Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-03-28
From the Neu York Daily Express.
MAJOR DOWNING.


We. believe the following concise Letter en-
braces the outline Of the vexed question. W
have every confidence in its correctness an
dsinterestedness, for we have heard the Majc
say, that he has from boyhood understood tn
matter, and has ever since weighed il WE'LL
We congratulated the General Government, tina
if by the folly Of the British Government, SC
rious matter is made ofthe Boundary question
the "2d Brigade" will be to man on the sid
Of right. We don't know the exact number o
the "2d Brigade;" but we feel sure twill STAN
"2d" TO none for patriotism and noble daring
To the Editors of tie Ncp York ErpreSs-th
same paper my old ndDwight printed
spell ago.
Mr.. Edtors:-I telled you in my last tina
would say something in my next letter abou
matters Dom East. short horse is soon cur
ireland as this matter is in nut shell, III
crack it for you after my fashion--and then il
you don't understand it, you may look at the
maps and read over Treaties, letters and reports
about it, and see if you can get any more light.
This "Disputed Territory" they talk about,
is a considerable offs streak of Land kiver'd the
most ont with everlasting big Trees, were our
folks go logging, We say it is our Land and
England says it ain't--the question is, who is
right? We say we claim by Treaty made in
1898, and England says that she agrees to the
same treaty. Now that Treaty marks the lineI
as clear as whistc--it says north to the
'high lands" that divide the waters runningI
one way and the waters running another way,
and then away West and South West back TO
another pint We then go North to that pint
where the waters run as the Treaty says, that
is where the streams on one side run to the St.
Lawrence River, and where they run down to
the Bay of Fundy on tother side, and there we
stop. But England says there amt no high
lands there at any rate, and there ishigaer lands
further South where we ought TO stop--but at
these higher taadS--there is no stream running
INTO the st. Lawrence, for the streams all run
South there. We say the Treaty don't say
"hOwhigh" the lands are; but 10 the 'high iandsn
that divide the streams running North and 8
South--that IS The pint-and that Land can't be 8
loD fdnd, for then the waters wouldn't run naryl
way. And besides this there is another explain.
alton IN the same Treaty that marks out the 4
spot we claim to, as true as line; and if any 7
mans farm was marked out by deed-like this :
any Court in creation would give it to him.
Now the hull nub of The business is this. En- ,
gland finds that five claim by the old Treaty, /,
we cut off all roads between New Brunswick tol /
Canada, and in winter time when the River \
st. Lawrence is frozen up, there is no sending /
across lots-from Nova Scotia and Brunswick a
% Quebec, or any part OF Canada. few e
years back it was agreed to leave the matter G
% some old king-(a Dutchman, believe Ito !,
say where these high lands was. Il He consid- a
,red spell, and seeing no doubt what his bro b
her kings notion was, he fixed on a line north \
Where there warn't tho high lands at all, but st a
arenuf north to allow this Passage across--list s
Is tho the Treaty said, "the North Pint shant I
&c so far north as to cut off the Passage way" r
Now here the matter rested-all we ask is, toll +
70 by the Treaty, and now that our folks have /
got rilcd up about it, and know what the Trea- :
yis, they'll make spoon or Spite horn--and q
don't see any other way Of settling ont. lift
England sends troops there, it will be ga Dispu- +
ed Territory" for would jist about as soon i
hink Of going down in VOLTS Cave to coax 4
'ut the Wolves with bread and butter as at Il
empt to drive out them ong-arm'd-hard- listed @
from the forests where they d
now they have got Law on their side. Well
ound it pretty tuff work to rout outthe Semin- +
lies down South-but that is cream and Gus /
ards routing out the Down casters, if they git a
heir dander up--They are amazin civil folks 4,
you don't attempt to drive or scourge 'em, In
md considerable liberal in bargain too, IL you a
ont try to pull eye teeth-for then it would be q
log eat dog. Now don't see only one way oft
etting this matter, or at any rate quoting b
MT for spell--for there is no other way Of y
citing ont but by the Treaty or something {
worse; but go for quoting ont. England, lie
uppose, don't care how long it remains Dis Is
'uted Territory--and suppose our folks don't h
iather, provided they amt losers by it. h
Now for the sake of keeping the peace--let y
II the timber that is cut on this Disputed Ter Z
tory be allowed to go to England as free Of :
uty on one side as tothcr, no matter who cuts O
There is enough ont for all creation to GU,
i'll the Queen gets to be grandmother, and by a
hat time folks will be chopping other matters d
and as regards Passage across we don't care e
luch about that, for it is about as likely that II
8 many folks will in time go one way as 10th. OF
+, and SO long as they don't trouble US or like al
7 TO trouble us we wont complain. We like n
} see folks moving, especially in the way old,
'ade, il keeps matters brisk and spry, and as te
'r sogering, except on 4th Of July or some such al
ny, in ten years from this time folks will be nc
shamed ont. sv
Now my advice is to our folks 10 keep cool GO
I'd make no stir about the matter till they petI ri,
'ders from Washington. The Gneral Gov ba
nnent amt asleep about it--al are wide a. lin
put the matter as strait as al &c
ne log, and England will see the advantage an
doing riqht--but IL these (1oyernors an hof N u,