Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-05
TWenty-filsh Congress---3d sess,
AFFAIRS OF MAINE

Tim, the committee cannot find, in the whole cores
pondence between the authorizes OF the Unleo o'aes
and Great Britain trace OF an agreement 70 al!o"
cusve Jurisdiction to Great Britain over The disputed
,erri;orv hut on the contrary discovers an agreement
tina, each party should abstain from exercising lulsdlc
ton except such parts as were already IN he pos
session respectively. L.
violated the spirit of any agreement by sening Lanu
Agent to dr.ve off espassers, both parties having INA.
right taking care to retire upon Inc accompaniment VI
that object
exclusive Jurisdiction BY military force, The e"lsency
will have occurred in which. under Inc IohS.''uio, -
will become the duty Of the President to rePei
That if the Government OF New BTuns"cK SIM" .e
f,n from executing its threat Of enforcing
risdic,on and Maine refuse to Withdraw hei "ooPs'
Maine will not then be entitled TO the military ala Oh the
u. S r,,
,ves The General Appropriation bill was read thrd
time passed. and to the Senate Tor concurrence
IN The same evening besides the Message transmit
ting copy of he arrangement between 't'e
Ss,e and Mr. Fox two other Messages were received
from The President of the U the one transmitting
repor, from the Secretary OF War; IN answer 10 me ISL
and ON clauses of Mr. Gushing resolution, IN relation
10 troubles in the British Provinces OF Upper ana Lower
Canada and the other transmitting report '1o tne
Secretary of State compliance y, resolution OF !e
House of Representatives Of The 22d uno requesting
information on the subject OF the existing relations De
tween the U. 5. and Mexico &c.
a
Stale Banks and Banking Companies so far as received
al the Treasury received and ordered TO lie on Inc
table. c.
Yesterday the bill making appropriations for prevent
inu and suppessng Indian hoses IN Florida Tor Inc
wear 1889 wos passed. and sent to The Senate Tor con
THE UNITED STATES AND MAINE, &c.
Mr. Huwad, from the COMMITTEE on rofeisn he'u
tons made the following report
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which nave
been referred Two messages from 'he rfes'ueh' o .e
United States, enclosing sundry papris.feihhg 10 'ht
disturbances upon Inc arOoslo"h 'Nti' !" '"e N'e "
Maine. report: 80.
ina, they hare examined the papers submitted to
them by the House with gEeat care, ana VIII "T' snch
reflections upon them as The 'iinisd Time Ut 'e pFpa
ration Of this report will admit The very ne approach
of the termination of the present Congress- aud Inc de
sire of the Committee that as much lime as posSi''s
should be afforded he House for the examination OF
the bill herewith reported, are considerations :" sue"
q powerful naluie lhot incidental matters, con
nec,ed with the subject cannot be fully investigated
The nam points however, OF the controversy are no'
numerous and upon lhF the opinion oi The commit
tee is clear decided. The position assumed by the
Presiden, in his message IS correct and ough 10 e Sus
tanned, If necessary by The !'Sis'anVe power vi oo"
gress.
