitude
about her now , which excited my no
tice—if 1 called at any time for my
favorite beverage, butter-milk, it w as
sure to be handed by Grace—as soon
as I entered the house at my smoking
hours (for 1 am regular in these,
things,) Grace dew to get my pipe
and tobacco.
At length the batteries were open
ed in form, and the a;tack commenc
ed —as we sat round the dinner ta
bic,' my wife's sister observed that
she had a gr< at favor to ask of me
—her niece, Grace, she said was her
name sake, that she was a great fa
vorite with h r, —that the girl inul
been brought up in the country, that
she was now grown quite a woman,
and begged that 1 would permit her
to take her to the city and she w her
soinetnirig of life. —1 replied, that
the request was one, which 1 could
by no means grant —that the country
where she had boon reared, was the
proper place for the girl—why should
she he parading of! to the city, to
catch the infection ol it., manners, or
to he ridiculed and laughed at as an
awkward country hoyden ! Grace
said not a word, but 1 could see, by
the (lush of her cheek, and the toss
of her head, that she scorned my
words ; at least, that she thought
herself formed to excite very dillor
ent feelings from those o( ridicule or
contempt : my three eldest broke
forth at once in high dudgeon. “She
go to the city truly! a hisrh thing
11a- tibi militaries, pacisque imponere morem, parccre subjects al debellare superbos. \ ip.gii .
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 2R r
marry come up : fish of one and flesh
of another—they had been women
grown, many a long day, and no city
for them—in doors and out of doors,'
late and early, hot and cold, they
were to work, while madam Grace,
forsooth, was to be made a lady of!”
I quieted my girls, and told them the
thing should not be.
Mow all this time my wife Debo
rah had not uttered a word—and still
l thought she looked as if she wished
Grace success—l was the rather in
clined to this opinion, because I knew
she was vain of the girl’s beauty, and
counted on its one day making her
fortune. To be further assured of
her wishes on the subject, 1 waited
till we w ere warmly tucked up in bed
and every thing quiet, and then, as
our maimer is when an important
subject is on the carpet, 1 opened
the discussion—“ Deborah, my dear,
you have not given your opinion on
this subject; I hope you do not wish
to expose our ciiihl to this useless
and dangerous trip?” She replied,
“ Husband, 1 would not differ with
you before company, because I know
my place—but why should’n’t we in
dulge the giri ?—she has beenbrought
up according to the statues, (statutes
wife ?) and there is no danger now—
beside, why should not she have a
chance to look about her and make
her fortune —look at neighbour Gub
bm’s darter and all; she went a trip
to the city, and she is now married
to a rich man, and keeps her car
riage—to be sure, comparisons arc
odorous —(odious, you mean Debo
rah,) ah, i am no dictionary ’cumin —
but I mean that Sail Gubbins is not
to compare to our Grace in beauty.”
—The discussion was lengthy, but
finally 1 suffered myself to be per
suaded, though unconvinced, and
consented to the trip. SI was gone
six months—and when she returned,
so completely was she changed, that
i scarcely knew my child—instead of
the plump, rosy-cheeked country
girl, with health and life, and acti\ it)
in every rouble—l saw a thin, ema
ciated, idicatc figure, with check of
snow, and languid step, moving -low
ly towards us—all the warm habiili
niciits of the country, the comforta
ble potty-coats, the snug pocket—
thrown aside; and in their place a
thin muslin dress, and a thing which
i think they (very properly) call a
ridicule.
