The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-16 00:00:00

Tilt • SUN .ItiFiVlEBl%.'

(No. XXIIL)
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•
'We .become every d is wore of the
utility and advatittiges cif oiit tie* plan of devot-
ing a portion of. the diurnal press to the. Review
of literature, and trust onr-licatletti.-• have
• fOlind canz,.•'ii to he di isatisfied with this leathre
fin THE Str Wilk', CliilblCSliS,to COli!‘ri`Mtly
under 'their- notice the most • importittit ' pr',l:loe-
tii)ns which appear- on •Subjects••• of iiniversil and
Tas-ting irforMation; as W'ell-as of • great p:-es'ent
interest. Of the latter ,class„: and Vt: combining
irtuch of the forPeY; isltie. Work before Gs': It
'conveys eXtensiVii. inforMatiOn ttpotimatters, con-
. ki.dering their vast C6ll§6lllCate,
in this country, and ii.pecullarly rich in-:ll'oo,li-
gefice applicable to. 'the, passing nionient!. :This
will at once be ackniityledged; when,We' state That
it chiefltreats of the situation, relatie value, &c:
of PasSamaqinisidy tay '(where occurrences ot:!no
inconsiderable moment, as affecting the best In-
terests 'of the .Briiish Empire are at this hour
transacting), of which an excellent Map is given,
but also of the boundary lines by w Canada
'and out other 'North American 'Provinces have
btim, are, and Out-Jit: tO,be 'protected front the
athibitions encroachments of the Government of
the'United States.-A fine Map, illuStratiVe of this-
pa'rt of theSubjeet, is also added to this' Pamphlet,
which we have no hesitation in sa.yjng, ought to
be in hands of every person desirous Of possessing
an accurate idea-of the existing state of our rela-
tions with America, atid-of- forming 'a right jodg-
uleut of the nature of the contest in which we are
engaged,. and of. the terms upon which it may be
vilely and honourably tertitinated.
Lie be .peeuliarly to, recommend'this publication
• te; the attention ,Of every Gentleman conneoled'with
the Pi'esi of this. country who will find
iy'ithin its verY small compass very copious stures•
of:useful information,.
.stated thus much generally, lye :slfall
proceed to make slid) extracts as 'appears to us
most important ; premising, however, 'that the
compressment of What- is -desirable to be know.!„,
has been so .oniplete in this instance, we Shaft-
Srareely be able to omit a page without.. at. the..
sane time omitting faCts:which well deserve to
be fully and -Universally. understood. • ,
every Work relating
,to .Ameritia,whicir
has, lately fallen under out.
_notice, ..from the con-
•ii(leyations of the opinions of the best informed
rirriters, front the ablest publications .from
Canada, and froin Ans2ricairiAndlors flietuselves,
its- well as froth the-di:rariendeucy
sures of that Government: whether of a 'pacific or
.warlike deseriptiOn; we have arrived'at ,a decided
611:1 unalterable chbvietion,- that the thirsts of con-
quest rage's as fiercely in their -Reptibliean bo-
soms as ever it' did in 'the breast of the Corsican
Des 6t, and that not only the subjugation' of our
Northern ColonieS; but of the, entire Continent
of North America, is an object, fiyai the pu-rsuit
of which they Will never desisl ; an object which
they "are determined to attain by fraud or force,
--per j'as• ciut-nelas,--40 an object which (hey Will
uhimatelyaecomplish, unless we take the present
opliortunity of humbling their arrogance, crippling
their offensive means, exposing their insatiable
projects, and securing ourselveS and ourindian
frie,;(ls, by .cell: defined and strong
,_boundaries;
front their meditated aggressions:
The ''View". under our eye help§ .greatly to
confirm these impressions and elucidate the points
upon which we have touched. 'laking it P.O.
granted-that ditr. -Ministers -will:not permit , Our
Maritime 'rights even to be. brought into disens=
sii.iont.Glient,_ it .prciceed•s
and
!knitters at
issue betiveen the .s Coimtries, andliardly leSs
vital impeirtatice,to liritatin. The suojeet is thus
intiodiv•ed .
It +rill bc•contended'in;the3e pages, that no
Oceurrenee has .fo'r-:a series-of years Atifortled so
greal an openin&--, for enhancing:these inestiwable
inlyileges," for correcting 'the errors Of foringr,
tinges, and f.tir,inak ing ample arid- stable' provision
for thejliture; than -the result of the; 'War, we arc
at 'priserit engaged in with. the United States, of
:America' ; far t,sr that, all 'former treaties, all iin
etinteSioils arc abrOgated*; •evay thitig
may pass in revision ; and ice shall, wheneveY-a
peace is-conchnled, -entitled, supposing the
events Of the war to giVetts that commanding at-
titade which we ought to possess, to claim and'en-
flree thoe. advantages,' which nature' and policy
pint ' out as belonging to tile -pOessurs of-
Canada;' • - -
The Writer then expatiates on the importance
of our
,possessions in North America; which he
clearly dcmonstrates, and states particulars which
are'calculifted to enhanee.their value, even the
eyes of those who think:slo highly of 'them as' to,
believe no illustration of so self-,evident a propo-
sitiOn necessary. It is, however', well to look at
the detail, a'ij• see 'that these inexhaustible pro-;
vhices and their teeming' rivers and shores are
adequate to the entlre supply of our West India
bhinds,,and of timber, furs, flax-seed (die source'
of Ireland's stOple) and nuerous articles of 'the
utmost value-th
to our Commerce and inanufactUres.•
To pre-erve such possesSions safe is the first duty .
Of our Legislature. • Rightly, therefore, does the
Author say:— . . .
" In conclndino. a- Treaty of Teace with the
:United States, not only ought the main feature
of the war, the inviolate tulintenance of our ma-
ritime lights; to'be kept in view; but the scarcely
le's important nbject„the preServarion of the Bri-
tish. -North American Colonies, ought not to be
ov4jl"ked. sy,:nre this-last; it is requisite to
advert to one grand point, the necessity ut the es-
went of a new line of boundary-, between-
the British min the lAmerican phSsessions, and to
'seveial sujiord:o-Ate objects, which will be noticed

