Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume V

No. 40.

Mr. McLane to Mr. Buchanan.

London, April 17, 1846.

Sir: * * * * * *

My dispatch of the 17th of March, after an opportunity had been afforded of seeing and reflecting upon your final answer to Mr. Pakenham’s proposal to arbitrate, acquainted you that very soon after the date of the last note of the Earl of Aberdeen to Mr. Pakenham, I had positively ascertained that this government would take no further step toward renewing the negotiation until after Congress had finally acted upon the question of notice.The British government wait for Congress to give notice of the abolition of the treaty for the non-occupation of Oregon.

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LOUIS Mc LANE.

Hon. James Buchanan, Secretary of State.