A gush of parental affection filled
my eyes, and taking h r in my arms,
i enquired what was the matter, and
why die had not informed us of her
illn;and why she travelled in such
a dress, or undress rather, as must
bring leer iife into imminent hazard:
Smiling at my apprehensions, she re
pin'd, that she had not been ill—that,
to be sure, she was) ratiierin delicate
health, which proceeded, she believ
ed, from the extreme sensibility of
her nervous system —but that she
had gotten some composing drops
from Dr. Bolus, a celebrated Physi
cian, which she found of great use —
All this was rue and worm-wood to
me —in bitterness-of heart, 1 cursed
my own lolly a thousand times—but
the w orst was yet to come. 1 found
mv lady’s mind more metamorphosed
j than her body—she had been read
ing novels, plays and histories—nay,
1 even caught her one day deliver
ing lectures to her younger sisters,
on the 'Rights of Woman,’ a hook
she had met with in her aunt’s library
—I now found that there was no
time to be lost, and set myself seri
ously to correct the effect ot’ my own
too early compliance.—l strictly pro
hibited the bringing of any book into
my family ; positively forbid Grace,
to hold conversations on what she
had read, and commanded her regu
larly to take her turn with her sis
ters, week about, in managing the
household affairs, a thing which un
der various pretexts she had since
her return neglected —These were
irksome duties to her now r —but she
was forced to submit, and things
s cmed to he getting right again,
when you, Mr. Bachelor, stepped in,
and ruined all my hopes. 1 have
talc n tbr sometime past, The En
quirer; I read very carefully the
new-, the advertisements, and the
pric- current —but there are two
things that 1 never look into, essays
and the speeches of our members of
Congress—it was thus that your lu
cubrations escaped me-—when I had
finished my paper, 1 threw it down,
and thought no more about it, never
dreaming, that it would get into the
hands of the women. 1 began to dis
cover after a w hile, that something
was the matter : whenever the week
of one tfmy three youngest, particu
larly Grace, came round, there was a
great falling off in the administration
—My stockings were unmended, the
diary neglected, ray butter-milk not
furnished me in due season.-—One
morning after 1 had been kept wait
ing for my breakfast some time, 1
determined to go mysclt and see
what the girls were about. I step
ped softly into their room ; the door
was open, and l found Grace reading
aloud from a newspaper, with an agi
tated voice and impassioned maim r,
while my two youngest were sitting
round her, devouring her words, and
the tears trickling down their cheeks
—so deeply were they engaged, that
my approach was entirely unpcrccrv
ed—l determined to keep my station
in silence, till i discovered the extent
of the mischief.—lt was your fifth
number, Mr. Bachelor, and the mat
ter which was beguiling these simple
damsels of their tears, w as your fool
ish story of a Roman woman, Agrip
pina, 1 think you cull her, who had
brought the ashes of her husband
with her from some distant land, in
stead of giving him decent and Chris
tian burial where he died. 1 listened
to all this—hut when you came to
apply the case, and conclude with-a
strong appeal to our women, playing
on their vanity, as you seem very
capable of doing; my patience could
hold no longer; i burst in upon the
giris, snatched the paper from them,
and in a voice of authority, sum
moned them to the hall. In this
room 1 determined to convene the
whole family, and have a solemn in
vestigation of the affair. They all
appeared (except my sons, who are
too young for these matters) and
took their seats in silence—l pro
ceeded with great form, produced
the statute book, read the law, charg
ed Grace with her offence, inveighed
bitterly against its enormity and
called on her to know what she could
say in her defence—She rose, and to
my astonishment and di -may, ad
dressed me thus—
"Father, 1 respect your authority
within reasonable limits; nay, I would
step beyond them rather than
displease you ; but you expect 100
much, when you suppose, that 1 will
go, or can be carried all lengths —l am
now eighteen, capable ifever, to think
for myself, and 1 hope that in thi
free country, womeuhave some rights
—the law w hich you have read, 1 re-
vel* against; it is gothic,, obsolete,
and. I deny its authority—Have not
women souls, have they hot reason
is it not given them for a guide, and
is it not a duly which they owe to
themsclve-,'and to Heaven to im
prove their talent, and not like the
unprofitable servant to bury it ? This
languag* may surprise you—you
brought me dp in utter ignorance,
and may well he astonished that 1
have thought of these things; but
my trip to iho city threw books in my
way, 1 read them eagerly, and though
not with method or system, yet with
some advantage—they opened my
mind, they increased my thirst after
knowledge.—At mv return home you
prohibited books—l then thought
myself obliged to obey ; and my mind
seemed fast falling into its former
lethargy, when the Old Bachelor—
God nloss him ! came to my rescue—
he awakened my curiosity, he roused
my energies, he warmed my ambi
tion, and determined me, at all haz
ard, to proceed in the career ol
knowledge, i immediately became
subscriber to a circulating library not
very distant. 1 was furnished with
histories—they are now in the house.
I and my younger sisters have read
and are reading them, with zeal, with
enthusiasm—and 1 speak for them as
well as myself, when 1 tell you firmly,
hut respectfully, that in this course
we will persevere. ’ —Astonishment
held me dumb . my two youngest in
. taiitiy rose, and avowed their sis
ter’s sentiments; and even Deborah,
my old and faithful help-mate ; De
borah, the wife of my bosom, took
.sides against me —My three eldest,
to be sure, stuck to me-—were clam
orous ; but 1 felt that they gave me
but little aid—tilings of this sort, in
deed, are not their fort—Finding
such determim and opposition and sup
ported by such numbers, 1 thought
it best not to proceed immediately
to extremities —but gave the cul
prits one week to consider and to re
pent of their ways—assuring them,
that I would bo master in my family
that the name of Squaretoes, or the
domestic laws, should not he dis
graced or violated by me—and they
shall not, though my lite should an
swer it. But sue, Mr. Bachelor, th?
traits to whii h you have reduced
me—my rules v iolated, my authority
trampled on, my family in open re
bellion —bow, Sir, can yon repair this
injury—what amends can you make
me, for order and good government
destroyed, and anarchy and disorder
introduced, and confusion worse con
founded ?
