Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-03-23

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River, TO the highlands which divide those river.
that empty into the ST. Lawrence srom tho.
which tall into the Atlantic Ocean 10 The ,o-,b
wesiernmost head of the Connection, Riy.r.
/ hence down .iong the middle of that River In
! the iorty-hfth degree of north latitude E.., nv
line TO be drawn along The middle of the River
81. Cro'S from its mouth IN the bay of Fundv, TO
its source; and from source directly north In
the aforesaid highlands which vide the rivers
thFt fall INTO The Atlantic Ocean, from those Inch
fall into the River ST. Lawrence
I Thus 1t Will be thar tho above article en-
bodies nearly the identical language used nv
James l., III his patent. and George Ill in his
Proclamation. The boundary Is so clearly do
hned that one can find any difficulty IN perus-
ing the map 10 ascertain the exac, limits of each
nation. The River St. Croir is now well known
Its source is a marsh or lake, and all that is NO
cessary is to proceed due north until We reach
the highlands which divide the crs which fall
INTO the Atlantic Ocean from those which fail in,o
the River -. Lawrence. There never was any
dispute about this boundary until 1919, when for
the first time the British Government in the face
of all its Grants, Proclams tons, Acts Of P,rlia
ment md Treaties. determined that our territory
should not extend beyond the River ST Johns
and that an isolated mountain called Mars Hill
constitutes the highland which divide The waters
emptying themselves into the ST Lawrence from
those which tall into the Atlantic Ocean Now
any one upon looking at the map will easily dis
Aroostook, and the ST. Johns and their several
tributaries have their rise and thai there is no rv-
er within hundred miles of Mars Hill which
empties INTO the 81. Lawrence. The Injustice of
the pretentions OF Great Britain are so glaring
that an argument is scarcely NECESSARY Her
sole design appears to be ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of her
Colonies al the expense OF the United States, and
III obtain valuable strip of country rs 10 al
ford her easy froIr Lower Canada 10
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, New Bruins
wick having been set off from Nova Scotia in
1854
We have said that this claim was not set n,
until 1919, and we might also say that it was dis
tinctiv denied by tho British Ministry themselves
previous to that time. At tho Treaty of Client
in 1914, England proposed TO our Commissioners
'fo discuss such n rariaffon Of the line of NORTH
EASTERN frontier, as may secure "a direct commu.
a.cation bettcecn Quebec and Xaiifdr." To this
our Commissioners replied, that they were not
authorised to cede any part of our territory The
British Commissioners again urged the subject
saying that they were ''persuaded an arrange
nent on this point might easily he made, if en-
cred into in spirit of conciliation, without any
prejudice to the interests of the district ques
ion." Oar Commissioners made the same reply
is before. that they had not the power TO cedc any
portion of the territory even for "fdir equira-
emit To which the British Commits sioners gave
he following response.
The British Government never required that
which lies between New Brunswick aud q lebec
should be ceded to Great Britain; but only that
mail portion of unsettled country which inter-
upts The communication between Quebec and
Halifax, there being much doubt whether it does
lot already belong TO Great Britain
Now 1t must he evident 10 all that up to 1914
treat Britain did herself believe that she had
right 10 The territory which she asserts TO
G hers else why would she have wished a rag
,tion of the boundary, or why would che have
sked that a small portion of the unsettled COM
" should be coded 10 Great Britain, so as TO Sc
ure communication be tween q nebec and Hal
axr
The dispute between the two governments a.
SEES from the difficulty of ascertninins the line
ldcated by the words Of the Treaty Of 1888
he British Government place the Northwestern
lgle Of Nova Scotia at Mars Hill, under tho pre-
nee that there highlands further north
Efficiently distinct to mark the boundary. Ga
is subject take the following extract from
r. Tanners geographical memoir, accompany
2 his large map OF the United States
"One of the arguments used TO enforce the
a inns Of the British government to the north
TT Of Maine, is founded the assumption that
highlands, sufficiently distinct To exhibit with
ecIson, the line claimed by tho United States,
ist between tho rivers that empty themselves
10 the ST. Lawrence. and those which fall into
Atlantic Ocean, (rreaty Of Peace Of 1881
consulting any good map of the United States,
will be seen that highlands or mountains do
ST along the entire course of the line, from tho
rces OF Connecticut river 10 those of the Rs
ouche. Some of these fountains attain an
vation of 1000 feet above the level of tho
Lawrence.
This elevation continues, with slight inter
tions, through the whole length Of The boun-
" from the sources OF the Connecticut to it's
nina ton in the north cas-, angle Of tho State
We might also remark that the boundary, az
lined by the United States, sufficiently
ined on Ni,chelFs map which was before
nmissioners who concluded the Treaty of 1868,
Messrs. Gallatin & Preble have quoted nine
a others having been published, eighteen
Loudon and one in Dublin, between 1863, when
Northwest angle Of Nova Scotia fixed by
clamat ton, and 1871, and above all, would
IN as cxcellen, au,hor1v, the four maps des-
bed by the same gentlemen in referring the
iect to the king of the Netherlands, pub
ed in London between the signing Of the pre-
iaries and the Treaty Of Peace in 1888; one
lot all of which expressly intended TO IL
rate the deba ties in Parliament IN regard to our
ndaries All these maps clearly exhibit al
It the precise spot where highlands are SWITCH
dc the rivers which empty into the ST. Law
ce from those which fall into the Atlantic
am
The eveland Herald. in noticing the exten-
, Mills OF that city, makes the following COM
lson with old times:
Primitive mills of the West. Tweni s-five years
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