in this Tract." -
• •IZeferring ,to e.le,Treo.ty of 1733,,it
,is then
shcwn how Incre;libly the `of
0: f t Ilit, c t- 1
oy
were imposed upon, and bow :much Wai unwit-
(}
ti ngiyceiled. to Ain front. vet r imperfectcrica,, fro
It ow,viedge .theli .posce,sed of ttlatvast and unex.:
p)ored -Contine;:t. Such error.' it behoves us now
to :(•etif-,71. The inTOSitiont; practised ..,ii !iie 'frea-
.ty, %,:efe followed up b'i-iillpoisitigns and uncrouch-

it/hi§ the,part thtie faithleiS refitiblicani
for years after .it *as 'c xacluded. ,They were
bouhd by no. ties-withheld by.no obligations ; and
whenever an
;opportunity offered, or could be
contrived, foe promoting :their designs, it was
greedily seized, and thus .4 slow but certain pro,
gess made in this, iniquit.ius Islwn of aggrandi...e-
ment,,;,:, •
The.posts conimandin; the Lipper Ceuntry'are,
Prestitt; isle,
Scholotser,.:o§Wego,-Qs vegatchie; &c.
" lininediately after 1 le-Treaty of ..1783, the
American Governmerii sh imefidly evaded. or in-
fringed the stipulations t.:Specting the Loyalists,
and British deitts.i. hn, co 'sequence of which the
•beforeLinentioned upper posts were retained as a
p.'edge. tjll the due performance of those Artidles.
,Nlanyyears after, when appearances indicated.tirat
these posts would,be snrrendered to America; the
merchants of iNlontreal, who were principally cinz
et‘lrne<l. in the' Indian trade., preferred represeista;,
tiOns, in which the*.impoliey of the cession was
expoed,.and everretfort Inale to prOcure a new
line of boundary or detharcation,.e6inpatible with
the ,e.eirrity of Canada,:und the protection of, the
Indians, but. without effect, as, by Mr. ,Jay's
Treaty.of -1794 the said'posts *ere-agreed to he
delivered up on or before the Ist of June, 1790 ;
and the only-provision obtained respecting the.
Indians, was, a right. of trade. from Canada with
them, on the same-footing.as the AMericans,and•
which had been, suggested in'tho,se representations
as, an alternative'desirable,only in the event-of 'a
new line niit being procurable. The posts were
.accordingly giyen, up : but the encroaching cha-
racter of the.Amerieans was-ire again:inanitest
ed, for,,notwithstanding the risitive Stipulations_
of that Treaty, so little regard was paid by the
Anieritan Government to 'their !slighted faith, that
by a,Treaty between the-United States. and the
Indians, concluded at Fort Greenville on the 3d
of August, 1'79), an article was forced upon the
lirdians,..by which they engaged that no trader'
should l'eside at any Indian town or hunting Camp,
withon, a license under the authority .of. the United
States." .