Your injured and offended fellow
citi/.cu.
OB ADI AH SQUARETOES.
Unpublished letters of George Wash
ington.
Whatever comes from the pen ol
our beloved Washington, speaks with
peculiar interest to every American
bosom. V\ it It the freedom, the glo
ry, and prosper ty of his Country
the name t>f that unexampled char
acter is proudly identified ; nor can
bis history tail to he “ read in our
nation s eyes, whilst patriotism,
gratitude and affection vivify the
heart. With no common scnsibilty,
therefore do wc present to our Rea
ders the following letters, uricr be
fore published, and found among the
papers oftlielate Col. Samuel Grif
fin, who resided in Williamsburg,
Virginia. They have been transmit
ted to us for publication, by the pre
sent Mrs. F. Campbell, the only
daughter of tiic Colonel.— Phanix
Gazette.
Camp above Trenton Tolls, t
4th December, 1770. I
Dear Sir :
The unfortunate mode adopted
by Congress for the appointment of
Officers under the new establish
ment, has been big with every thing
evil, and among others with the
most shameful delays. In short, so
much confusion and uncertainty at
tend the appointments, for want of
an arrangement of the officers that 1
do not see whether we are likelv ev
er to recover from it—this has de
termined me in the present exigency
of our affairs to encourage, by every
means iu my power the raising of
men for continental service ; and as
your camp may be a proper place to
set a work of this sort on foot, I wish
you would select such persons ns you
shall judge fit to command companies
in tiie first place, and likely to raise
them in the next, and promise
them in my name, that if they can
raise companies upon the Continen
tal towns and establishments, or
even if they can engage fifty privates,
f will immediately, upon a certif
icate thereof from you, take both of
ficers and men in to pay and nl
loiv a dollar and a third for every
man they enlist, and the men their
bounty of S2O, &c.
You will observe, 1 do not mean
f ) take either officers or m n into
; ..v, till at least fifty men are engag
ed to a company, and a certificate
obtained of it. because, as 1 intend
them in aid of the 88 Battallions vo
ted by Congress, 1 cannot consent to
burthen the Continent with the ex
pense of an additional number of of
ficers, unless they are accompanied
with men. These companies arc to
be raised upon the same terms, and
for the same time of the other Bal
taliions, and will, as they are raised,
he regimented. As an encourage
ment to the captains, they may nom
inate their own subalterns; but then,
1 will reserve the right of negativing
them, incase 1 find their choice falls
upon improper persons, from local
attachments, rather than the public
good. If you can set eight compa
nies of this kind on foot, and will fa
cilitate the recruiting ofthem, I think
1 can undertake to engage you the
Regiment and a principal share in
nomination of the Field officers. In
this work, you are to recollect, that
no officers already appointed on the
new establishment, are to be with
drawn from it, lest confusion should
he thereby introduced ; and that my
wish and desire is. that those com
panies may he raised as far as possi
ble in the Jerseys At present I
shall only add, that I am, with great
esteem, dear sir, your most obedient
servant,
GIRL WASHINGTON.
Samuel Griffin, Esq.
Mount Ter non, l
Ft brunrij 20th, 1788. \
Dear Sir :
1 have been duly honored and
gratefully affected with the rrcei; t
of the Resolution ofthe Visiters and
Governors of William and Mary Col
lege, appointing me Chancellor of
the same ; and have to thank you
for your polite attention in the trans
mission.
Not knowing particularly what du
ties, or whether any active services
are immediately expected from the
person holding the office of Chancel
lor, I have been greatly embarrassed
in deciding upon the public answer
proper to he given. It is for that
reason l have chosen to explain in
this private communication mv situ
ation and feelings; and to defer all
ultimate decision, until I shall have
been favored with farther informa
tion on tins subject.
My difficulties arc briefly these:
on the one hand, nothing in this
world could be farther from rny heart
than a want of respect for the worthy
gentlemen in question ; or a refusal
of the appointment with which they
have honored me—provided its du
ties are not incompatible with the
mode of life to which I have entirely
addicted myself. And on the other
hand, I would not for any considi n
tion disappoint the just expectations
of the Convocation, by accepting an
office whose functions 1 previously
knew (from my pre-engagements aud
occupations) 1 should be absolutely
unable to perform.
