The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-20

THE IREAIY-IHE GLOBE.
That the Democracy of the Union would n 4,
follow the Globe in It's attacks upon the Treaty
before it understood it, we were well sat
isfed from the beginning. That it committed
fatal error is now obvious to ALL We shall
be the first to rejoice if that paper will relrace
its steps in this matter--and if it does not retrace
them it must fall.
We extract an article on the subject from the
New York Morning Post, an able Democratic
journal.
THE BOUNDARY TREArY.-The course which the
Washington Globe has seen tit to sue, IN regard 70
this subject, is exceedingly dsngenuous and culpa-
BILE. Before the terms of the treaty are at all known
except upon very vague and imperfect rumors, II
denounces them with great vehemence, and seeks
to create strong public feeling against them lnI
advance.
Msled by its representations, some of the jour-
nails of Maine adopt the tone, and then thf
Globe publishes the articles evidently derived IRON
its own statements, evidences of public opinion ID
Maine. This, we suppose, is what is called manu-
featuring public opinion.
The truth appears to be, that the people of Maine
like the people of other parts of the United States
desire to see the whole treaty before they are pre-
pared to denounce it in the spirit which the Glof
manifests The controversy is of many year{
standing has excited great deal Of bitter feeling
repeated attempts have been made to settle it, the na
ton has grown tired of the dispute and, we have nd
doubt those interested in the result disposed
to see it settled on almost any terms that do not I'M
voIve great sacrifice of national rights and honor
At any rate we assured by the Portland Argus
democratic print, that ssthe confirmation of tho
treaty would be in accordance with the wishes OF q
very large majority of the voters Of the State p"
1--WE do not believe" says the same paper, after
stating what supposes to be the terms of the treaty
'sthat one among the fifteen thousand OF thisA
city could be found, who would vote to reject it. III
This is strong language, yet we have no doubt OF ltsY
essential correctness
It appears moreover that the l-timed and reck-
less denunciatons of the Globe proceed upon mis-
taken grounds to the conditions of the treaty We
are indebted to the paper to which we have before
referred for the of correcting its errors That
our readers may how gross they are, we subjoin
an extract from the Argus;
Before proceeding to discuss the military impor
lance of the ne,o cesson,' as the Globe calls it, we
wish say distinctly, that the Augusta Age wrong
in its position respecting the boundary Tho n@ ix-
ed on by the commissioners is the line from the
monument to Mars Hill by the joint commission of
the United States and Great Britain about twenty
years since 1t is well known that grants ofland
have been made to this line on each side SAbse-
quently to its being rum ex parte lines have beeh run
by both nations The joint line is the one adopted
in the treaty The reasons for it must be obvious We
need not state them But it perhaps, proper to Eate
that this line varies but very little from the limp re-
Gently run by the U. States, sometimes being little
one side of and sometimes the other, but in nocase
reaching mile in its variation east or west There
is therefore no foundation for the statement that
line is thrown four miles farther west and thai we
therefore lose and the British gain very large and
valuable piece of territory between the monument
and Mars HILL AS have stated, the joint line was
taken for good reasons, such as convenience to az
concerned; and 10 save the expense of running |
new one, at cost of one or two hundred THOUSAND
dollars. I'll
I" If we understand the question, it is not true tha
the line of the King of the Netherlands, followed
up the st. Francis River to the highlands, and Their
followed the highlands southwesterly.' 1t followed
up the river to the centre of its second Uidening
lake, as the maps, and then run west to the
highlands 1t follows up the ST. Francis to the
foot of this lake. and then in direction little
south of west till it strikes the highlands, and ncldes
in the whole only about half million of acres not
included in the Dutch Kings award. With the ex
ception of few thousand acres, that is toleiably
we'll timbered, it is barren as the White Noun
tains. So much for the line, amount of land and
value Now for its Importance In military point OF
view.
"In the first place, then, reiterae declaration
of Monday, that the strip included in the phsent
treaty, and not included in The award of the Ditch
King, is of no SOFT of consequence, in military |
point of view in case of war. We know not wht the |
military gentleman swho furnished the communication
for the Globe, but think, if the editor will examine
the maps and give the question personal inveItga
ton he will be satisfied that there is no foundation |
for the uie,Ds he has advanced.
at is very easy matter to find fault, and to excite
fears by talking in grandiioquent style, about the |
British arm, on land IN Europe, and to picture birth
wildly plans OF railroads, and common roads, with |
suitable directions, TO be ioeH covered acM rirers
and of taco three great depots and places Of aims
&c., but the RIVERS aoiU hare to be made as well
the roads and depots for they not there now.
"The direct route to Quebec is the Kennebec road,
which crosses the high lands in the vicinity of the |
Bald Mts., the head waters of Moose River to |
The head waters of the river Du Loup and follows that
down to the river Chaudiere to the St. Lawrence >
70 go round 10 Quebec by the line proposed To |
be established starting from Bangor, would be at least
five hundred miles farther than by the kennebec
road A military man, any other man, may easily |
see hat if the British should build forts and depos
such as are indicated in he article quote from he
Globe, it would require no small annual expenditure
to keep them order, besides some twenty millions
to construct them. The region through which the |
road would pass is INSTRUCTED with deep snow,
than half the year.
the United States had the power d. anything to
noy an enemy it would be perfectly fl az BILE to off |
all communication between New Brunswick and |
Quebec, the highlands, following up the waters
IF the ST. John. The line of commu ncaton could |
be assaed from Maine crossing the St. John into
New Brunswick, OF on the highlands by the way of
he Kennebec road. In fact consider the article |
of the military gentleman in the Globe all moon
shine. There hardly black stumps enough in 1t
TO frghten the children If shosd get into
war with Great Britain, if armies should be con-
handed by the Hulls shall be whipped of course;
if commanded by the Jacksons we shall fog them,
,ohether this treaty shall be confirmed or not.
'We have been forced into discussion of this
boundary question while it was yet in the hands of
the negotators, and since it has gone to the Senate,
which we would most gladly have avoided, TIL all its
details known, had it not been for the various
misrepresentation of portion of the press and the
manifest design to forcsta public opinion, and preu
dice the country against it, in advance.
1.-THE Globe prefaces the letter from the Maine pa