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Mr. Webster's Vindication of the Treaty of Washington of 1842; In a Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 6th and 7th of April,

Mr. Webster's Vindication of the Treaty of Washington of 1842; In a Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 6th and 7th of April,

Webster, Daniel

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ISBN10: 0217429238
ISBN13: 9780217429238
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.17 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1846 Excerpt: ... States, and these two to make choice of a third; or, if ihey could not agree, each to name the person he proposed, and the choice to be decided by lot; this third commissioner, whether appointed by choice or by lot, would, of course, be umpire or ultimate arbiter. Governments, at that day, in disputes concerning territorial boundaries, did not set out each with the declaration that the whole of its own claim was clear and indisputable; whatever was seriously disputed they regarded, as in some degree, at least, doubtful or disputable; and, when they could not agree, they saw no indignity or impropriety in referring the dispute to arbitration, even though the arbitrator were to be appointed by chance, between respectable persons, named, sevverally, by the parties. The commission thus constituted was authorized to ascertain and determine the northwest angle of Nova Scotia; to run and mark the line from the monument, at the source of St. Croix, to that northwest angle of Nova Scotia; and also to determine the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river; and then to run and mark thexboundary line between the northwest angle of Nova Scotia and the said north westernmost head of Connecticut river; and the decision and proceedings of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, was to be final and conclusive. No objection was made by either Government to this agreement and stipulation; but an incident arose to prevent the final ratification of this treaty, and it arose in this way. Its fifth article contained an agreement between the parties settling the line of boundary between them beyond the Lake of the Woods. In coming to this agreement they proceeded, exclusively, on the grounds of their respective rights under the treaty of 1783; but it so happened that, tw...

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