II is well known tha, an nf,rmal arrangement or un
Outstanding has existed, Cor many years past, tween
the United States aud Great BF'inn, relating 70 me Ter
r,tory IN dispute between them anu having nrils OBJECT
the avoidance Of cashlng authorities, calculated 10 en-
danger the peace Of the Two majors ne committee
have time 10 Ceta'u ana historical sl'eu' Nv
OF The origin and progress oil this arrangement, the pAa'
mparnn of which might perhaps eiucida!e the cause
OF the strange into which the BRUSH noVerne"'
is represented 81 its agents IN this counlr 10 have die
with respect 10 its PROVISIONS Suihce 10 say '"a
never appears gone further, IN its greatest ek-
tent than 10 adopt the basis o! the utt r0$stifitS
leaving each party to ia continued e1r'e!S" Of the ~
risdct,nn Inch II had previously MAINTAINED III fac
,ice. The Iaea INCH 10 OCCASIONALLY suggested III
some Of the British lha; por to the peace
Of the Government T.! Great Bran was IN passes
sion Of ,as ~tys cpuny e.: 'ssfs'o'= that lhs con-
s.ruc,iT- preseason uVs c= cyEsic*'ed az continuing
until sns !, clss&kc .: :: nan De: pan consent, IS one
whicn ire s rsA nsre: ssn";.oa or even !'slen TO,
witnop. s,raag s2vs-sses L. implies, that the people
OF the l. hy.c :De: esslt: - gran! iroin the bh
tsh Crown, G!Ece "a ias treaty Z! lI-1-a doctrine
which va. successfully resisted the ministers OF the
States even when II advanced BY remote t'np!i-
cation prior the signature OF that treaty by ei' re-
fusing TO treat with the British Ministers Until iheit ere
dentias were changed. AT subsequent PERIOD OF our
history the doctrine was advancedn aguint nj ana
at that period also as II must ever be- met WIN m
slant contradiction. The People Of the United olatee
hold their country by virtue OF the declaration u inc
4h July l76; and the treaty oil 1893 dd nothhg more
than arrange the boundary lines between the two nations
independent Of each other fact and IN right 80 TAR
therefore, as the claim Of Great Britain 10 The
over the unsettled parts of Maine IS founded upon Inc
twcee xpoded theory that she 10 the rghl'u sovereign
Of all that she has not granted away, cannot Ge SUP
United to without sacrifice OF HONOR winch the au'eIi
can nation never will make
When the discussion became active between the two
Governments, to their respective rights 10 the 'eri-
tory now in dispute the greater part OF was and IN
deed still, remains unnhubited by permanent settlers
Here and there small settlement could be found con.
sstna in some of single house, and III others OF
more than one placed each other for The conve.
nience Of the inhabitants. The extent OF the arrange
ment between the two Governments does not appear,
as construed by the American Government, to have
zone further than the recognition oil The jurisdiction oil
each over the people lands then operated upon by It,
iphnh had n su
lands from either Government the other and were
in the habit of resorting TO It's judicial authority Tor
the preservation Of order then they we're 10 continue so
do until the question oil ultimate ownership should oe
finally decided in some mode satisfactory 10 both CO.
yernments The propreiy ct tins arrangement VIII not
be questioned by the Committee II lett to the BRUSH
Goverpmen the jurisdiction the inhabitants along
the military road which leads from Halifax to Quebec,
and thereby furnished il with motive Tor procraslinating
the controversy inasnuch continued IN The ENJOY
meat Of nearly all that rendered the country valuable as
British possession also furnished strong proof OF Inc
desire Of the American Government 10 deal iaty ana
literally with gonist in the argument Demon
sating, in This conclusive manner, that was not Intu
enced by captions spirit of discomfort, the Government
of the derived from this state of the case TO
appeal the British Government to expedite the final ad
iustment of the controversy and TO claim IN The mean
time the full neht part of arrangement which,
10 its adversary than equal share OF
advantages But the arrangement has been entre mis-
understood or misconsrued il The Lieut., Governor OF n
Rrunswick be correct in his exposition OF the orders
der which he is acting. The United States uever did,
and never can consent that the exclusive jurisdiction of
the whole territory in dispute shall be consigned TO the
care of any officer Of the British Government The pre-
tension now advanced unreasonable in i,sef is
unsus,aned by any agreement between the two Govern
men,s Surprising that the parties 10 the controversy
stand upon equal footing as 10 their rights there
!. none other in the case except the nadmissbe for
merly alluded to- the United States have as much rea-
son to expect that Great Britain will yield TO them the
exclusive jurisdiction of the whole of The contested ter.
with The sh and Sos%dy roe from
sncb nm e.,rayaganl concession On the part Of the u
states il has never been ca"ed asked as far as the
Somm,,ee are informed; and the true position Of the
President now is tina, he ress's the application Of prn
;n, which no Executive Of this county ever odopted
Ri. an;ds |, has no, been asked of Great Britain