The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-01-26

The ST. Croix being in the middle between the other
two let him now trace il up to its source and thence
run straight line moth, and he will percese, that
this line will not cut any branch of the Penobscot, but
passes Immediately to the branches of the ST. Johni
but surely Mars Ha, each side Of which and
around which flow the branches Of the ST. john can
not be the highlands Of the treaty, for no matters flow
from either side of that hill into the ST. Lawrence
Moreover the term is used evincing that the
highlands must separate on each side Of il more than
one river but this is not effected by Mars Hill
There are no highlands south Of the St. John
which answer in any respect to the highlands of the
treaty But by carrying the line north of the st.
John to the northwest angle Of Nova Scotia, point
well known to be near the st Lawrence, there would
then be found the highlands which divide the waters
falling into that river from the waters falling into the
Atlantic. In the utter impossibiity, therefore, OF
fulfilling the conditions of the treaty south Of the
ST. John, and in the perfect compliance with those
conditions at the highlands north of the ST. John may
me found an unanswerable proof that the dle north
line from the ST. Crox must be carried to these high
lands.
T. Another clear proof that the highlands intended
by the treaty, must be north Of the ST. John is fur
nshed by the known views Of the British Govern
ment in regard to such highlands When the King
of Great Britain, by proclamation, Oct 7. 1868, es-
ablished the government of Quebec, it was bounded
as follows from Lake Nipissim, from whence
the said line, crossing the river ST. Lawrence, and
the Lake Champlan in As degrees Of north latitude,
passes along the highlands, rhich bride the rirers,
that empty themselves into the said rirer 81 Lar
renee, from those rhich faH into the sea, and also
along the north Of the Bay DIES Chaleurs and the
This proclamation confirmed by the act of paria-
ment of the 18th Of George ILL.,
Now let it be considered that it is impossible to run
this line along any highlands to the north coast OF
the Bay des Chaleurs, except along the highlands
north Of the st. John but by running along those
highlands the north of that bay would be reach
ed.
All this is settled again by the Quebec act of l774
which mentions ga line from the Bay of Chaleurs
along the highlands, which divide the rivers, that
empty themselves into the river ST. Lawrence from
those which fall into the sea- which line is to run
from the Bay of Chaleurs to the latitude 45 deg. on
the Connecticut river. Now nasmuch as it is i'm
possible to run line along any highlands from the
Bay of Chaleurs, making the required separation of
rivers, except along the highlands little south of the
St Lawrence and north of the st. John leaving the
rivers Ristigouche, ST. John, Penobscot, Kennebec,
and Androscoggn on the south it follows that these
were the highlands contemplated in the treaty.
Col. Bouchette, Surveyor General of Lower Cana
da in his Typographical Description, &c. 1915 speaks
of ridge about so miles distant from Quebec "gene-
rally denomnated the Lands Height dividing the
waters that fall into the St Lawrence from those TAX
ing direction towards the Atlantic ocean, and along
whose summit is supposed to run the boundary line
between the territories of Great Britain and the Unit
ed States of America" He adds that the chain pro-
ceeds northeastery from the Connecticut to Cape
Rosieres He can refer to no other highland but
those north of the ST. John.
Let it be considered too, that, in the view Of the
king and parliament of Great Britain the line of
boundary, which, from lake Champlain, passes along
the highlands to the Bay DIES Chaleurs, will separate
the rivers that empty themselves into the said river
81 Laurence, from those which fall into sea, Of
course leaving the former rivers the left hand and
the latter the right. The rivers the left the
st. Francis, the Chaudiere, and many others; and
those on the right are the Connecticut, the Andres
coggin the Kennebec, the Penobscot, the st. John,
and Risgouche, all falling into the sea, the Allan
tic most of them with bay or enlargement at the
mouth as Penobscot bay, the bay of Fundy, &c. In.
asmuch line can be run along any highlands to
the Bay DIES Chaeurs, except the line which leaves
these last named rivers on the right this is unan-
swerabe proof that the highlands of the treaty of 1888
are these very highland. north ofthe St John.
8. There is yet another consideration which con
flutes the British opinion, that the ST. John, falling
into the Bay of Fundy not to be considered fall
ing into the Atlantic And that is this By the treaty
the line is to "aong the middle Of the river ST.
Croix, from its mouth in the Bay Of Fundy to its
source and from its directly north to the afore
said highlands which divide The rivers that fall into
the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river
St Lawrence. The line runs from river emptyng
into the Bay Of Fundy to its source and thence due
north. But lin running thence north what the
rivers whose in highlands the treaty makers
supposed the line would strike2 Did they not know
from existing maps, that it must strike the highlands
at the sources of the St Johnl And setting out from
a river whose mouth was in the Bay Of Fundy, and
running north to find the sources OF river enptyng
into the Atlantcis it not clear that they must have
regarded the St Crox falling into the Atlantic OF
sea, although by the medium of the Bay of Fundy
and could they by possibility object to regarding the
St John also falling into the Atlantic because i,
falls into il oy the medium Of the Bay of Fundy =
Will any say, that the Penobsco because ii emp
ties into Penobscot Bay, dues not fall into the At
lanticl
In the dust of an extended controversy, the great
points of the apt to be concealed from sight
On this occount the argument the side of the claims
of Maine have in this paper been concisely stated
and the conclusions from the remarks, which have
been made, the following
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