Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-05-16
From the NJ adisonian.

NORTHEAsrEkN BOUNDARY.
B,i.f statement q Jnets respecting he line.
IL founding The Tinted States. the treaty VI
lisa, besius a, The northwest, angle Of News SEQ
tia, meaning that angle made ny u line drawn due
nut,h from tue head wsiers of 1T. Cfoix River t"
the Lisll lands which divide the rivers that run
into the 4, Lawrence from those INST fall toto
tt,e sea, thence along said high lands, to The IS e't-
etunos, head Of Copusctlcu. River. &c.
Thets being no monument at the northwest
angie Of Nova Scotia, il becomes necessary 10
6nd i. by running out these lines.
We have ssfeed upon the head "ate's Of thr
81. Efoix aud sci up q monument, about when
there 10 now 10 dispute. All Tbs, temsins To be
done ~ 10 run 4 due north 1.-The thence to the ndse
| Of tn. highland. which divide the waters - de-
| seribed in sle treaty. and there il The northwest
angle Of Nova Scotia.
Tba, there are such highlands, 50 dividing the
wa;ers, every body knows who bus bestowed a
though, on the face Of the country. Every nap
shows il. 1t is easy to run a north Hue, shd YET
Great Britain refuses 10 DO IL.
The tiia5fy If this line, IL sasfy traced, ahd
il, cap be proved beyond a question that the north.
ives, angle Of Nova Scotia, was as well know" as
any spot could be, where there is no monument
long before tl,e making Of the treaty, ard hence
il was selected as . starting poin. IL having been
established by the British authorities.
In 1921, the King granted to Sir William A'ea
snds,. Nova Seotis, which included New Bfuns'
wick. The cilst,er bounds The west line, begun
ing al the extreme vest point OF NnFs Seo"a
nav Cape Sable. thence across the mouth Of
great nile, of the sea, uow Bay Of Fundy. to th'
mouth Of the River ST. Cfoix, thence up that rs
81, 10 The head waters Of The same, and thence
in = north line TO the great River Of Canaja' nov
the ST Lawrence. Thus Nova Scofis came 10 To
81 Lawrence, aud the northwest angle vas on To-
bank, and tho cnIony bounded north by the river
Maine, New Hampshire. and Vermont wsfe ak
bounded on the north by tbs river. sud ihs Cana
das. ,hcn hold by the French, Oh the South BY II
Thus matters stood ill l763. whsn Great Brian
conquered Canada, and IT was coded to hef y.
France.
In tina, year tho King issued biz p'oclsma'ioI
ms,otz;u, n government IN Csnadn, end bound
ing the territory, in which he moved the Sous
t,ue Of tina, province from tho river 10 the h'gt
lands south, inns taking the wbois valley Of III
liver into that province. and cutting of a Iara
territory Gon Nova Scotia. Msi"s, Ne" Ha"l
shire. and Vermont. Some Of The provinces "t
!, i,c,od 10 this, but wi,lou. Effect. J hus the n"tf
: west spg,s Of Novs Scotia was taken tom u
: rive, and placed on the highlands. which "s ~
=. ycrbrd IN The proclamation ~ they as 10 !"
: treaty of 1883. TO 10 the highlands which di'.
: III, va,e,s which run into the ST Lawrence fro
J. those which fall into the ~ea.
. 1-h.ss ho .odaries were established IN IVA !
act bt Parti They wers a'so rec"s"'z'
, IN every commission Of tbs government Of u
. .sye,s, Povincss who have presided over Tue
y from that DAY 10 this. TIE west line o. !No'
Scotia. fnow New Brunswiek.) Is j" oil "fhe'
o psuets. ana! upon all maps, a ;'ne due norm ""
tho II Crojs 10 ihs highlands, and the o"'tb"e
angle Of Nova Scott, Is the po:n, o! 'nsefseen'
0 Of these li.sos.
Thu. i, i. plain that the provincial west "
# Nov. sc,,i. ba. been wei! known since f62
n and steadily adhered TO by Great bf's"in, on
occasions where she speaks Of 1t or descr'"es u.
I, IL eou,.ly clear that she has never assign
" I'm, me south line 10 Canada. and thst Is a."
The highlands which d'si'c the ''fsfs "h'eh >
IA ,oto ths 81 Lawrence from those which 1al' u
w., tho sea. a...
y, Il vii! he equally plain m looking '"''
Nv treaty Of 1888. that these Tires were the" s'"l0
"a ard es,abli. he'd ~ they bad existed from ~
nd and 4. neatly by The language which had "
DL- .,no,ovsd hitherto to describe them - II was y
:" sible to make II.
'ss We have .l,esdy advs,tsd TO the treaty 10
.c,;bine the notth~ e., angle Of Nova Scotia
o. the starting poin. for the line along highlands.
o. The cas-. line Of the United States and west
e' Of New Durns~ick, is equally identical
:. ,testy says, east by q line from the mouth OF
81. Croix in the Bay Of Fundy 10 the head va
the ,h.,s,,f. and thence due north. to the Store
highlands, which divide the rivers which ron
: The 81, .Lawfence ficm tlioss which tan mo
- sea.
81 No t,u,h can be more sPra,eo' chan that
i.h oorhw. ct angle Of No,a Scotia is o" tse :
If highland. which divide these waters. snd a.
no;u, where the ives. line Of New brunswick
,as south line Of Canada i~nte'seca.
N,,c can any truth be more obvious sasn tina
ms ,,e,,v line, and the colonial lines are ss
! Ne ,oiot the same, and hence, iais assumed IN
s,e.,y tia, tho northwest snsIs hs "elf h
po,o,. Nofcan sny thing he more ee''ai"
's,e' thu, there is but one range Of Highlands wnics
SON BY Possip''''y' o"'oe sS." r.
Il i. equally certain that tine highlands DIV
'e Of these waters exist. and that . line due n'''th
% ,hs monumsnts Can be run, and vii! 'a'
them, and reach . point answering exactly '
treaty.
The.e are facts which no ingenuity can
W .,,s, a, modify. and we are led 10 inquire
d the c,e.f Br;,.;n can eyade OF resist tness 10
She con ueii.hss do he cue OF the osaes 81
id, fulis.