Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-12-29
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CONTROVERSY BETWEEN pENNsYLva.
MA AND VIRGINIA We have received from
the author. lecture upon the controversy bctxcep
fennsyi~snis ind Virginia, about the boundary
line. delivered at The 1niversiy building. Pitts
ourgh, Dec. 6. 1S43. by Neville B Craig. Thi,
address rs well written and arranged evinces much
industry in procuring fars adapted 10 the author.
purpose.nnd skill in ,ophs,ry worthy any member al
The bar; but We should he very sorry 10 see hs,ory
made up Of such material. and sincerely hone tia,
no fnure historian may without further examination
adopt this lecture The basis OF his sketches Of
the period. u may be that he will, however. n.
ihus far. (aRd the time is fast passing when
tradition alone can be at al relied upon, nm
elaborate hisiory ofour eosnry has never yet been
produced.
We had supposed. that the lime had wholly
pissed that the influences were all Of rest upnn that
'uhieci. which could induce intelligent men To give
themselves mp to party preiuJc-s and local influ
ences. 20 Eight those old battles over seain snd TIM
old canse that Las for years. hecn settled. with al
the warmth and prejudice Of a newly feed aiisrn ey
but We were mistaken in this case. There 10 enc
place. and rome h. arIs jn which ancor never dies
but is Transmitted eniuiled estate from &c ne
ration On generarion. We shall not attempt M
answer to this wriisr. as we hnva not the time 20
investigate The subject he has dane; hat as
information conveyed in IL We shall trace some o
The facts and elies ofthe writer.
In l606. James graned 10 the london and P'v
mouth Companies 100 miles square. al any poin, he
tween The 34rh and Ash degree Of North Lstluds
The Lsndon Company settled al jamestown. II
| 1909. two hundred miles Of sea coast in eacl
direcii,n from Point Comfort, and exiendin,
through 20 the Sea, to the West AMI Northwest
This would have emhaced nearly one half OF Ia,
State Of Pennsylvania. IT, 1873. a writ Of Qus
Warronio. i@ssei against the Company. from
The Court OF Kings Rerch. which decided apnins
u The next year. This writer states. that by fhi
decision the Company was Dissolved, and ,ha, n,
defence made. defence was made srd .
remembrance against the giant of MARYLAND Q,
Lord Baltimore. hui the one was overruled. an.
tho other treated tyranis usually treat the prayer
OF those aggrieved by their caprice or avari ce.
the company dissolved, on What existes
Virgin ncknowiedg claim To the North wesierI
4
Other favOriie. and none Of his successors saw III
encroach upon rights palpabe as those o
Virginia 10 The ierritsry. In 1850, The grant was
made To Penn. bui in terms 20 indefinite, that IN.
most asiuie men OF the day could not understand
il. and evincing thai The king cared very little abou
the American lands. and knew less Than he cared
This grant covered part Of The grant 10 Baltimore
ouI, 4 u
Delaware River on the Fast, 10 Eve degrees ives,
and from The 40ih degree 10 The l3d degree q
North Latitude. This line is no where. The Noril
and SouIh being we'll defined, bui the East and
West being open, Admitting the grant 10 BE-
jusiifabe. the terms Of The grant are such, tina
Pittsburgh itself wOuld fall within Virgins, ss tn
grant Of course implies western lin,
parallel with the Delaware. and that would fall. /
we are not IT uch mistaken. east Of the Monongahel
little below. aHd yet strike the Ohio on para lie
with The South line Of the State Of Penn; but as vi
remarked above. the crowned heads did moi seen
10 know what they did grant,
In the review Of the treaties, endesvored N b
entered into between The governors Of PennsylvaDi
and Virginia, Mr. Crsig mikes the PenDsylvsnian
alI saints. ard Lord DBnmore. and Col ConaII,
blaekguaris. Consily. under Lord Dunmore. re
tanned possession ofthe country around Fori Pi 70
several years. He was succeeded BY Capt Neuzi
from Virgibis. and OF course. az he was a rslaiiv
Of The writer. and afterwards submitted IN becon
Pennsylvania. very different parsonage.
In 1873 however, the controversy was settle
by Virginia, win her usual impetuoos generosity
yielding all that PennsyIvahia demanded. as vexe,
mothers often do 10 spoiled children. weary n con
ieniion By ibis amiabls quality Of perseverance,
Peunsylvsnia has beuped up Treasures or he
people. while Virginia has been dwindling in siekl
poverty. and now, Iorsooih. mo InblerIy boy mo,
aauni lie aged parent, through men Too selfish
lapprsciare her.