The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-02-20

for this purposs; but the inSurmountable difficulty
was to persuade the Kings 70 agree upon such Con
prrss This project has lately been brought for
ward by the President ofthe American Peace Society
society which regards defensive war for the proec-
ton Of our fre-sidesof our wives and daug hters-
against army Of invaders, as wicked war but
il will be brought forward with just as much sue
cess as by the able ST. Pierre. Such pi ojec. Of i
Congress- in the present state Of the world is Utopan
But the principle Of arbitration which can be adopt
ed by any two nations will promote, in high degree,
the interests Of peace
Here then is the path of duty and the method Of set
Element. President Van Buren,, with perspcacity as
statesman has discovered that il is the right course
If such is the arrangement of the Treaty Of Client,
and it, in the of the settlement Of the dispute
by discussions, srbiter should be selected,
TO whom the matter shall be referred then the impor-
tant question will come, will not the decision Of the
arbiter be conclusive and final Certainly il will be
according to the Treaty; certainly il will be, SO far as
our national Government is concerned for otherwise,
how absurd il would be for the Government to agree
upon the arbitration
WILL then, Maine come forward and say" al
though the Treaty of Client provides for arbitra-
tion yet the General Government shall not arbtrate;
re will not agree to submit the question the boun-
Diary line shall be where think ought to be, and
il shall not deviate hairs breadth Ii Maine shall
say this then will be for the General Government 70
determine its to its preroga,ves in regard oa
disputed exterior boundary Of the country lit will
he for the General Government to decide, whether i
has any thing do in the case except to drive all in
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line il will be for the General Government to judge
whether for quarter Of century they have been
intermeddling with what does not concern them
The lesson of the past should not be overlooked.
Once there was decision of the arbiter thlr dec'-
sion Maine pronounced null and void Ought not the
General Government, if there be any doubt, first 10
settle their own powers in this case
If the Government shall proceed to arbitration on Its
own authority without asking the consent OF Maine OF
on the refusal OF Maine give the power Of settlement
then, indeed Mr.. Kendall, and others may denounce
the idea Of abandoning Maine and assert, that
for protection Of territory the States surrendered
the power to make and manage their own foreign
relations" But TO settle question Of boundary with
foreign country is not this TO manage our foreign
relations 2"
Twas suggested in the Madsonan few days ago,
that in case part Of the disputed territory should
by the mutual acceptance of the award-be gwen TO
Great Britain, Congress might give Maine an ample
remuneration" and it added, this is all she
wants" On this, Mr. Kendall remarks Indeed
Are the people of Maine prepared to sell their territory
piece-meal for money? Orare the United States pre-
pared 10 borrow money Of British Bankers TO pay for
our own territory surrendered TO the British Govern
inent? We shall sec There is honorable equi-
territory for tertry Let her take the country she
wants for road and give Maine tract lower down
This, we .apprehcnd, is all Maine wants"-it will
preserve hel honor and maintain the integrity of her
dominion"
Thus speaks Mr. Kendall in the Expositor. But
how will (" the integrity of the dominion" of Maine be
preserved, il Britain gains the territory Of Maine on
the St. John and Maine loses il And how will 'the
honor" of Maine be preserved if Britain futile
claim 10 allowed to take the country she wants for
road' although she should offer other terri
tory which she less wants, in exchange How is il
more honorable for Maine sell part Of her territory
for land than for money! Is 1t not probable, that at
this time she would rather have monsy than land p
tract lower down 7" In what public way has Maine
ever expressed a willingness to make such an ex-
changel On the contrary, who does not know, that
Maine sent to Washington commissioners the Hon.
Messrs r. Williams Preble, and Emery to sell TO the
General Government the territory which Britain
wants. not for tract lower down, "a slice, piece
of New Brunswick but for such compensation
the General Government and not Britain, could ofer2
IL this proposal was honorable then, would it not be
honorable now Let The people Of Maine be asked
whether they would rather receive from Congress three
or four millions Of dollars, the territory the lower
part Of the ST. John land very probably they would
deem honorable to pay their debts and to have
good fund hand, than to acquire some land, which
they do not want
conclude with one other passage from Erasmus -
F" know, that every ones cause appears TO himself
the most righteous But wish, that all Christian
Rulers would consider duly and impatially how great
a gamer, upon the whole, he would, be, who should
prefer peace attended with unjust conditions to
the most righteous war that could possible be waged"
A.
THE MACEDONIAN.
Lines suggested on witnessing the reception Of Gen.
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