The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-03-16
MAJOR DOWNING.


have heard the Major say, that he has from
boyhood understood the matter, and has ev-
er since weighed it well. We congratulate
the General Government, that if, by the fol-
ly of the British Government, serious
matter is made of the Boundary question,
the "2nd Brigade" will be to a man on
the side Of right. We don't know the ex-
act number of the "2nd Brigade;" but we
feel sure it will stand "2Dd' to none for
patriotism and noble daring.
NJ y Erprcss.
TO the Editors Of the New York Eapress
the same paper my old friend Dwight
printed a spell ago.
WASHINGTON, 25 Feb. 1889.
Mr.. Editors tell d you in my last that
| would say something in my next Letter
about matters DoWn East. A short horse
is soon cutried-and as this matter is in a
nut shell, I'll crack it for you after my fash
ion-and then if 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 Of streak of Land
kiver'd the most ont with everlasting big
Trees, where our folks 60 logging. We
say we claim by Treaty mades in 1888,
and England says that she agrees to the
same treaty. Now that treaty marks the
line as clear as whisle-it says north to
the "high lands" that divide the waters
running one way and the waters running a.
mother 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 aint no high lands
there at any rate, that there is high land
further South were we ought to stop but
at these high lDnds-there is no stream run
ming into the st. Lawrence, for the streams
all run South there. We say the treaty
don't say ''how high" the lands are; bnt to
the "high landS' that divide the streams
running North and South--thGt Is pint
and that Land can't be iolC lhad, for then
The waters wouldn't run nary way. And
besides this, there is another explanation in
the same treaty that marks out the spot we
claim to, as true as line; and if any mans
farm was mark'd off by q deed-like this
any Court in creation would give it to
him.
Now the hull nub Of the business is this,
England finds that if we claim by the old
Treaty, we cut off all her roads between
New Brunswicklto Canada, and in winter
tiuop XXth hpr, tho riVar ST. ] ic fro
up, there is no sending across lots-from
Move Scotia ard New Brunswick to Que
bee, or any part of Canada. A few years
back it was agreed to leave the matter to
some old king-(a Duichman, | believe)-
to say where these highlands was. He con-
sdered a spell, and seeing what his brother
kings notion was, he iix'd on line north
where there warn't no highlands at all, but
jist far enough north TO allow this Passage
across--ist as tho the Treaty said, "the
North Pint shan't be so far north as to cut
of this Passage way" Now here the mat
ter rested-all we ask is, to 60 by the Trea-
ty, and now that our folks have got riled up
about it, and now what the treaty is, they'll
make a spoon or spile hOrn-and don't
see any other way Of settling ont. If Eng
land sends troops there, it will be ga Dis
puted Territory" for | would jist about as
soon think of going down in Wolf Cave
to coax out the wolves With bread and but
ter as attempt to drive out them long arm d.
Observation-Disclosures from the forests
where they know they have got Law on
their side. We found it pretty tuf work to
rout out the Seminoles down South-but
that is cream and custards to rousting out
the Down casters, if they git their dander
up. They are amazin civil folks if you
don't attempt TO drive or scrouge 'em and
considerable liberal in bargain too if you
don't try to pull eye teeth-lor then it would
be dog eat dog.
Now | don't see only one way of settling
this matter, or at any rate quieting ont for
a spell--lor there is no other way of SET
ling ont but by the Treaty or something
worse; but go for quietiag ONT England,
suppose, don't care how long it remains a
Disputed rerrilory--and l suppose our
folks don't nalher, provided they aini losers
by it.