The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-01-18


constituting the Commission, and their nractio.i
acquaintance with, and experience in. the ma 81
committed to them, bespeak your confdenc. IN
their opinions and in the measures of precaut;o.
and security which they may recommend. There
is reason to believe, that the currency of a.
country has recently been mnch vitia,ed Inv The
successful circulation of false bills while the dan
ger to the community, from this cause is snpnosaa
to be greatly increased 10y the existing law In re-
curing unlfo!n plates for impressions of bank ma
per There is an alarming need of protection
ALSO against the unauthorized use of these NIT
which at some future day. circumstances MIGHT
render, at least, quite possible. The subject il
one oil very great and general concern, and seems
to deserve immediate attention.
Other Commissions, in relation to rena;rs rror
the State House, and the construction Of E;rs.
Proof Edihce for the security and preservation of
the Public Records, with the general direction If
winch the Executive was charged, have been full
niied, In the entire completion of these improve
ments The personal skill and constant attention
OF the Superintendent who was appointed ,o The
immediate oversight of the work. gre tly contribute
ed to its expeditions thorough. and economical
performance No provision having been made for
MS compensation in the Resolve authorizing the
appointment, deem it an act of iustico tn submit
TO you Report, made and accented i'm The Erecu.
i've Council as evidence. Of his claims to a neon
mary consideration for valuable services The
accounts OF expenditures upon these objects as set
aieu wlth .ne Executive, show, that the repairs,
han ma
half the estimated amount. and that tba axnan.
Oh the tlre proof building was brought within the
sum OF the appropriation for that pu1nose
, ne transfer OF the records and public papers To
.ne apartments prepared for their future safe keen
ing awaits the order of the Legislature and in ep
to this, | beg leave to suggest tn vonr cons;das,
ton the exPediency of causing every documant
worthy oil preservation, to be entered in descr;r
tive list, previous to removal, and of direct;p,
tnelr arrangement IN such chronological or otbe1
m
- =" '"o, ne" Positon, as may give immediate
need. se' 'hefe IL
IL IS with much satisfaction that am enabled 10
oher renewed assurances of the value and produc
t'eness o, tne commonwealth interest in pubj;c
Lands IN the State of Maine Under tha nrr,in..
and judicous management of IN. ~ Ia p eoo IN
sales, from the first day. of February last 70 tbs
s1tn Gay OF december last, the date of his Renort
70 me, amounted to S35, 499 CO. In the mean time
.he TIMBER mas been well protected from depreda.
oo WINE Lhe demand for it, and for the purchase
OIL the lands, is constantly increasing Win ~
sales oil the past year, the authority to the Aant
10 dispose OF lands south of the Monument line 10.
exhausted The opportunity which he renres.nts
iof seillng, advantageousy, several more townships
u, s;o ne &c same negnoorhood, recommends an extern
Having been advised in fhe month .c o..-,
,ast' oy communication from the Governor os
r'hine, OF the appointment of the Land Agent ~
s;"a dle as commissioner. to meet a Commits
sioher on the part OF this Commonwealth fo, Oh.
purpose OF agreeing upon system for m. 81 "a"
position, and management Of the PHI" 9, US.
owned Dy the two governments, the land Aaao.
here as best acquainted with the subject .n 49,
oonselsant with the character and situation of the
poPer'y and the interest of the Commonwealth in
trnss S,n .en', was Immediately deputed to that
Us: Owlng 10 Unforeseen circumstance ~.
n,eeung ct the Commissioners has NOT vet ;.tno
pace. 1helr Report, when made ia rsor;raJ ~
DC transmitted by them, urecry
fha Nnnfrr
ment respecting the North Eastern Roundarv IS
the United States which SO deepIy affects The
states Particniariy interested in these lands re-
mans unsettled Il may be, that this subie ct has
n'"e1 ~ oeeh regarded with too little concern by
US None may be of more important consennen.ssg
1t involves with the rights of property cons;5ers'
lions OF high political character and moment Ir.
