Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-19

That in i76s l765, I77s sud 1852, II was establish
I'd hat Nova ; oia shouid be boo.den at the North
lar a. the extrs nifty OF hs Bay dts Chal,ur
10y Southern boundary OF the Province o. Quebec
ua' hi hW 't,itn Is again found, with respect
the Province Qu"tee, in III. Commits, ion OF tie Go
vernon Gene,sl OF Quebec Of 1856, wherein ths Ian
suage o. h Proclamation OF 1868 and o the Quebe
act ct lI7l has bteo ed, also in the Com sion
oil lIs6 and othets Of quent dates OF the
ors OF New b'uns"iek; with respec, to 'hs la't
toned Province, well az in great number of N sp
anterior and posetr, to he Treaty Of 1888; and tha
ne L. A'ie'e o. The said Treaty specihe by name
the States whose in ie .,ence Is ackno wIeJset:
BuI that this mention does not imply (impIique) th
"n''e Coincidence Of the boundaries between the tw
Powers, a SCI led by die following Article with tn
ancient de'nI'dtion OF the British Province, who's,
pr serva ion Is not mentioned in the Treaty of 1888 an,
which owing TO its continual changes and the unc et
tain which conlin, cd 10 exist respecting it, created
rom tire TO time, diff be ween the Provincial
authorities;
That tbe'e &c u''s from the line drawn under IN,
treaty OF lISS Throughout, the great Lakesw of Ia,
hVvr ~ Lawrence, departure from the ancisn
Provnrai Charters with regard to those bou nd srie
mat one would vairly attempt TO explain why, i
he intention was TO retain the aIcen, provincial boun.
da'y, Mi CHI ll's Map. published in 1855 and conse.
Ieniy anterio- To lac Prcclama ion 1903 and 10 he
neeocia lou o. 1888;
That G at Britain proposed first the YER P.caa.
qua as the Eastern bobidary Of the United States; and
u'd not quenty agree to the prOpo lou to cause
me boundary Of Nj inc, or Massachusetts Bay, to he
ass, rtaiued at a later p~riod:
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ANNA ion On he srot, which cou'd net be M sde appi-
cable TO an his'' rieal OF adnuist alive boundary;
And that therefore, the ancient deimita ion of the
nnh Provinces, does not, either, afford the basis Of
| a de cison;
Thai the longitude of the Northwest angle of Nova
oeoa which ousht TO coincide with that the source
OF toe 81 Crolx river, was determired only by The
Decisra ion Of 179S, which indicated that river:
iha' the Treaty OF Friendship, Commerce and Navi.
gave oil 1894, audes TO The doubt which had arisen
with refpect to the River ST. Croix and that the first
he inn of 4
Citations which resulted n the Treaty of 1888 locate The
sam angle at the source of The River ST John:
mat The la tude OF that angle il uron the banks o.
t'e ; Lawrence, according TO MchtPs Map, which
s acknowledged to have regulated The combin led and
sai ators OF the nePociators OF The Treaty OF 1885,
whereas agreealy 20 thu delmita ion of the Cavern
nent OF Qiebec il l. ne looked for AZ the highland.
which divide the rivers that empy themselves into the
ver 81 LaWrepce, from those which fail into The az
Ina ne nature OF the ground eat OF the before
angle no, having b' en- indicated by the Trea
" oil 1883 no argument be drawn from /, to ocs,.
'ha, angle at ons place in preference 10 another:
ih@I at all events, ii il were deemed proper 10
place ~ nearer 10 tie OF the River S.. Croix
md look Tor IL, at Mars Hl Tor instance il would be
=, ihueh ne more possible that the boundary of New
brunswick drawn thence norths as.wartly, would give
70 NAT ProvlGce several north west angles, situated
farther north and east. according their gre alter
moteu from Mars HILL hat the number of degrees n,
the angle referred TO In the Treaty. has M, r. 80
toned: " " ~
Tha', nsequsntly, The north. west angle of Nova
SCOTIA nnre alluded to, having been unknown in 1888
ana Tue Ireay OF Gheni having again declared il to b.
