True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-04-05

more dlcu to sub!ue, yet there are few 1,at would
be more embarrassed by INVASION or who would suA;.r
more severely from frs, encounter That our co,ntrv
has brave hearts, and strong arms and enduring por;o
'is, is true but she wants MORE and can only find
III securing some mode of national de fence to guard her
prominent ports from aggression
| The kNICKERBocKER-For February. has hoo, r.,
ceve'' containing its usual variety. Subscribers pre
requested to call for their number, a, tn. Merchant,
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FIRE AT CLiSros.-On the 9th uIt the Court
House at Clinton, in this State was discovered 10 he IN
lre The progress of the flames was so randi tina, i,
was impossible to save the building. With great diff
Guilty. the Offices oft|'c Parish Judg and Clerk, which
are contiguous were saved. Captain Robins, the late
ohcrl' suffered by the loss of his books accounts.
noes' &c to the amount OF IS, 600 or $4,000 The fro
Is sa'i TO have been the work Of IN ncen,Iiary.
| HE BOUNDARY QUEsTIoN.-This subject of co,-
'roversy betw Great Britain and Anerica-Letween
winch nations the most alncablc relations have cx;spd
'"f 80 many years, and which united bv lies of in
'e'est' 'e mo Important TO be cherished has been
ca'"sseu with much industry by various of our con-
'e"p"rafHs Many have been the sprculatons ms tn
the result Some have believed war to be inevitable
' P'o"u u 'le Pfowess OF Americans, exhibited il,
'r''ef c""1uess, and the rriump,s hIazcd ON their
"'''s' anticipated the most glorious results to our side
whist disastrous defeats were predicted for our oppo-
',''S'-o''lefs thought that hostes might be avoid
Gu anu an alncable adjustment, in conformity TO the
| "e''S VI hoo he scared. Our opinions have
altt'ated between the two but have set,,d down y,
| the latter.
III resort to arms both parties must be severe suc
| "' os every argument that can be used, only
goes still lurth"r 10 prove the Justice of orr c,;m
"r"t britain will orcso the advantages she exnec,J
TO gam by it. and yield the territory in snu,e Gre chs
VIII bring It to that crisis The only por,ion nj tho
"Ho'c country to which the latter sets IN claim II,
winch she cnn have the slightest pretensiou< is TINT
Io'toh Watefcd by streams emptyinS into the Gulf ,f
81" Lawrence The sipuIatios expressly named tl,t
Tue inns should be run the highlands dividing the
"''e'S ''a' were tributary to the ST Lawrence and
''oSs t'ia flowed INTO the Atlantic. BY the treaty. and
according to all the authorities the borndnv line
u "a'e Is 81 CrolS river on the of its head and
''' running fro" ITS soncc, norhwar,lIy tn the high.
'"oS' WHICH separate the waters Of the St. Lawrence
river from those Of the ocean. This line of Lc;rh il
'ol'"ws III south west d rccor till il reucI,cs the
northern frontier of New HAMPSHIRE Before the ycur
" - .'' ''e ""'cn had been run iing Maine and
new brunswick extended iro,n the bend of the ~,
P""ee~ that yenr, tn The Highlands beEnrr described
ami The bounds then established we,e remarkably s,
""o"cdged by Parliament down to lJ7J, md were
never questioned till 1914. When the British pIcuiuo
""''a's proposed t. discuss and revise the boundary
80 us 10 prevent future uncertainty aud di spure b
''e reused on the ground that the te,,itorv they
'sn'' Tor Tie purpose Of direct commune, alton he
"ee" quebec aud flaIiinx, was beyond Doubt ,ur..
'''e" h'""" maps and Biographies, us well as tIos,
VI "''er nations sn stain us. The very fact that ron,
'''''' mas offered to barter for the crro,v. for The
i" PSc :" Se''mg AL dispute, and to give her direct
way 'o'" one province To another, all est bsh MIR
r'sht beyond question or caviI
All "e arguments aidnrcd 10 sustain the cloim NJ
'"' "''''"' arc s''rn's IS of what might have been
'"S' "f"'"s m liking the boundary lc, and not wbr,
were. they arc all a!lrr-lllpu.h,s II u.v,r ,,,iJ
'''e''" me head OF her ST tesulcn and ,,iplomn !
49, '''' IL" d'f'ct intercourse Lcwecm New Bruins
'"N az" 'a'ln'i would &c OH, or that facilities
'oh'" tie al'"rl ID Of striking Il, l,rirs, posts from
''He' ny adopting '',he heights of land" as the h,
'af'. he rapid settlement and nproycmcn, If his
"nhtry, had not been nllnifs,,d md ,u,y, lin, ,o
ef''"ry IN dispute but Il savage wilderness vbe,
he o'stens Of ci' zntion lL never pres ed upou III.
""'d "' the axe awakened the Stiffness of III. fires,
lie sui rings and dic ucs encountered by the Anc
Il" army winch matched thrnugh the vast wilJs that
tefrc"cd between tie settled po,tiu of our cn,n,,v
II" Canaa, To attack Qucbcc, settle thu, assun,p,n
MI prove r"'cllIsivrly that it vas not for n,om,n,
o"rr'ed that any uppreIens,ns could I,uve been en-.
''''ned from SO remote II cause, and such was the
eeuf'y relied upon in this barrier. that an enemy from
"ch quarter was the last thing dreamed Of The
net s "feot Britain is urging bad claim and although
NJ former "u'pre' the King of the Netherlands rather
!de' with her by deciding portion Of the territory in
'sp"te t" be hers, yet do not believe that Amsrcc
On consistently or justly yield acre of the ground,
'tef correct survey of the boundary line This sur
~ should be had at once and possession he taken of
Nc territory. When it is ascerlained that there must
e IN end of conflicting claims, and that We are not
'SPo>ed I" be caioed frightened into Welding u,
"r "gnts' to which there be no dispute we bell We
nat VIC shall no longer be disturbed.
THINGS AT PARIs.-By the Vile de Lyon, late dates
'rre received from Paris The following is ;hs ss
encc:-