The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-03-19
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Some who have paid particular attention
10 The question Of our Boundary, may have sup
posed that what is called the disputed territory
would belong 10 the Province Of New Brunswick,
if any portion of it, in the final disposition Of the
question, was Yielded 10 the British. In fact, the
common preston has been, that the territory be-
longed either to Maine or New Brunswick. Such
is not the fact. Fit does not belong 10 Maine, 1t
is part Of The Province Of Lower Canada. We
will refer our readars item two of history.
IN 1868, the Ilony of Quebec established
From the west its boundary line runs on the 45th
degree of north latitude to the Connecticut river,
and thence "pasSes along the highlands ,ohich d.
pids the riuers that empty McmSeoeS into the Tlut1
81 La1orence from those ,0htch fail into the sea &c.
In the same year, the boundaries Of Nova Scotia
wero described in the commission to Gov. Wilmot;
and after running up the St CroX TO its source
10 wha, is known as the "MoNumENT,') -'.NorA
from thence to tho souhern boundary Of our Colony
of Quebec to The northoa,d by the said boundary,
as far as the aoestern extremity Of the Bay de
Chaiour, &c.
The boundaries OF those two Provinces had ev-
err remained the same, ulI the Province of New
Brunswick established into separate colony
some time since the treaty of 1888.
Tho western and northern boundaries Of the
latter Province were traced in the same language
made Of IN prescribing the boands ofthe Prov.
ince of Nova Scotia.
In Lord Durham commission, dated March 80,
1888, the language Of boundary is in these words
"By The rirer 81 Croin to It's source, and by "a line
dra,on due north from thence to the southern boun.
dairy Of our Prooince Of Quebec to the morth~ard
6y the same boundary,aS far as the western ertremi
ty of the bay de Chaieur, &c.
The territory lying to the south and west of
what was described belonging 10 the Provinces
of Quebec and Nova Scotia in 1863. had long be-
fore that period ever since the charter Of William
and Mary in 1851 been included in the Province of
Massachusetts Bay, which embraced the Dictrict Of
Name.
In the treaty of 1883, our limo was described
thus : "Erorl the Northeast angle of Nova Scotia
along the said highlands ,ehich diode those rioers
that empty thsmse oeS into The 81 Laurence from
those 1otiGh fall into The atlantic Ocean to the
NorthernmoSt head Of the COnnecticM rioer, &c.
Let any one now recur to map and he will
perceive that New Brunswick cannot by possibili-
" embrace portion of the territory in dispute
Place the n. w. angle OF Nova Scotia at any point
you please, and run line from thence 10 tho Bay
Of Chaeur, the whole disputed territory is exclud,
ed.
This view of the facts will place the whole
question of our boundary in clear light before
our readers One cannot but feel absolutely indig
nant at the mere statement Of the case, ut the
manner in which question so simple and max
ed could have so long remained in dispute. Al
that our government had TO do was to agree upon
Joint commission, and after finding the north Yves
angle of Nova Scotia described in the treaty o
49, rum survey, and locate the line upon the high
lands.
The question where the N. w. angle Of Nov
Scotia is to be found, does not now admit OF
doubt. Let readers turn again to ihe map q
that region either English or American, and hno
his N. w. angle. 1t must of course be just as fa
north as they claim 10 extend thor present Prov
ince of New Brunswick. Now ask English
where it is, and he points il ont to you in q
limo ives, at the Bay Of Chaieur.
There cannot be found map Of this region Of
any Sort that does not extend the Province of New
Brunswick high up as we claim to establish the
N w, angle Of Nova Scotia.