Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-20


r,es of New Hanps!Iire, Vermont, and New fork oot
which correc, ascerunment OF The forty sixth parallel
Of North a:itut shows 10 be included WITHIN the bfi'
,ish line rhs ~, no doubt, oil some value
If made its benefits would enure partly 10 these tnree
States and partly The t. ) and none oil IL 10 the
particular interests Of Maine and Massachusetts.
II retarded therefore, as a part OF the equivalent
f,r the manner c uSng the Northeastern Doahoary,
these two last mentioned States would perhaps eSpec'
that the value, If it could be ascerained' sh'u'u De
;a n bom On This point further consideration may
he necessary.
boundary the points which you REFER 10, CONNECTED
,b tho ascer,anment of the head ot the Connecticut,
,. mo attended to- and Capt. Talcott, who made the
exnloraton in that quarter, Will be ready 10 commun'-
cate the result Of his observations
have Tie honor to be, with distinguished conside-
iA''0"' ''"' DANIEL WEBSTER.
Lord Ashburon, &c, &c
Lord 7shJurton 10 -tr Uebasr
Washington, July IL, 1S4l.
Gil ,,se no time in acknowledging the receipt OF
80 not. ron did me The honor Of addressing on the
a,h instant and beg, in the first place. To say, that
nm dulv sensible Of the assurance you give me- that the
President has been pleased to Ppfeciate the motives
which induced my present mssion' ana Geh ha''.iea
nv your recognition OF The canuor ana ifanhhesS which
have hitherto marked our intercourse
had honad TINT we had escaped, by mutual consent,
from return to The endless aud ru'i!ess argument on
, general ouestion Of the rights oil our respective TO-
,rn,o,, in the matter of the Northeastern boundary
1, seemed TO me 10 have been decided BY so many
bob ,,d compeent authorities that the precise geogra-
nbcsl point so long looked for rot TO he found,
that il necessarily followed that any hope OF settlement
INNS, rest upon an amcahle compromise
The arrival here of the Commissioners OF haine ana
sfsachusas and the admitted disposition OF the two
Goysrnmens had given the pubic very general eS'
uec,aon that tins compromise nSht al last ne erect
"a. A. hope you will excuse my expressing my re-
pref that the note no" before ms a'a Tue P"pe ''o
30 oeoiemen IRON Name addressed to sou, which ac-
"a ,nan;.d IL should have contained SO much OF re-
nov of I, old controversy, anu should not have been
eoaued e. the simple question, whether we couia OF
couli not oyree OF settlement VI the onSef'a
t;oos eontarcd in my note of the 18Th ui'imo, have g
n rso IN these conse uuenccs much regret 1t, and
would nov mass over all these more than useless dis
cussions and proceed Q, once 10 notice the proposal
Won make Il were not apprehensive TINT my so doite
miuht be construed into some want OF respect tor The
partes from whom these observations have proceeded
+ w,I! however endeavor TO bring within narrow
connoss what have 10 cay on the subject; and the
more So BECAUSE with all Difference TO you, SIR, may
AID that there ~ Little in these arguments that IS new
q, TINT has not been often advanced and reiuted during
the many past We: rs Of controversy
/ shonld xcept from this want OF novelty The posi-
,on 10 one entirely new, advanced by the commission
ers from +, .ne that the Northwest angle OF Novf
Scotia which is, you express II, the tnnS 10 DC
sonch, for and found It the head OF the NADIA
81. r;cer which river it IL maintained by long
nrpument supported by authorities and maps was al
wavs considered the real ST John, enh ms slaet
"a ius,ify the opinion expressed by the OLD Congress
IN 1880 that this Northwest angle vas at the source Of
the st. John.
