Secretary Monroe to the American commissioners for treating for peace with Great Britain. Department of State, March 22, 1814. Gentlemen: Should a treaty be concluded with Great Britain, and a…
*No. 49.[56] [1825] Paley’s Works, edition of 1825, vol. iv, page 85. II. In what sense promises are to be interpreted. Where the terms of promise admit of more senses…
No. 48. [Paris, 1844] Extract from Exploration du territoire de l’Orégon, etc., exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841, et 1842, par M. Duflot de Mofras, attaché à la légation de…
Mr. McLane to Lord Palmerston. July 13, 1846. * * The treaty, as concluded and ratified by the President, appearing to be in all in respects identical with the project…
*No. 46.[52] Extract from the speech of Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons, Monday, June 29, 1846. * * * Sir, if anything could have induced me to…
No. 45. Extract from the speech of the Earl of Aberdeen in the House of Lords, Monday, June 29, 1846. (Hansard’s Debates 87, 1038.) When I saw that the Senate…
No. 44. Extract from the speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in the Senate, June 18, 1846. Debate on the ratification of the Oregon treaty. Appendix to the Congressional Globe,…
[Extract.] The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Pakenham. May 18, 1846. The boundary (said Lord Aberdeen) having been fixed by the convention of 1818, between the possessions of Great Britain…
Mr. McLane to Mr. Buchanan. London, May 18, 1846. Sir: * * * * * * * * In my last dispatch, dated on the 3d instant, after an interview…
*No. 41.[46] Extracts from the speech of Mr. Dix, of New York, in the Senate, February 19, 1846. * * * “The historical facts are too well authenticated to be…