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the national councils, our country can confidently rely for the settlement of this unhappy controversy, peaceably if it be possible, or for the adoption of those measures which may be necessary to preserve at all events, the integrity of the Union. | the national councils, our country can confidently rely for the settlement of this unhappy controversy, peaceably if it be possible, or for the adoption of those measures which may be necessary to preserve at all events, the integrity of the Union. | ||
| − | It | + | It would have afforded me much satisfaction to have been enabled to inform you that the question respecting our North Eastern Boundary had been satisfactorily settled. It is still pending under the control of the General Government. The award of the Arbiter having been considered not obligatory the Senate of the United States have advised the President to open a new negotiation with his Britannic Majesty's Government for the ascertainment of the boundary according to the Treaty of 1783. |
That the territory in dispute is within the limits of Maine according to the boundaries as established by the Treaty of 1783 is too obvious to admit of a doubt, and in all proceedings in relation to this subject the position that the United States have not the power by the federal constitution to alienate any portion of the territory of a State without its consent, has never for a moment been lost sight of or abandoned by the Government of this State. | That the territory in dispute is within the limits of Maine according to the boundaries as established by the Treaty of 1783 is too obvious to admit of a doubt, and in all proceedings in relation to this subject the position that the United States have not the power by the federal constitution to alienate any portion of the territory of a State without its consent, has never for a moment been lost sight of or abandoned by the Government of this State. | ||
This position has in effect at different times been admitted by the Executive Department of the General Government. We have reason, therefore to expect | This position has in effect at different times been admitted by the Executive Department of the General Government. We have reason, therefore to expect | ||
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the national councils, our country can confidently rely for the settlement of this unhappy controversy, peaceably if it be possible, or for the adoption of those measures which may be necessary to preserve at all events, the integrity of the Union. It would have afforded me much satisfaction to have been enabled to inform you that the question respecting our North Eastern Boundary had been satisfactorily settled. It is still pending under the control of the General Government. The award of the Arbiter having been considered not obligatory the Senate of the United States have advised the President to open a new negotiation with his Britannic Majesty's Government for the ascertainment of the boundary according to the Treaty of 1783. That the territory in dispute is within the limits of Maine according to the boundaries as established by the Treaty of 1783 is too obvious to admit of a doubt, and in all proceedings in relation to this subject the position that the United States have not the power by the federal constitution to alienate any portion of the territory of a State without its consent, has never for a moment been lost sight of or abandoned by the Government of this State. This position has in effect at different times been admitted by the Executive Department of the General Government. We have reason, therefore to expect