Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-13
NORTH EASTERN BOUNDARY.


NORTH EASTERN BOUNDARY.
The documents transmitted 10 Congress, by
the President Of the United States, relative to
the case OF John Baker, of Maine, having no"
been printed, brief history OF the negotiations
and correspondence on the Abjec' may be &C.
ceplable TO the reader.
On the 27,h of March. 1925, it appears that
Mr.. Clay, in letter TO Henry y. :addInston
ESQ. the British Charge DIES Affairs, a, this
CITY, com municated report made by Com
mi,,ee Of the Senate of Maine, con aiming
representation Of the facts that aggressi"ns had
been committed by British subjects on the A
merican territory; and demanded that imme'
dla,e and .f1icacious measures be adopted to
M, stop 10 them. The facts stated IN the re.
Dor, are, that depredations had been commit
led on The timber upon the Arooso'k and
Madawaska, by cutting il in large quantities
and CARRYING II down the ST Johns. The per-
sons said to have committed these trespassrs
were furnished with pr, n,i,s and licences from
The Government of The Province Of New Bruins
wick. On the 23d Of Nav, 1875, MIR. Adding
ton replied 10 Mr. Clay, that he had received
all assurance from Sir Howard Douglass that
the charge, as far as The Government OF New
Brunswick is concerned, was groundess, ana
that he should use his best endeavou's to put
stop 10 pract tees in thu mseves so disgrace
fol- Sir Howard Douglass further sta'es, when
he assumed the government, he found that liz
crnses to cut timber, end other acts of sover-
eign,y, had long been exercised on The part OF
Great Britain, over certain tracts oil land, IN
which the Aroostook and Madawaska were in
cluded, heretofore well understood to belong
10 New Brunswick & now claimed by the W
nited States Mr.. Adding;on further states
the, le,A psttas!9S e'ssm and, It sppF sFs nave
exercised an equal right over it, The Cover
ror Of New Brunswick declares that he does
not consider himself at liberty TO alter The ex-
listing STATE Of things, but expresses his inten
ZION to keep within The limits Of his line of du-
", aud to apply lor more precise instructions.
The next leller is a communication from
Mr.. Vaughan 10 Mr.. Clay, haIed Nov. Is, 1925,
com planning Ct the conduc, OF Two American
citizens, who had, in compliance with instrut-
lions from the legislatures OF Maine and Mas
sachuseits, gone to Mada"sska, for tae purpose
Of giving deeds 10 .he settlers on The S.. jobs
aud Madawaska rivers and who were charged
with having endeavoured 10 induce he people
there not to attr nd general training. telling
them tina, he territory brio"gsd 10 The United
S a,es. On the 18th Of January, 1926, Mr. Clay
communicated t. Nj. Vaughan an EXPLANATION
that the authority given to the ag' nts was al
! together for the purpose OF asserting posses
sorry right over he rerri DRY, and to check the
deprsda ions of British Subjects on the soil and
timber. On the l9'h of Jun, 1926; The lrgisla
| ,urr OF Massachusetts suspended the convey
ance Of lands, which had been complained of by
Great Brain, until an adjus ment should take
place Of the question in dispute, and this decis.
| ion was trans n,ted by Mr.. Clay 10 Mr.
| Vaughan OH Esd oi the same month.
On he l6h Of J.nu ny, 1927, MIR. Vaughan
add essed a letter 10 Mr.. Clay, complaining
tina, The agents from The States Of Maine aud
| Massae husets had been engaged in laying gu:
lands into townships, and making gu, roads in
the disputed territory In reply, on the 9Th of
the SAM month. Mr.. Clay informed Mr.
Vaughan that request would be forwarded 10
he Cove nors Of tsose States 10 practise that
forbearance and mode aiion which the Presi-
dYn desired.
On the 18th Of September, 1927, Mr.. Clay
transmitted TO Mr.. Vaughan an ,xtfact Of let
ter from Governor Lincoln Of Maine complain
| ing that the American settlers on the ST. Johns
are subjrct to ,exatons from the conduci of
the Nsw Brunswick government, which treas
them 'as aliens, denies them their right 10 hold
| real estate, assesses upon hem the alien tax,
and refuses to permit to them the transmission
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OF their produce az American. The other
inhabitants are treated as British subjects
On The 18th Of September, Mr. Vaughan, IN re.
| ply, defends the government OF New Bruins,
| wick for the exercise Of RICH Of sovereignty in
/ the territory named, which ne alleges has al
WAYS been considered a part Of the territory Of
New Brunswick; and he protests 'againsI the
validity OF any title to the lands in the -ncient
British settlements granted BY the States OF
Maine and Massachusetts, until change in the
RICH, Of possession stall have been effected in
consequence Of the s.h article Of the treaty Of
Client Mr.. Vaughan states that the govern
ment OF New Brunswick had prosecuted some
British subjects who had been found 10 the
commission Of depreda,ions on the timber in
the disputed territory
On the 26th Of October, 1897, Mr.. Vaughan
enclosed to Mr.. Clay letter from the Lieu,e-
hant Governor Of New Brunswick. in which he
I,sures Mr. Vaughan that he has resr4 med
from any act that Can change the slate Of the