Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-04-11
IL Me Editors ofthe .New Hork Express tho
same paper my old friend Mr.. Dw'sh'
printed II spell ago.


printed spell ago.
WAsniN GToN, Feb. %, 1889.
Nj Editors.-I tcll'd you in my last
that | would say something III my next
.etter about matters Dorm tfast.
short horse is soon currled--and as
this matter is in nut shell, III crack
il ior you after my j,shion-and then u
vou doht understand il, YOU may look at
! ihc maps. read ovcrIrcalieb, letters and
rcports about it, aud see If YOU can set
amy more hight Il
iEis disputed Territory, they talif
about, is Il considerable &: Il streak "i
Land kiycr'd the most ont with ever
lasting biz Trees, where our folks 90
logging. We say II is our l-'nd' aid
England SAYS it aint--thc question F.,
who is righi? We say we claim II ~
IA Treaty made in 1893, and England
saws dat she ugrees TO the same treaty
Now that Treaty marks the ilne as clear
as Il tyhis,Ic-it says north To the "h'gh
lands" that divide to- waters running
one way and the waters running anc'ii-
.er way and then away West aud Soh'ii-
Yves; back to another .plnt. we then
90 North 10 that pint where the waters
run as the Treaty says, that Is where
the streams on one side run 10 the -
Lawrence River, aud where they run
down to the Bay of Fundy on tothcr
side, aud there wc ought 10 stop Bh]
!. England says there nlt no h,Sh lands
: there 1T any rate, that there Is htSho'
J., land urhcr South where we ought to
k siop-bu; at these higher ldads-thcrc IS
r. no stream trimming into the st. Law
renee. for the streams all run Sou'h
there. We say the treaty don't say
"how high" the lands are; but to the
,"6iek Uads" that divide the streams
Il rr!uDinc North and South--fhdf IS NE
q yiui--and ihm Land can't be lor iand,
II for then the waters wouldn't run nary
Ia way. And besides this there Is Inotyrr
70 explanation in the same treaty that
y pIarks ont the spot we clam to, as t"e
as IL line; and il any mans iarm was
q mark ID of by deed--Iikc thls--any
!. Court in creation would give 1t to hun.
Il, Now tie hull nub.of the business Is tins,
,r r.np.and finds that if we claim by the
ut old Treaty, We cut off all her roads be-
tween New Brunswick TO Canada, and
in winter fine when the River st. Law
renee il frozen up, there Is no sena'hs
Z across lnts-ircm Nova Scotia and New
i;rdnswick to Quebec, or any part ~
in. Conada. 4 few years back it was
So, agreed 70 leave the matter to some OLD
ne kins--(a Duichman, | believe Ito say
f"- where these high lands was. lie con-
!" sidercd SPELL and seeing no DOUBT
-, what his brother kings notion was, he
80 fN d OH line north where there warn1
oi no high lands al all, but jist far enut
II north 10 allow this passage across--IIst
ut as tho the Treaty said, "the Worth
IT. Pint shant be so far north as to cut off
this Passage way" Now here the mat
ter restcd-all we ask is. to go by The
Treaty, aud now that our folks have
-, rot riIcd up about it, and know what
=, sthc Treaty is, thcy'll make spoon Or
~, spilc horn-and ! don't see any other
way of settling ont. If England sends
xt troops there, it will be "a Disputed
op Territory. for | would jist about as
soon think of going Gown IN Won
Cave 10 coax out the wolves with bvrad
nc aud butter as attempt tn drive out them
'ch lona-mmd Observation-Disclosures
IRON the forests where they know they
=, have got Law OF their side. we iouro
r il pretty tuf work to rout o,t the Semi
Ia,, nolcs Down South--but that Is cream
and cus,ards to routing out the Down
,wo casters, if they git their dander up
They are alnazin civil folks II you dom
ATTEMPT ca drive or scourgc EN-, aoo
lar- considerable liberal in n bargain too
you don't Try 10 pull eye tceth-ior ihe'
ase, i would be dog cat dog. Now dom
l"n. see only one way of settling TINS 'na''er
y, y, mr. nj aoy rate quoting on Tor spc'
'S'' G,r there il no other way of sciffnt
onI but by the Treaty or something
. worse: but 60 for quiei'ng ont. Eng
land, suppose, don, care how long
|. if remains a Disputed Territory and sup
,e Of nose our folks don't nuther, provide
rect; they ant losers by Il.
md Now for the sake Of Keeping th
','n, ., pcace-lct all the ti,pber that Is cut q
no, this Disputed Territory be allow d
.-ion 90 to England rs free Of duty on 81
ihcr side as tother, no nistter Who cuts H.
L. there is enuf Oh I for all creation 90 c
,usc I'LL the Queen gets TO be grandmoth
pos. aud by that time folks will be chopin
Il other n,aters-ond as regards ia
,ard- sage across Wc don't care much abo
that. for il is about as likely that
' o'n-' many folks will in time go one way
'0"S' to,hcr. and so lorg as they don't '.""n
~ ~. or likely 10 trouble us We won' GU
- ,ia,n. We like 10 see ioihs now"
ad Tor especially ia the way OF 'ri~de' "".e
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