Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-28
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on,enen anxious to hear the discourse OF Fir. Gal-
latin on the subject of the map recently found among
The napers of the late MIR. Jay. we say unconiort-
ABLY no, with reference 10 NUMBERS, out 10 the eS
caedng IN Indictment OF somebody, who had caused
fires IN be ltlled which, with the gas lights, mace
the place so hot, that one might almost rs well have
been IN a yayor bn;h The usual good care was taken,
moreover to exclude every breath oi fresh mir, all the
doors and windows hcag ieglons!y closed-so, that
ALTER an hour Of uasp"akab!a misery WE were glad TO
na Ike our escape and gve up all idea Of participating
IN the instruction and entertainment OF the occasion
Perhaps we should haze stood out longer, It we
could have heard the discourse OF the venerable and
distinguished ceI.;le:an-5u. his voice feeble,
tia. only those vino immediately around hun,
couid do more than catch here aud there portions oil
sentence. Certainly Of those present, no. NTH
could do more than make out the subject. Under
these circumstances. iain 10 avail ourselves
of the report in the Journal of Commerce.
About eight o'clock SIR. GalIatn entered tic room,
accompanied by Mr. Webster, amds; the hearty cheers
Of The audience, and read lorg and elaborate paper
the boundary question, which lie illustrated by re
ference 20 several gaps, and particularly IL large
map Of North America, winch suspended over has
char. THIS map found among the papers of the
late Peter H. Jay. ard had red line marked on 1t, with
memorandum IN the writing OF john Jay who b, had
= ------:--'~"-rI at Paris, III IT>3 TIE
u 'ie marked on the map in precise conformity
w, an 1ai s anmed a hG his we On he words r
Oswads line" in the writing Of Nh. John Jay, who
was one Of the commissioners Nj. Oswald beng the
British COMMISSIONED ior negotiating the treaty. From
those facts and others, Mir Gallan very ably argued
That ;iis he Iime agreed cn by the conmiss0nt rs
who siand the treaty OF 1888. 1hat th,s map vas al
least before the commissioners when negotiating that
treaty, there scarcely be any doubt.
After Mr. Gaa:in had concluded, the Vice Press.
den, of the society," mir. W. y. Lawrcnce,) after pay
ing just compliment 10 the American statement
drawn up ny Air. Gaatin, sell 10 the succnct
analysis oi IT Mr. Eebster's note OF the olh Of
July TO Ln:d Ashhmfton, IN which, c:cn coEcetng
the English quibble the distinction between the
Bay Of Fundy and Gulf Of ST. Lawrence and the At.
aulic Ocean, our claim is, by the language Of the
treaty, concusvely established; and having suggest
ed whether, # the map had been produced, case
would not have been too clear 10 admit Of compro
mise, stated that tins map proved beyond controversy
that the OF the -. John, referred Ia in the in
stIuciions Of The old Congress Of l7.9, and in MIR.
Oswad's agreement with Dr. franklin and Mr. Jaw,
The Of the hladawaska, which was
ally the main river, and where the northwest angle Of
Nova Scotia IS placed on the map.
This settles the true location OF the highlands and
establishes beyond cavil the whole American clam.
Bat ample compensation obtained in the naviga.
lion o the St john, IN qneting the title Of the contest
cd line n New Hampshire, Vermont and New York,
and at the Northwest, there cause Tor regret,
while few millions al barren lie pa; in
competition with the removal o. all causes of irritation
between two great nations which he vcnlured to hope
might be followed by those farther treaty stipua;ions,
which enlightened political economy dictates, and
which will render even tariff that prolific source of
domestic contention longer subject Of discussion
MIR. Lawrence concluded by soliciting in the name Of
his ieiio" nlbers. their DISTINGUISHED rues, whom
they were proud TO recognise assocate 10 present
such observations on the mu'tcr< that had brought them
together u nc might, IN his public silnaon feel a,
liberty 10 Offer Wherep2on, Air Webster rose and
said:
Sir:-l have felt very great satisfaction in hearing
your dissertation Oh Tie topics connected with this
newly found map. came here to be instructed, as
have been, by the exhibition of your experience and
information that subject, aud without any expect
ton Of being called 81 10 sly any thing about the
treaty am pleased n gay, that the map which
hangs over your head, appears 20 lie proved beyond
any other paper which has been produced, rs having
been before the commissioners Of Paris, in the year
l1c2. And that fact, and the lines which this map
bears, lead TO differences of Importance. If not
differences which remove all doubts from these cen
tested TOPICS they are at least, important, far
trey test other nsreaces, drawn from similar sources
VIII no" adVeTt 10 two or three general IDEAS,
winch ere necessary to carry with in any process
al reasoning on this subject Let US remember that
the Treaty OF 17s3 granted nothing TO the United
S.acs-no political righs-noa single privilege-not
an inch ot Territory. The political rights of the
United States, asserted b. the Declaration of ndepen
dence in 1916. stood, and will always stand, on that
basis. The Territorial limits of the United States
stood on 'heir ancient charters and different grants
from The British crown up to the time Of the Sluars
The Treaty made, when peace took place in 1888 be-
tween tHS TWO batioiis, acknoWieored, not granted,
the independence OF the United Siaes and acknow-
lodged their independence they then existed, with
the Territories which severay belonged TO them as
colonies. That which aferward became a subject OF
dispute, was the Territory claimed by Great Britain
oad Massachusetts. l. was, in other words, ques
Ton Of boundary between Massachusetts and Great
Britain. Bat, as by the acknowledgment of the indie
pendence of the United S,nes, England put herself
an attitude to treat with the whole United States this
question between England and Massachusetts, became
question between the United States and England, as
the Treaty making power became by the Constitution
vested in The Government of the United States
! The question then was, what the boundary be.
tween Massachusetts and Nova Scotia Nova Scotia
did not join the Declaration of Independence, or
separate herself from the mother country, and the
question was, what the boundary between her mud
massachusetts, In order TO the better understanding
ut That question, We must 20 back 10 the history Of
political occurrences this Continent. One Of those
the war OF 1876, which brought general con-
lict on this Continent between France, and Spain,
and England Prior to that war, France was possessed
Of Canada, and Spain of Florida At The peace of
1863 made a, Paris, and By the Treaty growing out,
Of it. the Canadian Territory and Florida were ceded
by France end Spain to Great Britain o:her con.