North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-02-12
N. Z. BOUNDARY.
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENTS
BETWEEN THE BRITISH MIN
ISrER AND SECRETARY
OF STATE.
III Enr 10 III Enr.,Ih
Mr.. For 10 Mr.. Forsyth.
Washington. Noy. 2. Is.

w dHHlHB AOU, NOV. ., 1893.
Information which has been reported Il
her Britannia Majesty's Government i,
England, and more recent inteligenc,
which has been conveyed 10 the under
signed by the British authorities in tn,
Province of New Brunswick, made il III,
duty OF the undersigned, her Britannia
Mslesig's Envoy Extraordinary and Min
iser Pienlpoientiafy, 10 call the immediate
and serious attention of the Government
al the United States 10 the extensive an,
unscrupulous (allhough il is to be hoped
and believed the unauthorized) acts o
encfoachment which continue 10 be carried
on by the people Of the State OF Maine
within the line of The disputed territory.
IL IS unnecessary here TO recapitulate The
terms OF the several agreements which
were entered into in the month OF Febru-
sry aud March last, first between the Se-
cretatY of State OF the United States and
the Undersigned, at Washington, and al
lefwsrd between the Lieutenant Govern
or Of New Brunswick, The Governor oil
Maine, and Major General Scott, of the
United States army, for the purpose OF
aycring HE danger Of local collision upon
'N+' f'RHi'Nhi l'thNtE hbE bldl
Of ,he boundary question between the
Government Of Great Britain and the
United States. The terms Of those agree
mens, and their true intent and meaning,
are sufficiently well known. Her Males
TVS authorities have, ION their part, not only
s.rupuIousy adhered TO the letter and
sp'rt OF the engagements referred 10, but
'lry have been DESTROYS upon every coca
son Of interpreting in the most frank and
liberal manner any point upon which q
doubt or caviI could arise.
he Undersigned, however, regrets 10
s'y that the same correct and scrupulous
Observance has not marked the conduct of
The people OF Maine, or that OF the suhor-
dnsle officers employed by the Govern
meBt OF the State.
The armed posse from the State Of
Maine, which it was agreed upon should
he allowed 10 remain in the disputed terri
'otg,wi,hin certain limits, for the purpose OF
guarding the timber upon the disputed
lands from waste and spoiiation, has al
ready advanced, il appears, far beyond
those limits, extending it's operations and
lis armed occupation of the country along
the whole way from the valley OF the Res
TOOK 10 the mouth OF the Fish river, into
TIC valley Of the upper St. Johns, and thus
INTO portion Of the Madawaska settle
ments. All this is clearly at variance with
'ae terms and spirit Of the engagements
ssned by the Governor OF Maine, under
me sanction and guarantee of Gen. Scott.
lie establishments also, which have
'eea formed by the persons composing the
a'meJ parties, on the banks both OF the
Arslonk and of the Fish river, have assum-
e. an aspect and character more decidedly
n'alafy, and more resembling permanent
HsNonal possession Of the country, than
can be either required or justified in the
e'v'' posse oil land agent, holding, for the
soe purpose of preventing tfesspasses, the
Tmporary occupation of a district. which is
aimed by two parties, and the title to
Teeh not yet settled between them
oese establishments or stations are forth
aea with entertainments and with cannon,
$40 lite number Of armed men composing
~et gafrlsons is far greater than the oc-
$500 can warrant. A permanent State
-" IS also being constructed from the
n'aner OF Maine into the valley oil the
"e''oak, and from thence on the south
'se OF The III. Johns TO the Fish river, the
9o@e' OF which road is to connect those
,oINons OF the disputed territory with the
vas oil Augusta and Bangor, and other
''ssao~ledged parts Of the State OF Maine
- moreover appears that land surveyors,
B = =, under the authority of the State
& "aiae, are employed in marking out
,so d townships within the aforesaid
p..uon Of the disputed territory; and that
80 o. lands are being made, with deeds
Staany drawn under the authority Of the
,''s' as :: those lands, lying within a re-
''s which her Majesty's Goyernmen,
n ,.|leAiiy claims TO be a righuul posses
-. -. O The British. crown, formed, on the
4 Ns'y, recognized part of the public
Iaa'a oil the State Of Maine.
-. -" Is tue that the present course OF en-
j'SSHheni, and the wrongful occupation
~s 'and by the citizens of Maine whe-