The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-05 00:00:00

BOUNDARY QUESTION.

The author of a new map of the United States, Pub"
lished at Philadelphia in 1829, Mr. H. S. Tanner,
makes the following remarks on the boundary question
" The profile of the Grand Portage is inserted in the
map, with a view of exposing the unfounded statement
of the British regarding the topography of the region
traversed by the boundary between Canada and the
United States. One of the arguments used to enforce,
the claims of the British Government to the north °'
Maine, is founded on the assumption that no highlands
sufficiently distinct to exhibit, with precision, the 110°
claimed by the United States, exist ' between the rivers
that empty themselves into the St. Lawrence, and those
which fall into the Atlantic Ocean.' By this profile It
will be seen that highlands, or rather. mountains, d°
exist along the entire course of the tine, from the source/.
of Connecticut river to those of Restigouche. Some el
these mountains attain an elevation of 2,000 feet above
the level of the St. Lawrence.
" The map in question, together with the profile, af-
ford a view of the physical geography of this part tr
our country, essentially different from its former deli-
neations ; and completely reverse the general aspec.t
given to it by the advocates of the British claims*
They affirm that the route claimed by the American*,
as the line contemplated by the framers of the treaty °`
1783, is nearly destitute of highlands, and that roo°°.
tains, of considerable elevation, extend westward from
Mars Hill, dividing the waters of St. John's River fr°Pl,
those of the Penobscot, &c. Such, however, is o°'
the fact ; for we find along the former route
continuous chain of high hills, if not mountain*
broken, it is true, occasionally by the action of
II ,tll
water ; and the latter, with the exception of Mars '
itself, presenting an undulating surface merely, but lit"
tle elevated above the surrounding plain.
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line assumed by Great Britain as the boundary ig b
darytst
issue, which is carefully traced on my map. These'
Croix forms a part of the boundary between the Vote.
States and British possessions, which has been defini-
tively settled. The principal course of the St. Cross
was ascertained in the year 1797, by the commissioner.
of the United States and Great Britain, under the
treaty of 1794. In the year 1817 the surveyors of the
two Governments again marked the point at which $
line due north was to commence. As no other survey
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has yet been made with special reference to the disputed
boundary, its course cannot be stated with precision;
enough, however, is known to justify the United
States. Government in resisting the extravagant Al
unfounded claim of the British Government. In o°'
mitti,ig the disputed points to umpirage, the Govern-
ment of the United States never contemplated, I apPre‘
prehed, granting the power to depart essentially from ill
oundary always claimed by it, and until lately acquiesced
in by that of Great Britain. The power conferral on
the King of the Netherlands, as umpire in this matte/.
is unquestionably restricted to the simple adjustment °,
the boundary in question ; nor does it admit of any 1°,11„
terial variation front the line, as defined by the tre',
of 1783, and as then understood by all the parties c°°
cerned. The treaty, on which alone the United Stete,
may rely with confidence, describes the boundary vilthia
precision so nearly approaching to a certainty,as to forbid
any misunderstanding with regard to the line, in thou°,
of a disinterested observer. Other and ample /.video
m.ght be adduced in support of the American title to eye
disputed territory—this can scarcelybe deemed necessairii
as the treaty is sufficiently explicit and conclusive. All
the acts of the British Government, from the proclo°l-
tion of 1763 to the treaty of 1783, recognize the botl:
dary claimed by the United States as the one
separated the provinces of Quebec and Nova Se°-0
from the then province of Maine, and declare that ta,
line should pass along the high lands which
the rivers that empty themselves into the St. 142,136
rence, from those that fall into the sea,' and that 0
province of Quebec is bounded on the south bld,
line from the Bay of Chaleurs, along the high 104
&c.,' reciting the precise words that were subsequSo
transferred to the treaty of peace in 1783-
treaty, however, in letter as well as in spirit, is obviouv,
and decidedly with the American government. 00 to
side of the British, they rest altogether on their /ago
notions of an equitable division of the country PP le
which their claim with regard to the north.west Ogle,
of Nova Scotia is founded. This claim places the °le
at the point in the line running due north frail ot
source of the St. Croix, which meets the high lanutstbe
or near Mars Hill ; and, according to this view 0' op
subject, the angle thus formed is the commencement', t
the east, of the north boundary of Maine, from that P,lbis
to the westernmost head of Connecticut river. er.
line, among the imaginary high lands, it will be Po.
ceived, divides the waters of the Androscoggin, 1‘.61„01
bee, and Penobscot, from the Aristook, Alaguashi the
Wellostook, branches of the St. John's, and depvivelot
State of Maine of nearly one-third of its area, or "foe
12,000 square miles. The point in the due nort.ll!e
from the St. Croix, which the British affect to bebelbich
the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, and upon "doe
the whole matter rests, is about 40 miles from the s°"tbe
of the St. Croix, and about the same distance from 00
place where this line, in its prolongation, intersects
St. John's."

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