The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-19
THE TREATY-THE GLOBE.

| Delofe IL unueIStoOt III, we Wef" wen o"'-
isfed from the beginning. That il committed
a fatal error is now obvious 10 all. we shall
be the first to rejoice if that paper will retraee
its steps in this mater-and If II does not reuace
them il must fall.
We extract an article on the subject from the
New York Morning Post, an able Democratic
journal.
| THE BouNp,RY TREArY.-The course which the
Washington Globe has fit to pursue, IN regard to
this subject is exceedingly disingenuous and cuipa-
bile Before the terms OF the treaty are at all known,
| exeept upon very vague and imperfect rumors IT
| deno,nces them with great vehemence, and seeks
| to create a strong public feeling against them in
| advance.
| Misled by its representations some of the Jour
nails of Maine adopt the tone, and then the
Globe publishes the articles evidently derived from
its statements, evidences of public opinion In
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 the whole treaty before they pre-
pared to denounce it in the spirit which the Globe
manifests The controversy Is one OF many years
standing it has excited great deal Of bitter feeling,
repeated attempts have been made to settle IT, the
ton has grown tired of the dispute, and, we have no
doubt those most interested in the result disposed
to it settled on almost any terms that do not IN
volve great sacrifice Of national rights and honor
At any rate assured by the Portland Argus,
democratic print, that ''the confirmation of the
treaty would be in accordance with the wishes OF a
very large majority of the voters of the State. -
ave do not believe" says the same paper, after
stating what supposes to be the terms OF ahe treaty
'sthat one among the fifteen thousand of this
city could be found, who would vote to reject II"
This is strong language, yet have no doubt of its
essential correctness.
1t appears moreover that the ill-timed and reck-
less denunciations of the Globe proceed upon mis-
taken grounds 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 see how gross they are we subJoln
an extract from the Argus
Before proceeding to discuss the military impor-
lance of the cession, as the Globe calls 1t, we
wish to say distinctly that the Augusta Age is wrong
in its position respecting the boundary The line fix
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 of land
have been made to this line on each side SUISSE
auently to its being run, parte lines have been
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 is perhaps, proper to state,
that this line varies but very little from the line re-
| Gently run by the u States sometimes being little
one side of it, and sometimes the other but IN case
| reaching mile, in IFS variation east or west There
is therefore no foundation for the statement that our
line is thrown four miles farther west and that we
therefore lose and the British gain very large and
| valuable piece of territory between the monument
and Mars Hill As we have stated the Joint line was
| taken for good reasons such convenience to all
concerned and 20 save the expense of running a
new one at a cost of one OF two hundred thousand
| dollars.
81 we understand the question, it is not true that
the line of the King OF the Netherlands, followed
| up the ST. Francis River to the highlands, and then
! ad he n1S followed
up the river to the centre of its second cidening,
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 runs IN direction little
south Of west till it strikes the highlands land includes
| 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 toleraby
well timbered, it is as barren as the White Noun
| tans So much for the line, amount of land, and
value Now for its importance in military point OF
| view.
ain the first place, then, we reeraie declaration
| of Monday, that the strip included in the presen,
treaty, and not included in the award of the Dutch
| King is Of no solt of consequence in military
point of view in case of We know not who the
military gentleman lswho furnished the communication
for the Globe, but think, If the editor will canine
the maps and give the question personal nvestiga
ton he will be satisfied that there is foundation
for the piers he has advanced.
sit is very easy to find fault and to excite
u
British arms, land in Europe, and to picture forth
| wildly plans of railroads., and common roads, with
suitable directions, TO be lceH copered ic ripers
and Of tlrO three great depos, and places Of
&c, but the RIVERS rtH haze to be made, well al
the roads and depots for they not there
"The direct route to Quebec is the Kennebec road
which crosses the high lands the vicinity of the
Bald Mts., the head waters of Moose River t.
the head waters of the river Du Loup, and follows thai
down to the river Chaudiere to the st. Lawrence
I, ,rlt ~ uahac Inv lima pncoHt n
be established starting from Bangor, would be leas
five hundred miles farther, than by the kennebet
road military man, or any other man, may easily
see that if the British should build forts and depots
such as indicated in he article quote from the
Globe, it would require small annual expenditure
to keep them order besides some twenty million.
to construct them. The region through which the
road would pass is INSTRUCTED with deep snows more
than half the year.
at must be perfectly plain too that in case of war
the United States had the power to DO anything to
noy an enemy it would be perfectly feasible to of
all communication between New Brunswick ane
Quebec, the highlands following up the waters
| of the ST John. The line of commu nication coult
be assaed from Maine, crossing the St. John into
New Brunswick, on the highlands by the way OF
the Kennebec road. In fact, consider the article
of the military gentleman in the Globe all moon
shine. There are hardly black stumps enough in it
to frighten the children If we should get into
war with Great Britain, if our armies should be CON
manded by the Hulls we shall be whipped of course
if commanded by the Jacksons shall fog them
trhether this treaty shall be confirmed or not.
awe have been forced into discussion Of this
boundary question while it was yet in the hands o
the negotiaors, and since has gone TO the Senate
which we would most gladly have avoided till all it
details were known, had it not been for the various
misrepresentation of portion of the press and thu
manifest design to forcsall public opinion, and preju
dice the country against it, in advance.
'The Globe prefaces the letter from the Maine pa
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which the Maine Commissioners operated on tt
Weld to the treaty. The substance of the supposed
operation upon our Commissioners, that MIR. Webste
and the Executive threatened reference if it wer,
not settled and that the Massachusetts Commission
ers, who were supposed to be making good bargain