Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-13

stcd, would have upon the condition and
| interests of the parties, and the lnnu nee it
might have upon the adjustment Of tho dis.
pu,c, arc loo obvious 10 allow tie error upon
which this assumption seems TO rest 10 pass
tor moment without correction. TIE an.
swcr Of the Secretary ofState 10 Mr. Fox's
no'e will show the ground take: by The
Government OF the United States .'pou this
point. 1t is believed that all the correspon.
dencc which has passed between the Two
Governments upon this subject has already
been communicated TO Congress, and is
.udw on their files. An abstract Of il, how
ever, hastily prepared, accompanies this
communication. 1t is possible that in thus
abrldging avoluminons correspondence,
commencing in 1925 and continuing to a
very recent period, portion may have
been accidenty overlooked but it is bciey.
ed that nothing has taken place which would
materially change The aspect Of the ques-
ton as therein presented. Instead of sus-
taining the assumption Of the British lunc-
tlonaries, that correspondence disprovcs the
existence cf any such agreement. 1t
shows that the two Governments have diff.
fered not only in regard 10 the main ques.
ton of title to the territory in dispute, but
with reference also TO the right o jurisdic.
ton, and the fact oil The actual exercise of it
in different portions thereof. Always AIM
! i: g at an amicable adjustment ofthe dispute,
! both parties have entertained and repeated.
y urged upon each other desire that each
should exercise its rights, whatever it con-
sidered them TO be, in such manner as 10
avoid collision, and allay. 10 the greatest
practicable extent. the excitement likely TO
grow out ofthe controversy. 1t vas in pur.
suance of such an understanding: that Name
and Massachusetts, upon the remonstrance
Of Great Britain, dessted from making sales
Of lanjs, and the General Government
from the construction Of projec,ed mill
trry road in portion of the territory Of
which they claimed TO have enjoyed The ex'
elusive possession and tha, Great BRIAN,
| en- her part, in Difference 10 similar re
monstrance from the United Safes, suspen-
ded the issue Of licenses 10 cut timber in
the territory in controversy. and also The sur.
vey and location Of a railroad through 4
section Of country over which she also
claimed to have exercised exclusive Jurlsdlc-
tion.
The State of Maine had right 10 arrest
the depredations complained Of !; it belonged
10 her 10 -dge of the cxigency Of the oc.
I e. hor
it is presumed that had the Lieutenant Gov.
ernor of New Brunswick Leen correctly adj
vised of the nature of the proceedings oflhe
State of Maine, he would not have regard
ed the transaction as requiring, on his part,
any resort to force. Each party claiming
a right to the territory, and hence tothe ex-
clusi i've jurisdiction over it, is it. manifest that
to prevent the destruction of the tim
Der by ,respassers, acting against the
authority of both, and at the same
time avo id forcble collision between
the contiguous Governments during
the pendency of negotiations concerning his
title, resort must be had TO the mutua ex-
erclse ofjurisdction in such extreme cases.
or to an amicable and temporary arrange
ment as to the limits within which it should
be exercised by each party. The under
standing supposed to. exis, between the Uni.
ted States and Great Britain has been 'ound
heretofore sufficient for that purpose, and
believe will prove so hereafter, if the par
ties on the frontier, dredtly interested in
the question, are respectively governed by
ius, spirit Reconciliation and forbearance.
| II it shall be found, as there Is now reason
10 apprehend, that there is, in the modes Of
cons,rung that understanding by the two
Governments, difference not 10 be recon
ciled, | shall not hesitate to propose 10 her
Brtanlc Majesty's Government a distinct
arrangement for he temporary and mutual
exercise of jurisdiction by means of which
similar difficulties mny in future be preyen-
ted.
But between an effort on the part Of Maine
to preserve the property in dispute from
destruction by intruders, and military occu,
patton by tha, S ate Of the territory. with a
view te hold it by force, while the settlement
is a subject Of negotiation between the two
Governments, there is an essential differ.
ence. as we'll in respect 10 the position OF
the State, as 10 the duties Of the General
Government. In letter addressed by the
Secretary of State to the Governor of Maine,
on the Is, of March last, giving a detailed
statement of the steps which had been TAX
en- by the Federal Government TO bring
the controversy to termination, and des-
igned to apprlze the Governor ofthat S;ats
of the views of the Federal Executive IN
respect 10 the future, it was stated, that
while the obligations ofthe Federal Govern
ment to do all in its power TO effect the set'
,lement of the boundary question were fully
recognised, it had, in the event of being una
bic to do so specifically, by mutual consent,