The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-04-09

- tefFileYF ion AuEa ce1iiai Meines
- Il.msskite. snd FefaonL Soms of
4. nsosiness ebiseisd - this. bui viii
y, ,Geet. Tlsus ne narthuett angle
q Nov. seelis wss taken fnla ihs riser
"a ,I.esd "a he highlands, which are
$1,000 IN he prorIsmsiiun a. they are
q he s.essx q I7ss. 20 Be The hishlsnds
: hieh divide he waleTs which fsn inia
,he n. I.awrsnee from lhoss nhleh lall
into The sss.
These boandaries weFs established In
l714 by aes Or PafIiamsni. They we're
also reeognizrd in ever. commission q
,he Gossrness Of ihs several Provinces
who hare presided oser lhem from that
dsv 70 shis. The wsst line Of Nova
Scotia. fnow New BFunswiek. ] - in all
ofici.l papers. AMI ppon al maps. a lins
due north from die 81. cIoix 10 The high
lands, and the northwest sngls of Nora
Scotia is he point Of Intersection ofihsse
lines.
Thus Il 10 plain that me prsrinrial wesf
line OF Novs Scotia has been well knowB
since 1871. snd steadily adhered 20 BY
Great Britain on I'll occasions where shs
speaks Of II o. describes n.
II 10 equally clear that shs has never
assigned but one so1lh line IN Canada.
and that 10 along the highlands which
divide The rissrs which RON into the N.
IawEenes from lhose which ell into the
sea.
II viii be equally plain. on looking
into the treaty Of l7s3. that these hnes
were ihen adopted end established 90
lhsy had existed from 1853. and IS nearly
By The l,ngusge which had bren employ-
ed hitherto 70 describe them az il Was
possible 20 make il.
We have already sdwfytf 10 The treaty
in describing the northwest angle Of Neva
Scotia 20 The starting point Cor The line
along me highlands. The east line Of
The Unised States and west line of New
Brunswick 10 eqaslly idenlicsl. The
treaty says. east BY . line from The mouth
of 81. Croix in The Day Of fundy 10 The
head ws,ers lhereof; and ihenee doe north.
20 The Aforesaid highlands. which divris
The rivers which rsn inis the ST. Law
renee from those which fsll into the ses.
i No truth can be more apparent Than
that The norhwes, angle Of Nova Scotia
10 on lhs ridge Of highlands which divide
these waters, and a. The poIn, where The
wcsi line Of New Brunswick and The
south line of Canada in,ersect.
J, Nor can any truth be more obvious
than that The treaty lines and the colonial
lines are ~ this point The same. and
hence. IL 10 assumed in The treaty thai
The northwest angle 10 |, well known
point. Nor can ayihirg be more eeriain
Than that there is but one isnse Of high
lands which can BY possibility divide such
waters.
II 10 equslly ssFlsin thai the highlands
, dividing these waters eaisi, and that q
line due norih from The monumeni esn
be rUn. and will falI upon them. sud reach
point answering ersclIy 70 the treaty.
-f--sFss-~v- sru fzru hleh NO ineenuisy
can ever alter OF modify. and 10 are led
70 inquire how Gres, Britain can evsds
or reels, their foreef She can neither DO
lhe one OF The other successfully.
She contends. FIRST. tina, there are ma
highlands 90 dividing the wsisrs. heesuse
the rivers running towards The Atlantic
ell fall into bays Of The sea instead Of the
sea itself. She thus contends, that river
3 running ihfough bay into ,he sea does
! not fsll into The ses--and tina, bays are
not pats Of The sea. Bsys are. however.
: only par,s Of the great sea which have
had names assigned 10 them. and are nor
The less portion Of Tie sea because &c
. these names. !, might % wei BE said
! The Gulf II Mexico 10 no rari OF The sea.
, Besides. u 10 agreed that Tie commission.
ers sho made The treaty, had before them
J Miichel's map Of tbs part of the country
Ion which all The rivers are laid down
. as running through bays-which proves,
, conclusisely. that in speaking OF riyers
; falling intn the sea. they mean, those
) flowing through bays, and could mean
J no others.
! Then. again, Great Britain has eonciud-
/. cd that by highlands. is meant mountains
, while The treaty only requires land
high tnough 10 divide Tho waters. HUI.
~ truth. Tho general range 10 rless,cd, %
has bees ascertained, over 1000 feel
above the sea.
j This is all the justification Great Britain
J has fnr ell this delay and Controversy.
, A jury in Westminster Hall, of her own
, ei'izen'. would decide against her with
; out les.ing The bog.
I, Now. LEI Us take care that matters do
not gel c"hfonnded by The ingenuity of
the diplnmaiisis. We are, al this mo.
msn'. ~ danger Of falling info eoniro.
uersy about an agreement made last year
. o6Onf The occupancy Of ,chai Is called The
disputed Territory. Lr, us take care
that attention 10 nrl diverted from the
true question by this unimpot,an, matter.
We should hold firmly to The treaty. and
the line described in IL. for Grea, Britain
can never put Us in the wrnne here.
Our right IL rlpar-stFnnr l........ IA