Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-07-18

ERNMENr.-ln ms late spceh IN the mouse oi
Lords, to defend Lord Ashburton from the
charge of having piade disgraoeul conces-
sions TO the United States. and MIR. Webster
from the charge Of concealment and trickcry.
Lord Brougham found himself obliged. not
merely to confess the nonexistence OF the red
line map. bm 10 charge home upon hs British
ministry the suppression Of mcontestable proofs
IF the justice Of The .4nierican claim, and By
consequence. Of the utter tdis,iy of British pre-
tensions 10 rod Of the territory an dispas :!
In Lord BIS strong language. the British
Government had no cosc-not a leg TO stand
upo,s,' in that matter and the facts which he
states go to the full length to prove the asscr-
ton.
For example. Lord 3. states thatin the year
l. 83. in the reign of Geo. Ill. the King,
geographcr, (Mr. Fadcn) published Il nap.
which designated the boundary line. and
that line was MT The British bit the 4nlorica,,
line. 4 little further he speaks of map in
his own possession. which designatcs the same
line. and which has on Its face proofs of lis
high authenticity. lie says: 4" | have a map
which can trace to the custody of Geo. i'll.
and on which there Is the american HRe not
the English line, and upon which there is a
notc-w hich, from the hand writing. makes
me think II is The hand 5rrting Of Gorge H.
himself. this Is THE LINE OF Mr.. OswALD's
TREATY IN l1S3,'-writtcn three or four times
upon the face of it, And still further on.
Lord b.. in order to bring the existence of
this map of Fadcn home to knowledge If
ministers. advcrts significantly to the fact that
1t went Nith George HIS library to the Bri-
fish Museum. but sr7s not there nor indeed
% l..
red to the foreign oflicc-whcrc is cff It.
uaiy conccaicd from, the public eye.
SO. then. Brother Johnathan has been
cheatcd-swindlcd. outragcovsly dupcd-by
John Bull +; and the late trctty stanis up be
fore the world a lasting and enduring monu-
mcnt of British frnm 0nd s,rindiing. What
kind of a governncnt-what kind of min
istry must that De which directed Il ncgotia-
ton under such circumstances with such cvi-
dcnce of the u>taess of our claims in their
own hands. We c1nnot comment upon it
the thing is too painful for comment.
The London correspondent, of the Hartford Times in
letter dated May 3D. gives striking Of the evil
dence which the British ministry had in their hands,
the right of the Americans every portion the dsiut-
cd Northeastern of Maine. We here copy
little abridged.
"Afer writing my last letter went to the library Of
the British Museum, hardly expecting find tie Maps
surprising they hal been carried away But | did find
them. nevertheless. II is the copy of the
Map of Mitchell authenticated 10y the King. and also The
conclHsire copy of Fadens Map of 1893. has been
moved and destroyed cDucealed: but there still
copies OF these Maps tse Library, aud they bro
out for my inspection. Now, what is Mtchelrs Map
It's map a large scale containing New York New
England. Canada, and Nova Scotia published 1850 hy
John Mitchell Upon the face Of ii is engraved a cerf
that it drawn up from careful surveys under The
direction and by the order of the Lords Commissioners
OF the Colonies and approved 10y them This certificate
is signed 10y Edward Po,naI Secretary of the Commits
slontrs Hence this map looked upon by the British
as Of supreme and conclusive authority with respect
their Colonial boundaries. Well what those hoRn
aries WHY, fnd that il carries New England m A
perfectly strong and Will defined lne fully aud precisely
up to correspond exactly with The American cla
"Dr Franklin IN the letters recently published hy hi
grandson, has stated in the explicit that
the regoliaors of The Treaty Of 1888 used Mitchell
Map-ihe very Mp # which have hren writing and
which gives the full American claim. Mpreovcr one
OF he negOiIatoTS either Btsh American, mentions
or any way alluded any other map except MitcheS
There Is also extan' copy If tn Treaty with manu-
script notes IN the handwriting of Frank IN which he
repeats again that The negptiaofs used Mchelfs Map.
But decisive all this there s,.i further proof
as Lord Brougham stated there i, copy Of this sam,
MnchelS VI ip, which taken 81 ihe careful
dy OF X tie rge Ill and ich contains written upor
four times IN the kng> handnriiiug twice above ani
twice under tie boundary these words. .tb The Byui
drrg line sc'ted 5y he Treafy # 1888" There T.
still further proof have examined M the hrarv ~ th
British Museum. map engraved IN I77s by William
Faden, the Kings grogTspher Observe that this Ma,
published during th- war, AID gives asp the fail
American clam. y w observe farther, (aud here | r.
fer to Sir Robert Pee peech) that when the British zen
TO Pals in $50 hunt ser maps, they found NO
thing to shake the American aim bat on the contrary
as the phrase IS they caught Tsuar'-that is thu,
discovered strong Confirmation If the American clam
This nothing less than another map published 70,
vi liam laden IN he year 1888 aud containing eneray
ed upon II these wori-, Thu nap contains the boundare
as settled BY the Treaty of l7s3" This map agrees will
MitchrlPs Map, aud gives the full American calm
Il have examined also the Library Of the Rritisl
Museum another large English map published by sauu-
Dunn. Matthew I77i-Hhch agrees with the m
Of Faden and Mitchell, and gives the full American clam
There Is still further proof If YOU will refer to IN
Parliamentary debates the Treaty. 1888 YOU y 4
: find the ground taken by the opponents OF tie Tray
that neg ,,a;ors ssIiu for the BRUSH 2
got and had away from him large slice Of Can
ada and Nova Scotia This view Of the case was M,
con'Fadcea and the consequence taal the notion
thanks to Ministers or the treaty. los; the ous
of Commons 10y a Considerable mi rify. Tins show
that Parliament then understood the Treaty d. an
there pre.ence Of any other lne sc, Up tia
time
But further land here again refer you 70 Sir her
Peers speech there Brush publ cae
eroe's Journal published 1873 giving full rep8rt
the debate the treaty, ani illustrating with a la
printed expressly for ms paper which also gives he
American Boundary II also worthy Of remark that al
the contemporary English journals. without solitary
cep,ion. took the 4 The How o,uiI
this unless CAIN he'd II lie at that no
e tCriousy beyond dispute =
a Log Cabin Case.
A Connecticut paper gives the annexed accoun; Of
log cabin lawsuit lately had at New Haven