Gvinq nh possihe consideration 20 this apparently
rev discovery say tat appears we'll founded
ookinr a. Mi,chells map, the use OF whisa, ny th'
,erociators of the peace of l7-, has been always s.
nncn relied upon on the part OF America, there is no
,h;,r more clearly marked than the great d's'nc
channel of the upper st John, and 1t seems hardly pos
iha that The nepocl the Congress should baSt
made The supposed mistake
But snpposng Ibis hypothesis were well iounoea
Tho Temiscouia Lake 49, thea IN be now tins long los
n,ry, &C Nova SCI IA. Whct becomes, then, OF tht
p,in so long contended for by Name, 5etween the
s,.t;s and one of the tributaries Of the h'sgonche-
Tbe.. -oIn,s mast be about fifty miles apart Doti
cannot he tue aud f L be famed as rather col
lee, il 10 he from the paper OF The Maine Commissioners
in, the poiu, a. Tie Mes is the true boundary, es ne
ior the point stricken by the North line, 'honsn ln
other lie The true Northwest angie OF soVa scol'a
there Is nj leac: an end Of the whole argument fesnt
unop this Northwest ang heing, asstated oy you' !"
Thing 10 be sough, Tor and iouha
II this new discovery irads to no other inference
We can hardly il to to derive from me conv'ct'o
that all the ingenuity applied to unravel TINS myser
isov.s rs equally in the dark: and II is moi wIthou
asn that !, hse been decided by many persons, az
row careful examinations that this boundary is not sus
ceutb,e Of settlement, according 10 the precise words
che treaty :, 4, r.. ::
been
1909 bv Mr. Jefferson, in lct3, by Judge sullivan
.bopt the sur,e me- BY the arber IN 1881, ana II ma
Lsen sc,ed on by nearly every Secretary OF State o
the United States. during the controversy from Una
lime to this for although in Gaze 10 o'sPute' eac
nrrtv during the dlspuc, endearors 10 nolo MS own
-, No, AGAR. that any Secretary Of State, or AM
President of The United States, haa ever treated TN
uhec, otherwise than as one ATTENDED oy mat oesse
of uncer.snty that il could only be solved ny an ar
bitter or b, compromise ! would appeal 10 your can
4, time md
il is far speak Of this disputed terri
tory as belonging ndspu,a5y TO ore party, anu 10 "
welded by way OF concrsson and Tor equivalents 10 t
other Any convention NAV sign, must DC Tor u
y;s;o, of That which is in doubt dispute-wltn aa
arrange me n, between the State OF Name and the De
yernmcnt, | have nothing 10 do--nnd ", whcn oo
forbid our endeavors at al omcaoie conp'om's
should a, last fail, must hold. thai Great bti'ah re
tains her right al least equal TO me Oh"ea Dt'"s'
ersrv mart Of the territory in dispute, untl hy re
aa reference or BY the skill of some more toftunat
nego;iaior this difference may he brought TO close
fhaye nov only 10 add few observations upon lib
arguments contained in your own note
Some stress is laid upon the fact that inc olht ION
,,;eo;oners of The two Governmrais in lel1, dEecte
,b. s,ryeyots 10 run the Norl ne from the ST. Croi
mill il met water running into the St Lawrence Ii
lines 10 be run 10 ascertain the geogfaphica iact
of the case No proceeding could DE more proper y
claims Of the two parties varied ana was
IN the frs, instance, line should be ron Norm 10 IN
exten, claimed ~ eitl party where that Inc @onl
reach, or what highlands streams il nigh. strike wa
unknown 50 much so that Sir. Gaai'n, IN ms ie'te
from Client mentione6 in my note OF Tie ah ut ex
messed his doubts on this subject His prediction tn IN
cd GU. to be trueThe point where the line strikes III
aIets was pom, fulfilling the words OF the Treaty
Il did mol divide the waters as desired, unless the Ha
az Chseurs and the Gulf OF st Lawrence are consider
"a - answer 10 The description OF The Atsn,c Ocean
N, Gala,in was sensible of ths and intimates that
,h ., created doubt the lands about the klstigouch
's be- given up bu, he fogets that in giving u
,as territory he gives up his argument for he maintain
to the hsh "e ps a dSde NE S
,eo,i,ed Nv the Treaty The American line was in Thu
equally deioen,, and it IS useless, therefore, now I
onsder WHETHER it would have been preferable 10 TIT
British line, il it had divided the waters OF 'he 81
Lawrence from those OF The ST. Johns
Inc both the 81, Johns and the R'stgouche must be