The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-04-02
STATE House, AUGUSTA,

In the afternoon on Thursday last, the North
Eastern boundary Resolutions came up in the
House. The question was on receding from the
vote, adopting the resolves as amended In the
House, and concurring in adopting them as amend
ed in the Seuate. The House, without debate, re-
fused 10 recede and concur, but insisted on their
former vote, and appointed Conferees. The re-
solves were sent back to the Senate who also tnSis-
ted and appointed Conierees who had Il meeting
and Yesterday reported Recommending that the
House should recede and concur with the Senate
On the acceptance of this report in the House,
there was long debate. The point Of difference
between the two Houses was briefly this. The
House had adopted resolve, saying "That to con.
sen. another arbitration in pursuance of the re-
commentator of the President of the United
States would be virtual Abandonment of the rights
and interest of Maine This resolve had been
rejected in the Senate bya party Uote. 1t was UNI
derstood as an implied censure on the President,
for ntimating in his recent message, that lie should
consent to another arbitration. Our Locos can't
stand anything that looks like censuring the Presl
dent and although they admit there is nothing in
the resolve that is not true, and that it expresses
the almost unanimous voice oftho people OF Maine
vet as 1t may not suit the President, it must not be
adopted. 1t is little remarkable that this resolve
should have ever passed the House. 1t one of
those accidents that some times will happen. Peo-
pie sometimes do right in spite of themselves, and
in this the House did right in defiance of par
" dictaon.
The Resolve was introduced in the morning las
it was undeniably true the leaders of the Loco Fo
co party did not like to come out openly in
in attacking it-Mr Pane of Sanford threw out an
intimation that il ght be considered censure
on the President and moved to strike out that part
of it that alludes to him. When this question was
taken, to the establishment of all, about wenty Ad
minlstration men voted with the Wings and de-
feated the amendment. In the Senate, the party
could be more easily drilled, and when the subject
came up there he Resolve was rejected by strict
party vote.
In the House, Messrs voso of Augusta Allen of
Bangor, Sheldon of Gardiner, and Sprawl Of Wal
doborough opposed adopting the report ofthe Con
ferees They commended that as the Resolve had
been introduced and once adopted, If it should now
be rejected it would be understood expressing
"the sober second thought of Maine as willing to
submit to another arbitration. They thought the
State should strongly and decidedly express her dis
appreciation of this-to talk Of another arbitration
would only lead 10 another arbitration and
lead to fifty years negotiation, and they
would say TO the President and all others that re-
commend such course, that this State will never
willingly submit to it,
Messrs Moor OF Waterville, Delesdernier of
Baileyville, Levenseller Of Thomaston, and Shaw
of Windham advocated the acceptance of the re-
port to recede and concur. They urged the i'm
portance of passing the resolutions and as there
was no possibility that the Senate would adopt this
resolve, they solicited the House to consent that it
might be stricken out
Each of the gentlemen that spoke expressed
themselves as opposed to another arbitration. No
defence of the President for expressing IA willing
submit to another arbitration, was attempt
ed. The question on receding and concurring with
the Senate, was taken by yeas and nays, and decid-
ed IN the affirmative by strict party vote-the
Wings voting against it. The Resolves then pass.
ed to be engrossed as amended IN The Senate, in
concurrence. Immediately after this matter was
disposed of, Mr. Moor of Waterville offered the
following -
RESOLVED, by the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
That the unquestonable right of this State to the
whole of the territory embraced within the limits
as described by the de6nitive treaty of peace of
1888, ought never to have been submitted 70 arb.
tIanon, and, in the opinion of this House, again