there is an attribute of State Sovereignty which :;
unquaihed and undenable, it is in the right of in
lls9iceoh 10 the utmost limits Of State TERRITORY
anu II single obligation, underline Constitption
rests upon the confederacy, it is to euarantee tb
lntegrty OF this territory to the quiet and undis
turbed enjoyment of the States. The reference Of
the boundary question to the King of the Neither
ianos mas peen wholly Intellectual to its Just decis
ion. He has palpably departed from the nIa;,
terms OF the submission, and substituted nronn
sition TO compromise of difficulties. for an swar,;
upon the matter directly in issue between the nar-
ties AS an arbitsr, his office strictly WA, To apni,
descriptive linz Of boundary to Corresponding
these, he has attempted to establish new conrss
OF DIVISION, denoted by monuments totally dissim;-
lar and through tract of country, distant and
widely different. BY no rule of municipal or inter
nationa law can such decision be made of bind
ing obligation, There is no occasion IN ;non;..
into the extraordinary influences which ~ IL
supposed to have produced it. A preference by
any portion OF the subjects of his Maiesty's Prov
ihce to popular government would have been az
YaHa reason Tor transferring Nova Scotia to the
United otates as the convenience of the British
government OF road through the State of Maine
to Canada, for assigning the lands between tho
waters OF the St Johns and the Highlands intended
oy the treaty Of 1913, to the British Province
Confidently believing that the award, as an ad;,,-
G.cde,on, is altogether void, can no constitu-
tiohal power In the nation to require an acouies-
cence IN It, on the part of the States which would
De PfeJudiced by its adoption. This must be left
to their own volition. Massachusetts, it is trne
can suffer directly. only in the loss Of propertv
pat her sympathies are not the less due to the
State OF Maine in the greater stake of physical and
political strength which is there at hazard, Were
IL not for the Act Of Separation her condition had
Deen our 0tcn. The consent of the parent State.
10 the erection of territory, to which she claimed
an absolute title of which from time immemoriaI
she had been in the actual and exclusive possess
sion, and over which she exercised undisputed iu-
risdiction, into an independent government, was.
at least an implied warranty against its subseou nj
liability to foreign dismemberment
AS was anticipated, IN a communication made NV
me to the last Legislature it has resulted that the
further allowance of the claims of the State unon
the General Government is suspended upon the ex-
traordnary construction given by the late Secreta
ty of War to the Act of Congress providing for its
settlement, that his authority was limited to f;nd nc
sum Of debt, equal to the amount Of the appropri
alton for payment, and that beyond this he could
not proceed, however equally we'll the pripcipIe,
of allowance and the proofs Of service might appl,
to the remainder Of the accounts Against tbi.
opinion, at the time, the Agent Of the State ably
reasoned, and earnestly protested The arpume Mt,
and the issue are before the public in the Docu.
ments which have been published. To an applica
tion made by the Agent to the present Secretary Of
War, to revise this decision, and to allow the ex.
animation of the Claims to be resumed that officer
has replied, that finding his immediate Prcdeces-
sor proceeded astar in the adjustment Of the Claims
as he conceived himself authorized under the Act
of Congress, passed for their settlement, and final
i ly decided, that this Department could afford no
further relief in the case, il could not become him
TO reopen matter, which has been thus disposed
:. Of, and that this can only be done by an Act Of
Congress- The business now rests in the special
charge of the Agent, under instructions upon con-
, sultation with the Delegation, to move such order
in Congress on the subject, at the proper opporu-
: nty as their united advice may recommend. /
need not repeat, here the reasons for believing,
that an appeal thus made cannot fail to be success
f fal. The views. which entertain, in relation to
the character Of the Claim, have been unequ vocal
ly and often expressed. To entire conviction Of
1 the obligation oil tbs nation to its payment, and
dissent to the applicability Of objections which for
long time were interposed toany provision, even
for its examination, there is now added perfect
confidence, that tho principles which have been
adopted in the allowance ef one norton of the ac-