Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-05-12

ding the waters, every body knows who
has bestowed thought upon the face of
the country. Every map shows it. 1t
is easy to run north line, and yet Great
Britain refuses TO do it.
The history Of this line is easily traced
and il can be proved beyond question
that the northwest angle Of Nova Scotia
was as well kno xn as any spot could be,
where there is no monument long before
the making of the treaty, and hence il was
selected as a starting point, it having been
established by the British authorizes.
ain 1921, the King granted TO Sir VIII
liam Alexander, Nova Scotia, which in.
cluded New Brunswick. The charter
bounds tho west line, beginning at the ex-
IRENE west point of Nova Scotia, now
Cape Sable, thence across the mouth of
great inlet Of the sea, now Bay of Fundy,
to the mouth ofthe ST. Croix; thence up that
river, to the head waters of the same, and
thence in north line to the great River OF
Canada, now St. Lawrence, Thus Nova
Scotia came to the St. Lawrence, and the
northwest angle was on the bank, and the
colony bounded north by the river, Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont were alike
bounded on the north by the river, and the
Canadas, then held by the French, on the
south by it. Thus matters stood till 1863
when Great Britain conquered Canada, apd
It was ceded to her by France.
In that year the King issued his procla-
nation organizing government in Can
ada, and bounding the territory, in which
he moved the south line of that province
from the river to the highlands south, thus
taking the whole valley of the river into
that province, and cut off large territory
from Nova Scotia, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, and Vermont. Some of the pro-
vinces objected to this, but without effect.
Thus the northwest angle of Nova Scotia
was taken from the river and placed on the
highlands, which are described in the pro-
clamation as they are in the treaty Of
1888, to be the highlands which divide the
waters which run into the ST., Lawrence
from those which fall into the sea.
These boundaries were established in
1774 by act of Parliament. They were
also recognized in every commission of the
Governors of the several provinces who
have presided over them from that day TO
this. The west line of Nova Scotia, (now
New Brlnswick,) is in all official papers,
and upon all maps, line due north from
the st. Croix to the highland, and the
northwest angle ofNova Scotia is the point
Of intersl ction OF these lines.
Thus it is plain that the provincial west
line Of Nova Scotia has been we'll known
since 1921, aud steadily adhered to by
Great Britain, on all occasions where she
speaks of it or describes it.
1t is equally clear that she has never
assigned but one south line TO Canada, and
that is along the highlands which divide
the rivers which run into the St. Lawrence
from those which fall into the sea.
1t will be equally plain, on looking into
the treaty of 1888, that these lines we're
then adopted and established as they had
existed from 1862 and as nearly by the
language which had been employed hither-
10 TO describe them as it was possible to
make it.
We have already advertel to the treaty
in describing the northwest angle of Nova
Scotia as the starting point for the line
along the highlands. The east line of the
United States and the west line OF New
Brunswick is equally identical. The
treaty says, east by line from the mouth
of St. Croix in the Bay of Fundy TO the
head waters thereof; and thence due north,
TO the aforesaid highlands, which divide
the rivers which run into the St. Lawrence
from these which fall into the sea.
No truth can be more apparent than
that the northwest angle of Nova Scotia
is on the ridge of highlands which divide
these waters. and at the point where the
west line of New Brunswick and the south
line of Canada intersect.
Nor can any truth be more obvious
than that the treaty lines and the colonial
lines are at this point the same, and hence
it is assumed in the treaty that the north
west angle is well known point. MOI
can any thing be more certain than thai
there is but one range of highlands which
can by possibility divide such waters.
1t is equally certain that the highlands
dividing these waters exist, and that line
due north from the monument can be run
and will fall upon them, and reach Poln
answering exactly to the treaty.
These are facts which no ingenuity car
ever alter or modify, and we are led to in
quire how Great Britain can evade or re-
4 sist their force She can neither do tht
| one or the other successfully.
| She contends, first, that there are M
highlands 80 dividing the waters, because
the rivers running towards the Atlantic al
fall into bays Of the sea instead efthe Sc;
itself. She thus contends, that a rive
runnag through bay into the sea, doe
, not fall into the sea, and that bays are nc
parts Of the sea- Bays are, hewever, on
ly parts of the great sea which have ha
names assigned 10 them, and are net les
portion ofthc sea because of these names
1t might as web be said tho Gulf of Mex
/ co is no part Of the sea. Besides it i
agreed that the commissioners who mad
i the treaty, had before them Mi;chell'S ma;
Of this part of the countryA=on which a
the rivers are laid down as runnin
through bays-which proves conclusively
that in speaking Of rivers falling into tn
sea, they meant those flowing throug
] bays, and could nnean no others.
: Then Great Britain has concluded tn;
by highlands IS meant n1ountains&whiI
the treaty only requires land high enoug
to divide the waters. But in truth, th
i general range is elevated as has been a.
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