35-xx-xx ep26Oregon 54-40

Frontier Fighters. Fire Fighters. Inspiring episodes in the dramatic careers of those encrepid sons of courage whose destiny

it was to safeguard for posterity the glory of the Old West. In 1827, the American Congress and the British Parliament ratified the extension of the agreement of 1818, which gave joint occupancy to a great area of land in which lay the territory of Oregon.

Oregon was almost a lost country until immigrants followed the missionaries and shrewd Yankee traders began to follow the immigrants. The balance of power suddenly swung over to the Americans because of their numbers. And with the advent of a political year, Oregon, under American rule as a free state, became a national issue. The original agreement between

the United States and Great Britain did not specifically speak of 5440 as being the northern boundary of Oregon. But the settlers so interpreted the agreement because that parallel meant all of Oregon would be under United States rule.

In July 1843, an Oregon convention was held at Cincinnati. In convention, we've done a great deal of wild-sucking, not a little applauding.

We've given undue exercise for our military ban. I'm not going to do that. But, gentlemen, to what definite conclusions have we come? We have not as yet declared for any kind of a parallel in this drawing dispute between the United States and Great Britain.

I ain't going to hold it off. He left to relit me out. I'm for coming right out and saying the parallels should be the 49. That's 5440. And that gives the whole of all the ground to the United States.

He, fair but great Britain. And what he fair should be just as well as from the delegates who hold for 5440 and United States rule. It looks like there's a majority. 97, 98, 99 out of 100.