The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-04-06
MAJOR DOWNING.

We believe the following concise Letter
embraces the entire outline Of the vexed
Question.
Washington, 25th Feb. 1889.
Mr.. Editor-I tel'd you in my last that
would say something in my next letter, a.
bout matters Ooscn East. A horse is soon
curried-and as this fnatteris in nut shell, !
Ill crack it for you after my fashion-and
then ifyou don't understand it, you may look |
at the maps and read over treaties, letters g. |
reports about it, and see ifyou can get any
more light.
This "Disputed Territory" they talk "a
bout, is considerable of streak of Land,
kiver'd the most ont with everlasting big
Trees, where our folks 90 logging. We
say it is our Land and England says it amt
the question is, who is right? We say
we claim by a treaty made in 1853, g. Eng
land says that she agrees to the same trea-
-ty. Now that treaty marks tl:e line as clear
as |, hstle-it says north to he high land
that divide the waters running one way and
the waters running tother way, and then a.
way west and southwest back to another
pint. We then go north to that pint where
the waters run as the treaty says, that is
where the streams on one size run to the ST
Luwrence, and where they run down TO the
Bay OF Funday on toher side, and there we
stop. But England says there amt no high
lands there at any rate, that there Is high
lands further south where we ought to stop
but at these higher lands, there is no
stream running into the St. Lawrence, for
the streams all RIM soath there. We say
the treaty don't say ho,r high the lands are !;
but to the high lands that divide the streams
running north and souih--thdt's the pint-&
that ian ] cant be loD laad. for then the wa
ters wouldn't run nary way And besides
tais there is another explanation in the !rea
" that marks on. the spot we claim TO, as
true as a line; and if any mans farm was
mark'd off by deed like this-any Court
in creation would give it to him. Now the
hull nub of the business is this,-EDgiand
| finds tiat il we claim bysthe old treaty, we
cut OFF all her roads between n Brunswick
and Canada, and in winter time when the
St. Lawrence is frozen up, there is no send
ing across lots-i:om Nova Scotia and New
| Brunswick to Quebec, or any part of Can
ada. A few years back it was agreed to
leave the matter 10 sum old king-(a Dutch
man, I believe)-;o say where these high
lands was. He considered spell, and see.
ing no doubt what his brother kings notion
was, he fixed on line north where there
wam't no high lands at all, but jist far EMU
north TO allow tins passage across-jist as
tho the treaty said, S'the north pint sham
be so far north as to cut off this passage
Now here the matter rested-all we ask IS
to 60 by the treaty, and now that our folks
have got riled up about it, and know what
the treaty is, they'll make spoon or spite q
horn-and don't see any other way OF set
ting ont. If England sends troops there, i
will be ga disputed territory" for woule
ist about as soon think Of going down in {
wolf cave to coax out the wolves with breat
and butter, as attempt to drive out them Ion!
armed, flard-6sted wood-choppers from th'
forest We found it pretty tut work to rou
out the Seminoles down south-but that
cream and custard to routing out the dow
! Casters, if they git their dander up. The,
/, are amazin civil folks If you don't attempt
drive or scrouge 'sm, and considerable lib
eral in bargain too, if you don't try to pu
: eye tee.h-for then 1t would be dog eat dog
: Now don't see only one way of settling thi
! matter, or at any rate quieting ont for spe
there is no other way of settling on
: but by the treaty or sumthing worse; but
! 60 for quieting ont. England, I suppos
! don't care how long it remains ttdispute
: territory, and suppose our folks do
.. neither; provided they amt losers by it.
,fI Now for the sake ofkeeping the peace
let all the timber that is cut on this dispute
:. Territory be allowed to go to England as fri
:. Of duty on one side as tother, no matter wi
= cuts it--there is enuf ont for all creation
= cut till the Queen gifts to be grandmoths
= and by that time folks will be chopin
other matters and as regards passage
70 cross, We don't care much about that, fos