• Independent of this, .and in thc. same spirit, 'we
arc infprined••-- ' • ,

The Amer:can:Government-was pursuing an
unrelenting and systematic-plan, for despoiling the
Indians of their lands.,, by eveiy species of injos-
lice ; and it carried' on this;plan- with such deli-
liirate zeal; that the: natives became finally
vinced, tbat.their extermination was the real ob.
ject,:of that.Cov,.;rrnient -and its rapacious land
.jobbers. To give, th;2l.cf4e, secnrityandpyrtna
nency, not only to our bnunt'ary line, btu to that
of our faithful Indian allies, is a most necessary
and itfipoiltant point:
.
"Flre botr!ldary line, as suppoSM to be, fixed
in 1783,-hetrays,, at its commentOm:A, in its
'course; and at -its termination, the greatest,
noranCe.of the geography,"and of tlic nataal fea-
tures and utilities of' the. vast rel.,tions through
it reins: ,

'' The framers of that Treaty, on the part of
Great Britain, instead of insisting, according to
theirin*tructions, on, the river -Penobscot being
the libunchrybetween New Brunswick and, the
the United .States,
,abandoned vhatpoint-, and al-
lowed the line to be carried as tar as the,tiver St.
Croix, giving'up" an extent of sea-coast of nearly
50 leagues., thpugh the PenobscOt way the utmost
northern point, to which the limits of the New
.England States were before supposed to, extend:
At the same tine the Intim h Of "the St: Croix Was
uncertain, inir was it :settled till 1798 what river
was, e:;:tctly meant by that name.
" Tnis river falls into Passamaquoddy Bay,
p :,'t of the Bay of _randy, in the.'latitude of 5.
; and American encroachment has been at
;yolk here also, and the surreptitious' possession
His been 'l),M:tined, by the State of Massachusetts,
of three islands in Passitmaquoddy Bay, which are
"of con:lideralde importance t() the security and to,
t)te trade of the adjacent parts of New Bruns-
wick.- These which are the Moose, Dud
lcy, ,
and Ereueric;neing-at the time, and-previous
to. the conclusion of the Treaty, of pqrt 'of'
Nova Scotia, conic, umleniably within the excep-
tion made in the Treaty, by which the American
territory was allowed to comprehend all islands
within twenty leagues of. the United States,' ex-
tering 'such us.. now are, or heretofore haVe been,
within .the limits of ,the *aid province of Nova
Scotia.: •

", The line then runs up the river St. Croix to
its source., and thence_ in a southerly direction
along the height of land from which that river
flow:;; fill it strikes the forty-fifth degree of north
latitude. And here, again, the ignorance or io-,
attention • of the framers of the Treaty to thelo-
eality and courses of the river, -has produced the
monstrous absurdity, that' there is actually no,
readil ,s racticabie communication between Lower
Canada and Ncw Brunswick, without crossing a
part 'of the American territory, now called the
province of •Mitine.
" It then proceeds westward along the forty-fitth
degree of. latitude, till 'it reaches the St. Law-
rence, cutting off, in a most artificial and unna-
tural, manner, the water eommunicationS of Lake
Champlain and Lake George, with the St. Law-
rence ; thence along the middle' of the St. Law-
l'ence -into Lake Ontario, through the water com-
munication between it and Lake Erie, through the
mid4le of Lake Erie to the water communication
‘vii.h Lake Huron, through that, and then aCtoss
Lake Huron in is northerly direction, and through
the' Straits of St. Mary into Lake Superior."
After this, information; which twill *be read with-
interest in the same Paper which cOntains the
Gazette accnnnt of the success of the British Ar-
mament at Moose Island, the Author proceeds to
laYdown the-new boundary line, which he •cOn-
tends is absolutely necessary to give permanent
security to our.Ctaloilies and effectually curb *the
avowed ambition of our enemy ; but as we have
alrehdy reached a proper limit, we shall defer fur-
ther retnai ks till to-moi'ro w. •
4, This IteOev %Yu's intended for publication yesterday.

A Translat ion, in verc, has just been published
of the Paradise most of Milton,. Tiiis pmitiction
is the work Of INl.Escoi.Q.t.riz, Prebendary and
Counsellor of State. The Prebendary may he an
excellent ecciesiastie and CoUnsellor, vvii.hout
hav-
iug a genius to poetry, of which the Reader will
convince 'himself on 'perusing the translation.—
(Madrid, 4u1,,,4.)