uhascer'ansd, the nOn OF that historical angle in
the treaty OF l7S3 IL 20 be sdered as pefitou nj
PReple (petiton de princpe) affording no bas. for
deeioD, whereas, if considered to topc graphical
point hav!ng reference 10 the fnion, viz: "ihat an.
eie which Is formed by line dra yn due moi IN fron,
the source of the 81. Croix River to the hehlauds"n
oms Ply the extremity of the line along the rad
highlands which divide those rivers that emptv them
selves into the River ST. Lawrence from those " bcb
tall ino the A lan'ic Ocean,"-an extremity which
reference to the no th-west angle of Nova Scotia does
not contribute 70 ascertain, and which still remaining
i'eh' TO be ound cannot lead TO the discovery of the
line which IL il 20 terminate:
Lastly, II 1.-The arguments dednced from the rio hts
oil Sovereignty exercised the Fief OF M .dawask.
md over the Msdawaska sc uementNev,n adni,,ine
that such exercise sufficiently proved-canpoi
decide The question,or the reason that those two settle
ments only embrace portion of the territory in dis
pue, and that the High Interested Parties have ac-
knoweeged the country lying between the two lines
respectively claimed by them, constituting suffice
OF cOnf6StdtiO and that there FORE possession cannot
he considered deroga ing from the risbt and Thai
II the ancen, deimi,aton of the Provinces be set aside
when IL adducd in support of tie line claimed at the
Nor OF the river ST. John, and especially tina which
is m ntoned in the Protlamat on of 1863 and ia the
QUEBEC act OF IVA, no argument can be admitted Ia
support CT The line claimed at the South OF the river ST.
J'hn winch would tend TO prove that such part the
Brunsw'ck:
Considering, That The question Invested of the in
conclusive arguments drawn from the nature more or
es' billy OF the ground the ancient delimita
hNn Of the Provinces from the Northwest angle Of
Nova Scotia and from The actual possession resolves
t'fI IN the end, TO these: w6ich is the ne drawn
cue North from the source OF the river ST Croix ard
Which IL the ground, matter WI ether billy and ell,
waited, or NOT which from that line III nor
most mead oi Connecticut river, divides the rivers that
empty themselves into the river s.. Lawrence from
thosa wi ich foll into bs Atlantic Ocean; That the
High Interested Parties only agree upon the fac that
he boundary sought for must he determined by such
inc, and by such ground that they further agree,
'lnce the Declaration Of i79S TO the answer 10 be
give TO The hrs question: with the except IN of the
! latitude at which he lie drawn due Norh from the
sou CO OF the s. Croix river il to terminate; that said
attitude comedies with the extremity Of the ground
which, from that line 10 The noTth.we tern source OF
Connecticut river divides The rivers which empty them.
selves into the River s.. Lawrer ce from those which
ial nto the Atlantic Ocean; and that thereto il only
| remains TO ascertain that ground:
mat on entering upon this operation il is discovered
Cd the one hand,
First, that il, by adop ing the line claimed al The
North OF the River ST. john, Greet Britain cannot BE-
c)nslered as obtaining territory Of l@ss value than
she mad accepted In 1888, the river S.. John az her
rontisr taking into view the situation of the country
situated between the rivers ST. John and st Croix n
ihs vicinity CT the sea. and the possession of both
banks oil the fivsr ST. John 10 the lower part of lie
eonrse, said equivalent would. nevertheess be des.
uoyed by the INTERRUPTION OF the Communication be
tween Lowsr Canada and New Brnpswiek e,psc'ally
between Quebec and Fredericton and one would
vainly seek TO discover what motives could have deter
mined the Court Of London TO consent 10 such an in
terrupiiOn.
That ~ in the second place, in contra lion 10
me rivers That empty themselves into the river ST
Lawrence, II bsd been proper, agreesbIy 10 the Ian.
guage ordinarily used in geography, to comprehend
lhe rivers falling into the Bays of Fund3y and de,