Although, as 1 observed before.
I know not specifically what these
functions are yet- sir: 4 have con-
fOR SI IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTIES.
[NO. XIV— VOL. I.
ceived that a principal duty, requir
ed ol the Chancellor might be to at
tend a regular and indispensable
visitation once or perhaps, tw ice a
year. Should this be expected, I
must dccT.ae accepting the office.
For, notwithstanding, 1 most sincere
ly and ardently w ish to afford what
ever little influence I may possess, in
patronizing the cause of science, l
cannot, at my time of life, and in my
actual state of retirement, persuade
myself to engage in new and exten
sive avocations.
Such being the sentiment ofa hear!
unaccustomed to disguise ; I flatter
myself the candid manner ih which I
have explained it, could not be dis
pleasing to the convocation; and
that the intervening delay, between
the present and the moment in which
I shall have the pleasure of receiving
such ulterior explanations as may
enable me to give a definitive answer
will not prove very detrimental to
the collegiate interests. With great
esteem and regard, I am, dear sir
your obedient humble servant,
GEO. WASHINGTON.
Samuel Griffin, Esq.
BOI'NDARY OF THE EXITED STATES (IV
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
On the 31st of January last, the
President of the United States com
municated to Congress,in compliance
with a resolution of the House of
representativ es of the 18th of that
month, a Report from the Secretary
of State, with the correspondence
with the British government, relating
to the boundary of the U. States on
the Pacific Ocean. The report con
sists of a letter of instructions from
Mr. Adams, when Secretary ofState,
to Mr. Rush, whilst the latter was
Minister in London : of an extract
from a despatch from Mr Rush, con
taining an account of his discussions
with the British Plenipotentiaries on
Ihe subject ; protocols of conferen
ces : and of a paper specifying the
conditions, as to the boundaay to
which the United States would ac
cede, and a paper declaratory ol
those in which Great Britain would
acquiesce
The settlement of our boundary
on (lie Pacific Ocean is daily becom
ing more and more important. In
dependently of the expediency c f
preventing future conflicts, by an
early adjustment of the line of coast
over which our government is here
after to exercise sovereign jurisdic
tion in that quarter, the claims ot
those who are engaged in the fur
trade, the fisheries, in the traffic with
Indians of that coast] and in the in
tercourse with the Islands in the
Southern Pacific, and with China,
demand the earnest attention of our
constituted authorities. In a word,
the interests of navigation and com
merce are deeply involved in the
question of national right and juris
diction in that region
The parties that have had territo--
rial claims on the extreme western
part of this continent, are Spain,
Russia, Great Britain, and the United
States. The facts upon which they
respectively rest, arc distinctly ad
verted to in Ihe Instructions of Mr.
Adams, and the letter of Mr. Rush.
This correspondence, how over, is no
later than the Ulh of August, 1824,
and is antecedent, to the treaty with
Russia, which, although formed at
St. Potersburgii- on the 17th of
April, 1824, was not consumutcd,
by an exchange of ratifications ut
Washington, until the 11th of Janua
ry. 1825. By the third article of that
treaty, it was stipulated that, here
after there should not be formed, by
the citizens of the United Sates, any
establishment upon the north-west
coast of America, nor in any of the
Islands ndjac- at, to the north of 64
degrees and 40 minutes of north lat
tude ; and, on her part, Russia en
gaged that none should he formed by
iior subjects, or under her authority,
south of’ the same paraded of' latti
tude. The claim of Russian sover
eignty, consequently,may he regard
cd as having been virtually quieted,
and fixed at the latitude of 64 de
grees 40 minutes north.
Bv the thijd article of the treaty
v*. ii.ii Spain, of the 22d of February,
1818, the boundary line between her
former possessions and those of the
United States, is described by the
Sabine, the Red River, the Aik 5
sas, and latitude 42 degrees north,
to the South Sen, or Pacific ocean.
To"this arrangement it is understood
the new government of Mexico has
made no objection, and is willing to
conform. All the territorial rights
of Spain, north of latitude 42 deg.
north, have, therefore, bee n transfer
red to the U. States.
The Spnni.di and Russisn claims
having be n thus amicably settled,
there only remains the conflicting
chirns off he United States anti Great
Britain.
The right of the United States to
territory on the north-west coast
rests upon that of Spain, which, as