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said riper TO its souce, and By line dra,on
due north from thence 10 The southern bound
arg Of our colony of Quebec" The next
commission which issued to Lord William
Campbell on the nth August, l765, chan
ges this description only by commencing
with the western instead Of the northern
line, thus: "On the westward by u line
drawn from Cape Sable across the entrance
of the Bay of Fundy, to the mouth of The
river ST. Croix. by the said rirer 10 its
source, and by a line dra,cn due north from
thence to The southern boundary Of our col.
ony ofQuebec, to the northward by The said
boundary as far as the western extremity
Of the Bay des Chaleurs. I'm every commits
sion which has issued since to all the Gov
ernors Of Nova Scotia, and afterwards Of
New Brunswick, the same identical Ian
guagc has been used On the Goth day OF
July, 1852, but four months previous to
the conclusion Of the provisional treaty Of
peace with Great Britain. the commission
granted TO Governor Parr describes the
limits of Nova Scotia in precisely the same
manner. Aud here 1t may be proper to
observe, that the ST. Croix has since been
ascertained by JOINT commission Of the two
Governments, and monument has been
erected at its source.
Were not, then, the commissioners who
framed the treaty fully justified IN the con-
vlc,ion, that when they established the
point Of beginning Of the boundaries be-
tween the United States and Great Bti-
tan, at "thc northwest angle of Nova
Scotia" they were fixing it at point loug
known and well established TO render
assurance dOubly certain, however, they
tN-p ,l,n ,l,ns, -, La, %,
which had been uniformity used by the
British Government in proclama,ions, in
acts Of Parliament, and in numerous com.
missions to the Governors of Quebec and
} Nova Scotia" says the treaty, sis that
angle which is formed by line drawn due
! north from the source of St. Croix river to
the highlands" To what highlands -
The treaty answers, "thc highlands which
> divide those rivers that empty themselves
into the river St. Lawrence, from those
, which fall into The Atlantic ocean," The
, northwest angle Of Nova Scotia, then, is
: 10 b. found in these highlands, at the point
! where the dividing due north line between
, New England and Nova Scotia, which
, commences at the source of the st. Croix
s meets The southern boundary of the prov
D ince Of Quebec. The act Of Parliament o
n l774, was doubtless before the commits
c sloncrs. They use its very language it
5 the treaty. "Along the highlands which
n divide the rivers hat empty themselve:
o into The river ST. Lawrence, from thos,
i which fell into the sea-" The only
= change Of this language in the treaty is
a that "the Atlantic ocean" is substituted
S for "the sea-" Both arc evidently intend
ed 10 convey the same meaning. Th'
solIcilude Of the commits oncrs 10 preserv,
this highland boundary through out between
= the two nations is manifest. Under TIT
il act Of Parliament, the southern extrcmit,
It Of this line is described to be ga point il
!. forty five dngrecs Of northern latitude, O,
e., the eastern bank Of the river Connecticut.
: IN tho uenty ii is "tho norhwesternmos
,f head OF Connecticut river" From theme
e the treaty line runs down along the mid
:, die of that river. to the forly.ffth degre
IS Of north latitude"
t, Thus the British government surrender
g ed that small portion Of the province O
Quebec between the northwes,ernmos
e head Of Connecticut river and the for,y
,e fifth degree Of north latitude, in order [
Is have continuous highland boundary fror
C the northwest angle Of Nova Scotia 10 tn
source OF the northweste rnmosl head Of tn
y Connecticut. TO accomplish this obiec
re part Of what had had been taken frot
I'd New Eng when the province of Que
0. bee was established, in 1878, has been re
III stored by the treaty. The great pulpos
re was, that the entire line should consist {
OF the highlands, (which, in the language {
s. tn treaty and the act Of Parliament, Ovid
m those rivers which empty themselves int
To lhe river ST. Lawrence from those whic
ID ia j into the sea" or Hbe Atlantic ocean,
C, The committee will now proceed to sho
he what was the construction placed upon ih
X treaty fifteen years after its ratification b
sc solemn otlicill declarations Of high and re
c. sponslble agents Of the British government
CT 10 render it more manifest that lhes
ar declarations are wholly inconssten, wit
n the present claim Of Great Britain, it wi
r. be necessary to show precisely the ex,cl
Ih of that claim. 1t comprehends all tn,
n portion Of the state of Maine which liz
y. north OF the red line marked upon the ma
va No. 9, annexed TO this report, and embrt
tx, ccs about one third of its whole ierritor,
he This red line leaves the due north lin
a. from the mouth of the St. CroiX, at III
distance of forty miles from the monumel
fix there erected, and one hundred miles sout
ed of the northwest angle of Nova Scott
e. marked A; and thence passes to the ives
nd ward, not along highlands which divide II
as rivers that empty themselves into the S
ne Lawrence from those which fall into Il
OF Atlantic ocean, according TO the terms
of The treaty, but along highlands dividin
nd the rivers which flow INTO The St, Joh
ne from those which flow into The Atlantic
he These highland, are far south of the S
- john and if the British claim could
of established, the whole of that rlver from Il
he source to lis mouth. with all It's branche
would be within British territory. Now
of II can be demonstrated that agents Of hig