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The British Government did not insist: further negotiations were entered unto, offer and counter-offer made, the "Restock War" 20 broke in 1838-39, checked by Gen- eral Scott ; and finalh- in 1842, Webster and Ashburton settled the dispute by the peaceful ways of diplomacy.

This line was and is exceedingly awkward for Canada, >an elbow of Maine sticks up into her ribs, and her Intercolonial Rail- way has been compelled to make a long detour to avoid American territory, while there is no corresponding advantage to the United States But the line was agreed upon and the matter is settle This controversy illustrates, it seems to me, our manner of thought.

The boundary as denned by the Treaty of 1783, neither party at any time attempted to get away from : Scrap of paper as it was, it was a contract, and therefore sacred and binding.

When it was found that the words employed were not sufficiently definite to make clear the precise boundary intended, there was still no threat of war, much less, of forcible entry.

Two Commis- sioners were selected, lawyers of eminence, to find out exactly what was meant.